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• Name: George Martain, Jr.
• Born: October 21, 1648 in Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts
• Father: George Martain, Sr.
• Mother: Susannah North
• Married:
• Spouse: Abigail
• Children:
• Sarah Martain
• Thomas Martin
• Joseph Martin
• Died: after 1690 Massachusetts
• Buried:

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• "George Martin.

  The first reference to him is under date of April 14, 1681, when he was granted "ten acres of land between the line of the ten-acre lots . . . . with the privilege of firewood and to Live [thereon] four years." The next important reference to him is as follows: Dec. 15, 1685, he was ordered to take into his posessions all goods "belonging to Marget lord alias Rainer late desesed," as administrator. What significance this has is not apparent by any further search, as this is the only reference to Margaret Lord. Whether she was born Lord and married Rainer, or vice versa, is to be construed according to facts which may develop. Neither name appears on the Vineyard Records before or after this, and where Martin got his authority is a mystery. It is possible she was Margaret, daughter of William and Jane Lord of Salem, born 1660, who on Jan. 23, 1683-84, conveyed property to her brother-in-law, and of whom no further trace is found.

  On April 28, 1687, the town of Edgartown agreed with George Martain as to the keeping of "Widow" Jones, the widow of Thomas Jones. This transaction may have been without significance of a relationship, a "farming out" of the town's poor.

  Following this chronologically is a deposition of George Martin of Newport, under date of Sept. 18, 1690, relative to certain facts in a case then pending, together with one on same subject by Abigail Martin or Newport. On Nov. 3, 1690, George Martin and Abigail, his wife, both of Newport, sold the house lot granted to him in 1681, and as far as known this ends his relation with the Vineyard.

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  As to the origin of George Martin, he may have been son of George and Susanna (North) Martin of Salisbury, born 1648, several inhabitants of that town having gone to the Vineyard before 1700. Or he may be that George Martine who came to New England in the Hannah and Elizabeth, arriving at Boston, Aug. 10, 1679."

  pp. 127–129, https://archive.org/details/historyofmarthas00bank/page/n135/mode/2up

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