Marie Menuteau

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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

Marie married Estiene Martineau Abt 1629, La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France. Estiene was born Abt 1595, La Couarde-Sur-Mer, Charente-Maritime, France; died Bef Mar 1654, Le Boutellion, La Couarde, Ile de Re, France. [Group Sheet]

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Her chr. date from, temple of Villeneuve, La Rochelle,France

Anne married Simon Mousnier Abt 1646, Ile de Re, Charente-Maritime, France. Simon was born Abt 1626, Ile de Re, Charente-Maritime, France; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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Her age at her second mg. listed as 37 in St. Martins. parish reg. Her chr. date from Temple of Villeneuve,La Rochelle,France.

Francoise married Louis Mousnier 14 Jun 1654, Temple de La Villeneuve, (St. Martin) La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France. Louis was born Abt 1635, Ile de Re, Charente-Maritime, France; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Francoise married Pierre Martineau 8 Jul 1671, St. Martins, Ile de Re, Charente-Maritime, France. Pierre was born , La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France; was christened 3 May 1623; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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His chr. from ,Temple of Villeneuve, La Rochelle, France.

Daniel married Elizabeth Boiteau Abt 1658, St. Martins, Ile de Re, Charente-Maritime, France. Elizabeth was born Abt 1640, Ile de Re, Charente-Maritime, France; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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His chr. in Temple of Villeneuve, La Rochelle,France

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Her chr. in Temple of Villeneuve, La Rochelle, France.

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Her chr. listed in Temple of Villeneuve, La Rochelle, France.

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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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• AFN: 8FC4-M4

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Stephens bap. 25 May 1679 by a minister of the Dutch Reformed Church, across the Narrows in New Utrecht(Brooklyn) rec. is found in the Dutch Reformed Church of Flatbush, Kings Co. N.Y. in the NYHS yr bk 1898, 974.7 C4h, p. 112. & is also recorded in "The Early Settlers of Kings County, N.Y", by Tuenis Bergen, 974.723 D2b p. 201, this record also states that Francois Martino md. Teuntje Martenooy of Flatlands,( Teuntje, another form of Hanna or Ann) had Stephen bap on the date listed above.The two witness's were Jean Belleville & Hester Casier (his wife).On the same day Belleville had his son Philip bap, & the witnesses were Francois Martino & Elizabeth Ravesteijn. The bap. registration notes that parents, witnesses,and children were all from Staten Island. Source:Recs. of the Reformed Dutch Church of Flatbush,Kings Co. New York, vol i 1677-1720 (New York: The Holland Society of New York,1998), p 391.Stephen died before 1706 as referenced in his fathers will & was not in the 1706 census of Staten Island.
" In the 1706 census of Staten Island a Stephen Martino, a boy, probably living in the family of Jean Belliville, and his wife, according to the placement of the names in that census. At this time the grandson Stephen Martino was the only male Martino living on Staten Island, his father and grandfather both having died." Summation of Dutch researcher Harriet Stryker-Rhoda.
There are no deeds recorded for Stephen, no administration of an estate, hence we must conclude he probably was living & working on his father's estate, clearing land of virgin forest, etc. He had no need to purchase a homesite, for as his fathers only son he would naturally inherit a large share of his father's estate. The probability is that he was interred on the farm as was the custom, since there was no estalished church or cemetery on Staten Island. There is a hiatus in the records of the Dutch churches in Kings county, New York from 1694 to 1706, a period of ministerial transition and civil disturbances. This coincides with the probable mg., b. & death dates of his family.

Stephen married Mary Belleville Abt 1700, , Richmond, New York, United States. Mary (daughter of Jean Belleville and Hester Casier) was born Abt 1681, , Richmond, New York, United States; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• AFN: 9J2T-3K

Hester married Vincent Fountain. Vincent was born Abt 1679; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• AFN: 9J2T-4Q

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• AFN: 8FC4-F3

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(1) He appears as a sml. child in the 1706 census of Staten Island under the name of Martin or Marino (Marino or Martino is Italian for Martineau), found in Gen. & Hist Mics. Vol.1 by J.E. Stillwell p. 150. Will dated 13 Apr 1779 & Will proven 4 Aug 1779, thus the last date used as his death date.-- Abstracts of N.Y. Wills as published by New York Historical Society.
Stephen was probably born on the old Dorp Farm near the Northeastern shore of Staten Island. No birth or bap. record has been found for him. Probable reasons are the same as for his father Stephen Martineau. Things get a little confusing in this line for in 1779 there were three Stephen's living on Staten Island: This Stephen(c. 1701-1779 , then about age 75+; Stephen (1727-1801) then about age 52; And Stephen (1761-1822) then age 18.


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Stephen married Anna Van Deventer Abt 1726, , Richmond, New York, United States. Anna (daughter of Cornelius Van Deventer and Annetje Van Tuyl) was born , Flatbush, Kings, New York, United States; was christened 4 Nov 1705, New York Dutch Reformed Church, Kings, New York, United States; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• AFN: 9J2P-RG

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Her mg. is found in the NYG&B Society publication of mgs.1639-1801. The date 6 Nov 1725 gives her an Abt birth date twenty years earlier . She apparently was named after her mother.
There is a problem with two different Mary Martineausmarrying a Daniel Perine, I suggest that this Mary,dau. of Stephen & Mary Belleville, died & the other Mary dau. of Stephen Martineau & Anna Van De Venter, married Jacob Barager & apparently he died, & she married Daniel Perine.

Mary married Daniel Parine 6 Oct 1725, Richmond, Colony of New York, British Colonial America. Daniel was born Abt 1703, Richmond, Colony of New York, British Colonial America; died Bef 20 Jun 1777, Stafford, Ocean, New Jersey, United States. [Group Sheet]