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Martyn, or Martin
Martin

Martin may refer to:...
 is the surname of one of The Tribes of Galway
Tribes of Galway

The Tribes of Galway were fourteen merchant families who dominated the political, commercial, and social life of the city of Galway in western Ireland between the mid-13th and late-19th centuries....
, Ireland
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
.
Martyn family were one of a select group of 14 families of mixed Irish
Irish people

The Irish people are a Western European ethnic group who originate in Ireland, in north western Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolgs, Tuatha D? Danann and the Milesians ?the last group supposedly representing the "pure" Gaelic a...
, English
English people

The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England who speak English language in England. The English identity as a people is of early medieval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn....
, Welsh
Welsh people

The Welsh people are an ethnic group and nation associated with Wales and the Welsh language. John Davies argues that the origin of the "Welsh nation" can be traced to the late 4th and early 5th centuries, following the Roman withdrawal from Britain, although Celtic languages seem to have been spoken in Wales far longer....
, French
French people

French people can refer to:* The legal residents and citizens of France, regardless of ancestry. For a legal discussion, see French nationality law....
 and Norman
Normans

The Normans were the people who gave their names to Normandy, a region in northern France. They descended from Viking conquerors of the territory and the native population of mostly Frankish and Gallo-Roman stock....
 descent who became the premier merchant and political families in the town of Galway
Galway

Galway is the fourth largest city in the Republic of Ireland and the only city in the province of Connacht in Republic of Ireland. The city is located on the west coast of Ireland....
 during the late medieval and early modern eras. From approximately 1270 to about 1924 certain branches of the family and individuals remained highly influential both in Galway and Ireland as a whole.






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Martyn, or Martin
Martin

Martin may refer to:...
 is the surname of one of The Tribes of Galway
Tribes of Galway

The Tribes of Galway were fourteen merchant families who dominated the political, commercial, and social life of the city of Galway in western Ireland between the mid-13th and late-19th centuries....
, Ireland
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
.

Family history

The Martyn family were one of a select group of 14 families of mixed Irish
Irish people

The Irish people are a Western European ethnic group who originate in Ireland, in north western Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolgs, Tuatha D? Danann and the Milesians ?the last group supposedly representing the "pure" Gaelic a...
, English
English people

The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England who speak English language in England. The English identity as a people is of early medieval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn....
, Welsh
Welsh people

The Welsh people are an ethnic group and nation associated with Wales and the Welsh language. John Davies argues that the origin of the "Welsh nation" can be traced to the late 4th and early 5th centuries, following the Roman withdrawal from Britain, although Celtic languages seem to have been spoken in Wales far longer....
, French
French people

French people can refer to:* The legal residents and citizens of France, regardless of ancestry. For a legal discussion, see French nationality law....
 and Norman
Normans

The Normans were the people who gave their names to Normandy, a region in northern France. They descended from Viking conquerors of the territory and the native population of mostly Frankish and Gallo-Roman stock....
 descent who became the premier merchant and political families in the town of Galway
Galway

Galway is the fourth largest city in the Republic of Ireland and the only city in the province of Connacht in Republic of Ireland. The city is located on the west coast of Ireland....
 during the late medieval and early modern eras. From approximately 1270 to about 1924 certain branches of the family and individuals remained highly influential both in Galway and Ireland as a whole. Many Martyns were dispossessed by the Irish Confederate Wars
Irish Confederate Wars

This article is concerned with the military history of Ireland from 1641-53. For the political context of this conflict, see Confederate Ireland....
 and the subsequent Cromwellian conquest, and long reduced to peasantry by the time of the Great Irish Famine.

The family are part of a larger kin-group descended from a Norman
Normans

The Normans were the people who gave their names to Normandy, a region in northern France. They descended from Viking conquerors of the territory and the native population of mostly Frankish and Gallo-Roman stock....
 named Martin
Martin

Martin may refer to:...
  (fl.1093?) via his descendant, the crusader Sir Nicholas FitzMartin
FitzMartin

FitzMartin was the surname of a Normans family based in England and Wales between 1085 and 1342....
 of Cemais
Cemais (Dyfed cantref)

Cemais was a cantref of Kingdom of Dyfed, and now part of Pembrokeshire, Wales. It occupied the coastal area between the River Teifi estuary and Fishguard, and the northern and southern slopes of the Preseli Hills, and had an area of about 359 km2....
 and Blagdon
Blagdon

Blagdon is a village and civil parish in the Ceremonial counties of England of Somerset within the North Somerset unitary authority in England. According to the United Kingdom Census 2001 it has a population of 1,172....
 (c.1210-1282). Sir Nicholas had at least eight children from two marriages, the youngest being William Martin of St. David's, Wales (c.1268-after 1326), whose son or grandson, Thomas Martyn, founded the family in Galway.

The family have been based in Co. Galway, Ireland, since the mid-fourteenth century but have many cadet branches in the U.K., Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
, USA, France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
, Hungary
Hungary

Hungary , officially in English the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia....
, and several other countries. Most of these branches were settled during and after the Wild Geese
Wild Geese

Wild Geese, the original name of the bird now known as Greylag Goose, might also refer to:* The Wild Geese, a 1978 film about a group of mercenaries in Africa....
 or Great Famine
Great Famine

Great Famine can refer to multiple historical famines that are referred to as the "Great Famine".*Great Famine of 1315-1317 - Northern European famine of the 14th century....
 eras.

Many braches of the family use the spelling Martin. As Martin is the most common spelling for bearers of the name regardless of descent, the form Martyn is used to distinguish all of this kindred from other thus surnamed but unrelated.

Martin, Martyn and its variants can be considered some of the most common names in the Western World
Western world

The term Western world, the West or the Occident can have multiple meanings dependent on its context . Accordingly, the basic definition of what constitutes "the West" varies, expanding and contracting over time, in relation to various historical circumstances....
 - such as Smith, Jones, Baker, Wilson. It is not always the case that any two bearers of the name are related, even distantly.

Other descendants of the FitzMartin
FitzMartin

FitzMartin was the surname of a Normans family based in England and Wales between 1085 and 1342....
 family are still to be found in the south-west of England
England

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 (Somerset
Somerset

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, Devon
Devon

Devon is a large Counties of England in South West England. The county is also referred to as Devonshire, but that is an entirely unofficial name, rarely used inside of the county but often indicating a shire....
, Dorset
Dorset

Dorset , is a Counties of England in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester, Dorset, situated in the south of the county at ....
) and Wales
Wales

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 (Pembrokeshire
Pembrokeshire

Pembrokeshire is a county in the South West Wales of Wales in the United Kingdom....
).

There is a worldwide internet based society for people with the family name Martin and Martyn.;

Notable Martyns

  • William Oge Martyn
    William Oge Martyn

    William Oge Martyn, or William Oge Martyn fitz Thomas, fl. 1566-1592, was a son of Thomas Oge Martin and Evelina Lynch of Galway. Bailiff of Galway in 1566 to 1567, kidnapped by the Connor O'Brien, 3rd Earl of Thomond in January 1570, he fought at the battle of Shrule in April of the same year....
     (fl.1566-1593), notorious Sheriff
    Sheriff

    A sheriff is in principle a legal official with responsibility for a county. In practice, the specific combination of legal, political, and ceremonial duties of a sheriff varies greatly from country to country....
     and Mayor of Galway
  • Richard Martin fitz Oliver
    Richard Martin fitz Oliver

    Richard Martyn was a Galway lawyer and member of the Confederate Ireland. He was of the senior line of the Martyn family, one of the Tribes of Galway....
     (1602-1648), lawyer and Irish Confederate leader
  • Richard Martin (politician) (1754-1834) member of Irish Volunteers
    Irish Volunteers

    The Irish Volunteers was a military organisation established in 1913 by Irish nationalism. Its declared primary aim was "to secure and maintain the rights and liberties common to the whole people of Ireland", in other words, the safeguarding of Irish Home Rule Bill....
    , supported Catholic Emancipation
    Catholic Emancipation

    Catholic Emancipation or Catholic Relief, was a process in Great Britain and Ireland in the late 18th century and early 19th century which involved reducing and removing many of the restrictions on Roman Catholics which had been introduced by the Act of Uniformity, the Test Acts and the Penal Laws....
    , foundeed of the RSPCA, duellist
  • Thomas B. Martin (1786-1847), M.P. and landlord, died saving his tenants in The Famine;
  • Edward Martyn
    Edward Martyn

    Edward Martyn of Tullira Castle, Ardrahan, Co. Galway, Ireland. Ireland political and cultural activist, playwright, last of the senior branch of the Martyn family of Tullira, one of The Tribes of Galway....
     (1859-1923), arts patron, co-founded Abbey Theatre
    Abbey Theatre

    The Abbey Theatre , also known as the National Theatre of Ireland , is a theatre located in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. The Abbey first opened its doors to the public on 27 December 1904, and despite losing its original building to a fire in 1951, has remained active to the present day....
  • Violet Florence Martin
    Violet Florence Martin

    Violet Florence Martin was an Ireland author who co-wrote a series of novels with cousin Edith Anna Somerville under the pen name of Martin Ross in the late 19th and early 20th centuries....
     (1862-1915), novelist and short-story writer
  • Congressman John Andrew Martin (1868-1939), American politician
  • Ferenc Martyn
    Ferenc Martyn

    Ferenc Martyn was an artist and sculptor, Hungary-born descendant of the Martyn Tribe of Co. Galway, descended from the same branch of the Tribe as Edward Martyn of Tullira ....
     (1899-1986), Hungarian artist
  • D'Arcy Argue Counsell Martin
    D'Arcy Argue Counsell Martin

    D'Arcy Argue Counsell Martin was an Ontario lawyer and political figure. He represented Hamilton West in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1931 to 1934 as a Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario member....
  • F.X. Martin, (1922-2000), historian
    Historian

    A historian is an individual who studies and writes about history, and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, systematic narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all events in time....
  • Adrian James Martyn (born 1975), historian
  • Hillary Martyn (born 1977), newspaper editor


See also

  • Martin (name)
    Martin (name)

    Martin may either be a surname or given name.Martin is a common given and family name in most European languages. It derives from the Latin name Martinus, which is a diminutive form of Mart-, the stem of the word for "war" and also the Roman god Mars....
  • FitzMartin
    FitzMartin

    FitzMartin was the surname of a Normans family based in England and Wales between 1085 and 1342....
  • List of most common surnames
    List of most common surnames

    The frequency and origin of surnames varies widely. In the past, surnames were often given depending on one's occupation. For example, a blacksmith's surname would most likely be 'Smith,' and a baker's surname would probably be 'Baker'....
  • Family name etymology
  • Family name affixes
    Family name affixes

    Family name affixes are a clue for family name etymology and determining ethnic origin of a person. This is a partial list of affixes....
  • Family history
    Family history

    Family history is the systematic narrative and research of past events relating to a specific family, or specific families....
  • Patronymic
    Patronymic

    A patronym or patronymic, is a component of a personal name based on the name of one's father, grandfather or an even earlier male ancestor....
  • Personal name
    Personal name

    A personal name is the proper name identifying an individual person, and usually comprises a given name bestowed at Childbirth or at a young age....


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