Samuel Martin (1694 in Greencastle Estate – 1776) was a prominent planter in Antigua.
[1] Samuel Martin was born on the Greencastle Estate, Antigua, the son of Major Samuel Martin, who, in 1701, was murdered during a slave revolt after having demanded the enslaved Africans on his estate work on Christmas Day.
The seven year old Samuel escaped a similar fate, being hidden in nearby fields by his nanny.
[2] He wrote Essay upon Plantership (1754), a treatise on managing a sugar plantation.
[5] The eldest of his sons, Samuel, became a British member of parliament and secretary to the Treasury; Henry became comptroller of the Navy, a member of parliament, and a baronet; Josiah was governor of North Carolina.