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three daughters, so that the name is not likely to die out. Seven men named Martin signed the oath of allegiance at Annapolis in 1730, Pierre, Batiste, Charles, Etienne, Michell, and two named René. One of the latter is described as "called Barnabé" meaning that this René was a son or descendant of Barnabé Martin and not of Pierre. René was the name of Barnabé's infant son, who was mentioned in the census of 1671, and he would be sixty years old in 1730. The other René Martin was doubtless the son of Pierre Martin who married an Indian woman.

Mathieu Martin, who was 35 years old in 1671 and who was spoken of as being the first white child born in Acadia, was never married. He was a weaver and when that census was taken was the owner of four head of horned cattle and three sheep. When the census of 1686 was taken Mathieu Martin was still a resdent of Port Royal and was then described as the owner of one gien and eight arpents of land. This may have been the same land that was conveyed to Alexander LeBorgne, Sieur de Bellisle in 1679 to Pierre Martin and his son Mathieu. Pierre Martin and Mathieu Martin both signed the memorial made in 1687 of the ancient inhabitants of Acadia on behalf of the heirs of d'Aulnay. In 1689 Mathieu Martin received a grant of "the place called Cocobeguy (Cobequid) which comprises all the head of the basin of Minas, two leagues deep on each side inland, to begin opposite the mouth of the River Chicobenacadi (Shubenacadie) on the south side of the river, crossing to the west north-west.' This enormous land grant made Mathieu Martin a seignior, he who had been a mere humble tenant of Bellisle. Mathieu Martin lived to a great age and disputes arose concerning the disposal of his property. Among the minutes of the council at Annapolis under