Excerpt from Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Vol. 2 England, settled at Rye or Newcastle, now New Hampshire. Two of Simi lar name came to this vicinity. John Martin of Dover, New Hampshire, a brother, was there as early as 1648 was on the grand jury in 1654 married Esther, daughter of Thomas Roberts; admitted freeman in 1666 and was in Jersey in 1673. George Martin settled in Salisbury, Massachusetts, a few miles from Rye, and Richard Martyn, of Portsmouth, was one of the founders of the First Church; representative to legislature 1672-79; speaker of house of, representatives; councillor of province 1680; died April 2, 1694. Very little is known of James Marden; his sons were prominent citizens. Children: 1. William, born about mentioned below. 2. James, Jr., born about 1670, probably the eldest, married, October 23, 1695, Abigail Webster; many descendants. (see History of Rye, New Hampshire). 3. Nathan. 4. Sarah. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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