Martyn Family Genealogy


Martyn
   "Martyn" is derived from a personal name in Latin: Martinus, a derivative of Mars, genitive Martis, the Roman god of fertility and war, whose name may derive ultimately from a root mar (‘gleam’). This name was borne by a famous 4th-century saint, Martin of Tours, and consequently became extremely popular throughout Europe in the Middle Ages. As a North American surname, this form has absorbed many cognates from other European forms.
   The English strain of the surname is a habitational name from any of several places, principally in Hampshire, Lincolnshire, and Worcestershire, named in Old English as ‘settlement by a lake’ (from mere or mær (‘pool’, ‘lake’) + tun (‘settlement’) or as ‘settlement by a boundary’ (from (ge)mære (‘boundary’) + tun (‘settlement’). The name then charged from Marton under the influence of the personal name Martin.
   A family with this surname was first found in Leicestershire, where the martyn family was seated from very early times. The family was granted lands by Duke William of Normandy, their liege Lord, for their distinguished assistance at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 A.D. The family Coat of Arms is silver with a red chevron between two seashells at the top and a red cross in base. The Crest is a Talbot's head. The family motto translates to: "Sure and Steadfast."
   Our lineage to this family can be traced to ROBERT MARTYN, who was born around 1550 in Sherford, Devon, England. Robert married a woman named JOANE. She was born about 1538 in Sherford. They had the following children:

CHILDREN OF ROBERT AND JOANE MARTYN

  • HENRY MARTYN was born about 1569 in Sherford, Devon, Eng. He died 25 Apr 1620. Henry married Luce.
  • JOANE MARTYN. Family listed below.
  • PETER MARTYN was born about 1573 in Sherford, Devon, Eng.
  • JOHN MARTYN was born about 1575 in Sherford, Devon, Eng.
  • THOMAS MARTYN was born about 1577 in Sherford, Devon, Eng.

    •    Their daughter, JOANE MARTYN was born in 1570, in Sherford, Devonshire, England. She married RICHARD MARCHE (b: 1566) in Sherford. Joane died on the 21st of May, 1616, in Sherford, Devonshire, England, and was buried on the tenth of June.

    CHILDREN OF RICHARD MARCHE AND JOANE MARTIN

  • ALICE MARCHE b: ABT. 1594 in Sherford, Devonshire, England.
  • WILLIAM MARCHE b: 1595 in Sherford, Devonshire, England.
  • ELIZABETH MARCHE b: ABT. 1596 in Sherford Devonshire, England.
  • EULALIA MARCH b: ABT. 1600 in Sherford, Devonshire, England. She married HENRY BURT, JR. (b. 1595) of Harberton, Devonshire, England, on the 28th of December, 1619. They lived in England for about twenty more years, then in 1639, they sailed to America and settled in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. Family listed here.
  • AMIDAS MARCHE b: ABT. 1600 in Sherford, Devonshire, England.
  • JANE MARCHE b: ABT. 1602 in Sherford, Devonshire, England .
  • JOHANE MARCHE b: ABT. 1604 in Sherford, Devonshire, England.
  • AMIAS MARCHE b: 1604 in Sherford Devonshire England.
  • JANE MARCHE b: 1608 in Sherford, Devonshire, England.
  • JOHANE MARCHE b: 1610 in Sherford, Devonshire, England.

    • GENEALOGY

    ROBERT MARTYN (b. before 1550) married JOANE (b. 1538) and begat...

    JOANE MARTYN (b: 1570), who married RICHARD MARCHE (b: 1566) and begat...

    EULALIA MARCH (1600 - 1690), who married HENRY BURT, JR., and begat...

    MARY BURT (1635 - 1689) who married WILLIAM BROOKS (1629 - 1689) and begat...

    MARY BROOKS, who married BARRETT STEELE (1675 - 1713) and begat...

    JOHN STEELE (1707- 1793), who married ABIGAIL BROOKS (1727 - 1774) and begat...

    RHODA STEELE, who married ROBERT SANDERSON (b. 13 Jul 1734) and begat...

    ELNATHAN SANDERSON (1776 - 1854), who married BETSY WALTERS and begat...

    DAVID SANDERSON (1804 - 1884), who married POLLY BRIGGS (1811 - 1867) and begat...

    MELISSA SANDERSON (1839 - 1921), who married LABAN HAUSE (1831 - 1906) and begat...

    FRANK HAUSE (1867 - 1951), who married FLADELLA RAYMOND (1869 - 1961) and begat...

    CARLISLE HAUSE (1891 - 1972), who married MARJORIE MARCHANT (1892 - 1939) who begat...

    CARLETON MARCHANT HAUSE, SR. (1917 - 1983), who married JEANNE BRUNNER (1918 - 2000) and begat...

    CARLETON MARCHANT HAUSE, JR. (b. 1939), who married MARTHA WENK (b. 1940) and begat...

    JEFF (who married LORI ANN DOTSON), KATHY (who married HAL LARSEN), ERIC (who married MARY MOONSAMMY), and MICHELE HAUSE (who married JOHN SCOTT HOUSTON).