Trudy I probably should have said that French Huguenots when they fled France settled in the United Kingdom, not just England. Also we are talking about over a period of time lasting 150 years, by which time some French families had anglised their names to fit in with English society. They were encouraged just as were Protestants from Scotland to settle in Ireland particularily the north of the island to increase the Protestant percentage of the population and they were encouraged to emigrate to the colonies. If you are able to trace your ancestor back to Ireland, you might find that his ancestors lived for some time in England before arriving from France. Ed Hagerty

Thanks Ed, The best advice I've had all day. I do believe my Martins were once Martines. I've been perusing a lot of various Huguenot History and found one Huguenot John Martin, from Ireland to NJ who had sons, Robert and Peter. They all migrated to the wilds of Northumberland Pa abt 1775. Peter's life is better documented than Robert's, since he was captured at the battle of Brandywine in 1777 and died in prison in Delaware and was married with 3 children. Robert continued trading with Indians, keeping the first "hotel" at the fork of the Susquehqnna river in Northumberland, PA until about 1799 when he disappears from Bell's History of Northumberland PA . Peter's oldest son, born in 1775, was named Robert Campbell Martin, and I believe he was born in Ireland shortly before John and his sons Peter and Robert left. Peter's wife, Elizabeth Campbell died in Philadelphia in 1803. Peter's 2 younger children, Mary and Peter Boyd, ended up in NC. I can find no records for Robert Campbell . I think Peter's son, Robert Campbell Martin is the same Robert Martin who shows up in Saratoga co, NY before 1810, and married Christianna Eighme; this Robert fought in 1812, was injured and died at age 44 in Saratoga co, NY leaving 7 children. But none of Robert's recorded children are named John. My John Martin said he was in Saratoga NY before 1810. He would have been 7-8 years old. I think he came from Sussex county, NJ with his uncle, Robert Campbell Martin and was likely named after his greatgrandfather John, the Irish immigrant. But who was his father? Another clue, is that my greatgrandfather, Warren Martin, the son of John, moved from upstate NY and settled on the West fork of the Susquhanna River in what had become Lycoming conty, PA . Any suggestions? Trudy hagerdonngenealogy@earthlink.net wrote: Trudy I probably should have said that French Huguenots when they fled France settled in the United Kingdom, not just England. Also we are talking about over a period of time lasting 150 years, by which time some French families had anglised their names to fit in with English society. They were encouraged just as were Protestants from Scotland to settle in Ireland particularily the north of the island to increase the Protestant percentage of the population and they were encouraged to emigrate to the colonies. If you are able to trace your ancestor back to Ireland, you might find that his ancestors lived for some time in England before arriving from France. Ed Hagerty ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MARTIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message