The Earliest Documented Ancestor of the MARTIN / MARTAIN / MARTYN - Y-DNA Project
GROUP 10
TEST # M146100 --
It is believed that the father of the below, Abraham Martin is Samuel Martin born 1745 in Ireland.
Abraham Martin was born April 1775 in Spartanburg, SC and died in 1832 in Gwinnett Co.,
Georgia. His wife, Elizabeth "Betsy" Harris, was born 1780 in Newberry, SC and died 1830 in
Jackson Co., GA.
Their son, Absalom Malone Martin, was born 1808 in Spartanburg, SC and died 1848 in
Gwinnett Co., GA. His wife, Prudence Emily Richardson, was born 1817, probably, in
Elbert Co., GA and died 1850 in Gwinnett Co., GA.
Their son, Malone Alonzo Martin, was born 1848 in Gwinnett Co., GA and died 1933
in West Green, Coffee Co., GA. H married 1875, in Gwinnett County, GA
to Martha Francis Craft who was born 1856 in Gwinnett Co., GA and died in 1898,
probably, in Coffee Co., GA as she is buried there.
Their son, William Absalom Martin, was born 1883 in Gwinnett Co., GA and
died in 1934 in Waycross, Ware Co., GA. He married on December 24,
1915, in Coffee Co., GA to Sarah Mozell Ward who was born 1887 in
Coffee Co., GA and died 1946 in Waycross, Ware Co., GA.
TEST # M11505 --
Samuel A. Martin, born about 1770, married Elizabeth is believed, but not proven, to be the father of John H. Martin, below.
John H. Martin was born 15 Sep 1804 in South Carolina and died 26 Mar 1885 in Martin's Mills, Wayne Co., Tennessee. He married about 1831 to Martha Hughes who was born 14 Jan 1814 and died 23 Apr 1908 in Martin's Mills, Wayne Co.. TM.
Their son, Thomas Jefferson Martin, was born 6 October 1854, Wayne Co., TN and died 13 September 1942, Erick, Beckham Co., Oklahoma. He married on 16 April 1881 in Wayne Co., TN to Dora C. Arnett who was born 4 May 1857, Wayne Co., TN and died 28 July 1943, El Paso, El Paso Co., Texas.
Their son, Ronald Hilton Martin, was born 17 July 1883 at Martin's Mills, Wayne Co., TN and died 21 Nov 1967 at Corpus Christi, Nueces Co.,TX He married Mary Emily Gillmore who was born 3 April 1884 in Lamar, Barton Co., Missouri and died 15 June 1980 in West Covina, Los Angeles Co,, CA.
