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How Did Marth's Vineyard Get it's Name?
Martha's Vineyard Tour Guide ^ | 27 June (2015?) | Jim Rivard

Posted on 08/16/2015 7:24:31 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

The most popular and very believable account is that the island was named by the British explorer Bartholomew Gosnold, after his infant daughter -- Martha... He would take short sails to "the big island" (Martha's Vineyard) for the purpose of gathering sassafras root, to be hauled back to England for medicinal use. Gosnold was only on Cuttyhunk about six weeks because of a small skirmish with the Wampanoags... the British wisely withdrew from the Islands before winter. Before leaving, however, it's believed that Gosnold named the big island after his infant daughter, Martha...

Another, not as popular version of the naming, is that the island was originally named Martin's Vineyard; and this theory does have a bit of documentation to support it. According to a few sources, the name Martin, or by some accounts "Martyn", was used when referring to the island in some primary sources such as journals, logs, and diaries of explorers. In addition, some of the deeds, wills, and bills of sale recorded by the colonial Massachusetts government were addressed as Martin's Vineyard.

This name could have come from another British explorer, named Martin Pring, who visited what is now Edgartown Harbor in 1605. Martin Pring isn't remembered for having a big impact on the island, however. He hung around for several days, traded with the Native Americans, scared them with his cannon a few times, and left. Another speculation is that the island was named after John Martin, who captained Gosnold's ship, The Concord...

By the way, there are no vineyards on Martha's Vineyard; but it is believed that there were wild grape vines all over the island when it was first settled, providing inspiration for the second half of the name.

(Excerpt) Read more at marthasvineyardtourguide.com ...


TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: bartholomewgosnold; cuttyhunk; edgartownharbor; godsgravesglyphs; johnmartin; marthasvinyard; martinpring; massachusetts; sassafras; theconcord; thevikings; vinland; wampanoags
Marthas Vinyard

1 posted on 08/16/2015 7:24:31 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
Gosnold's ship was named The Concord -- like the grape is. Coincidence? I think not! ;') Viking Vinland ping.

2 posted on 08/16/2015 7:27:13 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
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To: SunkenCiv

Bartholomew Gosnold by William Allen Wall

3 posted on 08/16/2015 7:28:40 PM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: JoeProBono
Thanks JoeProBono. The guy was there six weeks, and there's a painting? Wow.

4 posted on 08/16/2015 7:33:49 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
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To: SunkenCiv

Before photography, it took that long to take a snapshot.

;^)


5 posted on 08/16/2015 7:42:31 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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To: SunkenCiv

The painting was done later based on a B&W Polaroid snapshot.


6 posted on 08/16/2015 7:45:54 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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To: SunkenCiv

If you’ve never been there, don’t bother. Any small town in New England with ocean access will do just as well. MV is an outlandishly overrated place. I’ve been there three times but never again.


7 posted on 08/16/2015 8:04:20 PM PDT by muir_redwoods (Freedom isn't free, liberty isn't liberal and you'll never find anything Right on the Left)
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To: SunkenCiv

It was a purposed development that never happened. Kinda like New London of the Kelo seized land fame.

In 2010, the Yale Design Workshop, at the request of the city, created plans for a large development that included restaurants, a hotel, offices, art galleries, bicycle lanes, water taxis, a pedestrian bridge to downtown, and more with the use of “private, local, state, and federal funds.” The project never came to fruition.

Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/370441/nine-years-after-kelo-seized-land-empty-alec-torres


8 posted on 08/16/2015 8:14:21 PM PDT by ThomasThomas (Silence is golden , duct tape is silver. El silencio es oro, cinta del conducto es de plata.)
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To: elcid1970

In those days the first thing the Indians made you do when you landed was stand there and get your portrait made.

Then when you went back to England with the tobacco they’d try to sell you an ashtray with your picture on it.


9 posted on 08/16/2015 9:16:34 PM PDT by Flash Bazbeaux
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To: SunkenCiv

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.


10 posted on 08/17/2015 2:38:12 AM PDT by Up Yours Marxists
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To: SunkenCiv

Where’s the movement to return Martha’s Vineyard to the Wampanoags, or their descendants?


11 posted on 08/17/2015 6:24:13 AM PDT by Arm_Bears (Biology is biology. Everything else is imagination.)
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To: SunkenCiv

“How Did Marth’s Vineyard Get it’s Name?”

By somebody dropping the “a” from “Martha” would be my guess.


12 posted on 08/17/2015 7:21:50 AM PDT by Lee'sGhost ("Just look at the flowers, Lizzie. Just look at the flowers.")
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To: SunkenCiv; Tijeras_Slim; Slings and Arrows; Constitution Day; Charles Henrickson
the island was originally named Martin's Vineyard

It's mine.

GTFO!

13 posted on 08/17/2015 7:22:09 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< | :)~)
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To: martin_fierro

;’)


14 posted on 08/17/2015 9:00:39 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
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To: Lee'sGhost

The fact is, my first attempt had some junk characters, but the correction wasn’t, uh, correct. Mea non culpa.


15 posted on 08/17/2015 9:01:30 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
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To: martin_fierro

You can have it.


16 posted on 08/17/2015 10:26:55 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (My music: http://hopalongginsberg.com/ | Facebook: Hopalong Ginsberg | Instagram: hopalonginsberg)
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To: muir_redwoods

If you’ve never been there, don’t bother. Any small town in New England with ocean access will do just as well. MV is an outlandishly overrated place. I’ve been there three times but never again.

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Other readers: please feel free to wantonly ignore the advice given above.

I do wonder why you returned for the 2nd and 3rd times feeling as you do.

One word: Menemsha.

Admittedly, Earl Weaver was still managing the Orioles when I last went there.


17 posted on 08/17/2015 11:57:14 AM PDT by dmz
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To: Up Yours Marxists
Gosnold named the island after his mother-in-law? Was that a common practice?

Was Columbus' mother-in-law named America?

18 posted on 08/17/2015 1:43:43 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: SunkenCiv

My old boss has a house on MV. He said that all the liberals go to MV, all the Republicans go to Nantucket.


19 posted on 08/17/2015 1:47:24 PM PDT by thefactor (yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
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To: Verginius Rufus

That’s funny, but no, it was not necessarily commonplace to name a body of land after the mother-in-law.

That is unless she helps fund the expedition, as is the case here.


20 posted on 08/17/2015 2:23:21 PM PDT by Up Yours Marxists
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