Abraham Martin (dit l'Ecossais)

• General Notes
  • Abraham Martin may have been of Scottish descent or he might have used the sobriquet if he had been enrolled in military service or had been a member of an illegal organization: such names were used to avoid detection by officials looking for deserted soldiers or in case the records of an illegal organization were seized. It is also just as possible that he acquired the name because he had made several voyages to Scotland as a young man.
    
    In "Memoires de las Societe Genealogique" we find that he was a Frenchman who sojourned in Scotland and that he left a wife and son in Scotland. An epitaph at Dundee reads: "Here lies one godly and virtuous woman, Sarah Auchinleck, spouse to Abraham Martine Frenchman, chirurgeon barber: who departed this life 25 July 1665. Of
    her age 40. Here also lies one honest man, Abraham Martin Frenchman, chirurgeon barber, lawful son of Abraham Martin, merchant, burgess of the city of Metz in Loraine: who departed this life 13 June 1673 of his age 57.
    
    He was a Master Pilot and Guide about 1613. He emigrated in 1619 from France.    May have been in Quebec as early as 1613. Arrived in 1619 in Quebec from France on the sailboat "Le Sallemande" at Tadoussac on August 30, 1620. He was accompanied by his wife, name not known, and his daughter Anne. He received a concession of ground that formed the plateau where Wolf and Montcalm fought the battle of Quebec. This battle ground is still known as "Les Plaines d'Abraham." One of 34 people of French origin in Quebec at the onset of the English occupation. Returning to France after the taking of Quebec by Kirke* July 24, 1629. He returned to Quebec in 1633 or 1634. *[BIOGRAPHY: Kirke, Sir David, an English merchant and adventurer in Canada. At the outbreak of war between France and England in 1627, Kirke and his four brothers led an attack on Quebec that was orginized by a new English company seeking control of the St. Lawrence River fur trade. After completely dominating the river and the Gulf of St. Lawrence for two years, Kirke forced Samuel de Champlain to surrender the starved Quebec on July 19, 1629. The city was restored to French rule in 1632. -Copyright 1993 Grolier Electronic Publishing, Inc.]. He resided before 1620 in Scotland. L'Ecossais means the Scotch or Scot. Abraham Martin may have been of Scottish descent or he might have used the sobriquet if he had been enrolled in military service or had been a member of an illegal organization; such names were used to avoid detection by officials looking for deserted soldiers or in case the records of an illegal organization were seized. It is also just as possible that he acquired the name because he had made several voyages to Scotland as a young man. In "Memoires de las Societe Genealogique" vol XXVII #3, pp 162-164 by Albert Ledoux, we find that he was a Frenchman who sojourned in Scotland and that he left a daughter-in-law and son in Scotland. Visited Dundee. He was buried on SEP 8 1664 in Notre-Dame Church, Quebec City, New France.   He died on SEP 8 1664 in Québec City, Québec, New France.  He was a Merchant in Metz, Lorraine, Kingdom of France.   Did the first mapping of the St. Lawrence River. It is is beleived that Abraham Martin was originally from Scotland. The name Martin is asscociated with the Clan name MacDonald. Abraham arrived in Canada in 1619. He was a ship's pilot, first mate. On July 24, 1629 Abraham and his family returned to France after the War of Quebec through Kirk. They returned to Quebec in 1633. On December 27, 1647, he had the honor of giving his name to the land where the battle between the armys of Wolfe and Montcalm took place: The Plains of Abraham. He was recognized by Monseigneur Tache, the Bishop of Riviere Rouge, to be counted as the original ancestor of one the three largest landholding families of Quebec.

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