Francois Martineau

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• AFN: 9J2T-17

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From File 1 (M3666) deposited at the NY Genealogical & Biographical Society, 122 East 58th St., NY, NY 10022, letter to Jamuel P. Stevens, 312 Sheridan Ave., Piedmont, CA 94611-3814 from a Mrs. Hill. Letter is in response to one from Mr. Stevens dated Oct 29, 1992 in which he mentions his ancestor John Martineau, born 27 Sep 1793, Richmond, Staten Island and his wife, Eliza Mears, born 13 Apr 1806, Fabious, NY. She provides all information on the Martineau (Martino) family in the Staten Island parish registers of the French Hugenot church.

"Francois Martineau became a member of the French Church in New York July 20, 1670. In 1676 ninety acres of land were laid out for him on Staten Island. Soon after he married Hester Dominees, widow of Walraven Luten. Their son Steven was baptized 1679. In 1683 Francois with others objected to the appointment of an English minister on Staten Island. In 1694 he was granted land on Old Town Road. His will in 1707 names his wife, Hester, his grandson Vincent Fountain, son of a daughter who married Vincent Fountain, Sr. The name Stephen continued until 1801 when the Stephen Martineau who owned the present farm colony died.

Gaston Martineau, a surgeon of Dieppe, settled in Norwich, England in 1685 and was a French refugee. The family on Staten Island is a collateral branch and were on Staten Island before Gaston left France."
Hus - Francois Martineau
The records of their marriage were apparently lost with other French Huguenot records
Francois's will was probated 1 Oct 1707. He may have been one of those French Huguenots
who denizised, left their wills here and some returned to the U.S. a few years later. We have n no record of Francois's death. He had a 1st wife & three children who died in France.
From the "Revised History of Harlem" by James Riker,N.Y. 1904 (Henry P.Toler (revisionest)
"Francois Martino and his friend, Jean Belleville, joined the church at New York, Jul 28 1670, being the first mention of them. The latter was from St. Martin near La Rochelle---perhaps Martino was---this early association and their later intimacy seeming to favor it. Whether Belleville was he who was called le Chaudronnier,or,by the English, the tinker, as the first signifies, I am not able to determine, but Jan Tincker was enrolled in the night watch at Harlem, Nov 7 1673, and went to Staten Island where he held property, as did Belleville. Martino had 96 acres of land on Staten Island, laid out for him Apr 24 1676, near the "Iron Mountain." To this Governor Dongan added 35 acres, in 1685. He married Hester Dominees, widow of Walraven Lutin, or Lutine; issue, Stephen, born 1679. Martino, in 1683,was foremost among the French and Walloon residents in sustaining the French worship. His will,made 1 Oct 1706, and proved 5 Aug 1707, gave his estate, on the death of his widow, to his two god (grand) sons, Stephen Martino (son of Stephen, deceased) and Vincent Fontaine Jr.(a son of Francois's step dau. Anneken Lutten, dau. of Hester Donrinees & her 1st hus.Walraven Lutten) (See Clute's Annals of Staten Island) ." When Francois came over to Staten Island he also settled where his future wife, Hester, was living with her first husband. This first settlement became known as "Old Town".
No description of Francois's character has been preserved by posterity. The few facts about him in the records indicate he was a determined & spirited person interested in creating a meaningful & successful life. It would appear that he was courageous and not the least bit shy of fighting for what he thought was right. The people of Ile de Re are known to be independent & strong willed & perhaps Francois shared these traits as well.
There were no churches on Staten Island when Francois settled there about 1675. To get to a church he had to cross the bay (now New York Bay) to the French Church or the Dutch Church in New Amsterdam; or to the Brooklyn Dutch Church or Flatbush Dutch Church, these latter churches all served by the same minister at that time. No marriage for Francis Martino are recorded in any of these church records. At the time of his projected marriage the colony was under Dutch rule, the Dutch Church was the authorized church, and civil marriages were not permitted or recognized until the take-over by the British.
There are many deeds and Mortgages recorded on Staten Island in which the name of Franis Martino appears because his land was sufficiently large to occasion descriptions of his borders in other deeds.
Sources used;
1706 Census of S.I.: Found in Stillwells Hist. & Gen. Mcs. Vol 1
Abstracts of N.Y.Wills,Vol. 1 p. 446
New York Dutch Church, Pub. in N.Y. Gen & Bio. bap.& Mgs & deaths.
Tunis Bergen, register of the Early Settlers of Kings Co. N.Y. 1881 p. 201.
Revised History of Harlem by James Riker N.Y. 1904 p. 269.
Staten Island Patents,Mcs at S.I. Hist. Soc. Vol 2 p. 143, 222, 267.
Inventory of Francois Martineaus estate: Original at, Paul Klapper Library, Queens College,
Flushing, N.Y.
Will of Vincent Fontaine
Flatbush Dutch Church, Holland Society year book 1898 p. 112
NYG&B Rec. Vol 134, Number 4 "Francois Martineau--Native of l' Ile der Re, An Early Settler of
Harlem and Staten Island."

Francois married Marguerite Bore Abt 1665, St. Martins, Ile de Re, Charente-Maritime, France. Marguerite was born Abt 1644, La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France; died Between 1670 and 1674, La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France. [Group Sheet]

Francois married Hester Dominees Abt 1678, , Richmond, New York, United States. Hester was born Abt 1638, Mannheim, Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany; died Bef 1706, , Richmond, New York, United States. [Group Sheet]

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Married:
She was md. in the French Huguenot Church in Germany, to Walravin Luttin, her name listed as Estera Delhaille, where their mg. was recorded. The Delhaile name is one of the ancient and prominent ones in French History. She also appears as Hester Donranes & Hester Dominees in the Staten Island, New York
records, her husband listed as Walravin Lutten.

1. Stephen Martineau was christened 25 May 1679, New Utrecht Dutch Reformed Church, Kings, New York, United States; died Bef 1706.
2. Hester Martineau was born Abt 1681, , Richmond, New York, United States; died Yes, date unknown.
3. Ann Martineau was born 1683, , Richmond, New York, United States; died Yes, date unknown.

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A family tradition was that the three sons of Estiene came to America & two went on to Canada. There is in the early 1698 census of Kings Co,, in the town of Flatbush ,a Daniel Martino listed with there being two men & 3 Women in the household. Could this be Francois's bro. Daniel & possibly his Early New York state census rec., 974.7 X 28m, p. 37.
Also a Daniel Martino, was on assessment roll of Flatbush of 1693, where he owned land in 1712. Source Early History of Kings Co., 974.723 D2b, p. 201.
No marriage record could be found for Estienne & Marie Menuteau, probably because they were married before 1630 on the Ile de Re where church records for that year and earlier to 1580 have been lost.
There is evidence that Esteinne had a brother Daniel, for when the latters widow Marie Naud remarried in 1670, she was called the sister-in-law (belle soeur) of Esteinne's widow Marie Menuteau. (La Paroisse de Saint-Martin-de-Re, Baptemes,Marriages et sepultures 1668-1685.)
Two first cousins of Esteinne may also be identified. When his daughter Francoise remarried in 1671 , among those present was David Mousnier, described as Francoise's,second cousin. David was the son of Simon Mousnier and Anne Martineau. Although Mousnier was the name of Francoise's first husband and of the mother of her second husband, it is more likely that her relationship to David was through his mother Anne Martineau, who could be a first cousin of Esteinne. (Francois Martineau of Ile de Re & Staten Island, p. 253)

Estiene married Marie Menuteau Abt 1629, La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France. Marie was born 1597, La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France; died 8 Jan 1677, Le Boutellion, La Couarde, Ile de Re, France; was buried 9 Jan 1677, Le Boutellion, La Couarde, Ile de Re, France. [Group Sheet]

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The funeral of Marie Menuteau was attended by her cousin Louis Martineau, barrel maker (tonnelier). He might have been her own cousin, but given his name it is possible that he was her husband's cousin. His parents were Louis Martineau and Catherine Barrault, who were married on the same day in 1635 as Simon Mousnier and Anne Martineau, which may mean that Louis and Anne were siblings