Show ContentsMartensen Surname History


United States Martensen migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Martensen Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • Catalyntje Martensen, who landed in New Netherland(s) in 1631 1
  • Abraham Martensen, aged 25, who arrived in New York in 1646 1
  • Arent Martensen, who landed in New York in 1660 1
  • Pieter Martensen, who arrived in New Netherland(s) in 1663 1
Martensen Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Kirstine Martensen, aged 24, who landed in New York, NY in 1869 1
  • Bernard M Martensen, who arrived in Mobile, Ala in 1893 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Martensen (post 1700) +

  • Keri Martensen, American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 2008 2
  • Hans Lassen Martensen (1808-1884), Danish theologian


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  2. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 4) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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