Did LHE’s and Grates Cove Martins come from Channel Islands?
by John and Harold Martin
The Little Heart’s Ease Martins are linked to Grates Cove by John Martin born in Grates Cove on the 23 July 1815 died in Little Heart’s Ease on the 20 March 1880. His prayer book with this information is still in the family. His uncle Joseph Martin settled in Southport (Fox Harbour) around 1840, two brothers Benjamin and Elias settled in Hickman’s Harbour in the 1860s, a sister Mary married George Vardy and settled in Clay Pitts prior to 1855. John’s father was James (1792-1855). James father was Henry (1863-1846).