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MARTEN (Martin), HUMPHREY, HBC chief factor; b.
c. 1729 in England; d. between 1790 and 1792, probably in England.
Humphrey Marten was first engaged by the Hudson’s Bay Company in 1750 as a writer at York Factory (Man.) on a five-year indenture at £15 per annum. He must have been satisfactory to his superiors at York, for in 1755 he was suggested as a possible master of Flamborough House, an outpost of York, and he was later delegated to act as chief of York during James Isham*’s absence in England in 1758–59.
He nevertheless felt that his services were not receiving due recognition, and in 1759 he pressed for an increase in pay to £50 per annum. He was almost dismissed for his temerity; however, the company appointed him second at York and master of a post planned for the mouth of the Severn River (Ont.) to counter possible French penetration there.
Following the death of Isham in April 1761, Marten was appointed acting chief of York by the factory’s council.