Seth Martin

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Generation No. 6

SETH⁶ MARTIN (SETH⁵, SETH⁴, EPHRAIM³, JOHN² MARTYN/MARTIN, EDWARD¹ MARTYN) was born December 31, 1807 in Grafton, NH^1,2, and died November 22, 1879 in Woody, IL³. He married (1) MARY Bet. 1830 - 1839⁴. He married (2) RHODA COFFER HAM May 7, 1850 in Callaway County, MO.⁵, daughter of JABEZ HAM and HANNAH TODD.

Notes for SETH MARTIN: Picture

	Seth was born in Grafton, NH.
	Sometime around 1832 he moved to New Bedford, MA.
	In 1839, Seth Martin and his 1st wife Mary came back to Grafton and quit claimed deeded land over to his brother, Jonathan Martin. On this deed it states Seth was married to a Mary and living in New Bedford, MA where he was a tanner.
	Burial: Borlin Cemetery, Greene County, Illinois

In the Grafton County Registry of Deeds:

Grantor Seth Martin Residence: New Bedford (Bristol) MA (Tanner)

Mary Martin (my wife)

Grantee: Jonathan H. Martin Residence: Grafton

Date of Deed : 1 Feb 1839

Consideration: 120.00

Description: Quitclaim. Homestead farm of my father Seth Martin late of Grafton, deceased containing 145 acres.

Acknowledged: 1 Feb 1839

Recorded 13 Feb 1839.

Upon researching Massachusetts and New Hampshire records repeatedly, a marriage between Seth and Mary can not be located. Several researchers have also checked in New Bedford Vital records and there is not a listing of a death for Mary, his wife. However, he married Rhoda in 1850 in Missouri so something happened to Mary someplace. There is not a family page entered in this book since the information on Mary is lacking.

Seth cannot be located in the United States 1860 census. I am not sure if it is our Seth Martin and family, but have entered information for the 1840 census below. In 1830 he appears in NH, in 1850 Callaway County, Missouri, in 1870 in Calhoun County, Illinois and in 1879 he died in Greene County, Illinois. He definitely is not in the 1860 Federal census of Missouri according to the archives, which means he wasn't living there at that time. Several of Rhoda's brothers were living in Calhoun County at the same time she was in 1870 and are listed also in the census.

There are no tax records listed for Seth, which indicates he didn't own any land. Upon coming to Greene County he moved to a town called Woodville, Illinois.

Upon information from Phyllis Martin Suhre, Seth and Rhoda had an infant who died sometime after 1854. As deaths were not reported in Missouri at that time, I can find no record of this.

Seth's movements were Grafton, NH to New Bedford, MA to Callaway County, Missouri to Butler County, Missouri to ??? to Calhoun County, Illinois to Greene County, Illinois.

I have looked extensively for Seth Martin in the 1840 census, the only one that I could locate that could possibly be him but might not be him at all is in Madison County, Illinois 1840 census. If it is him, what happened to his wife and children is a mystery. I am listing this in case someone wants to further follow up on it at a later date.

Seth Martin 1840 census of Madison County, Illinois. Do not know if this is ours for sure

1 male under 5

2 males 5 and under 10

1 male 30 and under 40

1 female under age 5

1 female 30 and under 40

In the 1850 census of Callaway County, MO

Seth Martin 42 yrs Male NH

Rhody Martin 34 Female KY

Jabis Potter 12 Male MO

Hannah Potter 9 Female MO

Wm. M. Potter 7 Male MO

Saray Potter 5 female MO

no finding of him in the 1860 census of him in Missouri or Illinois. Might have been moving around at that time.

In the 1870 census of Calhoun County, IL

Martin, Seth age 62 Male Clock Tinker Born NH

Martin Rhoda age 54 Female Housekeeping born Kentucky

Martin, Robert age 15 Male Attends school born MO

White, Perry age 28 male farmer born Ill.

White was in the same household as Martins..

Notes for RHODA COFFER HAM:

	Rhoda--The Greene County cemetery book lists date of death as December 11, 1879.
	Rhoda and Elijah (her 1st hurband) purchased tolls from Jabez's ( her father) Estate Sale.
	Burial: Borlin Cemetery, Greene County, Illinois
	Cause of Death: Typhoid Pneumonia

Marriage Notes for SETH MARTIN and RHODA HAM:

Marriage notice published:

MARTIN , SETH m POTTER , MRS. RHODA - MAY 7, 1850 BY OLIVER McEWEN MG

Children of SETH MARTIN and RHODA HAM are:

1. INFANT⁷ MARTIN, b. Bet. 1851 - 1856.

2. ROBERT B. MARTIN⁷, b. November 3, 1854, Poplar Bluff, Missouri⁷; d. July 7, 1932, Greene County, Illinois^7,8; m. MARY ELIZABETH RICHARD/S, November 14, 1873, Greene County, Illinois⁹.

Endnotes

1. NH Vital Records, Birth Certificate.

2. 1810 census record of Grafton, NH.

3. Greene County, IL, Death Certificate.

4. Seth wrote Mary as his wife on the land title he quit claim deeded over to his brother in 1839.

5. Callaway County, MO, Marriage License.

6. 1870 census record of Calhoun County, IL.

7. Greene County Illinois Courthouse, Death Certificate.

8. 50th Wedding Anniversary article in the Carrollton Illinois Newspaper, Obituary.

9. License # 7065, Married by R.S. Cole MG.

06/14/2001