Ann Cannon1,2

F, ID# 2041, (1639 - Aug 1697)
Father:Edward Cannon (a 1613 - )
Mother:Ann (Unknown) (c 1620 - )
Charts:John Satchell Martin * lineage
     Ann Cannon was born in 1639 at Yorkshire, England. She was the daughter of Edward Cannon and Ann (Unknown). Ann Cannon immigrated in 1646. She married James Dashiell I (Burgess), son of James Dashiell and Margaret Inglis, in 1659 at Northumberland Co, Virginia. Ann Cannon died in Aug 1697 at Wetipquin, Somerset Co, Maryland.

Children of Ann Cannon and James Dashiell I (Burgess)

Citations

  1. [S63] Alan F. Day, David W. Jordan, Gregory A. Stiverson Edward Papenfuse, Maryland Legislature Biographies.
  2. [S66] Benjamin Jones Dashiell (1867- ), Dashiell Family.

Stephen Cannon1,2

M, ID# 2042, (c 1641 - )
Father:Edward Cannon (a 1613 - )
Mother:Ann (Unknown) (c 1620 - )
     Stephen Cannon was born c 1641 at Yorkshire, England. He was the son of Edward Cannon and Ann (Unknown). Stephen Cannon married (Unknown) Judith Bloyce c 1665. His estate was probated on 27 Nov 1701 at Stepney Parish, Somerset Co, Maryland.
      Stephen Cannon was transported to Virginia in 1661, came into Maryland by 1668 as a headright for Thomas Davis, and purchased land of Stephen Horsey before 1677. Stephen was named as a headright on 3 Oct 1664 at Lancaster Co, VA when he was shown as Stephen Canon (or Canow) on a list of 10 people John Appleton brought into Virginia to receive 472 acres for transporting them. Stephen Cannon patented land on 8 Oct 1681 at Cannon's Lot, Somerset Co, MD and patented land on 1 Jun 1700 at Cannon's Peace, Somereset Co, MD.

Citations

  1. [S66] Benjamin Jones Dashiell (1867- ), Dashiell Family.
  2. [S2] "Moody Miles Research."

Mary Waters1,2

F, ID# 2043, (28 Aug 1667 - 1697)
Father:Sampson Waters (a 1641 - )
Mother:Rebecca Foxcroft (a 1646 - )
     Mary Waters was born on 28 Aug 1667. She was the daughter of Sampson Waters and Rebecca Foxcroft. Mary Waters married James Dashiell II, son of James Dashiell I (Burgess) and Ann Cannon, in 1689. Mary Waters died in 1697.

Citations

  1. [S63] Alan F. Day, David W. Jordan, Gregory A. Stiverson Edward Papenfuse, Maryland Legislature Biographies.
  2. [S66] Benjamin Jones Dashiell (1867- ), Dashiell Family.

Sampson Waters1,2

M, ID# 2044, (a 1641 - )
     Sampson Waters was born a 1641. He married Rebecca Foxcroft a 1666.

Child of Sampson Waters and Rebecca Foxcroft

Citations

  1. [S63] Alan F. Day, David W. Jordan, Gregory A. Stiverson Edward Papenfuse, Maryland Legislature Biographies.
  2. [S66] Benjamin Jones Dashiell (1867- ), Dashiell Family.

Robert Dashiell1,2,3

M, ID# 2045, (22 Sep 1677 - 1718)
Father:James Dashiell I (Burgess) (c 1634 - Aug 1697)
Mother:Ann Cannon (1639 - Aug 1697)
     Robert Dashiell was born on 22 Sep 1677 at Wetipquin, Somerset Co, Maryland. He was the son of James Dashiell I (Burgess) and Ann Cannon. Robert Dashiell married Sarah Haste c 1700. Robert Dashiell died in 1718.

Child of Robert Dashiell and Sarah Haste

Citations

  1. [S63] Alan F. Day, David W. Jordan, Gregory A. Stiverson Edward Papenfuse, Maryland Legislature Biographies.
  2. [S66] Benjamin Jones Dashiell (1867- ), Dashiell Family.
  3. [S35] William Clayton Torrence (1184-1953), Old Somerset on the Eastern Shore.

Sarah Haste1

F, ID# 2046, (19 Jun 1684 - )
     Sarah Haste was born on 19 Jun 1684 at Somerset Co, Maryland. She married Robert Dashiell, son of James Dashiell I (Burgess) and Ann Cannon, c 1700.

Child of Sarah Haste and Robert Dashiell

Citations

  1. [S63] Alan F. Day, David W. Jordan, Gregory A. Stiverson Edward Papenfuse, Maryland Legislature Biographies.

Katherine Dashiell1,2,3

F, ID# 2047, (15 Sep 1672 - 1696)
Father:James Dashiell I (Burgess) (c 1634 - Aug 1697)
Mother:Ann Cannon (1639 - Aug 1697)
     Katherine Dashiell was born on 15 Sep 1672. She was the daughter of James Dashiell I (Burgess) and Ann Cannon. Katherine Dashiell married William Jones in 1692. Katherine Dashiell died in 1696 at Somerset Co, Maryland.

Citations

  1. [S63] Alan F. Day, David W. Jordan, Gregory A. Stiverson Edward Papenfuse, Maryland Legislature Biographies.
  2. [S66] Benjamin Jones Dashiell (1867- ), Dashiell Family.
  3. [S35] William Clayton Torrence (1184-1953), Old Somerset on the Eastern Shore.

William Jones1,2

M, ID# 2048, (1666 - )
     William Jones was born in 1666. He married Katherine Dashiell, daughter of James Dashiell I (Burgess) and Ann Cannon, in 1692.

Citations

  1. [S63] Alan F. Day, David W. Jordan, Gregory A. Stiverson Edward Papenfuse, Maryland Legislature Biographies.
  2. [S66] Benjamin Jones Dashiell (1867- ), Dashiell Family.

Jane Dashiell1,2,3

F, ID# 2049, (30 Jul 1675 - )
Father:James Dashiell I (Burgess) (c 1634 - Aug 1697)
Mother:Ann Cannon (1639 - Aug 1697)
     Jane Dashiell was born on 30 Jul 1675 at Wetipquin, Somerset Co, Maryland. She was the daughter of James Dashiell I (Burgess) and Ann Cannon. Jane Dashiell married John Winder II in 1696.

Citations

  1. [S63] Alan F. Day, David W. Jordan, Gregory A. Stiverson Edward Papenfuse, Maryland Legislature Biographies.
  2. [S66] Benjamin Jones Dashiell (1867- ), Dashiell Family.
  3. [S35] William Clayton Torrence (1184-1953), Old Somerset on the Eastern Shore.

John Winder II1,2

M, ID# 2050, (7 Mar 1675/76 - 1716)
     John Winder II was born on 7 Mar 1675/76 at Wicomico Hundred, Somerset Co, Maryland. He married Jane Dashiell, daughter of James Dashiell I (Burgess) and Ann Cannon, in 1696. John Winder II died in 1716.

Citations

  1. [S63] Alan F. Day, David W. Jordan, Gregory A. Stiverson Edward Papenfuse, Maryland Legislature Biographies.
  2. [S66] Benjamin Jones Dashiell (1867- ), Dashiell Family.

Thomas Martin / Martine II1,2,3,4,5,6

M, ID# 2051, (1644 - 22 Oct 1714)
Father:Thomas Martin / Martine I1 (a 1620 - )
Mother:Jonot Jonstone (a 1620 - )
Charts:John Satchell Martin * lineage
     Thomas Martin / Martine II was born in 1644 at Caerlaverock, Scotland. He was christened on 15 Jan 1644 at Dumfries, Dumfries Co, Scotland. He was the son of Thomas Martin / Martine I and Jonot Jonstone.1 Thomas Martin / Martine II married Elizabeth (Unknown) a 1664. Thomas Martin / Martine II died on 22 Oct 1714 at Scotland. He was buried at Caerlaverock.
      The Martins were Jacobite supporters and members of the small and not very highly esteemed Episcopal Church of Scotland. Thomas Martin II was the first member of the family definitely known to have used the Martin coat of arms authorized in 1676 at Edinburgh during the reign of King Charles II. The Martin crest is a lion rampant, holding a crescent in his right paw, surrounded by the motto "Hinc fortior et Clarior." The coat of arms was preserved in the Heralds College which was likely in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Thomas Martin was a wealthy landowner at Carlaverock, Scotland, about seven miles south of Dumfries, Scotland and about sixty miles northeast across the ocean from the Isle of Man. He is referred to in the 4 Oct 1718 will of Thomas Mackie as being "Thomas Martine in Lands." Thomas was not born at the famed castle because it was attacked and abandoned before he was born. (Of note, another Thomas Martine, son of John, was born three years later in the same area and there are many Thomas Martines born in Dumfries after that.) Carlaverock was the name of the farming area north of the Castle Carlaverock. Carlaverock is now a national nature reserve lying between the River Nith and the Lochar Water and covering part of the Solway Firth and the land south of Dumfries, in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. This researcher could not find the church or any town -- only the ruins of a castle which is on the coast six miles south of Dumfries.

Among Thomas' sons, either Edward, Ebenezer or William Martin was the father of our ancestor Robert who also immigrated to America.

The following is from a stone on the burying ground of the Martins at Calaverock Courtyard: "And here lies the said Thomas Martin. He departed this life the 22nd day of October, Anno 1714. His age was 70 years. Here lies Edward, Ebenezer, William, Janet, Jane and Elizabeth, the lawful children to Thomas and Elizabeth Martin in lands, 1702."

Children of Thomas Martin / Martine II and Elizabeth (Unknown)

Citations

  1. [S380] Thomas Martine Baptism.
  2. [S3] "Elizabeth Harriet Perry Research."
  3. [S1] "Virginia Winslett Research."
  4. [S78] Edward Duffield Neill (1823-1893), John Neill of Lewes, Delaware.
  5. [S381] "Thomas Mackie Will."
  6. [S514] Martin-Lanphier Family Record.

Elizabeth (Unknown)1

F, ID# 2052, (a 1645 - )
Charts:John Satchell Martin * lineage
     Elizabeth (Unknown) was born a 1645. She married Thomas Martin / Martine II, son of Thomas Martin / Martine I and Jonot Jonstone, a 1664.

Children of Elizabeth (Unknown) and Thomas Martin / Martine II

Citations

  1. [S3] "Elizabeth Harriet Perry Research."

Thomas Martin III1,2,3,4,5

M, ID# 2053, (a 1679 - )
Father:Thomas Martin / Martine II (1644 - 22 Oct 1714)
Mother:Elizabeth (Unknown) (a 1645 - )
     Thomas Martin III was born a 1679 at Caerlaverock, Scotland. He was the son of Thomas Martin / Martine II and Elizabeth (Unknown). Thomas Martin III married Janette / Janet Edgar, daughter of James Edgar and Jean Mackey, in 1704 at Carmuck, Scotland.
      Thomas Martin and Janette Edgar, in conjunction with their parents, concluded a marriage contract in 1704. The contract required Janette's father to pay her fiance 1,200 marks Scots money and the fiance's own father to pay his son 3,000 marks. Thomas was to annually pay his wife 3,000 marks with an additional 2,000 marks should there be children. Each child was to receive an additional 2,400 marks at the age of majority.

According to the John Neill book there was no descendant of the Martins living in Scotland by 1875; that conclusion was possibly based on the family estate Kilquantity passing out of the family for lack of Scotish heirs.

Children of Thomas Martin III and Janette / Janet Edgar

Citations

  1. [S3] "Elizabeth Harriet Perry Research."
  2. [S78] Edward Duffield Neill (1823-1893), John Neill of Lewes, Delaware.
  3. [S381] "Thomas Mackie Will."
  4. [S514] Martin-Lanphier Family Record.
  5. [S71] Elizabeth Pie Research.

Janette Martin1,2

F, ID# 2054, (a 1673 - )
Father:Thomas Martin / Martine II (1644 - 22 Oct 1714)
Mother:Elizabeth (Unknown) (a 1645 - )
     Janette Martin was born a 1673. She was the daughter of Thomas Martin / Martine II and Elizabeth (Unknown). Janette Martin married (Unknown) Hynd a 1695. Janette Martin was buried at Caerlaverock, Scotland.
      Whether this Janette Martin or her niece Janette Martin married a Hynd is not clear.

Citations

  1. [S3] "Elizabeth Harriet Perry Research."
  2. [S78] Edward Duffield Neill (1823-1893), John Neill of Lewes, Delaware.

Jane Martin1

F, ID# 2055, (a 1677 - )
Father:Thomas Martin / Martine II (1644 - 22 Oct 1714)
Mother:Elizabeth (Unknown) (a 1645 - )
     Jane Martin was born a 1677 at Scotland. She was the daughter of Thomas Martin / Martine II and Elizabeth (Unknown). Jane Martin married (Unknown) Hyslop a 1695. Jane Martin was buried at Caerlaverock, Scotland.

Citations

  1. [S3] "Elizabeth Harriet Perry Research."

Elizabeth Martin1

F, ID# 2056, (a 1671 - )
Father:Thomas Martin / Martine II (1644 - 22 Oct 1714)
Mother:Elizabeth (Unknown) (a 1645 - )
     Elizabeth Martin was born a 1671. She was the daughter of Thomas Martin / Martine II and Elizabeth (Unknown). Elizabeth Martin married Baille Thomas Gilchrist a 1691. Elizabeth Martin was buried at Caerlaverock, Scotland.

Citations

  1. [S3] "Elizabeth Harriet Perry Research."

Edward Martin I1,2

M, ID# 2057, (a 1665 - )
Father:Thomas Martin / Martine II (1644 - 22 Oct 1714)
Mother:Elizabeth (Unknown) (a 1645 - )
Charts:John Satchell Martin * lineage
     Edward Martin I was born a 1665 at Caerlaverock, Scotland. He was the son of Thomas Martin / Martine II and Elizabeth (Unknown). Edward Martin I married (wife of Edward Martin) (Unknown) a 1685. Edward Martin I was buried at Caerlaverock.
      Edward Martin is presumed to be the father of this family, however one of Edwards brothers -- Ebenezer or William Martin -- could be the father.

Children of Edward Martin I and (wife of Edward Martin) (Unknown)

Citations

  1. [S3] "Elizabeth Harriet Perry Research."
  2. [S514] Martin-Lanphier Family Record.

Ebenezer Martin1,2

M, ID# 2058, (a 1669 - )
Father:Thomas Martin / Martine II (1644 - 22 Oct 1714)
Mother:Elizabeth (Unknown) (a 1645 - )
     Ebenezer Martin was born a 1669 at Scotland. He was the son of Thomas Martin / Martine II and Elizabeth (Unknown). Ebenezer Martin was buried at Caerlaverock, Scotland.

Citations

  1. [S3] "Elizabeth Harriet Perry Research."
  2. [S514] Martin-Lanphier Family Record.

William Martin1,2

M, ID# 2059, (a 1667 - )
Father:Thomas Martin / Martine II (1644 - 22 Oct 1714)
Mother:Elizabeth (Unknown) (a 1645 - )
     William Martin was born a 1667 at Scotland. He was the son of Thomas Martin / Martine II and Elizabeth (Unknown). William Martin married an unknown person a 1690 at Liverpool, England. He was buried at Caerlaverock, Scotland.
      William Martin died without issue.

Citations

  1. [S3] "Elizabeth Harriet Perry Research."
  2. [S514] Martin-Lanphier Family Record.

Janette / Janet Edgar1,2,3,4,5

F, ID# 2060, (a 1680 - 1741)
Father:James Edgar (a 1650 - )
Mother:Jean Mackey (a 1650 - )
     Janette / Janet Edgar was born a 1680. She was the daughter of James Edgar and Jean Mackey. Janette / Janet Edgar married Thomas Martin III, son of Thomas Martin / Martine II and Elizabeth (Unknown), in 1704 at Carmuck, Scotland. Janette / Janet Edgar died in 1741.

Children of Janette / Janet Edgar and Thomas Martin III

Citations

  1. [S12] "Ella Virginia Auguste Perry (1870-1971) Research: Collection of hand-written Lanphier, Martin, Perry, Russell and Other Family Documents."
  2. [S51] Virgil V. McNitt, MacNaughton Saga.
  3. [S3] "Elizabeth Harriet Perry Research."
  4. [S78] Edward Duffield Neill (1823-1893), John Neill of Lewes, Delaware.
  5. [S514] Martin-Lanphier Family Record.

James Edgar1,2,3

M, ID# 2061, (a 1650 - )
     James Edgar was born a 1650. He married Jean Mackey, daughter of (Unknown) Mackey, a 1675.
      James Edgar had two daughters and a son and was referred to as James Edgar of Carmuck, Scotland.

Children of James Edgar and Jean Mackey

Citations

  1. [S3] "Elizabeth Harriet Perry Research."
  2. [S78] Edward Duffield Neill (1823-1893), John Neill of Lewes, Delaware.
  3. [S381] "Thomas Mackie Will."

Going Lanphier1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17

M, ID# 2062, (Feb 1726/27 - Sep 1813)
Father:Thomas Lanphier II (1699 - 1741)
Mother:Elizabeth Going (1704 - a 1767)
Charts:John Satchell Martin * lineage
     Going Lanphier was born in Feb 1726/27 at Co Tipperary, Munster, Irish Republic. He was the son of Thomas Lanphier II and Elizabeth Going. Going Lanphier immigrated in May 1732 to Cape Henry, Virginia. He married Elizabeth Wilkerson c 1762. Going Lanphier died in Sep 1813 at Alexandria, Virginia, at age 86. He was buried at Alexandria, Virginia.
      Going Lanphier was best known for two commissions in Fairfax Co, VA -- working on the construction of Pohick Church and expanding and remodeling Mount Vernon plantation manor. Going was a lettered and accomplished planner. He was stubborn, argumentative craftsman with a strong sense of self and a heritage that combined a tradition in the trades with fiercely held beliefs. Going worked for George Washington at Mount Vernon off and on for almost thirty years and left that employment very much his own man. The product of a family tradition of independence, he also lived in a world that was itself undergoing a violent revolt against established authority. Going opposed the Revolutionary War for which his employer George Washington was the leader.

Family tradition stated Going immigrated to Cape Henry, Princess Anne Co, VA from County Cork, Ireland with his father. During his lifetime Going worked as a carpenter, joiner and housebuilder -- often in conjunction with his son's father-in-law William Bernard Sears who was a gifted woodcarver. Just as house carpenters often worked as joiners and carvers, some were skilled at turnery as well.

Going came to Alexandria, VA by 1740 and was living there in 1752 when he was credited in George Washington's ledgers with making slave clothing and in 1753 when Going charged goods purchased at Ramsay and Dixon's Alexandria store. In 1754 Going discharged an apprentice in Alexandria and the following year brought two runaway servants into court there. Going apparently had a slave named Joe and employed two carpenters -- James Tasker and Wentworth Aldon -- and a sawer named Robert Boggess.

In the early 1750s Going turned the stair rails of City Tavern in Alexandria, VA, the finest tavern in the colonies before 1800 and now known as the famous Gadsby's Tavern. The stair rails, with a simple long shaft and a short vase at the bottom, are like the stair rails at Mount Vernon which Going made later.

On 17 Apr 1754 George Tarvin was "... bound apprentice to Going Lamphire [who] is discharged from any further service." On 20 Feb 1755 Going Lamphire brought "into Court his runaway servant Joseph Perry against whom he exhibited an account whereby it appears that he absented himself 27 days & that his master expended 912 lbs. of tobacco in taking him up. Ordered that he serve for the same & costs." On 20 Mar 1755 "Gowing Lamphire [brought] into Court his runaway servant John Edingburgh against whom he exhibited an account whereby it appears that he absented himself seven months and six days and that his master expended 42[cut off number] lbs. of tobacco in taking him up; ordered that he serve for the same & costs." This issue did not end here: on 18 Jun 1756 "Gawen Lamphire brings into Court his runaway servant John Endinburg against whom he exhibits an account whereby it appear that he absented himself forty four days and that his master expended 433 lbs. of tobacco in taking him up. Ordered that he serve for the same and costs and also that the Sheriff give him 30 lashes."

Going lived near the Alexandria, VA waterfront on a northeast corner lot at Fairfax and Duke streets which he purchased from the Wests in 1755. In the 1742-1797 Fairfax Co, VA deed books index there are 16 deeds, leases, releases and power of attorney transactions for Going, his wife Elizabeth and his sisters Venus Lanphier and Susannah Patterson and Susannah's husband John; Alexandria City was part of Fairfax Co, VA until 1791.

On 17 Feb 1756 "John West, Gent & Mary his wife (she being first privately examined & consenting) acknowledged Indentures of lease & release to Gowen LAMPHIRE which are admitted to record."

On 16 Mar 1756 in "Crittenden Munday against William Clerk Comton, Josias Clapham declares he has in his hands of the Defendant's estate 22 Shillings and it is ordered that Going Lamphire, George Martin & James Connelly view the work performed by the Defendant for John Hunter & report on the value thereof."

On 21 Nov 1758 the court order Gowen Lamphire be added to the list of tithables; this indicates Gowen was living in Fairfax Co.

On 20 Dec 1758 Thomas Fleming brough a suit against Gowen Lamphire and was awarded £1.19.6 and also his costs &c.

On 10 Aug 1759 George Washington paid Going 17 pounds for making his stair rails for his home Mount Vernon in Fairfax Co, VA; the rails are unique for their simple long shaft with a short block at the bottom and a delicate cap. Going was the joiner George Washington hired to do the interior carpentry when Washington added a story enlarging Mount Vernon from 1½ to 2½ stories in 1759.

The Fairfax Co court ordered on 21 Feb 1760 that the Churchwardens of Truro parish bind Francis Capshaw apprentice to Gowen Lamphire who is to teach him to read & write and the trade of a joiner, the said Francis being sixteen years old in March next.

On 18 Nov 1760 Gowen Lanphire was a member of the Fairfax Co grand jury; he was on jury duty in Waite vs Witherington; Penn vs Mason; McCarty vs Zachariah Ellkins; and South vs Doyall. On 19 Sep 1761 Gowen Lamphire served on a county jury in John Ratcliffe versus Simon Pearson, our 6th great grandfather; the jury found Simon owed a six-pound debt and assessed damages at one cent plus costs, terms which aligned well with Going's temperment. Going did not serve that day on the jury in John Ashford vs Simon Pearson. Also on the 19th Gowen served on the jury in the case of executors of Benjamin Grayson vs Sampson D'Moville and Samuel Talbutt; John Heryford vs David Piper; Benjamin Grayson vs Thomas Baylis; and William Ramsay Gent against John Crook.

On 20 Oct 1761 Going was again on jury duty when the suit of Sarah Hicks vs Simon Pearson for debt; in this case the jury awarded £21.9.5½ and her costs. That same day he served on the jury in William Ramsay vs Ann Brooks. On 20 May 1763 he was back on jury duty in Jacob Butcher against Michael Gretter; James Nisbett against John Posey; Rachel McWilliams Admx &c of William McWilliams dec'd against Benjamin Hawkins; John Askin against Bryan Alliston; Benjamin Williams against George Johnston; and Abraham Fletcher against Robert Boggess Junr, possibly the same Robert Boggess who was a sawyer working for him in the 1750s. On 17 Aug 1763 in Glassford vs Lake and Saunders, Gowen Lanphier may have been security.

On 19 Jul 1763 the court ordered Benjamin Sebastian, William Sewell, John Patterson & Gowen Lankphier or any three of them being first sworn do inventory and appraise all and singular the estate of Andrew Riddle deceased that should be presented to their view and that the Administrator return the same to the next Court. Because such duty was generally assigned to neighbors of the deceased, this reveals Going's neighbors included his brother-in-law John Patterson and the Alexandria lawyer Benjamin Sebastian. After Aug 1763 Going may have left Fairfax Co because he was no longer in the court orders or minutes; on the other hand his name may have been spelled differently beginning at that point.

On 15 Jan 1765 the court paid Going Lamphire for his account; this may have been for service directly to the court, such as carpentry.

During the 1760s and 1770s Going made and mended tools and cloth-making wheels at Washington's Mount Vernon estate. On 28 Jun 1765 Going (Gowen Lamphire) was paid for turning three axle trees for George Washington. On 16 Jul 1765 and again on 1 Dec 1768 Going voted for his employer Col George Washington and for Col John West in the Election of Burgesses for Fairfax Co, VA.

On 24 Oct 1767 Harry Piper an Alexandria, VA merchant wrote a letter to his cousin John Dixon, a merchant in Whitechaven, Ireland, requesting Dixon contact William Lamphier of County Cork, Ireland regarding the estate inheritance of William's nephew Going Lampier and his sister. Going stated he believed the real estate inheritance to be valued at 1200 pounds. The response to the letter was not reported, but the following letter implied Going would have to return to Ireland to inherit the County Cork family real estate. On 18 Dec 1769 Piper again wrote Dixon noting Going's sister Susanna Lanphier Patterson wrote to her uncle William stating her sister Venus was dead and had left Susanna her portion of the estate and because Going would not return to Ireland, Susanna wanted to file a suit to gain her portion of the estate. By the time Piper wrote Dixon again on 3 Nov 1770, clearly Going was not going to cooperate with paying to pursue a lawsuit or going back to Ireland to inherit the land. "...indeed he is such a person there's no knowing what to make of him." Whose estate this concerned is not known; Going and Susanna's father died in America but may have owned or inherited real estate in Ireland.

In 1767 Going lived at Green Hill in Fairfax Co, VA -- close to Chickadee, which cannot be identified. It was presumed Going was renting land there for himself and his young family from the owner. From 1761 - 1765 Green Hill was the home of Bryan Fairfax, a close associate of George Washington's. Bryan Fairfax went to England with his family in 1765 and built Towlson Grange in Fairfax Co on inherited land and moved there about 1766 after returning from overseas. Fairfax, a large land owner, was actively leasing his property to smaller farmers, so Going with his new family could have been leasing land at Green Hill. Green Hill was located near the mansion Belvoir at Accotink Creek and Back Road (present-day Telegraph Road), putting the location close to what is today 8750 Telegraph Road in Lorton, VA. Living at Green Hill would have put Going less than a mile from his future job building Pohick Church, which is near the intersection of Telegraph Road and Richmond Highway. When Going moved on to his next contract working at Mount Vernon, if he was still living at Green Hill, Going had to travel about 6.5 miles one way to work; no wonder he was often not at work.

In 1770 Going had a lease to Platt Townsend in Fairfax Co, VA.

Going was commissioned to work on building Pohick Church in Alexandria beginning in 1770. Because the walls were of brick, Going and his workers concentrated on the wooden balconies, railings, pews, doors, window and door surrounds, and the pulpit. During 1772 fifty-four people were working on the Pohick construction site. Going worked on the church simultaneously with his son's father-in-law William Bernard Sears from at least 1771 through 1774 for which accounts show Going was paid 124 pounds. Going paid a fifth of his salary to other people to cover his debts.

George Washington was a member of the Truro Parish vestry which had contracted to build Pohick Church. Washington decided in the fall of 1773 to expand his Mount Vernon mansion with two additions by adding on the southern end an upstairs master bedroom and a downstairs library and remodeling the adjoining dining room and then adding a two-story banquet room on the north end. At the beginning of the Revolutionary War, Washington contracted to have Going and William Bernard Sears build the southern addition to his manor home.

As Going began planning the requirements for remodeling Mount Vernon, he sent Washington an extensive Bill of Materials and Bill of Scantling for the Additions to the Mansion House, the first part of which included:
4370      feet of Inh & half plank for Weather Boarding
880      Do of Inh & Quarter Do for Dowall floor: Each plank to be 22 feet Long full
1760      Do of Do Do for the South End having two floors
500      Do of two Inh Do for Doors &c.
500      Do of Inh & half Do for Windows ...
If the shingles are to be laid on plank it will take Dble the Quantity of Laths of ____ plank as it does of Laths, and the weight will be abundantly greater on the Roof." (Washington Papers, Library of Congress)

Subsequently Going wrote a letter from New Church (Pohick Church in Fairfax Co, VA) to Washington detailing the need for and proper use of building materials. On 16 Oct 1773 Going said "I am apprehensive that in the Bill of Scantling that I sent you it was orderd so as to have the Sleepers of Both the additions to Ly Length ways with the house if so the will not be Right by that means the floor will be aCross and the Getting plank the Length of the addition will not answer the Intended purpose of haveing no heading Joints in the Lower floors, the S an unknown place eepers Need not be More then 16 feet long to Join on a Summer in the Middle that must be Layd Length ways of House, the Sleepers Must be the same Breadth & thickness as them Mentiond in the Bill & the Two Summers 10 by 14 and 22 feet Long. I am Sir Yr Most Humle Servt
Going Lanphier
N.B. I preposd from the begining to Lay the flooring & seeling Jousts Length way of the House it will be a Great Means to Strengthen the additions. G.L.

Going started work on 25 Apr 1774 and served as the project manager or undertaker responsible for ensuring the structure was sound as opposed to also overseeing the fine carpentry. In contrast to the initial remodeling at Mount Vernon undertaken years before by Going's brother-in-law John Patterson who had drowned at sea, the work under Going's oversight did not proceed smoothly. Going and Lund Washington, George Washington's plantation overseer and cousin, did not get along or communicate well from the start; Lund found Going's frequent absences from work and obstinate nature infuriating. Going's inconsistent work patterns and rainy weather caused the Mount Vernon project to languish. Going and Sears finally completed the extensive remodel of the dining room with elaborate carving and plaster work and completed the new rooms on the south end of the home by the end of 1775, after Washington left for Boston.

Despite the Washington cousins displeasure with Going's work progress, Going received the next Mount Vernon commission to build the north addition at Mount Vernon. Washington had no other choice for someone with the right skills, and thus it was another ten years before Washington had his addition at the north end of the mansion. Going may have decided given other possible demands for his skills, the 13-mile commute round trip -- if he was still living at Green Hill, and his apparent dislike of Lund Washington, that he was not that interested in personally working for the Washingtons. Going may have employed the same technique used by present-day service providers with open-ended contracts: begin the work, maintain some presence on site and let the contract drag on while other work is obtained and accomplished elsewhere.

Going reluctantly returned to build the second addition, saying according to Lund Washington that the "... money would not purchase the necessarys of life and that he must endeavour to make them." With currency devalued and prices inflated, Going was likely correct, however Lund was reluctant to offer more pay for such slow progress. In 1776 Going began building the northern addition, although he may have subcontracted out much of the work. On 19 Aug 1776 Gen Washington wrote to Lund "...I must beg of you to hasten Lanphire about the addition to the No. End of the House, otherwise you will have it open I fear in the cold & wet Weather, and the Brick work to do at an improper Season, neither of which shall I be at all desirous of."

Lund wrote on 22 Apr 1778, "Of all the Worthless Men liveg Lanphier is the greatest, no act or temptation of mine can prevail on him to come to worck [sic] notwithstandg his repeated promises to do so — I wanted much to get the Window finishd in the Pedimont that I might have the garret Passage plaister’d & clean’d out before Mrs Washington return — beside this the scafflg in the Front of the House cannot be taken away before it is finishd — this prevents me from putg up the Steps to the great Front Door...." Lund’s account book indicated although Going Lanphier’s "man" was employed during this period, Lanphier himself worked very little. On 1 July 1778 Lanphier was credited "By 3 months and 8 days of your man at £5 [per month]" and "By 16 Days worck of self at £9 [per month]." After 1 Jul 1778 both men worked steadily until November.

On 18 Dec 1778 Gen Washington wrote Lund: "With respect to your bargain with Lanphire I can say nothing—I wish every contract that I make, or that is made for me should be fulfilled according to the strict & equitable sense of it—and this in the present case you must be a better judge of than I am—if at the time of engaging him the extra allowance of Corn &ca more was expected & promised than has been performed you are certainly under no obligation to comply with your part till he has fulfilled his—if on the other hand he has fulfilled his you are bound to comply altho it may prove hard—But from your state of the case, the true and equitable construction of the bargain seems to me to be that he ought to have the Corn & Wool, but should be obliged to continue his & servants labor at their present Wages till the covered ways & such work as was particularized or had in contemplation at the time is finished. Without this his wages will be monstrous, the end not answered—& what neither of you at the time could possibly have in view—I therefore think that this is the proper footing to place it on, and, tho slow he had better be kept on those terms till you can at least bring his Wages within the bounds of moderation by time if he should not quite compleat the work expected of him. The Corn (which I am told Qr Master Finnie is now giving Six pounds pr Barl for) should be delivered to him by little at a time for if he gets the whole at once you may, I suppose, catch him as you can." Lund had to increase Going's wages to help ensure completion of the project. By 1779 Going had departed from Mount Vernon.

The interior of the second addition was still incomplete when George returned to Mount Vernon at the end of 1783. On 14 Jan 1784 Washington wrote to Samuel Vaughan of Philadelphia, PA stating "I found my new room [banquet room in the north addition], towards the completion of which you kindly offered your house-joiner, so far advanced in the wooden part of it — the Doors, Windows & floors being done, as to render it unnecessary to remove your workman with his Tools (the distance being great) to finish the other parts; especially as I incline to do it in s[t]ucco, (which, if I understood you right, is the present taste in England)...."

Going may have also worked on the walls of Mill Brook, later called Kenmore, the home of George Washington's sister in Fredericksburg, VA because in 1775 a painter and stucco man who had been working on the Mount Vernon dining room began interior work at Mill Brook. Washington referred to a Frenchman working at both Kenmore and Mount Vernon, and Lanphier was considered French even though he immigrated from Ireland. A number of the motifs used in the Mount Vernon work are the same as those used at Mill Brook.

After completing his work at Mount Vernon may have been the point when Going moved across the Potomac River to Oxen Hill Town, MD but the date and duration of his stay there are unknown. By 1781 Going may have already moved back across the Potomac River to Alexandria, VA. Family records from Going's great-niece state Going made a table for Washington to see, conveyed the table to Washington, negotiated a price, and then made Washington a set of separate tables at Shuter's Hill in Alexandria, VA, and Washington kept one table for himself. Archaeological studies and historical records show in 1781 an elegant two-story frame mansion was first built on Shuter's Hill, where the George Washington Masonic National Temple now stands.

David Griffith, the Clerk of Fairfax Co, VA purchased a large parcel in Alexandria in 1785 and subdivided and numbered the lots within it by his own system. On 21 Jun 1785 Gowen Lamphier of Fairfax Co leased from David and Hannah Griffith of Fairfax Co lot 41 on the west side of St. Asaph Street and the south side of Princess St and lot 73 on the west side of Washington Street and the south side of Princess St for pounds 15.16.1 annually with a penalty of pounds 36.2.6 for not building on lot 73. After Griffith's death, on 16 Oct 1793 it was stated that Griffith rented Gowing Lamphier / Lankphier [sic] the lots for pounds 15.16.1 due annually on 21 Jun, the rents for which were assigned first to Henry Lee and then to Baldwin Dade. Going failed to pay rents and Dade was unable to find anything on the lots to sell, so Dade repossessed lots 41 and 73. The witnesses were Jesse Taylor, Charles Turner and Dennis Ramsey.

In the 1808 Alexandria, VA census Going was noted as a carpenter with 1 slave and a total of 3 people in the household. He owned the two-story home which had no buckets; these were likely fire buckets because Alexandria had several devastating fires through the decades. In 1810 Going owned a home on Queen Street in Alexandria, VA where he lived with his wife and one slave. Going remained in Alexandria, VA until his death in 1813.

Going Lanphier was also known by Goin, Gowan, Gowen, Gowin, Gowing, Gawen, Lanphiere, Lanphire, Lanpheir, Lankphier, Lamphier, Lamphire and Lamphiere as well as other forms of the two names. He passed on to many descendants a proud oral history of his ancestors' French and Irish migrations, the imported wealth and the lost inheritance but not a word of his own life.

Whether Going Lanphier had any relationship to the Going families residing in Alexandria is unknown, but there is no evidence yet found that Goings residing there were his relatives. A Ann Going married David Hamilton in Alexandria on 11 Sep 1801 with bondsman Charles Thompson. The 1808 Alexandria, VA census included a William Going residing in the Aaron Hews home, and this researcher visited a home on Page Terrace and in Fort Ward Park in Alexandria which included old unmarked Going graves.


Detailed sources:

In 2018 Fairfax County, Virginia changed the URLs for historic indexes and records online. Thus URLs below may not be functional but provide the correct type, date and books for searching online. The oldest deed index is at https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/circuit/sites/circuit/files/assets/documents/pdf/hrc/deed-book-index-1742-1866-l-r.pdf.

--Patricia Duncan, Fairfax Co, VA 1749-1808 Minute and Court Orders Abstracts, Heritage Books, 5810 Ruatan St, Berwyn Heights, MD, 20740, softcopy, 2013 (source for Simon Pearson court records below using the page numbers from the abstracts, not the original)
--Fairfax Co, VA 1754-1756 Order Book, Part 1, 17 Apr 1754, p. 26 (George Tarvin appreticed to Going Lamphire)
--Fairfax Co, VA 1754-1756 Order Book, Part 1, 19 Feb 1755, p. 75 (Going Lamphire's servant Joseph Perry)
--Fairfax Co, VA 1754-1756 Order Book, Part 2, 20 Mar 1755, p. 8 (Going Lamphire's servant John Edingburgh)
--Fairfax Co, VA 1754-1756 Order Book, Part 2, 18 Jun 1755, p. 14 (Gawen Lamphire's servant John Edinburg)
--Fairfax Co, VA 1754-1756 Order Book, Part 2, 17 Feb 1756, p. 64 (John and Mary West lease and release to Gowen Lamphire)
--Fairfax Co, VA 1754-1756 Order Book, Part 2, 16 Mar 1756, p. 74 (Munday vs Comton; Going Lamphire to inspect work)
--Fairfax Co, VA 1756-1763 Minute Book, Part 1, 21 Nov 1758, p. 147 (Going Lanphier tithable)
--Fairfax Co, VA 1756-1763 Minute Book, Part 1, 20 Dec 1758, p. 153 (Thomas Fleming vs Gowen Lamphire)
--Fairfax Co, VA 1756-1763 Minute Book, Part 1, 21 Feb 1760, p. 209 (Francis Capshaw apprenticed Gowen Lamphire)
--Fairfax Co, VA 1756-1763 Minute Book, Part 2, 18 Nov 1760, p. 25 (Gowen Lanphire on grand jury); 18 Jun 1761, p. 57 (Waite vs Witherington; Gowen Lamphire on jury); 18 Sep 1761, p. 72 (Penn vs Mason; McCarty vs Ellkins; South vs Doyall; Gowin/Gowen/Gowing Lamphire on jury)
--Fairfax Co, VA 1756-1763 Minute Book, Part 2, 19 Sep 1761, p. 73-76 (John Ratcliffe vs Simon Pearson and Benjamin Grayson's executors vs D'Moville and Talbutt; Heryford vs Piper; Grayson vs Baylis; Ramsay vs Crook; Going Lanphier on jury)
--Fairfax Co, VA 1756-1763 Minute Book, Part 2, 20 Oct 1761, p. 77 (Sarah Hicks vs Simon Pearson; Ramsay vs Brooks; Gowen Lanphire on jury)
--Fairfax Co, VA 1756-1763 Minute Book, Part 2, 20 May 1763, p. 173-174 (Butcher vs Gretter; Fletcher vs Boggess; Nisbett vs Posey; McWilliams vs Hawkins; Askin vs Alliston; Williams against Johnston
Gowen Lamphier/Lamphier on jury)
--Fairfax Co, VA 1756-1763 Minute Book, Part 2, 19 Jul 1763, p. 182; Fairfax Co, VA 1763-1765 Minute Book, 19 Jul 1763, p. 17 (Gowen Lankphier/Lamphier to appraise Riddle estate)
--Fairfax Co, VA 1763-1765 Minute Book, 17 Aug 1763, p. 24 (Glassford vs Lake & Saunders; Gowen Lanphier)
--Fairfax Co, VA 1763-1765 Minute Book, 15 Jan 1765, p. 79 (Going Lamphire account paid)
--Fairfax Co, VA 1742-1797 Deed Book Index, 1770, http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/courts/circuit/pdf/deed-book-index-1742-1797.pdf (Going Lanphier to Platt Townsend, lease)
--Fairfax Co, VA 1742-1797 Deed Book Index, 1785, http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/courts/circuit/pdf/deed-book-index-1742-1797.pdf (David and Hannah Griffith to Going Lanphier, lease)
--The Papers of George Washington, et al, Founders Online, National Archives, http://founders.archives.gov/index.xqy?q=lanohire&s=1111211111&sa=&r=1&sr=.
--Donald Jackson and Dorothy Twohig, editors, The Diaries of George Washington, 6 vols, Charlottesville, VA, 1976–79.
--Manuscript Ledger Book 1, 1750-72, in George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.
--Harry Piper of Alexandria, VA letter to John Dixon, merchant in Whitchaven, Ireland, Harry Piper Letter Book, Douglass Family Manuscript, University of Virginia, 24 Oct 1767, 18 Dec 1769, 3 Nov 1770 (Lanphier inheritance of Going and Susanna Lanphier.)

Children of Going Lanphier and Elizabeth Wilkerson

Citations

  1. [S12] "Ella Virginia Auguste Perry (1870-1971) Research: Collection of hand-written Lanphier, Martin, Perry, Russell and Other Family Documents."
  2. [S3] "Elizabeth Harriet Perry Research."
  3. [S56] Paul Wilstach (1870-1952), Mount Vernon Home.
  4. [S60] Thomas Tileston Waterman, Mansions of Virginia.
  5. [S75] Stephen P. Dorsey, Ralph Cole Hall, Deering Davis, Alexandria Houses 1750 - 1830.
  6. [S174] "Buckland and Sears."
  7. [S236] T. Michael Miller, Alexandria Artisans and Merchants.
  8. [S255] West-Lanphier Deed, Fairfax County, Virginia Deed Book D.
  9. [S256] 1810 Alexandria, VA Census.
  10. [S270] Venus Lanphier Will.
  11. [S330] Lee Baldwin Dalzell, Robert F. Dalzell, Mount Vernon.
  12. [S118] Peter Wilson Coldham, Bonded Passengers to America: Counties.
  13. [S137] Daniel French Estate, Fairfax County, VA, Will Book 1.
  14. [S83] Louis Martin Research.
  15. [S567] Elaine McHale-McRey Research.
  16. [S597] Wesley E. Pippenger, Alexandria, VA 1808 Census.
  17. [S600] James D. Munson, Alexandria Court Deeds.

John Martin I1,2,3,4

M, ID# 2063, (c 1706 - )
Father:Thomas Martin III (a 1679 - )
Mother:Janette / Janet Edgar (a 1680 - 1741)
     John Martin I was born c 1706 at Scotland. He was the son of Thomas Martin III and Janette / Janet Edgar. John Martin I married Jane Tolmey a 1750. John Martin I was buried at Scotland.
      John Martin and Jane Tolmey had nine children.

Child of John Martin I and Jane Tolmey

Citations

  1. [S45] Ruth Jean Tamm Dryden, Worcester Co, MD Land Records.
  2. [S3] "Elizabeth Harriet Perry Research."
  3. [S44] Mark Clifford Lewis (1887-1970), "Martin Family of Worchester Co, MD."
  4. [S78] Edward Duffield Neill (1823-1893), John Neill of Lewes, Delaware.

Robert Martin1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11

M, ID# 2064, (a 1690 - 1725)
Father:Edward Martin I (a 1665 - )
Mother:(wife of Edward Martin) (Unknown) (a 1665 - )
Charts:John Satchell Martin * lineage
     Robert Martin was born a 1690 at Galloway, Scotland. He was the son of Edward Martin I and (wife of Edward Martin) (Unknown). Robert Martin immigrated in 1706. He married Mary Downes, daughter of George Downes I and Margaret Mitchell, in 1714 at Little Monie, Somerset Co, Maryland.12 Robert Martin died in 1725 at Little Monie, Somerset Co, Maryland. His estate was probated on 16 Jun 1725 at Somerset Co, Maryland.
      Snow Hill, MD was founded in 1686 in that part of Somerset Co that later became part of Worcester Co when Somerset Co was divided in 1742. The settlement grew and prospered as a farming and business community, with the Pocomoke River playing a key role in its development. In 1694 Snow Hill became a royal port and the metropolis of the colonial county; schooners plied the river conducting a lively trade. Shipbuilding, brick making, iron smelting, and tobacco and lumber shipping flourished throughout the late 1700s and early 1800s.

From the beginning the town attracted thrifty Scotch merchants. In 1706 two Scotch merchants, Robert Martin and his brother Edward, arrived from the Galloway district of Scotland and made their trade as merchants, adding zest to the Snow Hill commercial activities. Robert became an importer of goods in partnership with his cousin, Colonel James Martin, who resided in Scotland.

Brothers Robert and Edward Martin witnessed the 3 Oct 1709 will of Edward Davis at Worcester Co, MD with William Round.

The Martins were Presbyterians, and the intermarried Downes, Dashiell, Mitchell, Bosman and Whittington families attended the Church of England. Robert represented the cream of Presbyterianism in Somerset Co in his day.

In Sep 1714 Robert patented 100 acres in Mattapony called Nine Pin Branch Neck; in 1990, from highway 113 north of Snow Hill, Worcester Co, MD, a west turn on Five Mile Branch Road leads to a fork at the present Whiton Crossing and Nine Pin Branch roads. In 1720 Robert patented 200 acres called Carlaverock, Coulbourne District, Worchester Co, MD; this was named for where his Martin family was from in Scotland. In Worcester Co, he also acquired 200 acres of Snow Hill tract.

Robert and his brother Edward purchased adjoining lots in town and lands. Robert acquired lots 23 and 24, 300 of Ryans Chance and 300 acres of Snow Hill tract by 1721. His brother Edward purchased lot 11 next to the Church of England and bounded by Green Street, Strawberry Alley or Lane (now Commerce Street), and the Pokomoke River (which in 1990 was vacant land) and an additional 100 acres by 1721. By the time of his death in 1725 Robert had purchased most of the acreage surrounding Snow Hill and all the unsold lots in town.

Timing of the first Presbyterian Meeting House's construction in Snow Hill is unclear, but it was built prior to 1698 near the north side of the present Green Street and some yards west of the present Bank Street, probably on lot ten. The replacement meeting house was built circa 1746 on lot 32 on the south side of Market Street, and further meeting house constructions were on this same lot. The Francis Makemie Church presently on this site was initially Presbyterian (now Episcopal) and has many Martin and related families' descendants buried in its grounds; since stone was not available for any markers in this region until the latter half of the eighteenth century, the earlier Martin graves may be there but are now lost.

Rev. John Hampton, a Somerset County, MD Presbyterian minister, baptized the Robert and Mary's children according to author Clayton Torrence, but it is unclear where this occurred. Rev. John Hampton arrived from Europe in 1705 and qualified in 1706 to preach at four sites in Somerset County: Manokin, Snow Hilll, and the meeting houses at Mr. Venable's and Mrs. Edgar's. At that time there was a vibrant Presbyterian church in Snow Hill where Robert and Mary lived. However, their children's births and baptism dates were recorded, according to family documents, at the "Presbyterian Church at Little Monie," near the home of Mary's family the Downes, who attended the Anglican church. Nevertheless, in the early 1700s the church at Little Monie, MD was not a Presbyterian church but an Anglican church, the first Somerset Parish Church (Episcopal). Somerset Parish Church, a Church of England parish, underwent several reconstructions and name changes during its history. The original church, built in the mid 1690s on John Elzey's Almodington tract north of the Manokin River, one-half mile west of the mouth of Goose Creek and six miles southwest of Princess Anne, MD, is now under the Manokin River.

The church was rebuilt about 1710 as Second Somerset Parish Church, later called Monie Church, east of Goose Creek on a neck of land between the head of Little Monie Creek and the Manokin River on land called Hab Nab. In 1723 this tract of fifty acres was patented by Capt John Jones and our ancester, my eighth great-grandfather, Thomas Dashiell I and called Somerset; at his death Thomas Dashiell, who was not related to the Martins, bequeathed the Somerset tract to the parish. In 1845 the church was consecrated under the name All Saints' Church. The frame on brick structure was totally demolished in a severe 1879 windstorm.

A third church was constructed on the foundation of the Second Somerset Parish in 1881, one-quarter mile north of the Princess Anne to Deal Island road and five miles west of Princess Anne, MD. Consecrated as All Saints Church Monie in Venton, MD, the church remained sturdy when visited in 1991.

Although All Saints Church Monie remains the parish church of Somerset, the church records from all three iterations of this Monie church were maintained in the 1990s by Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church in Princess Anne, which was the location for the transaction of parish affairs.

At his death Robert left his wife Mary one-third of his personal property and real estate for life. He appointed that his children be "carefully brought in the fear of their Maker and to read the Scriptures and that my son John be kept at school until he be fit to be bound to a trade which he and his relations may seem meetest." To his son John he devised 50 acres of swamp called Fortune, the 200 acres of Carlaverock, 11 acres of Desert, and 400 acres of Snow Hill tract. He bequeathed his daughter Mary 200 acres called Dumphries, Worchester Co, MD on the south side of the Pocomoke River at the head of the tract called Snow Hill. He left 100 acres of Ryan's Chance, Coulbourne District to Mathew Ryan and provided for an unborn male child with 200 of the southernmost acres of the 300 acres in Ryan's Chance. In the event the unborn child was a female the acreage was to go to his daughter Betty; in 1727 Betty did inherit 100 acres in Nine Pin Branch which her mother Mary sold to her new husband. For any three of his children without land he provided personal property, monies at the age of eighteen and for the selling of 100 acres in Nine Pin Neck lying on the south side of the Pokomoke River near Copanco. He provided for any of his nephews by his brother Thomas, should they come to America, his brother Edward's home in Snow Hill on lot eleven with the associated store. Finally he offered his partner and cousin James Martin in England a suit of clothes or to have his "storage [stowage?] and accomodation free as long as he thinks proper." Witnesses: James Billings, Patrick Allison and Robt. Hall. When his cousin James Martin came to America to settle Robert's estate, he married Robert's widow Mary Downes.

     On 19 Jul 1725 at Worcester Co, MD Adam Spence senior and Edmond Hough were named appraisers and Mary Martin, James Martin and George Dashiell were named next of kin for the estate of Robert Martin.

During the next hundred years of the Martin family sojourn, they became intermarried in their secluded region with the Wises, Joynes, Parmers, Satchells, Duffields, Neills and Bodies.


Other sources:
--Somerset Co, MD Deed Book O 13, p. 261 & 265 (John Bishop junior & others to Robert Martin; Deed Book O 14, p. 50 deed of John Murray to Robert Martin; Deed O 15, p. 182 deed of James Dayley to Robert Martin; Somerset Co, Liber A, Views of Land by Committee, p. 44-46 and 92-94 survey of Snow Hill tract for Robert Martin and James Dayley.
--Worcester Registry of Wills, Book MH 3, folio 327.8 (will of Robert Martin)
--Maryland Probate Records 1674-1774, CD #5206, Calender of Wills, Vol. 5, 1720-1726, p. 194 (will of Robert Martin).
--Clayton Torrence, Old Somerset on The Eastern Shore of Maryland, p. 417-418 (Appendix VI, First Court House Sites & First Towns in Somerset).
--Vernon L. Skinner Jr., Worcester County, MD, Wills Book MH3, 1666-1742, p. 8 (will of Edward Davis).
--Vernon L. Skinner Jr., Worcester County, MD, Inventories and Accounts, Inventory Book JW15, 1694-1742, p. 14 (administration of Edward Martin's estate).
--Matthew M. Wise, Littleton Heritage: Some American Descendants of Col. Nathaniel Littleton (1605-1654) of Northampton Co., Virginia, and His Royal Forebears, p. 12 (#B-5 William W. Whittington).
--Neill, John Neill of Lewes, Del, 1739, p. 95.
--Vernon L. Skinner Jr., Worcester County, MD, Inventories and Accounts, Inventory Book JW15, 1694-1742, p. 14 (adm of Edward Martin's estate).
--Mark C. Lewis (of Parksley VA), The Martin Family of Worcester County, MD and their Whittington Connection for Miss Elizabeth Perry of Staunton VA, 1960.
--Vernon L. Skinner Jr., Worcester County, MD, Inventories and Accounts, Inventory Book JW15, 1694-1742, p. 17 (Robert Martin's estate).
--Maryland Probate Records 1674-1774, CD #5206, Calender of Wills, Vol. 15, 1772-1774, p. 118 (will of Mary Martin).
--Maryland Probate Records 1674-1774, CD #5206, Calender of Wills, Vol. 9, 1744-1749, p. 137 (will of James Martin).

Children of Robert Martin and Mary Downes

Citations

  1. [S49] Mark Clifford Lewis (1887 - 1970), "Kendall-Satchell-Martin Family."
  2. [S64] Roberta Bowling Henry, Eleanor Cotton Whitaill, Jane Baldwin Cotton, Maryland Calendar of Wills.
  3. [S3] "Elizabeth Harriet Perry Research."
  4. [S45] Ruth Jean Tamm Dryden, Worcester Co, MD Land Records.
  5. [S44] Mark Clifford Lewis (1887-1970), "Martin Family of Worchester Co, MD."
  6. [S12] "Ella Virginia Auguste Perry (1870-1971) Research: Collection of hand-written Lanphier, Martin, Perry, Russell and Other Family Documents."
  7. [S35] William Clayton Torrence (1184-1953), Old Somerset on the Eastern Shore.
  8. [S76] Mrs. John Russell Sampson (1854- ), Kith and Kin.
  9. [S2] "Moody Miles Research."
  10. [S514] Martin-Lanphier Family Record.
  11. [S83] Louis Martin Research.
  12. [S252] Martin - Selby Bible.

Edward Martin II1

M, ID# 2065, (a 1686 - b 24 Jun 1721)
Father:Edward Martin I (a 1665 - )
Mother:(wife of Edward Martin) (Unknown) (a 1665 - )
     Edward Martin II was born a 1686 at Scotland. He was the son of Edward Martin I and (wife of Edward Martin) (Unknown). Edward Martin II immigrated in 1706. He died b 24 Jun 1721 at Worcester Co, Maryland. He was buried at Snow Hill, Maryland.
      Edward Martin acquired lot #11 in Snow Hill, MD in Oct 1706. He also apparently owned at least lots #23, 24 and 11.

Adam Spence and John Murray were named to appraise the estate of Edward in 1721.

Sources:
--Vernon L. Skinner Jr., Worcester County, MD, Wills Book MH3, 1666-1742, p. 8 (will of Edward Davis).
--Vernon L. Skinner Jr., Worcester County, MD, Inventories and Accounts, Inventory Book JW15, 1694-1742, p. 14 (administration of Edward Martin's estate).

Child of Edward Martin II

Citations

  1. [S44] Mark Clifford Lewis (1887-1970), "Martin Family of Worchester Co, MD."

Jennet 'Janet' Martin1,2,3

F, ID# 2066, (a 1692 - Apr 1790)
Father:Edward Martin I (a 1665 - )
Mother:(wife of Edward Martin) (Unknown) (a 1665 - )
     Jennet 'Janet' Martin was born a 1692 at Scotland. She was the daughter of Edward Martin I and (wife of Edward Martin) (Unknown). Jennet 'Janet' Martin died in Apr 1790 at Scotland. She was buried at Kirkpatrick Durham Parish, Kirkcudbrightshire Co, Scotland.

Citations

  1. [S3] "Elizabeth Harriet Perry Research."
  2. [S1] "Virginia Winslett Research."
  3. [S52] Rev. William A. Stark, Book of Kirkpatrick Durham.

Mary Downes1,2,3,4,5

F, ID# 2067, (c 1695 - 27 Jan 1774)
Father:George Downes I (c 1645 - c 1737)
Mother:Margaret Mitchell (a 1665 - c 1742)
Charts:John Satchell Martin * lineage
     Mary Downes was born c 1695 at Somerset Co, Maryland. She was the daughter of George Downes I and Margaret Mitchell. Mary Downes married Robert Martin, son of Edward Martin I and (wife of Edward Martin) (Unknown), in 1714 at Little Monie, Somerset Co, Maryland.6 Mary Downes married COL James Martin I, son of Thomas Martin III and Janette / Janet Edgar, in 1726 at Maryland.6 Mary Downes died on 27 Jan 1774 at Worcester Co, Maryland. Her estate was probated on 18 Feb 1774 at Worcester Co, Maryland.
      The original Somerset Parish Church register from 1690 to 1700 -- which includes Mary Downes' birth -- was stolen from St Andrew's Church Somerset Parish and the corresponding microfilm was stolen from the Hall of Records during the 1980s; the church believed the register would be recovered after the death of a parishoner.

Mary was living in Little Monie, MD when she got married. In her 27 Jan 1774 will Mary recognized the eight living, of her ten children, leaving them slaves, animals, clothes and money: to son James Martin (Extr) Negro girl Savinah, Negro boy Tom and Negro boy Sampson. To son George Martin (Extr) Negro woman Jenny, Negro boy Toney. To son Thomas Martin, blacksmith tools . To daughter Mary Schoolfield a cow, calf, sow & pigs. To daughter Margaret Irving cow, calf & gown. To daughter Elizabeth Handy cow, calf & gown. To daughter Jennett Ayres, 25 pounds in money and remainder of my wearing apparel. To sons James and George Martin the residue of estate after paying debts and any claims my daughter Elizabeth Harris, wife of Benton Harris, may have. Witnesses: Henry Johnson, William Merrill & Dolly Merrill.

Children of Mary Downes and Robert Martin

Children of Mary Downes and COL James Martin I

Citations

  1. [S3] "Elizabeth Harriet Perry Research."
  2. [S35] William Clayton Torrence (1184-1953), Old Somerset on the Eastern Shore.
  3. [S2] "Moody Miles Research."
  4. [S514] Martin-Lanphier Family Record.
  5. [S83] Louis Martin Research.
  6. [S252] Martin - Selby Bible.

CPT John Martin I1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8

M, ID# 2068, (1716 - b 4 Aug 1763)
Father:Robert Martin (a 1690 - 1725)
Mother:Mary Downes (c 1695 - 27 Jan 1774)
Charts:John Satchell Martin * lineage
     CPT John Martin I was born in 1716. He was the son of Robert Martin and Mary Downes. CPT John Martin I was christened in 1716 at Somerset Parish, Little Monie, Somerset Co, Virginia. He married Eleanor Dashiell, daughter of COL George Dashiell I and Elizabeth 'Betty' N. (Unknown), b 9 May 1748 at Somerset Co, Maryland. CPT John Martin I died b 4 Aug 1763 at Worcester Co, Maryland.
      After the death of Robert Martin, his cousin COL James Martin and later Robert's son CPT John Martin I, became the developers of Snow Hill, MD. Among other lands, Robert's son John inherited 200 acres called Carlaverock in Worchester Co, MD from his father. In 1741 John leased the 400 acre Snow Hill tract for rents. He owned lots 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29 and 32. Lot 10 included a dwelling, kitchen and garden; lot 29 was next to the courthouse and the prison; and John gave Snow Hill Presbyterian Church the deed for the lot 32. In 1749 John patented 17 acres of Landing Wharf, Coulbourne District in Snow Hill. He and his wife Eleanor liquidated their town lots and the Snow Hill tract from 1742 into the early 1760s to pay for debts.

Reference to John having a wife named Mary, as noted in the county land extracts of 1748, have been verified incorrect by examining the original land records in the courthouse which in fact discuss his mother Mary -- not his wife.

John and his wife Eleanor sold Lot #10 of Snow Hill Town to Joshua Mitchell on 3 Aug 1749 in Worcester Co, MD.

John died intestate, but both an inventory and an account were published of his estate. Administration of the estate was granted to Robert Schoolfield and William Allen; the bond was dated 4 Aug 1763 and Benjamin Handy and James Martin were securities. John's estate was settled between then and 9 Aug 1764 at Worcester Co, MD. administration was granted to Rev. John Rose, William Allen and Thomas Dashiell. Appraisers of the estate were James Falconer and Adam Spence. Creditors were John Taylor and Hugh Wallace. Next of kin notes were James Martin and George Martin.

The Aug 1764 inventory lists John's goods, chattles and rights and includes two horses; stone, glass, and iron pieces; a few silver pieces; linens; teeth; billard table; Spanish, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia currency; 54 window glasses and a mirror. The 1770 accounting net worth totals 423-13-0 pounds.

John's estate was finally settled on 28 Sep 1770 when Thomas Dashiell submitted the administration account at Worcester Co, MD and the residual estate was distributed to unnamed children.

Following John's death, a 1834 fire destroyed much of Snow Hill, followed by an 1893 fire that razed the original downtown area and destroyed the early town and county records housed in the courthouse. Martin Street had homes from the 1870s still standing in 1990.

"The Martins," undated, which looks like it is the handwriting of family researcher Elizabeth Perry 1904-1989 states the Martins were related to the Bodie family, although it does not say how or when; no Bodie families were found on the Eastern Shore. Although Martins have been noted off the Eastern Shore marrying Brodies, no Brodie families were noted on the Eastern Shore.

Some of John's descendants became respected manufacturers in Lenni, Delaware Co, PA.


Moody Miles sources:

[S2200] Maryland Probate Records 1674-1774, CD #5206, Prerogative Court Abstracts, 1763-1766, p. 48 (estate of Capt. John Martin).
[S2200] Maryland Probate Records 1674-1774, CD #5206, Calender of Wills, Vol. 5, 1720-1726, p. 194 (will of Robert Martin).
[S2200] Maryland Probate Records 1674-1774, CD #5206, Calender of Wills, Vol. 9, 1744-1749, p. 137 (will of James Martin).
[S2200] Maryland Probate Records 1674-1774, CD #5206, Calender of Wills, Vol. 9, 1744-1749, p. 189 (will of George Dashiell, wife Elizabeth).
[S2200] Maryland Probate Records 1674-1774, CD #5206, p. 120 (Maryland Calender of Wills, Vol 14, 1767-1772, will of William Whittington).
[S224] Clayton Torrence, Old Somerset on The Eastern Shore of Maryland, p. 417-418 (Appendix VI, First Court House Sites & First Towns in Somerset).
[S2624] Mark C. Lewis (of Parksley VA), The Martin Family of Worcester County, MD and their Wittington Connection for Miss Elizabeth Perry of Staunton VA, 1960.
[S2166] Vernon L. Skinner Jr., Worcester County, MD, Wills Book MH3, 1666-1742, p. 67 (will of George Dashiell, wife Elizabeth).
[S975] Henry C. Peden Jr. & F. Edward Wright, Colonial Families of the Eastern Shore of Maryland, Volume 9, p. 156-157 (Robert Martin Family).
[S497] James Handley Marshall, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802, p. 528 (will of Nancy Martin, brother Robert Martin).
--Worcester Co, MD Inventories 85, ff. 80-87; Accounts 65, ff, 156-158 (inventory & account of Capt John Martin.)

Children of CPT John Martin I and Eleanor Dashiell

Citations

  1. [S35] William Clayton Torrence (1184-1953), Old Somerset on the Eastern Shore.
  2. [S3] "Elizabeth Harriet Perry Research."
  3. [S66] Benjamin Jones Dashiell (1867- ), Dashiell Family.
  4. [S45] Ruth Jean Tamm Dryden, Worcester Co, MD Land Records.
  5. [S44] Mark Clifford Lewis (1887-1970), "Martin Family of Worchester Co, MD."
  6. [S78] Edward Duffield Neill (1823-1893), John Neill of Lewes, Delaware.
  7. [S514] Martin-Lanphier Family Record.
  8. [S83] Louis Martin Research.

Mary Martin1,2

F, ID# 2069, (1717 - 1778)
Father:Robert Martin (a 1690 - 1725)
Mother:Mary Downes (c 1695 - 27 Jan 1774)
     Mary Martin was born c 1717. She was christened in 1717 at Somerset Parish, Little Monie, Somerset Co, Maryland. She was the daughter of Robert Martin and Mary Downes. Mary Martin married John Richardson a 1739 at Worcester Co, Maryland. Mary Martin married John Schoolfield I a 1756 at Worcester Co, Maryland. Mary Martin died in 1778. Her estate was probated on 13 Mar 1778 at Worcester Co, Maryland.
      Mary Martin deeded 200 acres of Dumphries, Worchester Co, MD land in 1772.

Children of Mary Martin and John Richardson

Citations

  1. [S3] "Elizabeth Harriet Perry Research."
  2. [S63] Alan F. Day, David W. Jordan, Gregory A. Stiverson Edward Papenfuse, Maryland Legislature Biographies.

Elizabeth 'Betty' 'Betsy' Martin1,2,3

F, ID# 2070, (1719 - b 9 Mar 1779)
Father:Robert Martin (a 1690 - 1725)
Mother:Mary Downes (c 1695 - 27 Jan 1774)
     Elizabeth 'Betty' 'Betsy' Martin was born c 1719. She was christened in 1719 at Somerset Parish, Little Monie, Somerset Co, Maryland. She was the daughter of Robert Martin and Mary Downes. Elizabeth 'Betty' 'Betsy' Martin married William W. Whittington IV, son of William Whittington III and Elizabeth 'Betty' Taylor, on 15 Mar 1742. Elizabeth 'Betty' 'Betsy' Martin married Hampton Hopkins a 1744. Elizabeth 'Betty' 'Betsy' Martin married CPT Benton Harris in 1753. Elizabeth 'Betty' 'Betsy' Martin died b 9 Mar 1779 at Worcester Co, Maryland. Her estate was probated on 1 Nov 1779 at Worcester Co, Maryland.

Child of Elizabeth 'Betty' 'Betsy' Martin and William W. Whittington IV

Child of Elizabeth 'Betty' 'Betsy' Martin and Hampton Hopkins

Citations

  1. [S3] "Elizabeth Harriet Perry Research."
  2. [S44] Mark Clifford Lewis (1887-1970), "Martin Family of Worchester Co, MD."
  3. [S2] "Moody Miles Research."