Martin

Leonard Martin

Birth 1685 in

Death 1725 in s

Capt. John Martin (c. 1560 – 1632) was a Councilman of the in 1607. He was the proprietor of on the south bank of the .

m. Sarah Lewis (1689 - )

Located in modern-day and known as Lower Brandon Plantation, in the 21st century, his circa 1616 plantation is both a Francis Martin

open to tours and one of America’s oldest continuous farming operations Martin was the son of Sir (1533/4[] - 1617), and of London, by his first wife Dorcas Eccleston. Sir Richard later held office as and . (He is not the same as the Mr. (1570–1618)

• BIRTH: 1702 - United States

who was the recorder of London, counsel for the Virginia Company and organizer of The Society of Martin’s Hundred,

• DEATH: 1747

whose subsidiary “particular plantation” development circa 1618-1619 was known as ). Martin commanded the Benjamin

• PARENTS: Leonard Martin, Sarah Lewis

under Sir in the 1585–86 expedition to harass the Spanish ports in the . On his return, Captain Martin married Mary,

• M. Elizabeth (Betty)

daughter of , a prominent English goldsmith and supplier to Queen .Captain John Martin died in 1632 at , which he had

• SON OF LEONARD MARTIN AND SARAH LEWIS.

established on a 1616 land grant in Virginia, leaving his plantation to a grandson, Captain .