1722 - Yes, date unknown
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Name |
Martin, Samuel |
Title |
Capt. |
Born |
10 Feb 1722 |
Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut |
Gender |
Male |
Religion |
1744 |
Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut [1] |
Member 1st Congregational Church |
Relocation |
1753 |
Lanesborough, Berkshire, Massachusetts [2] |
Samuel Martin was the second settler of Lanesborough (then the plantation of New Framingham). Indian attacks soon drove off the settlers. Of the original settlers only Samuel returned. Rapid settlement resumed after 1759. Lanesborough was established 21 Jun 1765. |
Land |
1754 |
Lanesborough, Berkshire, Massachusetts [3, 4] |
Two deeds dated 1754 show Samuel present in New Framingham.
29 Mar 1754: Charles Goodrich of Poontoosuck, [became Pittsfield in 1761], Hampshire County sold for twelve pounds to Samuel Martin of New Framingham fifty acres of land in New Framingham being the lot 16 in the first survey of New Framingham.
25 Apr 1754: Samuel Martin of New Framingham, Hampshire County sold for 60 pounds to Caleb Wheeler of Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut 50 acres of land lying within the town being the original lot 16 in the first survey of the Township. |
- Berkshire County was established 21 Jun 1761. Prior to that it was part of Hampshire County. Deeds for Hampshire County for that period are in the Hampden County Registry of Deeds, unless they were registered after Berkshire County was formed, in which case they are in a Berkshire County Registry.
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Land |
1756 - 1758 |
Lanesborough, Berkshire, Massachusetts [5, 6, 7] |
Three deeds identify Samuel as Samuel Martin junior of Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut.
31 Aug 1756: Samuel Martin Jun of Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut sold for 15 pounds to Daniel Bradley of Gilford, New Haven County, Connecticut house lot number 44 in New Framingham.
25 Jul 1757: Samuel Martin jun of Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut sold for 15 Pounds to Benjamin Woodruff of Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut lot number 94 (50 acres) in New Framingham.
10 Jun 1758: Simeon Wheeler of Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut sold for 20 pounds to Samuel Martin jun of Woodbury 50 acres of land being the original home lot 10 of the first division of land in New Framingham, Hampshire County, Massachusetts with the buildings thereon. |
Religion |
1764 - 1768 |
Lanesborough, Berkshire, Massachusetts [8] |
Samuel and Ann were founding members of the Church of Christ (later called the Congregational Church of Lanesborough) on 28 Mar 1764. Two of their children were baptized in the church; David on 27 May 1864 and Tim'o [Timothy] Hinman on 27 Apr 1765.
Samuel was excommunicated by the Church on 22 July 1768. He was charged with "excessive use of Spiritous Liquor, and of a Profanation of a sacred passage of holy Scriptures". He pled guilty, but but refused opportunities to publicly confess his sins and repent. Instead "he discovered a great heat of Passion and passed many bitter reflections on the Chh. as a Company of ignorant and malicious Persons, that sought his destruction". The church found "no Evidence of any True Repentance or Reformation in him, but the highest Evidence of the contrary". |
Relocation |
Abt 1770 |
New Ashford, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA [9, 10, 11] |
Having been excommunicated by the Church and having sold his farm, Samuel relocated to New Ashford where he again was one of the earliest settlers. His residence in New Ashford is confirmed by the sale of two parcels of land in 1773 and 1774. |
Land |
16 Feb 1770 |
Lanesborough, Berkshire, Massachusetts [12] |
Samuel Martin of Lanesborough, Berkshire County sold to Peter Wheeler and Reuben Martin both of Lanesborough for two hundred twenty-five pounds "the Farm on which I now dwell with my House, and barn" containing 145 acres. [Land description does not include lot number.] |
Died |
Yes, date unknown |
Notes |
- (Research) This Samuel Martin is a candidate to be the father of Samuel Martin (I27) (b. cir 1759) who married Silence Greene. This question could be settled by comparing Y-DNA evidence from descendants of Samuel (I27) with that of Samuel (I29) or his ancestors. Each DNA donor must also have well-documented genealogical evidence for his descendancy. [13]
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Person ID |
I29 |
Martin-Bloom |
Last Modified |
5 Jun 2016 |
Father |
Martin, Samuel, b. 1693, d. Yes, date unknown |
Mother |
Hinman, Annis, b. Sep 1697, Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut , d. 13 Mar 1750, Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut (Age ~ 52 years) |
Married |
15 Jan 1716 [1] |
Family ID |
F12 |
Group Sheet |
Family |
Hurd, Ann |
Married |
24 Jul 1744 |
Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut [1] |
Children |
| 1. Martin, Reuben, c. 22 Jun 1746, Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut , d. Yes, date unknown |
| 2. Martin, Esther, c. 12 Jun 1748, Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut , d. Yes, date unknown |
| 3. Martin, Annis, c. 20 May 1750, Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut , d. Yes, date unknown |
| 4. Martin, Wait, c. 5 Jul 1752, Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut , d. Yes, date unknown |
| 5. Martin, Solomon, c. 28 Jul 1754, Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut , d. Yes, date unknown |
| 6. Martin, Zadoc, c. 3 Oct 1756, Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut , d. Yes, date unknown |
| 7. Martin, Samuel, c. 6 Aug 1758, Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut  |
| 8. Martin, David, c. 20 May 1764, Lanesborough, Berkshire, Massachusetts  |
| 9. Martin, Timothy Hinman, c. 27 Apr 1765, Lanesborough, Berkshire, Massachusetts  |
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Last Modified |
28 Dec 2011 |
Family ID |
F11 |
Group Sheet |
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Sources |
- [S80] History of Ancient Woodbury, Vol 1, William Cothren, (Waterbury, Connecticut: Bronson Brothers, 1854.), 974.61 W882 V.1.
- [S104] Lanesborough Massachusetts, Frances S. Martin, (The Town of Lanesborough, Massacuusetts, 1965), LH 974.43 L24.56., pp. 15-21.
- [S164] Deed, Berkshire Middle District Registry Book 8, p. 765. Recorded 6 Sep 1771.
Deed dated: 29 Mar 1754.
Link to deed at familysearch.org https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-36516-145-14?cc=2106411
- [S164] Deed, Hampden County Book 2, p. 563. Recorded 21 April 1761.
Deed dated: 25 Apr 1754.
Link to deed at familysearch.org: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-36261-3904-88?cc=2106411
- [S164] Deed, Hampden County Registry, Book Y, p. 855. Recorded 4 Nov 1757.
Deed dated: 31 Aug 1756
Link to deed at familysearch.org: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-36261-12136-56?cc=2106411
- [S164] Deed, Hampden County Book 1, pp. 2-3. Recorded 13 Jul 1758.
Deed dated: 25 Jul 1757.
Link to deed at familysearch.org: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-36261-15121-53?cc=2106411
- [S164] Deed, Berkshire Middle District Registry, Book 8, p. 60. Recorded 16 Apr 1770.
Deed dated: 10 Jun 1758.
Link to deed at familysearch.org: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-36516-230-31?cc=2106411
- [S180] Cooke Collection, Rollin H. Cooke, LH 974.43 L24.5., Vol. 19 (First Book of Records of the Congregational Church in Lanesboro), pp. 359, 374, 390-91.
- [S131] History of Berkshire County, David Dudley Field, ed. , (Printed by Samuel Bush, Pittsfield, 1829), p. 388.
Capt. Martin among earliest settlers of New Ashford.
- [S164] Deed, Northern District Berkshire County, Book B, p. 39. Recorded 23 Feb 1773.
Deed dated: 8 Jan 1773
Link to deed at familysearch.org: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-36382-584-12?cc=2106411
- [S164] Deed, Northern District Berkshire County, Book B, p. 208. Recorded 28 Jun 1774.
Deed dated: 2 May 1774
Link to deed at familysearch.org: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-36382-3059-53?cc=2106411
- [S164] Deed, Northern District Berkshire County, Book A, p. 352. Recorded 13 Mar 1770.
Deed dated: 16 Feb 1770
Link to deed at familysearch.org: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-36382-1347-75?cc=2106411
- [S146] Martin Y-DNA Project, (http://www.familytreedna.com/public/martin/default.aspx?section=yresults).
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