New York had the highest population of Martin families in 1840. In 1774 Governor Dunmore declared war against the indignious Americans. W. T. Martin (Dent County, Missouri) That no young man, prentiz or otherwise, shall weare no gorgious apparel, ne silks, either within or without ther garments, ne yet fyne knit stockins either of silke or other costlie wise, weare no costlie long riffs thick and started, but be content with single riffs, and that also they shall weare no pantwofles dainty and embroidered footgear but be content with showse., The younger generation having been thus suitably admonished, the Council next turned their attention to the shopkeepers and working men. No man, however, might be a freeman of Galway unless he could speak English, and shaved his upper lip weekly, the heavy moustaches of the Irish being a mark that distinguished them from the English. Much more so than Read More Debunking a Family Story Through DNA, According to some Martin researchers Stephen was the youngest of the Martin brood of James and Elizabeth (Crawford). Several years ago my family took my Dad on a road trip to Arkansas to visit the old Martin homestead. 1999-2019 FamilyTreeCircles.com. Alternate spellings: MARTIN, DEMARTIN, DESAINTMARTIN, MARTEN, MATIN, MATTIN, MARTYN, MARTAIN, MARTINE, and others. LindsleyD. Martin (1796) He was the was son of Captain Joseph Martin, Sr. and Susannah Chiles. ( 1 ) Stamford then and now Author: Smith, Martin (Joseph Martin), 1901- England, Lincolnshire, Stamford - Cemeteries ( 2 ) Monumental inscriptions of . It was further en- acted that no merchants wife should frequent any tavern or alehouse, on pain of forfeiting twenty shillings, toties quoties, every time, that she did the contrary, meaning presumably the same.