The ancestor of this family emigrated from London, Middlesex, England, to the parish of St. Dorothy, Island of Jamaica, ante 1719. He mar. Anne and left issue Martin, a large landed proprietor in the island of Jamaica, whose last will bears date September 19, 1748, and a da. Anne.. Martin mar. Johanna Hay, and had issue a son and a da., viz. Rev. Isaac, D. D., for thirty -one years Rector of St. Peter's Church, Westchester, d. Feb. 5, 1838, set. 89, mar. Isabella Morris, da. of Hon.
Lewis, she was b. Feb. 8, 1748, d. Oct. 21, 1810. Anne mar. tiawks.
Rev. Isaac had I. Martin, a distinguished member of the New York bar and proprietor of Castle Hill Neck, Westchester, who mar. Sarah Nutter, da. of Valentine, and left 1. Gouverneur of Castle Hill Neck. 2. Martin of South Carolina. 3. Gilbert of New York. 4. Lewis of Madison County, New York. 5. Catharine, mar. Henry Phelps. 6. Anne, mar. Robert Turnbull, M. D. 7. Matina. d. s. p. II. Isaac of Westchester mar. Charlotte Seabury, da. of Right Rev. Samuel Seabury. HI. Hon. Lewis of Nova Scotia, has James of New York, Hon. Lewis of Nova Scotia, Martin and others. IV. Thomas b. 1771, d. May, 1816, s. p. V. Sarah mar. Archibald Burns, M. D. VI. Joannah. VII. Isabella. VIII. Mary. IX. Euphemia, mar, Ichabod Brush of New York. Arms, per pale or, and ar, a whelk vert. Crest, a whelk's head, erased, vert. Motto, Sun ar dy hyn.