Name |
Martin, Samuel |
Title |
Capt. |
Birth |
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.] |
Death |
Yes, date unknown |
Person ID |
I29 |
Martin-Bloom |
Last Modified |
5 Jun 2016 |
Family |
Hurd, Ann |
Marriage |
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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Family ID |
F11 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
28 Dec 2011 |