Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site: Genealogy Report: Descendants of George Martin and Susanna North of Amesbury, Mass. (Updated Dec. 16, 2001)

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Descendants of George Martin and Susanna North of Amesbury, Mass. (Updated Dec. 16, 2001)

30. RACHEL⁵ MARTIN (EPHRAIM⁴, SAMUEL³, JOHN², GEORGE¹) was born 1760 in Goffestown, N.H., and died 1840 in Bradford, VT. She married SAMUEL DAVIS (Source: #805, Roll #254: Selected Recods Rev. War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Files Davis, Obadenke-Davis, Suny: State of Vt., Prob. Dist. of Lamoille, SAMUEL DAVIS R=48.) July 04, 1781 in Newbury, VT, son of SAMUEL DAVIS and DOROTHY HADLEY.

Notes for RACHEL MARTIN:
Rachel Martin married Samuel Davis, b. 1757 in Goffestown, N.H. Their son Samuel claimed on his pension application of 1853 that Rachel was born in 1760, and came over to Bradford with the first families (1768). That Rachel named her daughter Keziah, a name rare in the area, is the clearest indication that her parents are Ephraim and Keziah Martin. The deposition also explains that Rachel's sister Polly (Martin) Horner removed to Canada, which agrees with the history of Stanstead, Quebec concerning the Ephraim Martin family.

Notes for SAMUEL DAVIS:
The parents of Samuel Davis have not been absolutely determined other than through information given in the family history by David Hoyt and that given in the LDS collection of Family Search submissions. The use of the names Absalom and Lydia for the first 2 children seems to indicate they were close relatives somewhere in earlier families. Since these names do not occur on the Martin side, it has been suggested that they might reflect members of Rachel Martin's mother's family. The marriage record of Ephraim Martin and his wife Keziah has not been located, and Keziah's maiden name remains unknown.
Family tradition and depositions for govt. pensions claim Samuel was born in Goffestown, N.H. in 1757, though the Davis family is not listed as town taxpayers as late as 1762. Other family members moved to Piermont, N.H.

More About SAMUEL DAVIS:
Military service: Revolutionary War. Pension on his service applied for by his son Samuel Davis, Jr., by his granddaughter and others on Feb. 18, 1853. Many of the facts about Samuel's family are learned from these summaries.

Children of RACHEL MARTIN and SAMUEL DAVIS are:

LYDIA⁶ DAVIS, b. 1782, Bradford, VT; d. Colchester, VT; m. JEDEDIAH SMITH, November 17, 1805, Bradford, VT.

Notes for LYDIA DAVIS:
She was living in Colchester, VT in 1853 (Deposition].

ii.

ABSALOM DAVIS, b. 1784, Bradford, VT; d. Abt. 1785, Bradford, VT.

Notes for ABSALOM DAVIS:
The first son, Absalom, died at the age of nine months.

55.	iii.		CHARLES DAVIS, b. August 01, 1786, Bradford, VT; d. January 08, 1867, Bradford, VT.
	iv.		KEZIAH DAVIS, b. March 23, 1788, Bradford, VT; d. Bef. 1853, Granby, QC, Canada; m. THOMAS HORNER, September 18, 1814, Bradford, VT.

Notes for THOMAS HORNER:
He may have been the son (or nephew) of John Horner.

POLLY DAVIS, b. July 24, 1789; d. hanover, NH; m. JOHN BLAKE, March 20, 1817, Bradford, VT.

Notes for POLLY DAVIS:
She is otherwise known as Mary. Both names are used in the 3 depositions.

vi.

SARAH DAVIS, b. 1792; m. LEWIS GOULD, March 10, 1819, Bradford, VT.

Notes for SARAH DAVIS:
Sarah's birth was not listed by the midwife. She had been residing in Dresden, NY before 1853 [Deposition].

56.	vii.	SAMUEL DAVIS, b. February 04, 1794, Bradford, VT; d. September 12, 1872, Hyde Park, VT.
	viii.	BETSY DAVIS, b. May 31, 1796; d. Bef. 1853; m. LOWELL GREENLEAF, January 06, 1817, Bradford, VT.
	ix.	WILLIAM B. DAVIS, b. October 10, 1798, Bradford, VT; d. April 1872; m. MELINDA BARKER, January 16, 1826, Bradford, VT.
	x.	ABSALOM DAVIS, b. October 21, 1800, Bradford, VT; d. December 31, 1872; m. EMILY PARKS KELLY, September 14, 1831, Bradford, VT.
	xi.	DAUGHTER DAVIS, b. February 05, 1811.

Notes for DAUGHTER DAVIS:
Perhaps stillborn, or died young, and not remembered by the family. It is the midwife's last entry for a Samuel Davis. The only other Samuel Davis having children on her list is specifically Samuel Burley Davis, who had a daughter Nov. 24, 1802.

31. SARAH⁵ MARTIN (EPHRAIM⁴, SAMUEL³, JOHN², GEORGE¹) was born March 15, 1766 in Goffstown, NH or Bradford, Vt., and died 1852 in Stanstead, Canada. She married PHILIP VERBACK Abt. 1790 in Bradford, VT, son of PHILIP VERBACK and LOIS UNKNOWN.

More About SARAH MARTIN:
Date born 2: March 15, 1766

Notes for PHILIP VERBACK:
They settled on #2, 4th range in Stanstead. The last child recorded in Bradford in Lydia Baldwin's Midwife's Book is for 1804, at which time Ephraim Martin, Sr. died and the Verbacks moved to Stanstead.

More About PHILIP VERBACK:
Date born 2: March 22, 1760

Children of SARAH MARTIN and PHILIP VERBACK are:

THANKFUL⁶ VERBACK, b. October 11, 1790; m. SAMUEL COLLINS.

Notes for SAMUEL COLLINS:
Ephraim, Samuel and Ichabod Collins all settled at Harvey's Landing, Stanstead.

	ii.		WILLIAM VERBACK, b. August 28, 1792.
	iii.		BENJAMIN VERBACK, b. August 20, 1794.
	iv.		CALVIN VERBACK, b. September 20, 1796.
	v.		ROSWELL VERBACK, b. April 14, 1799.
	vi.		JEREMIAH CAULEY VERBACK, b. February 18, 1801.
	vii.		JEHIEL VERBACK, b. May 26, 1804.

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