Martin Family Genealogy These and other malpractices having been thus denounced, the Council turned once more to the social life of the town, and it was now the turn of the female portion of the community to receive reproof and admonition. Martin Luther King, Jr., made history, but he was also transformed by his deep family roots in the African-American Baptist church, his formative experiences in his hometown of Atlanta, his theological studies, his varied models of religious and political leadership, and his extensive network of contacts in the peace and social justice movements of his time. Irven Martin Irvin. Mother Eugenia A Phillips. In 1775, he was a captain in the Virginia militia. William Martin (Chautauqua County, New York)