The following summary of Reuben Martin's Revolutionary War pension application is quoted from Notices: Genealogical and Historical of the Martin Family, of New England, Who Settled at Weymouth and Hingham in 1635, and Were Among the First Planters of Rehoboth (in 1644), and Swansea (in 1667); With Some Account of Their Descendants, written by Henry Martin, and published in 1880 (pages 315-317.)
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REUBEN MARTIN, of Wayne County, Ohio, aged 85 years. Application made in February, 1834.
He was drafted for six months, in Sussex County, N. J., in June, 1777, and served in the company of his brother, Capt. John Martin, and in the regiment commanded by his brother, Col. Edmund Martin. He was stationed at Kingston, on the Hudson River, New York, for some time, and then ordered back to New Jersey to meet the British army supposed to be proceeding towards Philadelphia. Following them they encountered the enemy in Delaware, at Brandywine Creek, September, 1777. Col. Martin wore a cocked hat and barely escaped death, having been struck in the forehead by a passing bullet, which only grazed it, but stunned him, cutting through the cocked hat and leaving a light furrow in the flesh. The Americans retreated with three hundred killed and about six hundred wounded, and on both sides many of the killed and wounded fell into and floated down the creek; he aided in burying the dead. The British loss was supposed to be four or five hundred killed and wounded. The American troops -- Philadelphia having fallen -- marched some twenty miles from Germantown and encamped. They were then ordered to Germantown, making an attack on the post of the British, in October, 1777; in this action he was slightly wounded in the right leg. From this place they were ordered to Skippeck Creek, where he was discharged, Dec. 10, 1777.
Again he was drafted for six months, May 10, 1778, and served in the company of his brother, Capt. John Martin, and in the regiment of his brother, Col. Edmund Martin. They marched to Middlebrook, N. J., the troops being under Gen. Lincoln.
He was again drafted for six months, June 1, 1779, and he served under Capt. Harbaugh, in the regiment of Col. Chambers. They marched to Trenton, thence towards Philadelphia, halting eighteen miles from Germantown, where they remained some weeks, and then returned to Morristown, N. J where he was discharged, Dec. 1, 1779.
He again served six months, from June 2, 1780, under Col. Chamberlain, in the company of Capt. Clung, receiving a bounty of two hundred dollars in continental bills. They marched to the Cross-roads, thence to Elizabethtown, remaining there two months. With a corporal and six men he was detailed to guard stores and provisions on the waters of Wallakill in Sussex County --a depot of the same for the enemy.
He has lived, since the war, in Sussex County, N. J., in Washington County, Penn., in Brooke County, Va., and now he resides in Wayne County, Ohio. He was born in Somersetshire County, N. J., in 1748, and now being old and infirm, he supports himself in part by charity, and making Indian splint brooms.
Witnesses testify to the military service of Reuben Martin, as well known among New Jersey troops, and that all three of the brothers were smart, active men, willing and excellent soldiers. Two of the Martin family were colonels. Absalom Martin was Reuben's son, and a captain in the war of 1812. (File No. 8989.)
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According to Louise Mohler Martin's book, The Martin Family of America, Reubin Martin and Mary Van Buren were married in 1772 (no place given.) She lists the following children of Reuben Martin and Mary Van Buren:
∙ John Brady Martin (1770/73-1857) (Some family trees give his mother as Margaret Wilson, 1750-1771) Married 1) Margery Cross, 2) Millison Jane Manning.
∙ Hannah Martin (1775-1855) Married 1)Alexander Boggs, 2)Robert Bell.
∙ Alexander Martin (1776-?) Married Mary Williamson in 1797.
∙ Absalom Martin (abt 1780-1857) Married Amelia Israel in 1802.
∙ Abner Martin (1781-1857) Married Sarah Hoskinson in 1803.
∙ Margaret Martin Miller (1786-1875) Married James Miller in 1805.
∙ Benjamin Martin (1790-?) Served in the War of 1812.
∙ Reuben Daniel Martin (1794-1850) Married Mary (Polly) Swearingen in 1815.
∙ Samuel Wilson Martin (1798-1844) Married Elizabeth McCabe in 1816.
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REUBEN MARTIN, of Wayne County, Ohio, aged 85 years. Application made in February, 1834.
He was drafted for six months, in Sussex County, N. J., in June, 1777, and served in the company of his brother, Capt. John Martin, and in the regiment commanded by his brother, Col. Edmund Martin. He was stationed at Kingston, on the Hudson River, New York, for some time, and then ordered back to New Jersey to meet the British army supposed to be proceeding towards Philadelphia. Following them they encountered the enemy in Delaware, at Brandywine Creek, September, 1777. Col. Martin wore a cocked hat and barely escaped death, having been struck in the forehead by a passing bullet, which only grazed it, but stunned him, cutting through the cocked hat and leaving a light furrow in the flesh. The Americans retreated with three hundred killed and about six hundred wounded, and on both sides many of the killed and wounded fell into and floated down the creek; he aided in burying the dead. The British loss was supposed to be four or five hundred killed and wounded. The American troops -- Philadelphia having fallen -- marched some twenty miles from Germantown and encamped. They were then ordered to Germantown, making an attack on the post of the British, in October, 1777; in this action he was slightly wounded in the right leg. From this place they were ordered to Skippeck Creek, where he was discharged, Dec. 10, 1777.
Again he was drafted for six months, May 10, 1778, and served in the company of his brother, Capt. John Martin, and in the regiment of his brother, Col. Edmund Martin. They marched to Middlebrook, N. J., the troops being under Gen. Lincoln.
He was again drafted for six months, June 1, 1779, and he served under Capt. Harbaugh, in the regiment of Col. Chambers. They marched to Trenton, thence towards Philadelphia, halting eighteen miles from Germantown, where they remained some weeks, and then returned to Morristown, N. J where he was discharged, Dec. 1, 1779.
He again served six months, from June 2, 1780, under Col. Chamberlain, in the company of Capt. Clung, receiving a bounty of two hundred dollars in continental bills. They marched to the Cross-roads, thence to Elizabethtown, remaining there two months. With a corporal and six men he was detailed to guard stores and provisions on the waters of Wallakill in Sussex County --a depot of the same for the enemy.
He has lived, since the war, in Sussex County, N. J., in Washington County, Penn., in Brooke County, Va., and now he resides in Wayne County, Ohio. He was born in Somersetshire County, N. J., in 1748, and now being old and infirm, he supports himself in part by charity, and making Indian splint brooms.
Witnesses testify to the military service of Reuben Martin, as well known among New Jersey troops, and that all three of the brothers were smart, active men, willing and excellent soldiers. Two of the Martin family were colonels. Absalom Martin was Reuben's son, and a captain in the war of 1812. (File No. 8989.)
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According to Louise Mohler Martin's book, The Martin Family of America, Reubin Martin and Mary Van Buren were married in 1772 (no place given.) She lists the following children of Reuben Martin and Mary Van Buren:
∙ John Brady Martin (1770/73-1857) (Some family trees give his mother as Margaret Wilson, 1750-1771) Married 1) Margery Cross, 2) Millison Jane Manning.
∙ Hannah Martin (1775-1855) Married 1)Alexander Boggs, 2)Robert Bell.
∙ Alexander Martin (1776-?) Married Mary Williamson in 1797.
∙ Absalom Martin (abt 1780-1857) Married Amelia Israel in 1802.
∙ Abner Martin (1781-1857) Married Sarah Hoskinson in 1803.
∙ Margaret Martin Miller (1786-1875) Married James Miller in 1805.
∙ Benjamin Martin (1790-?) Served in the War of 1812.
∙ Reuben Daniel Martin (1794-1850) Married Mary (Polly) Swearingen in 1815.
∙ Samuel Wilson Martin (1798-1844) Married Elizabeth McCabe in 1816.
The following summary of Reuben Martin's Revolutionary War pension application is quoted from Notices: Genealogical and Historical of the Martin Family, of New England, Who Settled at Weymouth and Hingham in 1635, and Were Among the First Planters of Rehoboth (in 1644), and Swansea (in 1667); With Some Account of Their Descendants, written by Henry Martin, and published in 1880 (pages 315-317.)
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REUBEN MARTIN, of Wayne County, Ohio, aged 85 years. Application made in February, 1834.
He was drafted for six months, in Sussex County, N. J., in June, 1777, and served in the company of his brother, Capt. John Martin, and in the regiment commanded by his brother, Col. Edmund Martin. He was stationed at Kingston, on the Hudson River, New York, for some time, and then ordered back to New Jersey to meet the British army supposed to be proceeding towards Philadelphia. Following them they encountered the enemy in Delaware, at Brandywine Creek, September, 1777. Col. Martin wore a cocked hat and barely escaped death, having been struck in the forehead by a passing bullet, which only grazed it, but stunned him, cutting through the cocked hat and leaving a light furrow in the flesh. The Americans retreated with three hundred killed and about six hundred wounded, and on both sides many of the killed and wounded fell into and floated down the creek; he aided in burying the dead. The British loss was supposed to be four or five hundred killed and wounded. The American troops -- Philadelphia having fallen -- marched some twenty miles from Germantown and encamped. They were then ordered to Germantown, making an attack on the post of the British, in October, 1777; in this action he was slightly wounded in the right leg. From this place they were ordered to Skippeck Creek, where he was discharged, Dec. 10, 1777.
Again he was drafted for six months, May 10, 1778, and served in the company of his brother, Capt. John Martin, and in the regiment of his brother, Col. Edmund Martin. They marched to Middlebrook, N. J., the troops being under Gen. Lincoln.
He was again drafted for six months, June 1, 1779, and he served under Capt. Harbaugh, in the regiment of Col. Chambers. They marched to Trenton, thence towards Philadelphia, halting eighteen miles from Germantown, where they remained some weeks, and then returned to Morristown, N. J where he was discharged, Dec. 1, 1779.
He again served six months, from June 2, 1780, under Col. Chamberlain, in the company of Capt. Clung, receiving a bounty of two hundred dollars in continental bills. They marched to the Cross-roads, thence to Elizabethtown, remaining there two months. With a corporal and six men he was detailed to guard stores and provisions on the waters of Wallakill in Sussex County --a depot of the same for the enemy.
He has lived, since the war, in Sussex County, N. J., in Washington County, Penn., in Brooke County, Va., and now he resides in Wayne County, Ohio. He was born in Somersetshire County, N. J., in 1748, and now being old and infirm, he supports himself in part by charity, and making Indian splint brooms.
Witnesses testify to the military service of Reuben Martin, as well known among New Jersey troops, and that all three of the brothers were smart, active men, willing and excellent soldiers. Two of the Martin family were colonels. Absalom Martin was Reuben's son, and a captain in the war of 1812. (File No. 8989.)
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According to Louise Mohler Martin's book, The Martin Family of America, Reubin Martin and Mary Van Buren were married in 1772 (no place given.) She lists the following children of Reuben Martin and Mary Van Buren:
∙ John Brady Martin (1770/73-1857) (Some family trees give his mother as Margaret Wilson, 1750-1771) Married 1) Margery Cross, 2) Millison Jane Manning.
∙ Hannah Martin (1775-1855) Married 1)Alexander Boggs, 2)Robert Bell.
∙ Alexander Martin (1776-?) Married Mary Williamson in 1797.
∙ Absalom Martin (abt 1780-1857) Married Amelia Israel in 1802.
∙ Abner Martin (1781-1857) Married Sarah Hoskinson in 1803.
∙ Margaret Martin Miller (1786-1875) Married James Miller in 1805.
∙ Benjamin Martin (1790-?) Served in the War of 1812.
∙ Reuben Daniel Martin (1794-1850) Married Mary (Polly) Swearingen in 1815.
∙ Samuel Wilson Martin (1798-1844) Married Elizabeth McCabe in 1816.
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REUBEN MARTIN, of Wayne County, Ohio, aged 85 years. Application made in February, 1834.
He was drafted for six months, in Sussex County, N. J., in June, 1777, and served in the company of his brother, Capt. John Martin, and in the regiment commanded by his brother, Col. Edmund Martin. He was stationed at Kingston, on the Hudson River, New York, for some time, and then ordered back to New Jersey to meet the British army supposed to be proceeding towards Philadelphia. Following them they encountered the enemy in Delaware, at Brandywine Creek, September, 1777. Col. Martin wore a cocked hat and barely escaped death, having been struck in the forehead by a passing bullet, which only grazed it, but stunned him, cutting through the cocked hat and leaving a light furrow in the flesh. The Americans retreated with three hundred killed and about six hundred wounded, and on both sides many of the killed and wounded fell into and floated down the creek; he aided in burying the dead. The British loss was supposed to be four or five hundred killed and wounded. The American troops -- Philadelphia having fallen -- marched some twenty miles from Germantown and encamped. They were then ordered to Germantown, making an attack on the post of the British, in October, 1777; in this action he was slightly wounded in the right leg. From this place they were ordered to Skippeck Creek, where he was discharged, Dec. 10, 1777.
Again he was drafted for six months, May 10, 1778, and served in the company of his brother, Capt. John Martin, and in the regiment of his brother, Col. Edmund Martin. They marched to Middlebrook, N. J., the troops being under Gen. Lincoln.
He was again drafted for six months, June 1, 1779, and he served under Capt. Harbaugh, in the regiment of Col. Chambers. They marched to Trenton, thence towards Philadelphia, halting eighteen miles from Germantown, where they remained some weeks, and then returned to Morristown, N. J where he was discharged, Dec. 1, 1779.
He again served six months, from June 2, 1780, under Col. Chamberlain, in the company of Capt. Clung, receiving a bounty of two hundred dollars in continental bills. They marched to the Cross-roads, thence to Elizabethtown, remaining there two months. With a corporal and six men he was detailed to guard stores and provisions on the waters of Wallakill in Sussex County --a depot of the same for the enemy.
He has lived, since the war, in Sussex County, N. J., in Washington County, Penn., in Brooke County, Va., and now he resides in Wayne County, Ohio. He was born in Somersetshire County, N. J., in 1748, and now being old and infirm, he supports himself in part by charity, and making Indian splint brooms.
Witnesses testify to the military service of Reuben Martin, as well known among New Jersey troops, and that all three of the brothers were smart, active men, willing and excellent soldiers. Two of the Martin family were colonels. Absalom Martin was Reuben's son, and a captain in the war of 1812. (File No. 8989.)
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According to Louise Mohler Martin's book, The Martin Family of America, Reubin Martin and Mary Van Buren were married in 1772 (no place given.) She lists the following children of Reuben Martin and Mary Van Buren:
∙ John Brady Martin (1770/73-1857) (Some family trees give his mother as Margaret Wilson, 1750-1771) Married 1) Margery Cross, 2) Millison Jane Manning.
∙ Hannah Martin (1775-1855) Married 1)Alexander Boggs, 2)Robert Bell.
∙ Alexander Martin (1776-?) Married Mary Williamson in 1797.
∙ Absalom Martin (abt 1780-1857) Married Amelia Israel in 1802.
∙ Abner Martin (1781-1857) Married Sarah Hoskinson in 1803.
∙ Margaret Martin Miller (1786-1875) Married James Miller in 1805.
∙ Benjamin Martin (1790-?) Served in the War of 1812.
∙ Reuben Daniel Martin (1794-1850) Married Mary (Polly) Swearingen in 1815.
∙ Samuel Wilson Martin (1798-1844) Married Elizabeth McCabe in 1816.
Inscription
Reubin has 2 stones and a "War of 1776" star. The first stone is marble and is very hard to read. It says:
Reubin Martin
(illegible) Troops
Rev. War
Feb. 27, 1844
The second stone is sandstone and stands directly behind and facing the first stone. It's in much better condition, and it says:
Reubin Martin
died February 27, 1844
aged 100 years
Family Members
Siblings
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