| Birth |
4 Dec 1811 |
Earl Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania [3,4] |
| Sex |
Male |
| Eby ID |
00075-4471 |
| Person ID |
I5972 |
| Last Modified |
17 Jun 2004 |
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| Father |
Peter Martin, b. 26 Feb 1769, West Earl Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania |
| Mother |
Anna Zimmerman, b. 18 Feb 1775 |
| Group Sheet |
F906 |
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| Family 1 |
Mary Devitt, b. 30 Aug 1815 |
| Married |
20 Oct 1835 |
[5] |
| Children |
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| Group Sheet |
F728 |
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| Family 2 |
Mary Biehn, b. 30 Sep 1816 |
| Married |
6 Mar 1849 |
[6,7] |
| Children |
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| Group Sheet |
F1060 |
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| Notes |
Benjamin Martin, "twin brother to Joseph and the eighth son of Peter and Anna (Zimmerman) Martin, was born in Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, December 4th, 1811. He was in his eighth year when he came to Canada. On October 20th, 1835, he was married to Mary, daughter of Dennis Devitt and sister to the late Barnabas Devitt of Waterloo. She was born August 30th, 1815, and died June 28th, 1848. On March 6th, 1849, he was again married to Mary, daughter of Abraham and Veronica (Shantz) Biehn. She was born September 30th, 1816. Soon after his first marriage he moved on lot No. 20, German Company's Tract, about three miles north-west of Waterloo. Here he has resided ever since. The farm is now owned by his son, Moses. He has had a family of nine children, six with his first wife and three with his second wife. Their names are as follows:" |
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| Sources |
1. [S2] Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra Eby, 32 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
2. [S1] Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 264 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
3. [S2] Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra Eby, 45 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
4. [S1] Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 264 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
5. [S2] Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra Eby, 45 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
6. [S2] Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra Eby, 45 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
7. [S1] Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., Ezra E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 264 [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
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