Josiah Martin
BIRTH
Apr 23, 1737
Dublin, Ireland
DEATH
April 13, 1786
London, England
FAMILY
FATHER:
Samuel Martin
(1694-1777)
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Martin, Josiah
(1737-1786)
Josiah Martin was the last royal governor of North Carolina. Driven from the colony in 1775, he attempted to rally Loyalists, accompanied British forces during the southern campaigns, and remained an advocate of restoring royal government.
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Places | Image | Address | GPS | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Josiah Martin Marker | 178 E Bay St, Southport, NC 28461 | MARKER |
DIED:
London, England
Apr 13, 1786
Josiah Martin was born on Apr 23, 1737 in Dublin, Ireland. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
The available biographical record identifies Josiah Martin with work or public activity as a soldier. Those roles provide the clearest documented basis for including this person in the database and should be read in the political, military, professional, or household context of the period. Josiah Martin died on Apr 13, 1786 in London, England. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.