Rev. Christopher Martin

1795 - 1880  (84 years)

• Name	Christopher Martin
  Title	Rev.
  Born	2 Oct 1795	Weston, Windsor, Vermont   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Religion	Methodist  [5]
  Military	1813 - 1814  [3]
  	War of 1812 Veteran
  	Christopher was wounded at the battle of Lacole Mills, on the 30th of March, 1814. [3]
  Residence	1817	Williamstown, Berkshire, Massachusetts   [3]
  Occupation	1822 - 1823	Vanderkamp Farms, Cleveland, Oswego, New York   [5]
  	Teacher
  	In 1821 Mr. Martin built a frame house, and during the winter of 1822-23 taught the first school in the eastern part of the town in an old log dwelling on the Vanderkemp farm. [5]
  Occupation	1860  [6]
  	Gentleman
  Residence	1821 - 1870	Cleveland, Oswego, New York   [3, 6, 8]
  	Cleveland's village dates back to the arrival of its first white settlers, Christopher Martin and his wife, who settled on what was known as 'The great lot No. 131' in 1821, and they were the first settlers within the present corporation limits. [7] In February, 1826, [Christopher Martin] with his wife and one child, - Otis, - removed to the State of New York and settled on a location now comprised in the village of Cleveland, then mostly a wilderness, and commenced in the woods to clear him a farm. Here they enjoyed the comforts as well as some of the privations of new-settlement life. Here the deer rambled within sight of his door; and here, also, close at hand, was the beautiful Lake Oneida, from which plenty of fish could be obtained, including some of the best varieties, as salmon, bass, pike, etc. They considered those who lived within four or five miles their immediate neighbors. [3]
  		1840 United States Federal Census, Constantia - p.204 State: New York; County: Oswego; Town: Constantia; Page: 204; Roll: 326; Image: 1173;
  		1860 United States Federal Census, Cleveland - p.45 State: New York; County: Oswego; Town: Constantia; Village: Cleveland; ED Date: 07/13/1860; Page: 45
  Occupation	Farmer  [3]
  Occupation	1833 - 1880	Cleveland, Oswego, New York   [1]
  	Clergy
  	Coming to Cleveland in 1821, he located where the Catholic parsonage now stands, and was the first leader of the M.E. class here, serving it also as steward from 1826 until his death. In 1833 he was licensed to exhort and in 1839 to preach. In 1841-2 he supervised the erection of the M.E. Church; in 1843 he was ordained deacon and in 1848 elder. The first religious services held in the vicinity occurred in his house in the summer of 1822, the officiating minister being Rev. Mr. Keyes, a Methodist preacher. [9]
  Died	9 Apr 1880  [4, 10, 11, 12]
  	Cause: Gangrene
  		18800410 - Obituary, Christopher Martin Cleveland Lakeside Press 04/10/1880
  Buried	Cleveland Village Cemetery, North Street, Cleveland, Oswego, New York   [4, 13]
  	The funeral of Rev. Christopher Martin will be attended from the M. E. Church, tomorrow morning at 10:30 o'clock. [13]
  		Headstone - Christopher Martin 1795-1880 Cleveland Village Cemetery By Kiely Malone
  Person ID	I149	CHS Genealogy
  Last Modified	21 Oct 2017

  
  

  Family	Martha Johnson,   b. 6 Dec 1800, Chester, Windsor, Vermont ,   d. 12 Dec 1882  (Age 82 years)
  Married	29 May 1817  [3, 12]
  Children	1. Otis C. Martin,   b. 26 Jan 1820,   d. 31 Mar 1846  (Age 26 years)   2. M. Elvira Martin,   b. 1827,   d. 15 Jun 1906  (Age 79 years)
  Last Modified	23 Apr 2017
  Family ID	F44	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  xxxxxxxx - Reverend Christopher Martin History of Oswego County New York with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches, (L.H. Everts and Company), p.292

  
  

  Histories

  Obituary: Martha Martin Lakeside Press 12/16/1882

  
  

• Sources

  [S31] 1870 United States Federal Census, 31 (Reliability: 2), 26 Jun 1870. State: New York; County: Oswego; Town: Constantia; Village: Cleveland; ED Date: 06/26/1870; Page: 31; Line: 3-5 [S11] Cleveland Lakeside Press (Reliability: 1), 10 Apr 1880. [S33] History of Oswego County New York with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches, (L.H. Everts and Company), 293 (Reliability: 2), 1877. Christopher Martin [S19] Find A Grave, findagrave.com., http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=MART&GSfn=C&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=36&GScntry=4&GSsr=521&GRid=29851056& (Reliability: 1), 17 Sep 2008. Christopher Martin [S40] Landmarks of Oswego County, Henry Perry Smith, W. Stanley Child, (Higgins Book Company - 1895), 497 (Reliability: 2), 1895. Town of Constantia [S32] 1860 United States Federal Census, 45 (Reliability: 1), 13 Jul 1860. State: New York; County: Oswego; Town: Constantia; Village: Cleveland; ED Date: 07/13/1860; Page: 45; Line: 5-7 [S25] Northshore Notes, (Cleveland Historical Society), http://blog.clevelandhistoricalsociety.com/?p=361 (Reliability: 1), 1 Oct 2013. Griesmyer?s History of Cleveland Glass [S42] 1840 United States Federal Census, 204 (Reliability: 1), 1840. State: New York; County: Oswego; Town: Constantia; Page: 204; Roll: 326; Image: 1173; [S40] Landmarks of Oswego County, Henry Perry Smith, W. Stanley Child, (Higgins Book Company - 1895), 496-497 (Reliability: 2), 1895. Town of Constantia [S57] U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885, 1 (Reliability: 1), 31 May 1880. State: New York; County: Oswego; Town: Constantia; ED #231; ED Date: 07/13/1860; SD #8; Page: 1; Line: 1 [S21] 1880 United States Federal Census, 1 (Reliability: 2), 1 Aug 1880. State: New York; County: Oswego; Village: Cleveland; SD#: 8; ED#: 231; ED Date: 08/01/1880; Schedule #5; p.1 [S11] Cleveland Lakeside Press (Reliability: 2), 16 Dec 1882. Obituary: Martha Martin [S11] Cleveland Lakeside Press, n.p. (Reliability: 1), 10 Apr 1880.