MARTIN FAMILIES

In an effort to provide a more comprehensive source of information on Grates Cove we have decided to place here the earliest recorded instances of the family surnames of Grates Cove. Then we will be adding the ancestors and decendants as they become available, working as a group of people with similiar interests. If you have any information that you could add to this project please e-mail me Debbie and it will get added.

MARTIN, Benjamin (b. 1822 in Grates Cove - d. 19 July 1897)m. 1850 Grates Cove BUSSEY, Catherine (b. 1827, Caplin Cove - d 11 Sept.1907, Hickman's Harbor ?)
Children:

+1.MARTIN, Simeon (b. 1851, Grates Cove - d. ?)
+2.MARTIN, Benjamin (b. 1854, Grates Cove - d. 24 September 1912)
+3.MARTIN, Abraham (b. 1855, Grates Cove - d. ?)
+4.MARTIN, James (b. 1858, Grates Cove - d. ?)
+5.MARTIN, Alfred (b. 1862, Hickman's Harbour - d. ?)
+6.MARTIN, Sarah Ann (b. 1867, Hickman's Harbour -d. ?)
+7.MARTIN, Hezekiah (b. 1872, Hickman's Harbour - d. ?)
+8.MARTIN, Susannah (b. 1873, Hickman's Harbour - d. ?)

1.MARTIN, Simeon (b. 1851, Grates Cove - d. ?) m. THISTLE, Henrietta (b. 1857, Mulley's Cove - d. ?)
Children:

+1.MARTIN, Susannah (b. 1881, Hickman's Habour - d. ?)

2.MARTIN, Benjamin (b. 1854, Grates Cove - d. 24 September 1912) m.BUTTON, Rosannah (b. 1856, Old Perlican - d. 17 Nov.1899)
Children:

+1.MARTIN, Moses (b. 1856, Hickman's Harbour - d. 03 April 1953)
+2.MARTIN, Magdeline Jane "meggie" (b. 1881, Hickman's Harbour - d. 31 Dec. 1910, Hickman's Harbour)
+3.MARTIN, David Willis (b. 11 Sept. 1881 Hickman's Harbour - d. ?)
+4.MARTIN, Alfred George F. (b. 08 Jan. 1884 - d. ?)
+5.MARTIN, Simeon Wesley (b. 04 Nov. 1885 - d. 13 Aug 1917)
+6.MARTIN, Benjamin Lewis (b. 23 Sept. 1887 - d. 28 June 1947)
+7.MARTIN, Minnie Eliza (b. 01 July 1891, Hickman's Harbour - d. ?)
+8.MARTIN, Lilly Alice (b. 06 Jan. 1893, Hickman's Harbour - d. ?)
+9.MARTIN, Ezekiel John (b. 27 Oct. 1894 - d. ?)
+10.MARTIN, Alexander (b. 11 Nov. 1896 - d. 28 Jan 1897)
+11.MARTIN, William James (b. 11 Nov 1898 -d. Nov 1899)

3.MARTIN, Abraham (b. 1855, Grates Cove - d. ?) m. THISTLE, SUSANNAH (b. 1864, Mulley's Cove - d. ?)
Children:

+1.MARTIN, Charles Flemington (b. 01 March 1896 - d. Nov. 1988)
+2.MARTIN, Willis (b.? - d.?)
+3.MARTIN, Benjamin (b. 26 June 1898 - d. 28 Dec. 1972)

4.MARTIN, James (b. 1858, Grates Cove - d. ?) m.BLUNDELL, JANE (b. 1861, Hickman's Harbour - d. ?)
Children: Unknown

5.MARTIN, Alfred (b. 1862, Hickman's Harbour - d. ?) m. MARTIN, MARIAH (b. 1870, Hickman's Harbour - d. ?)
Children:

+1.MARTIN, Hayward Weldon (b. 1893, Hickman's Harbour - d. 12 April, Toronto, Ont)

6.MARTIN, Sarah Ann (b. 1867, Hickman's Harbour - d. ?) m. THISTLE, Azariah Martin (b. ? - d. ?)
Children:

+1.THISTLE, Alexander Nicholson (b. 28 May 1891, Hickman's Harbour - d. 1970)

7.MARTIN, Hezekiah (b. 1872, Hickman's Harbour -d. ?) m. POND, Susannah (b. 1876, Foster's Point - d. 1976)
Children:

+1.MARTIN, Mary (b. ? - d. ?)

8.MARTIN, SUSANNAH (b. 1873, Hickman's Harbour - d. ?) m.BRYANT, HANUEL (b. 1870, Hickman's Harbour - d. ?)

Contributor: Sandy Elkins MacEwen

No living persons have been placed in this family history