************ JANE HUNTER MARTIN (1717-1807) ************
Jane Hunter was born in Antrim County in Northern Ireland in 1717. The Hunter family emigrated to Northern Ireland from Scotland about 1715. By about 1730, both of Jane's parents died in Ireland. When Jane was about 15 years old, she accompanied her two older brothers John and Alexander Hunter to America. They arrived at New Castle, Delaware and from there moved into New Jersey eventually settling at Martins Creek in Upper Mount Bethel Twp., Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley. By about 1737, Jane Hunter married Hugh Martin. He was about 20 years older than her.
Jane Hunter Martin, after marrying, moved into a dwelling where her husband Hugh was already living. Hugh Martin built the house on Old York Road in what was then, Amwell, Hunterdon County, New Jersey near Ringoes, N.J. with his brother Thomas Martin in 1730. Hugh lived there and also taught school there as well. The house has an enormous stone fireplace and the original well stands just outside in the back of the house. To the right of the fireplace is a small stairway to access the area above the lower level (1). In 1742, Hugh and Jane Hunter Martin moved near Annandale, New Jersey, also in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. The Hugh Martin Annandale plantation comprised 419 acres at the time of his death in 1761 (2).
After the death of her husband Hugh, their son, James Martin, left the College of New Jersey (Princeton University) and returned to the Annandale plantation. James paid the college expenses for his brother Thomas' education. Jane remained at the plantation raising her younger children; Martha, Samuel, Robert and Jane.
Thomas Martin, Jane's son, graduated from Princeton and was ordained an Anglican Priest in the Chapel Royal at Saint James' Palace in London, England in 1767. He was appointed Pastor of the "Old Brick Church," in Saint Thomas Parish, Orange County, Virginia. It was built ca. 1755. It is no longer standing. Rev. Thomas Martin, at that time, was also employed by James Madison, Sr. as a tutor for his children at his Montpelier plantation. Future President James Madison, who was sixteen years old, was tutored by Rev. Thomas Martin at Montpelier in preparation for his education at Princeton in New Jersey.
In 1769, Jane decided to move from New Jersey with her son Samuel and ten year old daughter Jane. It was then necessary for Rev. Martin to move from Montpelier where he had been living and move unto the church property with his mother, brother and sister. He established a school there. Rev. Thomas Martin died there the following year in 1770. At that time, Samuel moved to North Carolina to be with his brother Alexander Martin (3). Jane and her young daughter Jane, moved into the Montpelier mansion of James Madison, Sr.
About 1774, Jane accompanied her son James Martin (4) and his family to Rockingham County, North Carolina from the Annandale, NJ. plantation. Alexander Martin purchased the Granville Grant there in 1761 on the Dan River at Jacob's Creek. Jane Hunter Martin lived with her son Alexander at his Danbury plantation where she died on November 6, 1807. She was 90 years old.
According to a number of local sources, Jane Hunter Martin was buried at the Danbury Plantation in the family crypt. It was erected near the Dan River. A river flood some thirty years later penetrated the vault and the remains were washed into the river. Apparently, the bodies of those interred, including Jane H. Martin, were recovered. From there they were reburied in the Robert Martin Cemetery in Rockingham County, North Carolina. The exact location is unknown.
The seven children of Hugh and Jane Hunter Martin: Alexander Martin, James Martin, Thomas Martin, Martha Martin Rogers (5), Samuel Martin (6), Robert Martin (7), and Jane Martin Henderson (8).
(1) The Hugh Martin Old York Road House in Amwell remained in the Martin family until 1787 when it was leased to Abraham Hagaman. He later purchased the house and added a two story addition attached to the left side of the original structure in 1800. In 1800, Abraham built a Colonial style mansion directly across the road. Both houses were passed down through the Hagaman family until 1949 when it was sold out of the family. The original Martin House of 1730 is still standing in fine condition and has been faithfully restored. The Abraham Hagaman mansion house was torn down in the 1980's. It is now the site for the Hunterdon County Farmer's Fair held each year. The Hugh Martin House is privately owned and sits on four acres. The original Martin deed compromised 300 acres. The 300 acres were situated on both sides of the Old York Road.
(2) Hugh Martin and his mother Martha Coughran Martin were originally buried in a private family burial ground on the plantation property. Their graves have been moved twice. Once in 1946 for the Federal Route 22 widening project. The second time it was moved was in 1975 for additional widening in conjunction with Interstate Route 78, another Federal highway project. Hugh Martin and his mother are now buried in the back portion of the Clinton Evergreen Cemetery. Their original burial monuments mark their graves.
(3) Alexander Martin (1740-November 2, 1807) was the fourth and seventh Governor of North Carolina. He was born in the 1730 Martin-Hagaman House on Old York Road near Ringoes, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. He also served as a delegate to the Second Provincial Congress of North Carolina, was a member of the North Carolina Senate and served as a United States Senator. He was a Brigadier General during the Revolutionary War and fought at the Battle of Germantown in Pennsylvania. His plantation was Danbury in Rockingham County, North Carolina.
(4) James Martin was born May 21, 1742 in Annandale, Hunterdon County, N.J. He married Ruth Rogers and moved to North Carolina. He served as a Colonel-Commandant of the Guilford County Militia during the Revolutionary War. He served as a legislator in the North Carolina Assembly. He established the Union Iron Works and acquired over 2,000 acres. He established the Snow Creek Plantation. He died on October 31, 1834 at the age of 92. He had eleven children with his first wife and five with his second wife Martha Loftin, the widow of Will Jones.
(5) Martha Martin Rogers was born on or about 1745 in Annandale, N.J. She married Samuel Rogers, a neighbor. Martha and her brother James married a brother and sister. They followed her Martin brothers and moved to North Carolina. Samuel died there and Martha later moved Montgomery County, Tennessee. She died there in 1825.
(6) Samuel Martin was born in Annandale, Hunterdon County, New Jersey in 1744. Samuel moved to his brother Alexander's Danbury plantation. Samuel was a signer of the Mecklenburg Resolves of May 1775 which declared Crown laws null and void. He served as a Lieutenant during the American Revolution eventually attaining the rank of Captain in the Mecklenburg County Regiment. Samuel married and had at least two known children. Samuel died on March 11, 1790 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. He may be buried in the Martin Family Cemetery in Stokes County, North Carolina.
(7) Robert Martin, Sr., sixth child and youngest son of Hugh and Jane Hunter Martin was born on the Martin plantation at Annandale, N.J. in 1747. He later lived near his brother Alexander's plantation on the Dan River in Rockingham County, NC., eventually moving his family there. He received an inheritance from his brother Alexander's estate. In 1778, he served in the county militia during the Revolutionary War. Robert was Clerk of Salisbury District Court from 1782 until 1788.
Robert Martin married Martha Denny. They had at least four children; Sarah Martin Napier, Robert Martin, Jr., John Martin and Rachel Martin Broach. Robert Martin died on June 1, 1822, at the Danbury Plantation and was buried in the Martin family vault which as previously noted, was compromised by flooding and was reburied in the Robert Martin Cemetery. The exact location is unknown.
Robert Martin, Jr., second known child and eldest son of Robert and Martha Denny Martin, Jr., (Find-A-Grave memorial number 17019148), married Mary "Polly" Settle, a daughter of David and Rhoda Mullins Settle. Their daughter, Martha Denny Martin, married Stephen A. Douglas, Sr. Stephen Arnold Douglas, Sr. was a US Congressman, US Senator, and Democratic Presidential Candidate. A member of the Democratic party, he served in the US House of Representatives from Illinois's 5th district for two consecutive terms from March 1843 until March 1847 and in the US Senate from Illinois from for three consecutive terms from march 1847 until his death in June 1861. Nicknamed the "Little Giant" due to his short stature, he was a forceful and dominant figure in US politics during the mid-1800s he is remembered for the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates that took place in Illinois in 1858.
(8) Jane Martin Henderson was born on August 23, 1759 in Annandale, N.J.. By the time she was about 10 years old, she moved into the Montpelier mansion in Virginia. Jane married Thomas Henderson in Guilford County, NC on November 10, 1778. The Henderson family was a prominent North Carolina family. The Martin and Henderson families were very close. Jane and Thomas had seven known children. Jane Martin Henderson passed away in 1815 in Rockingham County, NC.
Jane Hunter was born in Antrim County in Northern Ireland in 1717. The Hunter family emigrated to Northern Ireland from Scotland about 1715. By about 1730, both of Jane's parents died in Ireland. When Jane was about 15 years old, she accompanied her two older brothers John and Alexander Hunter to America. They arrived at New Castle, Delaware and from there moved into New Jersey eventually settling at Martins Creek in Upper Mount Bethel Twp., Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley. By about 1737, Jane Hunter married Hugh Martin. He was about 20 years older than her.
Jane Hunter Martin, after marrying, moved into a dwelling where her husband Hugh was already living. Hugh Martin built the house on Old York Road in what was then, Amwell, Hunterdon County, New Jersey near Ringoes, N.J. with his brother Thomas Martin in 1730. Hugh lived there and also taught school there as well. The house has an enormous stone fireplace and the original well stands just outside in the back of the house. To the right of the fireplace is a small stairway to access the area above the lower level (1). In 1742, Hugh and Jane Hunter Martin moved near Annandale, New Jersey, also in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. The Hugh Martin Annandale plantation comprised 419 acres at the time of his death in 1761 (2).
After the death of her husband Hugh, their son, James Martin, left the College of New Jersey (Princeton University) and returned to the Annandale plantation. James paid the college expenses for his brother Thomas' education. Jane remained at the plantation raising her younger children; Martha, Samuel, Robert and Jane.
Thomas Martin, Jane's son, graduated from Princeton and was ordained an Anglican Priest in the Chapel Royal at Saint James' Palace in London, England in 1767. He was appointed Pastor of the "Old Brick Church," in Saint Thomas Parish, Orange County, Virginia. It was built ca. 1755. It is no longer standing. Rev. Thomas Martin, at that time, was also employed by James Madison, Sr. as a tutor for his children at his Montpelier plantation. Future President James Madison, who was sixteen years old, was tutored by Rev. Thomas Martin at Montpelier in preparation for his education at Princeton in New Jersey.
In 1769, Jane decided to move from New Jersey with her son Samuel and ten year old daughter Jane. It was then necessary for Rev. Martin to move from Montpelier where he had been living and move unto the church property with his mother, brother and sister. He established a school there. Rev. Thomas Martin died there the following year in 1770. At that time, Samuel moved to North Carolina to be with his brother Alexander Martin (3). Jane and her young daughter Jane, moved into the Montpelier mansion of James Madison, Sr.
About 1774, Jane accompanied her son James Martin (4) and his family to Rockingham County, North Carolina from the Annandale, NJ. plantation. Alexander Martin purchased the Granville Grant there in 1761 on the Dan River at Jacob's Creek. Jane Hunter Martin lived with her son Alexander at his Danbury plantation where she died on November 6, 1807. She was 90 years old.
According to a number of local sources, Jane Hunter Martin was buried at the Danbury Plantation in the family crypt. It was erected near the Dan River. A river flood some thirty years later penetrated the vault and the remains were washed into the river. Apparently, the bodies of those interred, including Jane H. Martin, were recovered. From there they were reburied in the Robert Martin Cemetery in Rockingham County, North Carolina. The exact location is unknown.
The seven children of Hugh and Jane Hunter Martin: Alexander Martin, James Martin, Thomas Martin, Martha Martin Rogers (5), Samuel Martin (6), Robert Martin (7), and Jane Martin Henderson (8).
(1) The Hugh Martin Old York Road House in Amwell remained in the Martin family until 1787 when it was leased to Abraham Hagaman. He later purchased the house and added a two story addition attached to the left side of the original structure in 1800. In 1800, Abraham built a Colonial style mansion directly across the road. Both houses were passed down through the Hagaman family until 1949 when it was sold out of the family. The original Martin House of 1730 is still standing in fine condition and has been faithfully restored. The Abraham Hagaman mansion house was torn down in the 1980's. It is now the site for the Hunterdon County Farmer's Fair held each year. The Hugh Martin House is privately owned and sits on four acres. The original Martin deed compromised 300 acres. The 300 acres were situated on both sides of the Old York Road.
(2) Hugh Martin and his mother Martha Coughran Martin were originally buried in a private family burial ground on the plantation property. Their graves have been moved twice. Once in 1946 for the Federal Route 22 widening project. The second time it was moved was in 1975 for additional widening in conjunction with Interstate Route 78, another Federal highway project. Hugh Martin and his mother are now buried in the back portion of the Clinton Evergreen Cemetery. Their original burial monuments mark their graves.
(3) Alexander Martin (1740-November 2, 1807) was the fourth and seventh Governor of North Carolina. He was born in the 1730 Martin-Hagaman House on Old York Road near Ringoes, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. He also served as a delegate to the Second Provincial Congress of North Carolina, was a member of the North Carolina Senate and served as a United States Senator. He was a Brigadier General during the Revolutionary War and fought at the Battle of Germantown in Pennsylvania. His plantation was Danbury in Rockingham County, North Carolina.
(4) James Martin was born May 21, 1742 in Annandale, Hunterdon County, N.J. He married Ruth Rogers and moved to North Carolina. He served as a Colonel-Commandant of the Guilford County Militia during the Revolutionary War. He served as a legislator in the North Carolina Assembly. He established the Union Iron Works and acquired over 2,000 acres. He established the Snow Creek Plantation. He died on October 31, 1834 at the age of 92. He had eleven children with his first wife and five with his second wife Martha Loftin, the widow of Will Jones.
(5) Martha Martin Rogers was born on or about 1745 in Annandale, N.J. She married Samuel Rogers, a neighbor. Martha and her brother James married a brother and sister. They followed her Martin brothers and moved to North Carolina. Samuel died there and Martha later moved Montgomery County, Tennessee. She died there in 1825.
(6) Samuel Martin was born in Annandale, Hunterdon County, New Jersey in 1744. Samuel moved to his brother Alexander's Danbury plantation. Samuel was a signer of the Mecklenburg Resolves of May 1775 which declared Crown laws null and void. He served as a Lieutenant during the American Revolution eventually attaining the rank of Captain in the Mecklenburg County Regiment. Samuel married and had at least two known children. Samuel died on March 11, 1790 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. He may be buried in the Martin Family Cemetery in Stokes County, North Carolina.
(7) Robert Martin, Sr., sixth child and youngest son of Hugh and Jane Hunter Martin was born on the Martin plantation at Annandale, N.J. in 1747. He later lived near his brother Alexander's plantation on the Dan River in Rockingham County, NC., eventually moving his family there. He received an inheritance from his brother Alexander's estate. In 1778, he served in the county militia during the Revolutionary War. Robert was Clerk of Salisbury District Court from 1782 until 1788.
Robert Martin married Martha Denny. They had at least four children; Sarah Martin Napier, Robert Martin, Jr., John Martin and Rachel Martin Broach. Robert Martin died on June 1, 1822, at the Danbury Plantation and was buried in the Martin family vault which as previously noted, was compromised by flooding and was reburied in the Robert Martin Cemetery. The exact location is unknown.
Robert Martin, Jr., second known child and eldest son of Robert and Martha Denny Martin, Jr., (Find-A-Grave memorial number 17019148), married Mary "Polly" Settle, a daughter of David and Rhoda Mullins Settle. Their daughter, Martha Denny Martin, married Stephen A. Douglas, Sr. Stephen Arnold Douglas, Sr. was a US Congressman, US Senator, and Democratic Presidential Candidate. A member of the Democratic party, he served in the US House of Representatives from Illinois's 5th district for two consecutive terms from March 1843 until March 1847 and in the US Senate from Illinois from for three consecutive terms from march 1847 until his death in June 1861. Nicknamed the "Little Giant" due to his short stature, he was a forceful and dominant figure in US politics during the mid-1800s he is remembered for the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates that took place in Illinois in 1858.
(8) Jane Martin Henderson was born on August 23, 1759 in Annandale, N.J.. By the time she was about 10 years old, she moved into the Montpelier mansion in Virginia. Jane married Thomas Henderson in Guilford County, NC on November 10, 1778. The Henderson family was a prominent North Carolina family. The Martin and Henderson families were very close. Jane and Thomas had seven known children. Jane Martin Henderson passed away in 1815 in Rockingham County, NC.
************ JANE HUNTER MARTIN (1717-1807) ************
Jane Hunter was born in Antrim County in Northern Ireland in 1717. The Hunter family emigrated to Northern Ireland from Scotland about 1715. By about 1730, both of Jane's parents died in Ireland. When Jane was about 15 years old, she accompanied her two older brothers John and Alexander Hunter to America. They arrived at New Castle, Delaware and from there moved into New Jersey eventually settling at Martins Creek in Upper Mount Bethel Twp., Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley. By about 1737, Jane Hunter married Hugh Martin. He was about 20 years older than her.
Jane Hunter Martin, after marrying, moved into a dwelling where her husband Hugh was already living. Hugh Martin built the house on Old York Road in what was then, Amwell, Hunterdon County, New Jersey near Ringoes, N.J. with his brother Thomas Martin in 1730. Hugh lived there and also taught school there as well. The house has an enormous stone fireplace and the original well stands just outside in the back of the house. To the right of the fireplace is a small stairway to access the area above the lower level (1). In 1742, Hugh and Jane Hunter Martin moved near Annandale, New Jersey, also in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. The Hugh Martin Annandale plantation comprised 419 acres at the time of his death in 1761 (2).
After the death of her husband Hugh, their son, James Martin, left the College of New Jersey (Princeton University) and returned to the Annandale plantation. James paid the college expenses for his brother Thomas' education. Jane remained at the plantation raising her younger children; Martha, Samuel, Robert and Jane.
Thomas Martin, Jane's son, graduated from Princeton and was ordained an Anglican Priest in the Chapel Royal at Saint James' Palace in London, England in 1767. He was appointed Pastor of the "Old Brick Church," in Saint Thomas Parish, Orange County, Virginia. It was built ca. 1755. It is no longer standing. Rev. Thomas Martin, at that time, was also employed by James Madison, Sr. as a tutor for his children at his Montpelier plantation. Future President James Madison, who was sixteen years old, was tutored by Rev. Thomas Martin at Montpelier in preparation for his education at Princeton in New Jersey.
In 1769, Jane decided to move from New Jersey with her son Samuel and ten year old daughter Jane. It was then necessary for Rev. Martin to move from Montpelier where he had been living and move unto the church property with his mother, brother and sister. He established a school there. Rev. Thomas Martin died there the following year in 1770. At that time, Samuel moved to North Carolina to be with his brother Alexander Martin (3). Jane and her young daughter Jane, moved into the Montpelier mansion of James Madison, Sr.
About 1774, Jane accompanied her son James Martin (4) and his family to Rockingham County, North Carolina from the Annandale, NJ. plantation. Alexander Martin purchased the Granville Grant there in 1761 on the Dan River at Jacob's Creek. Jane Hunter Martin lived with her son Alexander at his Danbury plantation where she died on November 6, 1807. She was 90 years old.
According to a number of local sources, Jane Hunter Martin was buried at the Danbury Plantation in the family crypt. It was erected near the Dan River. A river flood some thirty years later penetrated the vault and the remains were washed into the river. Apparently, the bodies of those interred, including Jane H. Martin, were recovered. From there they were reburied in the Robert Martin Cemetery in Rockingham County, North Carolina. The exact location is unknown.
The seven children of Hugh and Jane Hunter Martin: Alexander Martin, James Martin, Thomas Martin, Martha Martin Rogers (5), Samuel Martin (6), Robert Martin (7), and Jane Martin Henderson (8).
(1) The Hugh Martin Old York Road House in Amwell remained in the Martin family until 1787 when it was leased to Abraham Hagaman. He later purchased the house and added a two story addition attached to the left side of the original structure in 1800. In 1800, Abraham built a Colonial style mansion directly across the road. Both houses were passed down through the Hagaman family until 1949 when it was sold out of the family. The original Martin House of 1730 is still standing in fine condition and has been faithfully restored. The Abraham Hagaman mansion house was torn down in the 1980's. It is now the site for the Hunterdon County Farmer's Fair held each year. The Hugh Martin House is privately owned and sits on four acres. The original Martin deed compromised 300 acres. The 300 acres were situated on both sides of the Old York Road.
(2) Hugh Martin and his mother Martha Coughran Martin were originally buried in a private family burial ground on the plantation property. Their graves have been moved twice. Once in 1946 for the Federal Route 22 widening project. The second time it was moved was in 1975 for additional widening in conjunction with Interstate Route 78, another Federal highway project. Hugh Martin and his mother are now buried in the back portion of the Clinton Evergreen Cemetery. Their original burial monuments mark their graves.
(3) Alexander Martin (1740-November 2, 1807) was the fourth and seventh Governor of North Carolina. He was born in the 1730 Martin-Hagaman House on Old York Road near Ringoes, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. He also served as a delegate to the Second Provincial Congress of North Carolina, was a member of the North Carolina Senate and served as a United States Senator. He was a Brigadier General during the Revolutionary War and fought at the Battle of Germantown in Pennsylvania. His plantation was Danbury in Rockingham County, North Carolina.
(4) James Martin was born May 21, 1742 in Annandale, Hunterdon County, N.J. He married Ruth Rogers and moved to North Carolina. He served as a Colonel-Commandant of the Guilford County Militia during the Revolutionary War. He served as a legislator in the North Carolina Assembly. He established the Union Iron Works and acquired over 2,000 acres. He established the Snow Creek Plantation. He died on October 31, 1834 at the age of 92. He had eleven children with his first wife and five with his second wife Martha Loftin, the widow of Will Jones.
(5) Martha Martin Rogers was born on or about 1745 in Annandale, N.J. She married Samuel Rogers, a neighbor. Martha and her brother James married a brother and sister. They followed her Martin brothers and moved to North Carolina. Samuel died there and Martha later moved Montgomery County, Tennessee. She died there in 1825.
(6) Samuel Martin was born in Annandale, Hunterdon County, New Jersey in 1744. Samuel moved to his brother Alexander's Danbury plantation. Samuel was a signer of the Mecklenburg Resolves of May 1775 which declared Crown laws null and void. He served as a Lieutenant during the American Revolution eventually attaining the rank of Captain in the Mecklenburg County Regiment. Samuel married and had at least two known children. Samuel died on March 11, 1790 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. He may be buried in the Martin Family Cemetery in Stokes County, North Carolina.
(7) Robert Martin, Sr., sixth child and youngest son of Hugh and Jane Hunter Martin was born on the Martin plantation at Annandale, N.J. in 1747. He later lived near his brother Alexander's plantation on the Dan River in Rockingham County, NC., eventually moving his family there. He received an inheritance from his brother Alexander's estate. In 1778, he served in the county militia during the Revolutionary War. Robert was Clerk of Salisbury District Court from 1782 until 1788.
Robert Martin married Martha Denny. They had at least four children; Sarah Martin Napier, Robert Martin, Jr., John Martin and Rachel Martin Broach. Robert Martin died on June 1, 1822, at the Danbury Plantation and was buried in the Martin family vault which as previously noted, was compromised by flooding and was reburied in the Robert Martin Cemetery. The exact location is unknown.
Robert Martin, Jr., second known child and eldest son of Robert and Martha Denny Martin, Jr., (Find-A-Grave memorial number 17019148), married Mary "Polly" Settle, a daughter of David and Rhoda Mullins Settle. Their daughter, Martha Denny Martin, married Stephen A. Douglas, Sr. Stephen Arnold Douglas, Sr. was a US Congressman, US Senator, and Democratic Presidential Candidate. A member of the Democratic party, he served in the US House of Representatives from Illinois's 5th district for two consecutive terms from March 1843 until March 1847 and in the US Senate from Illinois from for three consecutive terms from march 1847 until his death in June 1861. Nicknamed the "Little Giant" due to his short stature, he was a forceful and dominant figure in US politics during the mid-1800s he is remembered for the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates that took place in Illinois in 1858.
(8) Jane Martin Henderson was born on August 23, 1759 in Annandale, N.J.. By the time she was about 10 years old, she moved into the Montpelier mansion in Virginia. Jane married Thomas Henderson in Guilford County, NC on November 10, 1778. The Henderson family was a prominent North Carolina family. The Martin and Henderson families were very close. Jane and Thomas had seven known children. Jane Martin Henderson passed away in 1815 in Rockingham County, NC.
Jane Hunter was born in Antrim County in Northern Ireland in 1717. The Hunter family emigrated to Northern Ireland from Scotland about 1715. By about 1730, both of Jane's parents died in Ireland. When Jane was about 15 years old, she accompanied her two older brothers John and Alexander Hunter to America. They arrived at New Castle, Delaware and from there moved into New Jersey eventually settling at Martins Creek in Upper Mount Bethel Twp., Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley. By about 1737, Jane Hunter married Hugh Martin. He was about 20 years older than her.
Jane Hunter Martin, after marrying, moved into a dwelling where her husband Hugh was already living. Hugh Martin built the house on Old York Road in what was then, Amwell, Hunterdon County, New Jersey near Ringoes, N.J. with his brother Thomas Martin in 1730. Hugh lived there and also taught school there as well. The house has an enormous stone fireplace and the original well stands just outside in the back of the house. To the right of the fireplace is a small stairway to access the area above the lower level (1). In 1742, Hugh and Jane Hunter Martin moved near Annandale, New Jersey, also in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. The Hugh Martin Annandale plantation comprised 419 acres at the time of his death in 1761 (2).
After the death of her husband Hugh, their son, James Martin, left the College of New Jersey (Princeton University) and returned to the Annandale plantation. James paid the college expenses for his brother Thomas' education. Jane remained at the plantation raising her younger children; Martha, Samuel, Robert and Jane.
Thomas Martin, Jane's son, graduated from Princeton and was ordained an Anglican Priest in the Chapel Royal at Saint James' Palace in London, England in 1767. He was appointed Pastor of the "Old Brick Church," in Saint Thomas Parish, Orange County, Virginia. It was built ca. 1755. It is no longer standing. Rev. Thomas Martin, at that time, was also employed by James Madison, Sr. as a tutor for his children at his Montpelier plantation. Future President James Madison, who was sixteen years old, was tutored by Rev. Thomas Martin at Montpelier in preparation for his education at Princeton in New Jersey.
In 1769, Jane decided to move from New Jersey with her son Samuel and ten year old daughter Jane. It was then necessary for Rev. Martin to move from Montpelier where he had been living and move unto the church property with his mother, brother and sister. He established a school there. Rev. Thomas Martin died there the following year in 1770. At that time, Samuel moved to North Carolina to be with his brother Alexander Martin (3). Jane and her young daughter Jane, moved into the Montpelier mansion of James Madison, Sr.
About 1774, Jane accompanied her son James Martin (4) and his family to Rockingham County, North Carolina from the Annandale, NJ. plantation. Alexander Martin purchased the Granville Grant there in 1761 on the Dan River at Jacob's Creek. Jane Hunter Martin lived with her son Alexander at his Danbury plantation where she died on November 6, 1807. She was 90 years old.
According to a number of local sources, Jane Hunter Martin was buried at the Danbury Plantation in the family crypt. It was erected near the Dan River. A river flood some thirty years later penetrated the vault and the remains were washed into the river. Apparently, the bodies of those interred, including Jane H. Martin, were recovered. From there they were reburied in the Robert Martin Cemetery in Rockingham County, North Carolina. The exact location is unknown.
The seven children of Hugh and Jane Hunter Martin: Alexander Martin, James Martin, Thomas Martin, Martha Martin Rogers (5), Samuel Martin (6), Robert Martin (7), and Jane Martin Henderson (8).
(1) The Hugh Martin Old York Road House in Amwell remained in the Martin family until 1787 when it was leased to Abraham Hagaman. He later purchased the house and added a two story addition attached to the left side of the original structure in 1800. In 1800, Abraham built a Colonial style mansion directly across the road. Both houses were passed down through the Hagaman family until 1949 when it was sold out of the family. The original Martin House of 1730 is still standing in fine condition and has been faithfully restored. The Abraham Hagaman mansion house was torn down in the 1980's. It is now the site for the Hunterdon County Farmer's Fair held each year. The Hugh Martin House is privately owned and sits on four acres. The original Martin deed compromised 300 acres. The 300 acres were situated on both sides of the Old York Road.
(2) Hugh Martin and his mother Martha Coughran Martin were originally buried in a private family burial ground on the plantation property. Their graves have been moved twice. Once in 1946 for the Federal Route 22 widening project. The second time it was moved was in 1975 for additional widening in conjunction with Interstate Route 78, another Federal highway project. Hugh Martin and his mother are now buried in the back portion of the Clinton Evergreen Cemetery. Their original burial monuments mark their graves.
(3) Alexander Martin (1740-November 2, 1807) was the fourth and seventh Governor of North Carolina. He was born in the 1730 Martin-Hagaman House on Old York Road near Ringoes, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. He also served as a delegate to the Second Provincial Congress of North Carolina, was a member of the North Carolina Senate and served as a United States Senator. He was a Brigadier General during the Revolutionary War and fought at the Battle of Germantown in Pennsylvania. His plantation was Danbury in Rockingham County, North Carolina.
(4) James Martin was born May 21, 1742 in Annandale, Hunterdon County, N.J. He married Ruth Rogers and moved to North Carolina. He served as a Colonel-Commandant of the Guilford County Militia during the Revolutionary War. He served as a legislator in the North Carolina Assembly. He established the Union Iron Works and acquired over 2,000 acres. He established the Snow Creek Plantation. He died on October 31, 1834 at the age of 92. He had eleven children with his first wife and five with his second wife Martha Loftin, the widow of Will Jones.
(5) Martha Martin Rogers was born on or about 1745 in Annandale, N.J. She married Samuel Rogers, a neighbor. Martha and her brother James married a brother and sister. They followed her Martin brothers and moved to North Carolina. Samuel died there and Martha later moved Montgomery County, Tennessee. She died there in 1825.
(6) Samuel Martin was born in Annandale, Hunterdon County, New Jersey in 1744. Samuel moved to his brother Alexander's Danbury plantation. Samuel was a signer of the Mecklenburg Resolves of May 1775 which declared Crown laws null and void. He served as a Lieutenant during the American Revolution eventually attaining the rank of Captain in the Mecklenburg County Regiment. Samuel married and had at least two known children. Samuel died on March 11, 1790 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. He may be buried in the Martin Family Cemetery in Stokes County, North Carolina.
(7) Robert Martin, Sr., sixth child and youngest son of Hugh and Jane Hunter Martin was born on the Martin plantation at Annandale, N.J. in 1747. He later lived near his brother Alexander's plantation on the Dan River in Rockingham County, NC., eventually moving his family there. He received an inheritance from his brother Alexander's estate. In 1778, he served in the county militia during the Revolutionary War. Robert was Clerk of Salisbury District Court from 1782 until 1788.
Robert Martin married Martha Denny. They had at least four children; Sarah Martin Napier, Robert Martin, Jr., John Martin and Rachel Martin Broach. Robert Martin died on June 1, 1822, at the Danbury Plantation and was buried in the Martin family vault which as previously noted, was compromised by flooding and was reburied in the Robert Martin Cemetery. The exact location is unknown.
Robert Martin, Jr., second known child and eldest son of Robert and Martha Denny Martin, Jr., (Find-A-Grave memorial number 17019148), married Mary "Polly" Settle, a daughter of David and Rhoda Mullins Settle. Their daughter, Martha Denny Martin, married Stephen A. Douglas, Sr. Stephen Arnold Douglas, Sr. was a US Congressman, US Senator, and Democratic Presidential Candidate. A member of the Democratic party, he served in the US House of Representatives from Illinois's 5th district for two consecutive terms from March 1843 until March 1847 and in the US Senate from Illinois from for three consecutive terms from march 1847 until his death in June 1861. Nicknamed the "Little Giant" due to his short stature, he was a forceful and dominant figure in US politics during the mid-1800s he is remembered for the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates that took place in Illinois in 1858.
(8) Jane Martin Henderson was born on August 23, 1759 in Annandale, N.J.. By the time she was about 10 years old, she moved into the Montpelier mansion in Virginia. Jane married Thomas Henderson in Guilford County, NC on November 10, 1778. The Henderson family was a prominent North Carolina family. The Martin and Henderson families were very close. Jane and Thomas had seven known children. Jane Martin Henderson passed away in 1815 in Rockingham County, NC.
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