Edward
Martin - 1846-1927
3rd great grandfather
There
is only one branch in my entire family tree that repeats the same name over six
generations. That is the Irish family
name Edward Martin. Edward Martin my 3rd
great grandfather immigrated to the United States after his fifth daughter was
born May 1842. Edward married Julia, her maiden-name is unknown, in Kilmactranny Parish, County Sligo, Ireland August 1, 1829.
Their first five children were all daughters born in Ireland; Mary
Jane born 1833, Margaret Isabelle born 1834, Eliza "Lizzie" born
1838, Frances "Fannie" born 1840, and Susan born 1842. Hard to
believe we are going to get five generations of Edward Martins with all these
girls but the last two children were sons; John Jacob born in 1842 and Edward
William born 1844.
Kilmactranny Parish Church, Sligo County, Ireland |
Shortly
after arriving in America a son John Jacob was born in Ohio and the youngest
child, my great-great grandfather, Edward William Martin, was born August
1,1846 in Springwells, Wayne County, Michigan. Before little Edward Martin
turns eight his father died on February 22, 1854 leaving a widow and seven
children.
Elmwood Cemetery Detroit, Michigan |
It
is Edward's death that creates 132 pages of documentation that relates to us
the well-being of this Irish family for the next 40 years. Edward and Julia might have left Ireland
knowing the famine was on the brink of developing but this Irish family was
protestant and had money. Edward buys a
farm in Wayne County, Michigan of 160 acres in 1842 and in the 1850
agricultural census it states his cash value of his farm was $2500 being the
ninth wealthiest farmer of the 35 farms listed on the page. He had six horses, 2 oxen, 15 swine, 200
bushels of wheat, 100 bushels of corn, and 60 bushels of oats. Edward had
invested in a working farm and little did he know in 1850 that his investment
would help his family survive for 40 years after his death in 1854.
Edward
died intestate, without a will, so the court appoints his wife Julia the
executor of his estate and estimate his worth at ten thousand dollars. This might have been too much for Julia
because in just a few weeks the court appointed Colin Campbell the
executor. This is probably a family
member, but I have not been able to prove this relationship.
Edward Martin's Estate value Julia Martin - administrator |
It
is on the many pages of Edward Martin's probate papers that it states where in
Ireland Julia and Edward were married, the date of the marriage, a description
of his property in Wayne County, an inventory of his estate and sale of lands,
expenses of the family for many years, and the partition of land in 1896 after
the death of Julia on August 17, 1894.
Partition of property to Edward & Julia's five children in 1894 |
Edward
W. Martin is the seventh child of Edward and Julia and he lives his entire 81
years on the property where he was born and eventually inherits.
Edward W. married Elizabeth Larkins August 9,
1869 and they had five children; two girls and three boys. The two girls died within a year of their
births but the boys all live to adulthood.
This generation does not produce an Edward. It is Edward W. Martin's son
Francis Arthur Martin who names his second son Edward Jacob Martin.
Edward William Martin 1844-1927 |
Are
you with me? This makes the third Edward Martin! Edward Jacob Martin, my
grandfather, was born January 7, 1895 in Detroit to Francis and Nina Wilcox
Martin. Edward Jacob married Mary
Catherine Cronin in 1917 and has four children; his oldest a son that he named
Edward William Martin. That makes the
fourth Edward Martin! Edward William
Martin, the fourth, was born in 1918 and he had three sisters, one of which is
my mother, Josephine Blanche Martin.
Julia Marko and Edward William Martin 1943 Edward William Martin 1918-2005 |
Edward William Martin, the fourth, married Julia Marko in 1943 and had three
sons. Yes, we not only have another Edward Martin, we have another Edward and
Julia Martin! Edward and Julia named
their first son, Edward Timothy Martin. We now have our fifth Edward Martin in
143 years.
From
the birth of Edward Martin, our Irish immigrant, born in 1798 to the sixth
generation of Martins with Edward Timothy Martin born in 1943 we have five
generations of the Same Name.
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