Wrights & Maxeys of Monroe County, Mississippi - Person Sheet
Wrights & Maxeys of Monroe County, Mississippi - Person Sheet
NamePAGE, Elizabeth Jane 
Birth Date1 Apr 1593
Birth PlaceThornbridge Castle, Yorkshire, England
Immi Date1621 Age: 27
Immi PlaceVirginia
Memoon the "Seaflower" in Feb 1621/22
Death Date1640 Age: 46
Death PlaceYorktown, York County, Virginia
Misc. Notes
Nicolas Martiau married (1)____ ____ and (2) after 1624, “Mrs. Jane,” whose daughter Jane Barkeley was named a headright in Martiau’s patent, 1639.
On 5 July 1627, Mrs. Jane Martian (Martiau) appeared in court and delivered an inventory of the estate of Left. Edward Bartley dec’d, indicating she was Bartley’s (Barkeley) widow before her (2) marriage.
A transcript of Nicholas Martiau’s will, 1 March 1656/57 – 24 April 1657, York, does not mention his wife, who apparently predeceased him, but does name three daughters, three son-in-laws, and grandchildren and provides for the liberation of two slaves with an allottment of land to each. Issue: by (1), 2. Nicolas Jr. named as a headright in his father’s patent, apparently died young as he is not named in his father’s will.
On 5 July 1627, Mrs. Jane Martian (Martiau) appeared in court and delivered an inventory of the estate of Left. Edward Bartley dec’d, indicating she was Bartley’s (Barkeley) widow before her (2) marriage.
A transcript of Nicholas Martiau’s will, 1 March 1656/57 – 24 April 1657, York, does not mention his wife, who apparently predeceased him, but does name three daughters, three son-in-laws, and grandchildren and provides for the liberation of two slaves with an allottment of land to each. Issue: by (1), 2. Nicolas Jr. named as a headright in his father’s patent, apparently died young as he is not named in his father’s will.
Spouses
Birth Date2 Apr 1591
Birth PlaceSaint-Martin-de-Ré, Charente-Maritime, France
Death Date16 Apr 1657 Age: 66
Death PlaceYorktown, York County, Virginia
Misc. Notes
Capt. Nicolas Martiau, a French Protestant, naturalized in England before sailing for Virginia on the Francis Bonaventure in the Spring of 1620, came to the colony as one of two agents for the Earl of Huntington.
He settled at Elizabeth City where he is listed in the census and also in the muster 1624/25, when his age then is given as 33 years.
As a member of the House of Burgesses, 1623, he signed the completed draft of the First Laws made by the Assembly in Virginia, which, undertaken, 1619, had been concluded 5 March 1623/24.
His patent for 1300 acres in Charles River (York) County, 14 March 1639, recites that 600 acres were “due him for the adv. of himself, his wife and 10 pers. the 1st year in Chiskiaka,” ….the remaining 700 acres were due him “for trans. at his expense of 14 persons into the Colony: Captain Nicholas Martian (or Martiau), Mrs Jane his wife, Nicolas Martian his son, Elizabeth Martian his daughter, Jane Barkeley her daughter….”
Martiau was elected to the House of Burgesses from “Kiskyacke and the Isle of Kent,” 1632, and was among the first appointees as a Justice of York, serving from 1633 to his death, 1657.
He settled at Elizabeth City where he is listed in the census and also in the muster 1624/25, when his age then is given as 33 years.
As a member of the House of Burgesses, 1623, he signed the completed draft of the First Laws made by the Assembly in Virginia, which, undertaken, 1619, had been concluded 5 March 1623/24.
His patent for 1300 acres in Charles River (York) County, 14 March 1639, recites that 600 acres were “due him for the adv. of himself, his wife and 10 pers. the 1st year in Chiskiaka,” ….the remaining 700 acres were due him “for trans. at his expense of 14 persons into the Colony: Captain Nicholas Martian (or Martiau), Mrs Jane his wife, Nicolas Martian his son, Elizabeth Martian his daughter, Jane Barkeley her daughter….”
Martiau was elected to the House of Burgesses from “Kiskyacke and the Isle of Kent,” 1632, and was among the first appointees as a Justice of York, serving from 1633 to his death, 1657.
Marr Dateabt 1625
Marr PlaceVirginia