MARTIN, John "Juan"

Other Events:

• Biography: 1822, California
• Biography: 1839, Marin County, California; Owner - Rancho Corte Madera de Novato; granted 1839, patented 1863
• Census: 14 Nov 1850, Marin County, California; LISTED TWICE w/1st wife & children

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Birth:
BIRTH PLACE:
North Sheals, Prov. of Northumberland, England - located near the Northeast coast of ENGLAND, close to the entrance (or mouth) of the River Tyne-JSR

Christened:
BAPTISM DATE DISCREPANCY:
- 10 Oct 1824; Baptism record (T.W. Temple)
- 16 Oct 1824; Baptism record (huntington.org)

Name:
NAME VARIATIONS:
1. Juan MARTINEZ [John MARTEN]--- Baptism reconciliation record (huntington.org)
2. Juan MARTIN --- Baptism reconciliation & Marriage records (T.W. Temple)
3. John MARTIN --- Marriage record (huntington.org)

Died:
DEATH DATE:
- Living as of 11 Jul 1857, dead by 1861;
Book; Mason, Jack and Van Cleave Park, Helen (1971). Early Marin (pp. 143-147). Marin County, California: House of Printing - https://archive.org/stream/earlymarin00maso#page/1/mode/2up

p. 143: "14. The Old Scotch Carpenter AN ENIGMA AMONG Marin grantees is John Martin (Jack, Juan). ...
p. 147: ... The few square miles Martin had left he sold to John Knight for $5,500 on July 11, 1857. Presumably John and Tomasa Martin lived out their natural lives with daughter Loretta on the square mile they had given her in 1852. Martin is dead by 1861, the precise date is not available." ...

John married CANTUA, Maria Dominga "Tomasa" 13 May 1826, Mission San Carlos Borromeo, Alta California. Maria (daughter of CANTUA, Juan Bautista de la Luz and HERNANDEZ, Maria Jacinta) was born 20 Dec 1810, Monterey, Alta California; was christened 21 Dec 1810, Mission San Carlos Borromeo, Alta California. [Group Sheet]

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Married:
NOTE: Although the below book mentions that this John Martin and John Martin (husband of Basilisa Bernal - http://www.schwaldfamily.org/getperson.php?personID=I26465&tree=RodSchwald ) are the same person, this John Martin's last recorded real estate transaction occurred in 1857, while John Martin, husband of Basilisa Bernal is listed as dying of cholera in 1850. This is definitive proof we are talking about two separate John Martins.

JOHN MARTIN LIVING TWO LIVES WITH TWO WIVES:
CHAPTER XXIX Rancho San Ysidro
   ... "Don Ygnacio's [Ortega] adobe house ... a frame addition was made to this house, probably by his friend, the Scotch carpenter named John Martin, who later married his granddaughter, Maria Basilisa Encarnacion Bernal y Ortega. ...
His friend, John Martin, seemed to live two lives successfully.
He first married a Cantua girl who lived on the San Ysidro, in 1826 at San Carlos.
In 1835 he married Maria Basilisa Encarnacion Bernal y Ortega, daughter of Maria Raimunda Ortega de Bernal and granddaughter of Ygnacio, at San Jose.
He then continued to live with both wives,
with the first wife in Marin County, where he was the grantee of Corte Madera de Novato,
and Santa Clara County with Basilisa, grantee of the Embarcadero de Santa Clara (now the site of Alviso)."
...
Book; Pierce, M. (1981). CHAPTER XXIX Rancho San Ysidro, East of the Gabilans (p. 153). California: Western Tanager Press
https://books.google.com/books?id=up9WCkUzoXoC&pg=PA153&dq=John+Martin+Basilisa+Bernal+Santa+Clara+County&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiLgr_ft9bWAhVF8GMKHehyBI0Q6AEIJjAA#v=onepage&q=John%20Martin%20Basilisa%20Bernal%20Santa%20Clara%20County&f=false

1. MARTIN, Jose Cirilo was born 9 Jul 1829, San Francisco, Alta California; was christened 12 Jul 1829, Mission San Francisco Dolores, Alta California.
2. MARTIN, Juan de la Trinidad was born 29 May 1831, San Francisco, Alta California; was christened 3 Jun 1831, Mission San Francisco Dolores, Alta California.
3. MARTIN, Jose Francisco was born 29 Jan 1833, San Francisco Presidio, Alta California; was christened 30 Jan 1833, Mission San Francisco Dolores, Alta California; died Abt. 11 Feb 1835, San Francisco, Alta California; was buried 12 Feb 1835, Mission San Francisco Dolores, Alta California.
4. MARTIN, Maria Susana "Loreta" was born Abt. 1834, Alta California.
5. MARTIN, Maria Josefa Agustina was born Abt. Jan 1837, Alta California; was christened 19 Mar 1837, Mission San Rafael, Alta California.
6. MARTIN, Tomas de Jesus Maria "Thomas" was born 21 Oct 1839, Alta California; was christened 27 Oct 1839, Mission San Rafael, Alta California.
7. MARTIN, Victorina Maura "Mary Victoria" was born 2 Oct 1841, Alta California; was christened 30 Nov 1841, Mission San Rafael, Alta California.
8. MARTIN, Nicho was born Abt. 1843, Alta California.
9. MARTIN, Alexandro "Alexander" was born 21 Aug 1845, Alta California; was christened 31 Oct 1845, Mission San Rafael, Alta California.
10. MARTIN, Maria Simona was born May 1848, Alta California; was christened 20 Jul 1848, Mission San Rafael, Alta California.

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Died:
DEATH DATE:
- 19 Mar 1837- listed as deceased; granddaughter Maria Josefa Agustina's Baptism record (huntington.org)

Thomas married SMITH, Maria Susana Bef. 1788. Maria was born Bef. 1776; died Bef. 19 Mar 1837; was buried Bef. 19 Mar 1837. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Name:
NAME VARIATIONS:
- Maria SMITH; son John's Baptism record (huntington.org & T.W. Temple) & his Marriage record (T.W. Temple)
- Maria MOUERST; son John's Marriage record (huntington.org)
- Maria Susana [UOS]; granddaughter Maria Josefa Agustina's 1837 Msn. Sn. Rafael Baptism record

Died:
DEATH DATE:
- 19 Mar 1837- listed as deceased; granddaughter Maria Josefa Agustina's Baptism record (huntington.org)