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Note: E. I HAVE SIMPLY COPIED FROM BOOK AND ONLINE SOURCES WITHOUT GOING TO MANY PRIMARY SOURCES. THERE IS MUCH DIVISION AMONG REEACHERS ABOUT THE NUMBER AND ORDER OF THE CHLIDREN. SOME RESEARCHERS HAVE SIX ADDITIONAL CHILDREN- SAMUEL, JAMES, MARY ANN, SARAH, RACHEL. AS MANY RESEARCHERS DO NOT CONSIDER THEM PART OF THIS FAMILY I HAVE TAKEN THE CONSERVATIVE COURSE AND LEFT THEM OFF.
The sources for the construction of the family of Thomas and Rachel Martin is from a PDF file sent to me by Kenneth Haas, who has researched the Martin family for decades on the Roots Web World Connect at :
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=idahojo&id=I53287
An additional source is the Martin research by Jo Martin kept in my files under MARTIN-THOMAS MARTIN.
I recreated this family of Thomas Martin when I was green. Sadly, most of the time both of these files above cite as their sources other's family trees on either Ancestry or RootsWeb, neither of which always show primary source documentation. Therefore, tread carefully with the data here. I have revised my original work and made a distinction between data which I have copied and that which comes from primary sources.
The first subjective issue is Jo Martin's date of 1762 for the marriage of Thomas and Rachel. Regarding the issue of the marriage being abt 1762 and the first child being born in 1760, researcher Jo Martin wrote the following in January, 2011:
"As to the marriage date of Thomas and Rachel Caffery Martin, I have found in my research many folks in the 1700's and early 1800's who pledged their vows to each other in presence of family and friends and then had to wait for it to be official and recorded when a circuit preacher came to the community. That could be from one to three years, it would depend on number of preachers and/or where folks lived. There were not the amount of churches and preachers as began in the late 1800's.
Much of our early history is not always provable, but in many cases, before states and/or areas passed laws concerning the recording of births, marriages, and deaths, it was left to the people. And, as you said, this "hot blooded" young couple may have not wanted to wait for two years. This type of lifestyle does not give us the information we need in genealogy,
however I have found in my 40 plus years of research that very little in life is
always a provable science."
A primary sources follows: The earliest records in Bedford County, Virginia by Mr. Robert Griffis Eidson: 22 May 1780 Boyce Eidson bought 200 acres on both sides of Little Otter Creek from Thomas Martin and wife Rachel. Thomas seemed to be a large land owner. His lands were on the Little Otter, Otter Creek and Bull Run in Bedford, County, Virginia. He appears in VIRGINIA TAXATION, Personal Property, Tax Lists, Bedford County, 1782-1794. Thomas and Rachel sold their last parcel of land in Virginia in 1794 and moved to Stokes County, North Carolina, but they are not found in the Deed and Court indexes there. Thomas evidently died before 1802 since his widow was found back in Botetourt County, Virginia in 1802. No mention is made of Thomas. Copied from the Bedford County, Tax List of 1782: Thomas Martin, head of household 1 free male above age 21 years (self) 1 free male over 16 years (this could be Charles Caffery) 1 slave, 2 horses, 7 cattle
As to the dates of death of Thomas in 1794 in Stokes County, North Carolina (the majority but not unanimous opinion of unsourced online researchers), and the date of death and location for Rachel, there is so much disagreement and variety of unsourced opinions that I have left these blank until I can locate a valid source.
Note: THIS IS AN OLD GENEALOGY THAT HAD ALREADY BEEN RESEARCHED BY MANY PEOPL
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