Peter McMartin

Peter McMartin
2nd Mayor of Jersey City
In office
April 1840 – April 1841
Preceded byDudley S. Gregory
Succeeded byDudley S. Gregory
Personal details
BornMay 11, 1805
New York
Diedafter 1870
SpouseHarriet Lyon
ResidenceJersey City, New Jersey

Peter McMartin (born May 11, 1805) was the second Mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey.

Biography

When Jersey City was incorporated as a municipality on February 22, 1838, McMartin was a member of the first Common Council. He succeeded Dudley S. Gregory as mayor two years later. He served a single one-year term from April 1840 to April 1841.[1] He was succeeded by Gregory. He served as Jersey City freeholder in 1847 and 1848.

On November 16, 1830, Martin married Harriet Lyon at St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in Jersey City.[2]

References

  1. ^ Winfield, Charles (1874). History of the County of Hudson, New Jersey: from its earliest settlement to the present time. Kennard & Hay Stationery M'fg and Print. Co. p. 289.
  2. ^ Bergen County Marriage Records.


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