George Martine, the elder was a Scottish historian of Saint Andrews.
Background
Born 5 August 1635, he was eldest son of James Martine (1615–1684), a minister of the Church of Scotland in Fifeshire. His mother—his father"s first wife—was Janet Robinson, who died 13 September 1644, and his grandfather was Doctor George Martine, principal of Saint Salvator"s College, Saint Andrews.
Career
Martine became commissary clerk of Saint Andrews in August 1666, and held the office till August 1690. Then he was deprived as a Jacobite non-juror, refusing to pledge himself to William and Mary. He succeeded his father in land at Saint Andrews, in 1696, and died 26 August 1712.
He was called "Martine of Clermont", after land he acquired in 1668 (also Cleremont, Claremont).
In June 1668 Martine married Catherine, eldest daughter of James Winchester of Kinglassie, Fifeshire, by whom he had several children including the physician George Martine, the younger.