Joseph Martin

Joseph Martin, a paymaster in the Royal Navy, was listed at No. 3 in 1863-64.¹ The previous year he was at Trinity Lodge, Edinburgh, and the following year (1864-65),² he does not appear in the Edinburgh PO Directory. In 1871, Joseph Martin’s family were resident at Saltash, Cornwall³ and he was recorded in the census on board HMS Monarch.⁴

Joseph Martin was born at Saltash on 6 March 1821, son of Joseph Martin and Catherine Harriet Derisley.⁵ He joined the Royal Navy, was appointed paymaster in 1843 and retired from the navy with the rank of paymaster-in-chief in 1876.⁶ He died at Newton Abbot, Devon on 26 April 1895.⁷

On 10 July 1850, Joseph Martin married Laura Malfitre Bisson Cook (1829-1903), daughter of another Royal Navy paymaster.⁸ They had seven children, including Horace Martin who was born at No. 3 Malta Terrace on 27 January 1864.⁹ He became a clerk in the office of the Crown Agents for the Colonies.

Their other children, who would have also lived at No. 3, were Laura Doswell Martin (1851-1931), Henry Cutfield Martin (1852-1932), Frances Maud Martin (1855-1930), Joseph John Henry Martin (1858-1913)¹⁰ and Arthur Derisley Martin (1862-).¹¹

1. PO Directory 1863-64.
2. PO Directory 1862-63.
3. Census records. England. Saltash, Cornwall. 02 April 1871. MARTIN, Laura M. B. RG10/2232/32, p. 04. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 29 June 2021.
4. Census records. England. Royal Navy, Portsmouth. 02 April 1871. MARTIN, Joseph. RG10/1137/20, p. 01. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 29 June 2021.
5. Downie/Critchlow/Seniuk/Martin Family Tree. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 29 June 2021.
6. Admiralty records. Officers’ Service Records. MARTIN, Joseph. Paymasters 1801-1877. ADM 196/11/470. https://nationalarchives.gov.uk/: accessed 29 June 2021.
7. Death announcements. 1895. Royal Cornwall Gazette. 02 May 1895. MARTIN, Joseph. p. 05, col. 05. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk: accessed 29 June 2021.
8. Marriages index (CR) England. St Germans, Cornwall. 3rd Q., 1850. MARTIN, Joseph. vol. 09, p. 129. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 29 June 2021. Marriage announcements. Cornwall, England. 1850. https://freepages.rootsweb.com: accessed 29 June 2021.
9. Births index (SR) Scotland. Edinburgh. 1864. MARTIN, Horace. 685/1 154. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 29 June 2021. Birth announcements. 1864. The Scotsman. 28 January 1864. MARTIN. p. 04, col. 06. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk: accessed 29 June 2021.
10. Downie/Critchlow/Seniuk/Martin Family Tree. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 29 June 2021.
11. Births index (SR) Scotland. Leith North, Midlothian. 1862. MARTIN, Arthur Derisley. 692/1 100. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 29 June 2021.