Martun Clan

Overview

The Martun clan is a Manchu surname recorded in Volume 61 of the official genealogy of the Manchu clans of the Eight Banners, compiled during the Qianlong reign. They were originally from the Changbai Mountains. The year of Ma Jihu's submission is unknown, but the genealogy records him as belonging to the Bordered White Banner, noting a change from the Plain White Banner. His great-grandson, Haoshan, served as a Qiduwei; Marhan as a guard captain; his fourth-generation descendant, Zhaobaozhu, served as a guard captain; Garhan as a ceremonial officer; and Alhan as a Qiduwei.

His fifth-generation descendant, Bashi, served as a guard captain; Qi Shijiu served as a sixth-rank ceremonial officer; and his sixth-generation descendant, Changming, served as a guard captain. The ceremonial officer handled ceremonial affairs for the prefecture, while the guard captains and cavalry captains served in different military organizations. The sixth rank is a specific rank for Qi Shijiu and cannot be rewritten using rank tables from other periods.

These positions span multiple generations, and the fathers of each descendant are not listed individually. The shared position of guard captain does not prove continuous hereditary succession to the same post. The change from Plain White Banner to Bordered White Banner represents a shift between two different banners and cannot be abbreviated to a permanent affiliation with the "White Banner." Changbai Mountain is the historical ancestral home, not a modern village as it has been identified. The specific date of the change of administration, the affiliation of the prefecture, the Manchu surnames, and the individual resumes still need to be verified by cross-referencing the archives. The official positions of the descendants are not attributed to Ma Jihu himself.