Martin Tour, Reunion
NEW HOLLAND Descend
ants of the Mennonite Martins
who settled in Lancaster County
in the early 1700 s are organiz
ing for the first time a tour of
sites of significance to early
Martin history followed by a
Martin family reunion supper.
All descendants of these Martins
and others interested in the pio
neering settlers in this area are
invited,
Check the
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ry, located east of Route 897
in the Weaverland Valley is the burial place of the earliest
Martins, and will be part of the lour during the Martin
Reunion.
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Lancaster and the northeast
part of the county. Martins easi
ly outnumber the Millers,
Weavers, Zimmermans and
Smiths. Most of the Martins are
descended from Christian and
Ells Martin and their sons
David, Henry, Jacob and
Christian who arrived in the
New World from Switzerland
and Germany between 1722 and
1732 seeking good land for farm
ing and religious freedom.
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Oct. 23
To research their history and
document their descendants,
Darvin Martin of Lancaster and
Raymond Martin of Northern
Virginia had launched The
Martin Family History and
Genealogy Project last year.
Their computerized database
already contains 19,000 names.
They expect to surpass 100,000
names as Martin descendants
find out about the project and
contribute their part of the fam
ily genealogy. You can find some
of these names, plus stories
about the family ancestors, on
the Internet at www.martin.sim
plenet.com.
To promote understanding
and appreciation of the extraor
dinary pioneering spirit of these
early settlers and the religious
faith that motivated and sus
tained them, the two Martins
are planning an all-day series of
events on Saturday, October 23.
The general public as well as
Martin descendants are wel
come to register for any or all of
these activities.
Seminar: The Lancaster
Mennonite Historical Society is
sponsoring a seminar from 9
a.m. to noon where Darvin and
Raymond will present findings
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on European Martin origins,
Lancaster County settlement,
and migration outward. Stories
of their early life and faith will
be recounted. Darvin will dis
cuss his recent article in
Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage
which challenges some tradi
tions about Martin history. Gaps
in information and future direc
tions of the project will be
reviewed.
Tour; the bus tour will eave
from Weaverland (brick)
Mennonite Church parking lot
at 2 p.m. It will include the site
of the original David Martin
homestead as well as the home
sites of Henry and Christian
Martin and the early Weber set
tlers. The outline of David’s 370-
acre farm will be traced Homes
of other prominent Martins, as
well as several cemeteries,
including the original Weber/
Martin family cemetery will be
visited.
Reunion Supper; following
the tour, at 5:30 p.m., there will
be a simple Martin reunion sup
per in the Weaverland
Mennonite Church basement. At
7 p.m. a 51-minute video
describing the history of
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Weaverland Mennonite Church
will be shown. Martins figure
prominently in this church his
tory.
Registration: For the morning
seminar, register by contacting
the LMHS (717) 393-9745. Cost
is $8 ($lO for non-members). The
expected cost of the afternoon
tour is $5 per person. For the
supper, people can bring a cov
ered dish or dessert, or pay $4
for a simple catered meal To
register for the tour and/or
reunion supper, contact
Elizabeth S. Martin, 433 South
Kinzer Ave., Apt. 412, New
Holland, PA 17557, or call her at
(717) 354-6467.
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