If we are going to get into genealogy, fine, but please, let's not
mistake a list of names and dates for genealogy.   Knowledgeable
genealogists, like other trained researchers,  know that  It is their
responsibility to conduct suitable studies and* report them in sufficient
detail to permit evaluation and confirmation by others. *  Paul Drake wrote
something like this: Genealogy without evidence is worthless."  . May I add,
that a list of names and dates without citations is about as useful to a
genealogist as the telephone book.

--Tom Gilmore

On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 6:39 PM, John Philip Adams <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> Nicholas Martiou's wife is Jane Berkeley is the daughter of Henry Berkeley,
> 12Th Baron Berkeley.
> So let's try this again. Washington is descendant of the Berkeley's of
> England. Maybe Ms. Pemberton should take a genealogy course before
> espousing
> the plebian qualities of George Washington.
> Let's do some research before we believe 'a book' regarding the FOUNDING
> FATHER OF OUR COUNTRY.
> John Philip Adams
> Texas
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Anne Pemberton
> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 4:58 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Washington's Earliest Ancestor
>
> Connie,
>
> Could you flesh out that descendency from Martiou to George Washington?
>
> My understanding is that John Washington married the daughter of Nathanial
> Pope, Ann, if I remember correctly. Is the connection from Martiou to Ann
> Pope?
>
> Anne
>
> Anne Pemberton
> [log in to unmask]
> http://www.erols.com/apembert
> http://www.educationalsynthesis.org
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Connie Lapallo" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 5:10 PM
> Subject: Re: Washington's Earliest Ancestor
>
>
> Anne wrote: "I hate to burst your bubble but...George Washington's earliest
> ancestor was John Washington who came to Northern Neck as a ship's mate,
> and married well...."
>
>
> Actually, no.
>
> John Washington was only George's earliest ancestor named Washington--not
> his earliest American ancestor. That was Captain Nicholas Martiau (spelled
> various ways, including "Marten") Martiau was a French Huguenot who arrived
> in 1620 on the Francis Bonaventure. He was a French military engineer, a
> Justice of the Court of York, a member of the House of Burgesses, and a
> signer of the rebuttal concerning living conditions in the colony from 1607
> to
> 1619. In 1640, he was granted 1,300 acres (a fairly large tract in those
> days).
> He called his home "York," which is part of today's Yorktown.
>
> Martiau also built a fort, called "Martiau's fort," the subject of a 1989
> dig. In
> its report, the APVA states, "The fort was likely constructed c. 1630 by
> Nicolas Martiau, a trained French military engineer and owner of the land
> were
> the fort was situated."
>
> In 1635, Martiau was a leader in the uprising against Royal Governor John
> Harvey, an important event in Virginia's early history. The meeting which
> eventually led to Harvey's ousting took place, ironically, near Martiau's
> house
> and likely just a few hundred yards from the site of the later surrender of
> Cornwallis to General George Washington, Martiau's great-great-great
> grandson at Yorktown.
>
> A stone marker, dedicated in 1631 by Gen. Pershing, reads:
>
> SITE OF THE HOME OF
>
> NICOLAS MARTIAU
>
> THE ADVENTUROUS HUGUENOT
>
> HE WAS BORN IN FRANCE 1591
>
> CAME TO VIRGINIA 1620
>
> AND DIED IN YORKTOWN 1657
>
> HE WAS A CAPTAIN IN THE INDIAN UPRISING
>
> A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF BURGESSES
>
> JUSTICE OF THE COURT OF YORK
>
> IN 1635 A LEADER
>
> IN THE THRUSTING OUT OF GOVERNOR HARVEY
>
> WHICH WAS THE FIRST OPPOSITION
>
> IN THE BRITISH COLONIAL POLICY.
>
> THE ORIGINAL PATENTEE FOR YORKTOWN
>
> AND THROUGH THE MARRIAGE
>
> OF HIS DAUGHTER ELIZABETH
>
> TO COL. GEORGE READ HE BECAME
>
> THE EARLIEST AMERICAN ANCESTOR OF BOTH
>
> GEN. GEORGE WASHINGTON
>
> AND GOVERNOR THOMAS NELSON
>
>
> Like his grandson, Martiau was a leader of his time.
>
>
> Connie Lapallo
> Author of
> DARK ENOUGH TO SEE THE STARS IN A JAMESTOWN SKY
> And its upcoming sequel
> THE SUN IS BUT A MORNING STAR IN A JAMESTOWN SKY
> www.ConnieLapallo.com
>
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