Sorry. That's my faulty memory at work. I thought I had seen a George among their brood. My mother is the one who had done the actual research, so she's much more familiar with all of these details than I am. Still, I am rather impressed that Grandpa George actually left the bulk of his estate to his surviving wife. I wonder what it was about colonization that prompted these men in that direction. When you consider the only state in the Western frontier that granted women land during the 19th century was Wyoming, it's surprising to find that some men actually thought of women as capable people in 17th. Adrienne Foster 9×great-granddaughter of Susannah and George Martin, through their son John Bjohn3237@aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 1/3/2003 8:26:54 PM Eastern Standard Time, > ajfoster@pacbell.net writes: > > > If I remember what my mother > > told me correctly, he had a falling out with his eldest son and it looks > > like the father cut George Jr., completely. > > Richard Martin was "presented by the grand jury at the Salisbury Court, 1669, > for abusing his father and throwing him down, taking away his clothes and > holding up an axe against him." The court found Richard guilty and he was > sentenced to be "whipped ten stripes." (The American Genealogist, Oct. 1982, > David L. Greene) > > The following is quoted from an article by David L. Greene in The American > Genealogist listing the children of George and Susanna Martin. I'm only > including the part about George Martin, Jr. > > "iii. George, b. 21 8m (Oct.) 1648; d. probably by 19 Jan. 1683/4 when his > father failed to mention him in his will, a document that leaves token sums > to children that had apparently already received their portions. He may have > been living when his father sued Thomas Sargent by writ dated 8 April 1669 > "for saying that his son Gorge Marttin was a bastard and that Richard was > Goodwife Martin's imp (R&F 4:129). His father was called "senior" when he was > mentioned in a 1679 deposition, according to the index to colony and state > court records at the Suffolk Co. Courthouse (I have not examined the document > itself, which is in File #1763). He was most certainly not, as has been > claimed, George Martin of Ipswich. See my paper on the latter in TAG > 56:155-159. That discussion cites a chart prepared in 1921 by Charles > Shepard, now of Rochester, N. Y., as the earliest to conclude that George > Martin of Ipswich was identical with George (2) Martin of Amesbury. Since > that article appeared, Mr. Shepard has courteously informed me that after he > had prepared the chart, he too had concluded that the Georges were not > identical and that the Ipswich George was the one who had immigrated to MA in > 1679 on the Hannah and Elizabeth, a probability that I discussed too > hesitantly in my paper." > > Bonnie Johnson 8th great granddaughter of Susanna and George Martin