Thomas Martin, Sr. and [Unk] Rainey

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Husband Thomas Martin, Sr. ¹

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           Born:  - Ireland
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           Died:  - Jefferson Twp, Butler Co, PA
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Wife [Unk] Rainey

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         Father: Thomas M. Rainey (      -      ) 2
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Children

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1 M Richard Martin ³

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           Died: 1856 - Penn Twp, Butler Co, PA 4
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         Spouse: Anna Iddings (      -      ) 2

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2 M James Martin ^{2 5 6}

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         Spouse: Mary "Polly" Moser (1781-      ) 6 7 8

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3 M Alexander Martin ^{9 10}

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           Born: Abt 1791
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           Died: 1850 - Butler Co, PA 11
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         Spouse: Rosanna Graham (      -Bef 1883) 10 12

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4 M William Martin ⁵

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         Spouse: [Unk] Cunningham (      -      ) 2

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5 M John Martin ⁵

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           Died:  - Homeworth, Columbiana Co, OH
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         Spouse: [Unk] Beers (      -      ) 2

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6 F Mary Martin ⁵

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         Spouse: William Harbison (      -      ) 13 14

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7 F Jane Martin ⁵

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           Died:  - Ohio
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         Spouse: John Madden (      -      ) 5

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General Notes: Husband - Thomas Martin, Sr.

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Thomas Martin, a native of Ireland, served in the American army all through the Revolutionary war, and after its close, settled about seven miles from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. About the year 1793, he came to Middlesex Township, Butler County, with his family, and began to make a home in the then almost unbroken wilds of that part of the state. After a short residence there, the family were driven away by the Indians and took refuge in a block-house where Allegheny City now is. The troubles being over, the family returned and resided in this township. Mr. Martin died in Jefferson Township. [HBC 1883, 242]

Thomas Martin emigrated from Ireland to America some time before the Revolutionary War, in which he served from 1776 to 1781. After his return he located near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Soon after the close of the Revolutionary War he came west and located in Westmoreland County. In 1793 he again turned his face westward, crossed the Allegheny River at a point near where the town of Tarentum now stands. He, together with a Mr. Hayes and a Mr. Fulton, blazed their way through the then unbroken forest to a point in Southern Middlesex township, Butler County, in what has always been known as the Hayes and Fulton settlement; descendants of both of these families reside in that locality yet.
In a few days these men returned to Westmoreland County and a short time later Mr. Martin returned with his family and built a cabin and began to clear out a farm. Mr. Fulton and Mr. Hayes came back later. Thus Thomas Martin is said to be the first white man to settle in Middlesex Township.
Mr. Martin had much trouble with the Indians for some time after he located here. At one time he and his family were driven out and had to take refuge at the block house at Pittsburgh. On another occasion Mr. Martin was attacked by a band of Indians, and while running away from them through the forest, as he sprang over a large log, his foot caught in some vines and he fell. As he fell one of the foremost Indians threw his tomahawk and struck him in the back, cutting a large gash the mark of which he carried to his grave.
Mr. Martin resided in Middlesex Township until about ten years ago [date of source unk], when he bought a farm in what is now Summit Township, where he died at a good old age. [JMSHD, 56]

1 Walter Lysander Moser, John Moser and Some of His Descendants (Privately Printed, 1971), Pg 56.

2 Walter Lysander Moser, John Moser and Some of His Descendants (Privately Printed, 1971), Pg 57.

3 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 242, 303.

4 Walter Lysander Moser, John Moser and Some of His Descendants (Privately Printed, 1971), Pg 58.

5 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 242.

6 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1024.

7 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 324.

8 Walter Lysander Moser, John Moser and Some of His Descendants (Privately Printed, 1971), Pg 64.

9 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 242, 281, 283, 294.

10 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 871.

11 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 283.

12 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 281.

13 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 242, 284.

14 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 906.