[Up Yours Marxists]

Bartholomew Gosnold had two daughters named Martha. One died before she reached her first year. But, that’s not who he named it after.

The island was named after Martha Judd, his mother-in-law. She, along with her husband Robert Golding, helped finance his voyage to America.

[Verginius Rufus]

Gosnold named the island after his mother-in-law? Was that a common practice?

Was Columbus' mother-in-law named America?