Ancestry of
James Garfield

20th U.S. President

Richard Martin

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• • 5th Great-grandfather of James Garfield — 8th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 244 
  • Father:
  • of Batcombe, Dorset, England Martin 
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  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1610 
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  • Death Date:
  • 2 Mar 1694/1695 
  • Death Location:
  • Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Elizabeth Salter
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1630 
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  Grace Martin

  John Martin (Ahnentafel No:122 )

  Annis Martin

  • Notes: 
  • Some sources claim that Richard's father was a Richard Martin of Ottery St. Mary. However, this appears not to be the case as it appears that Richard, along with his brothers Abraham and Robert, are all from Batcombe, Dorset, England.

• Sources for Richard Martin

  • ¹ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1988, Vol. 142, p. 351.
  • ² Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, Vol. V, M-P, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2007), 60.
  • ³ Arnold, James N., Vital Records of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, 1642-1896 (Online Database), New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002, Vol. 1, Page 91, [Death].
  • ⁴ Barlow, Claude W., Ormsby Families of Connecticut Prior to 1800, Worcester, Massachusetts?: Unknown (1965), 6.
  • ⁵ Chaffee, William Henry, The Chaffee Genealogy: Embracing the Chafe, Chafy, Chafie, Chafey, Chafee . . .Descendants of Thomas Chaffe 1636-1909, New York: The Grafton Press (1909), 20.
  • ⁶ Cutter, William Richard, ed., New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of . . . Third Series, Volume 4, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company (1915), 2188.
  • ⁷ Cutter, William Richard, ed., New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of . . . Volume 2, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company (1914), 634.
  • ⁸ Originally compiled by Harriet W. Hodge; Revised by Robert S. Wakefield, F.A.S.G., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 21, John Billington, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2001), 16.