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The Mulatto - Martin, Page, Johnson, Green, Davis, Nocho, and Henson Families of Lancaster and Chester County
This is a discussion of the surnames I have been able to identify in Chester and Lancaster County Pennsylvania. I have traced my Martin ancestry to West Marlboro Chester County in 1810. My ancestor Tamyzine Page-Martin was born in Pennsylvania, as were her parents. However, she does not show up on the Lancaster County census until 1860. She is of Native extraction, and may have been a Mohawk Indian. There is a Page family in Lycoming County Pennsylvania (Muncy), and that may be her family. Sarah Johnson, my ancestor was born about 1808 in Chester County, and her father's name is Elijah Johnson. I do not have her mothers' name, but Sarah and her brother were taken to the Poor Children's home in 1816, and left by their father. The Green, Davis, Nocho, and Henson's, lived in what is now Lincoln University, West Chester, and Oxford. I believe they were moving from place to place to find employment. All of the surnames are of my lines which intermarried in Chester and Lancaster County.
At one time or another they were identified as Mulatto or Colored.
At one time or another they were identified as Mulatto or Colored.
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Permalink Reply by Anita Wills on
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The first document is of William Martin, who was the brother of my direct ancestor, Uriah Martin. After fighting in the Civil War, William headed for California. I have traced him to Michigan Barr in Sacramento County CA. He was a Gold Miner and told the family he had struck Gold. My mother said that some of the family joined him in California. I do not see him after the 1870 census.
The second document is a picture of my maternal Grandfather, taken in Chester County. He was about twelve years old at the time of the picture, and still had his long braid. He was born 1884, and died in 1965. His parents were William Penn and Lydia Green-Martin, both of whom were born in Pennsylvania. -
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The Martins' belonged to Octorara Free Presbyterian Church, where many are buried. I believe that there was a marriage between a white Martin and Indian woman (possibly Clouds). The Indian Village was located where Newlinville sits, and there was an Indian Trader named Martin in the area. Several generations of my Martin ancestors are listed on the Census as living in that area from the early 1800's. They may have been relatives of Indian Hannah, who lived in the area of Newlinville.
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