There are three intermarriages between the Coutanche and Martin families during the 1800s and it has taken some time to untangle the lines.

Descendants of Pierre MARTIN

Codes: St B = St Brelade, St C = St Clement, St H = St Helier, St J = St John, St L = St Lawrence, St M = St Martin, St P = St Peter, St S = St Saviour, T = Trinity

Generation 1 - JERSEY

Pierre MARTIN b. c1789 (St B); in 1841 and 1861 a landed proprietor in the Upper Vingtaine of St Nicholas in St Peter's parish
+ Mary MARTIN b. c1789 (St P)

Children of Pierre MARTIN and Mary MARTIN:

§ Nicolas MARTIN b. c1813 (St P)

§ John MARTIN b. c1816 (St P)

§ Tom MARTIN b. c1821

§ Jane MARTIN b. c1824

§ Joshua MARTIN b. c1827

§ Rachel MARTIN b. c1832 (St P)

§ Philippe MARTIN b. c1833

Generation 2 - JERSEY

John (Jean) MARTIN b. 1816 (St P),  d. 28 October 1890, bur. at Mont a l’Abbe, Jersey
+ Mary COUTANCHE b. 1811 (T),  d. 18 January 1893, bur. at Mont a l’Abbe, Jersey; + 12 November 1840

Children of Jean MARTIN and Marie COUTANCHE:

§ Mary Ann MARTIN b. c1841, d. , + Henry COUTANCHE

§ John MARTIN b. c1845

§ Helena Mary MARTIN b. 5 January 1848 (St H) (never married), bur. at Mont a l’Abbe, Jersey

§ Alfred John MARTIN b. c1852

§ Victoria Jane MARTIN b. c1854

Generation 2 - GUERNSEY

William MARTIN b. c1814 (St PP, Guernsey), + Jane ___________ b. c1818 (St L)

Children of William and Jane MARTIN:

§ John MARTIN b. c1843 (St L)

§ Amelia MARTIN b. c1845 (St L)

§ Charles MARTIN b. c1847 (St L)

§ James Thomas MARTIN b. 27 January 1850 (St H),  d. 24 January 1925, bur. at Mont a l’Abbe, Jersey, + Sarah Ann PEARCE b. 18 September 1850 (St H),  d. 29 September 1917, bur. at Mont a l’Abbe

§ Eliza MARTIN b. c1851 (St L)

Generation 3 - JERSEY

James Thomas MARTIN b. 27 January 1850 (St H),  d. 24 January 1925, bur. at Mont a l’Abbe, Jersey + Sarah Ann PEARCE b. 18 September 1850 (St H), Jersey, C.I. (d/o John PEARCE and Elizabeth FRIEND, both b. in England), d. 29 September 1917, bur. at Mont a l’Abbe

Children of John Thomas MARTIN and Sarah Ann PEARCE:

§ James John Pearce MARTIN, b. 13 July 1872 (St H),  d. 1 May 1947, bur. at Mont a l’Abbe, + Edith Florence COUTANCHE

§ William Charles MARTIN b. 20 March 1875 (St H), + Mary BAKER

§ George Francis MARTIN b. 6 April 1876 (St H),  d. 1958, + Dolly DE GRUCHY

§ Charles Henry MARTIN 17 December 1880 (St H),  d. 1918?, + Anni DAY

Generation 4 - JERSEY

James John Pearce MARTIN, b. 13 July 1872 (St H),  d. 1 May 1947, bur. at Mont a l’Abbe, + Edith Florence COUTANCHE, b. 9 September 1877 (St H),  d. 6 April 1940, bur. at Mont a l’Abbe

Child of James John Pearce MARTIN and Edith Florence COUTANCHE:

• James Henry Coutanche MARTIN, b. 9 April 1897  d. 30 September 1972 in Pill, Somerset, bur. at Easton-in-Gordano, England, + Violet Edith GODFRAY, b. 2 November 1893, Jersey, d. 8 March 1980 in Sydney, Australia; cremated at Northern Suburbs Crematorium

Generation 5 - JERSEY

Children of James Henry Coutanche MARTIN and Violet Edith GODFRAY:

• Beryl Edith MARTIN, living, + 1945, Sydney Phillip BRIGINSHAW, b. 31 July 1920, d. 30 November 1993 (s/o Charles & Cora BRIGINSHAW)
• Godfrey James MARTIN, living, + (1) Telma Elisabet Bäckström, living, (2) Paulina So, living
  

Generation 6 - ENGLAND & AUSTRALIA

Children of Beryl MARTIN and Sydney BRIGINSHAW:

§ Penelope Cora Martin BRIGINSHAW, living, + 1969  Norman JUDE (divorced)

§ Peta Colleen Martin BRIGINSHAW, living, + 1991 Keith Maxwell SAUNDERS, living

§ Gail Lesley Martin BRIGINSHAW, living, + 1970 Pastor Anthony OCHSE, living

§ Janine Yvette Martin BRIGINSHAW, living, +

Children of Godfrey James MARTIN and Telma Elisabet BÄCKSTRÖM:

§ Elizabeth Ann MARTIN, living, + 1976 Christoph GREEF, living

§ Gillaine Carol MARTIN, living, +  (1) 1976 Phillip HASSALL (divorced), + (2) Dominic SAMPERI, living (s/o Leo and Kate SAMPERI)

§ Susan Clare MARTIN, living, +  Pastor Richard William BOTTA, living (s/o Joseph BOTTA and Joyce GILLIES)

Generation 7 - AUSTRALIA

Children of Penelope BRIGINSHAW & Norman JUDE:

§ Michael Philip JUDE, living, + Lia CHEETHAM (divorced), +  

§ Ivette Janine JUDE, living

Children of Gail BRIGINSHAW & Anthony OCHSE:

§ Phillip Anthony OCHSE, living, + 2000 Christine TIERNEY

§ Michelle Janette OCHSE, living, + 1991 (Peter) Wayne SHORT (divorced)

Children of Elizabeth MARTIN & Christoph GREEF:

§ Daniel Christoph Martin GREEF, living

§ Katherine Emma GREEF, living

§ Mereki Julia GREEF, living

Children of Gillaine MARTIN & Dominic SAMPERI:

§ Danielle Louise SAMPERI, living

§ Madelaine Ruth SAMPERI, living

Children of Susan MARTIN & Richard BOTTA:

§ Sophie Elisabet BOTTA, living

§ Annique Clare BOTTA, living

§ Matthew  Richard Joseph BOTTA, living

Generation 8 -  AUSTRALIA

Children of Michelle OCHSE & Wayne SHORT:

§ Joshua SHORT, living

§ Jessica SHORT, living

§ Kevin SHORT, living

Child of Phillip OCHSE & Christine TIERNEY:

§ Madysynne OCHSE, living

§ Rebecca DONOHUE, living (Child of Christine OCHSE, nee TIERNEY)