The Ancestors and Descendants of
Albert Martin (1855-1923)
First Three Generations

Some online genealogies carry this Martin ancestry two generations further back. However, as they lack documentation, and I have not found evidence, I will not include them, but will begin with Christian Martin (1730-1803). My major source of information is a cardfile at the Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society (LMHS). Each card contains information on a nuclear family. The cards use both primary and secondary information, and indicate their sources.

CHRISTIAN1 MARTIN was born at Strasburg Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, on 1730, and died there on 1803. He married MARY BARR, who was born at Pennsylvania about 1742, a daughter of Martin Barr and his wife Elizabeth Herr. She died at Lancaster County on 24 May 1828.[1]

The Christian Martin family lived in Strasburg Township. Mary (Barr) Martin wrote her will on 24 May 1828, it was proved on 7 February 1829, and the final disposition of her property was made by a deed dated 25 April 1829. That deed provides a complete outline of Mary's children, and the children of her deceased children and grandchildren as follows:[2]

Christian Martin and his wife Mary Barr had the following children:[3]

  1. JOHN BARR2 MARTIN b. at Lampeter Township on 21 January 1767.
  2. ELIZABETH BARR2 MARTIN b. at Lancaster County on 30 April 1768; d. at Mount Joy Township on 22 June 1819; m. at Lancaster County on 31 May 1791 DANIEL LONGNECKER, b. at Strasburg Township on 28 July 1766, d. at Lancaster County on 28 June 1824. Children of Elizabeth and Daniel:
    1. Susanna Longnecker b. at Lancaster County about 1791-2; m. Henry Eckman b. at Lancaster County on 7 February 1782, d. on 7 May 1860. Children of Susanna and Henry:
      1. (girl) Eckman b. on 8 September 1812, d. on 13 September 1812.
      2. Hyronemous Eckman v. on 4 May 1814, d. on September 1838.
      3. Elizabeth Eckman b. at Lancaster County on 20 October 1816; m. Ephraim Groff.
      4. Daniel Eckman b. on 3 April 1819; m. Fanny Benedict.
      5. Mariah Eckman b. on 2 May 1821 d. on 30 November 1838.
      6. Ephraim Eckman b. on 7 January 1824, d. on 4 June 1888; m. about 1856 Susan Hildebrand.
      7. Susanna Eckman b. at Lancaster County on 10 February 1829.
      8. Mahlen Eckman b. at Lancaster County on 15 September 1831; m. Jane Armstrong.
      9. Hiram Eckman b. at Lancaster County on 17 September 1834, d. on 13 January 1897; m. Sarah Dunkle.
    2. John Longnecker.
    3. Mary Longnecker m. John Aston.
    4. Elizabeth Longnecker m. Daniel Eckman.
      1. Henry Eckman m. susan Rockman.
      2. Elvina Eckman.
      3. (son) Eckman.
      4. Isaac Eckman m. Delilah Benedict.
      5. Mary Eckman m. John Smith.
      6. Martin Eckman m. Christyann Flinchbock.
      7. Ann Eckman m. David Sternaman.
      8. Benjamin Eckman m. Mary Jane Linton.
      9. Abram Eckman m. Martha Bush.
      10. David Eckman.
      11. Fanny Eckman m. Simon Groff.
      12. Elizabeth Eckman m. Benjamin Eckman.
    5. Ann Longnecker m. David Groff.
    6. Martha Longnecker.
    7. Daniel Longnecker.
    8. Fanny Longnecker.
    9. Abraham Longnecker.
  3. CHRISTIAN BARR2 MARTIN Jr. b. at Lancaster County on 10 September 1771; d. there on 24 May 1836; m(1). at Lancaster County on 14 June 1791 MARIA ELIZABETH FRANK, b. at Pennsylvania on 27 March 1768, d. on 5 July 1815; m(2). MARY ROBINSON, b. on 14 April 1771, d. at Lancaster County on 3 August 1841.
  4. ANNA2 MARTIN b. at Lancaster County on 1 April 1773; d. there on 11 June 1855; m. at Lancaster County on 1805 SAMUEL DERMUTH ESHLEMAN, b. at Providence Township, Lancaster County, on 22 October 1770, d. at Lancaster County on 3 July 1843.
  5. MARTHA BARR2 MARTIN b. on 1774; m. JOHN SHAUB. Children of Martha and John:
    1. Elizabeth Shaub
    2. Christian Shaub
    3. Mary Shaub m. Jacob Garman
    4. Barbara Shaub m. George Garman
    5. John Shaub
    6. Martha Shaub
    7. Alice Ann Shaub b. on 1799; m. George Martin
  6. DAVID BARR2 MARTIN b. at Lancaster County on 4 July 1776; d. there on 16 September 1860; m. on 1799 SUSAN ESHLEMAN, b. on 1777, d. on 3 March 1812.
  7. MARIA BARR2 MARTIN m. DANIEL MUSSER.
  8. SAMUEL BARR2 MARTIN b. at Pennsylvania on 1781; d. at Lancaster County on 18 March 1867; m. MARY DUNNING, b. on 1791, d. at Willow Street, West Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, on 21 June 1867.
  9. JACOB BARR2 MARTIN b. at Pennsylvania on 3 February 1784; d. at Lancaster County on 18 May 1873; m. on 24 April 1817 ESTHER KENDIG, b. at Pennsylvania on 22 October 1786, d. at Lancaster County on 19 February 1870.

JOHN BARR2 MARTIN (Christian1) was born at Lampeter Township, on 21 January 1767 a son of Christian Martin and his wife Mary Barr, and died at Lampeter Township on 30 September 1824. He married at Lancaster County on 1794 ALICE KENDIG. She was born at Pennsylvania on 11 February 1775, a daughter of Henry Kendig and his wife Barbara Herr. She died at Pennsylvania on 3 February 1843.[4]

John B. Martin and his wife Alice Kendig had the following children:[5]

  1. ANN KENDIG3 MARTIN b. at Pennsylvania on 28 July 1795; d. on March 1843; m. on 1814 JONATHAN BUSHONG or BURHAM, b. at Pennsylvania on 12 March 1796, d. on 1832. Children of Ann and Jonathan<
    1. Hiram Bushong
    2. Levi Bushong
    3. Leah Bushong m. Jacob Shaub.
    4. Martha Bushong b. on 11 March 1819.
    5. Jonathan Bushong
  2. MARTHA K.3 MARTIN b. on 1797; d. on 11 May 1838; m. before 1828 HENRY MEHAFFEY, b. on 22 February 1804, d. on 2 July 1885. Children of Martha and Henry:
    1. John Mehaffey b. on 1 April 1828; m. Catharine Pfoutz b. on 9 June 1834.
    2. Lydia Ann Mehaffey b. at Pennsylvania on 3 October 1832, d. on 14 March 1892; m. George Byerly b. on 7 July 1823, d. on 28 January 1897.
    3. Ann Mehaffey b. at Pennsylvania about 1836-7, d. on 1884.
  3. JOHN3 MARTIN b. at Martic Township, Lancaster County, on 28 June 1798.
  4. GEORGE3 MARTIN b. at Pennsylvania on 12 July 1801; d. at Lancaster County on 6 June 1869; m(1). on January 1820 ALICE ANN SHAUB, b. at Strasburg Township on 1799, d. at Lancaster County on 1828, child of John Shaub and his wife Martha Barr Martin; m(2). on April 1833 ANN (GOCHENAUER) TANGER, b. at Pennsylvania on 11 September 1803, d. at Lancaster County on 16 June 1876, child of Abraham and susan (Huber) Gochenauer. Ann Gochenauer had previously m(1). ________ TANGER, d. before 1833. George and his first wife Alice Ann had the following children:
    1. Martha E. Martin b. on 2 September 1821 d. on 1882; m. George Wiker.
    2. John Martin b. on 10 March 1823, d. on 7 October 1894; m. Mary Breneman.
    3. Catharine Martin b. at Pennsylvania on 16 June 1825, d. on 3 January 1900; m. on 26 November 1846 George W. Drumm b. at Pennsylvania on 6 September 1824, d. on 1 August 1900. Children of Catharine and George:
      1. Mary Ann Drumm b. at Pennsylvania about 1847-8.
      2. George M. Drumm b. at Pennsylvania about November 1849.
    4. Elizabeth Martin b. at West Lampeter Township on 8 November 1827, d. on 3 June 1889; m. on 15 November 1849 Christian Hackman b. at Conestoga Township on 26 February 1826, d. on 12 April 1889.
    George and his second wife Ann had the following children:
    1. Samuel Martin b. at Pennsylvania on 12 April 1835, d. on 27 July 1868; m. on 29 July 1858 Emma Miller b. on 14 July 1837.
    2. Ann Martin b. at Pennsylvania on 12 December 1836; m. on 1866 Samuel Drumm.
    3. Hannah Martin b. at Pennsylvania on 11 July 1838, d. on 19 June 1886.
    4. Jacob Martin b. at Pennsylvania on 7 March 1841, d. on 17 March 1876; m. on 1862 Anna Gast b. on 24 September 1843.
    5. Henry C. Martin b. at Pennsylvania on 6 July 1844; m. on 16 March 1869 Mary L. Eichler b. on 6 February 1848.
    6. Mary Martin b. at Pennsylvania on 6 February 1847.
  5. HENRY3 MARTIN b. at Lancaster, Lancaster County, on 22 February 1804; d. on 2 July 1885; m. on 25 February 1827 CATHARINE SMITH, b. at Lancaster County on 20 December 1812, d. on 26 January 1891, child of Jacob Smith and Margaret Bushong. Children of Henry and Catharine:
    1. John E. Martin m. ________ Shirk
    2. Pamela Martin b. at Lancaster County about 1829-30; m. William Baldwin.
    3. Lydan Martin b. at Lancaster County about 1832-3.
    4. Samuel Martin b. on 11 November 1836; m. on 21 May 1861 Lizzie J. Kenersley b. on 29 March 1838.
    5. Catharine Martin b. at Lancaster County about 1838-9
    6. Henry Martin b. at Lancaster County about 1847-8.
    7. Letitia Martin b. at Lancaster County about February 1850.
    8. Lillie Martin.
  6. ELIZABETH3 MARTIN b. at New Providence, Providence Towship on 2 August 1809; d. at Lancaster on 2 February 1875; m. JOHN E. LEFEVRE, b. on 9 September 1809, d. at Camargo, Eden Township, Lancaster County, on 19 September 1887, child of Adam Lefevre and Catharine Erb. Children of Elizabeth and John:
    1. George Martin Lefevre b. on 9 July 1833; m. on 10 December 1855 Susan Winters b. on 29 September 1837.
    2. Susan Lefever b. about 1835-6; m. Benjamin Shaub.
    3. John H. Lefevre b. about 1837-8.
    4. Adam Harrison Lefevre b. about 1839-40; m. Catharine Harmon.
    5. Daniel Lefevre b. about 1842-3.
    6. Abraham Lefevre b. about 1844-5.
    7. Eliza Ann Lefevre b. about 1847-8.
    8. Abner Lefevre.
  7. SAMUEL KENDIG3 MARTIN b. at Pennsylvania on 20 October 1812; d. at Pennsylvania on 4 February 1883; m. on February 1833 MARIA MARRON, b. at Pennsylvania on 4 September 1812, d. at Pennsylvania on 29 Nove3mber 1891. Children of Samuel and Maria:
    1. George Martin b. at Pennsylvania about 1832-3.
    2. John Martin b. at Pennsylvania about 1834-5.
    3. Martha Martin b. at Pennsylvania about 1837-8; m. ________ Hurslock
    4. Elizabeth Martin b. at Pennsylvania about 1843-4.
    5. Samuel Martin b. at Pennsylvania about 1846-7.

JOHN3 MARTIN (John2, Christian1) was born at Martic Township, on 28 June 1798 a son of John Barr Martin and his wife Alice Kendig,[6] and died at Conestoga Township on 16 January 1877.[7] He married on 12 May 1818 HANAH FAGAN. She was born at West Lampeter Township on 1 December 1798, a daughter of George Fagan and his wife ________ Aument. She died at Lancaster County on 1885.[8]

This John and Hannah Martin family can be traced through census records. They resided in Conestoga Township, John was a miller. The first census to list each person by name, the 1850 Census, reported them as follows:[9]

Line Name Age Sex Occupation R.E. Birthplace Other
38. John Martin, Esq. 51 M miller Martic Twp.
39. Hannah Martin 51 F W. Lampeter Twp.
40. John Martin, Jr. 22 M W. Lampeter Twp.
41. Ann Mehaffey 13 F W. Lampeter Twp. school
42. Philip W. Hoffman 1 M Manor Twp.

Ann Mehaffey was John Martin's niece, daughter of his late sister Martha (Martin) Mehaffey. I cannot identify Philip Hoffman. The 1850 Census does not indicate relationship, so this does not prove that John was the son of John and Hannah, although his age is appropriate. Could the younger John in this census be a nephew of the older John? The elder John's brother George Martin had a son John born in 1823, who appears elsewhere in the census. John's brother Henry had a son John who later married a Shirk. This John does not appear in his parents' household in the census, so he could be the John Martin in this census record. John's brother Samuel had a son John born about 1834-5. So at this point, the younger John could be the son of either John or Henry.

The 1840 Census reported the household of John Martin consisting of one male and one female aged 40-49, one female aged 10-14, and one female aged 0-4.[10] This is consistent with the information on this household in 1850, except for the gender of the older child (John in 1850).

This family was reported at Conestoga Township in 1860 as follows:[11]

Line Name Age Sex Occupation R.E. P.E. Birthplace
28. John Martin 61 M farmer, miller $2400 $200 PA
29. Hanna Martin 62 F PA
30. Ann Mahaffey 21 F PA
31. Philip Hoffman 11 M PA
32. William Chambers 17 M PA

Philip and William were both in school; I do not know their relationship.

The 1870 Census found them, in the same township, as follows:[12]

Line Name Age Sex Race Occupation R.E. P.E. Birth
26. Martin, John 71 M W miller $300 PA
27. Martin, Hannah 71 F W keeps house PA
28. Mehaffey, Annie 27 F W dress maker PA

This record calls for no further comment except to remark at Annie's miraculous ability to age at a slower rate than other mortals.

After John Martin's death in 1877, his widow Hannah moved to East Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, to board with a family there. They were reported in 1880 as follows:[13]

Line Name Race Sex Age Related MS Occupation B FB MB
18. Aument, William W M 63 M laborer PA PA PA
19. Aument, Hannah W F 58 wife M keeping house PA PA PA
20. Martin, Hannah W F 83 boarder Wd retired lady PA PA PA
21. Martin, Ada W F 13 granddaughter S at home PA PA PA

The Auments could be relatives of Hannah through her mother, whose maiden name was Aument. Ada Martin is the daughter of Mary Gochenauer. If the intent of the census taker was that Hannah Martin was the grandmother of Ada Martin, then Hannah must have had a child. The John Martin, Jr., who appeared with her in the 1850 census is the most likely candidate.

John Martin and his wife Hannah Fagan may have had the following child:

  1. JOHN MARTIN, Jr. b. at Pennsylvania about 1827-8; perhaps the father of the children of MARY GOCHENAUER.

Further Research

This genealogy is incomplete and needs further research, including the following:

NOTES

1Darvin L. Martin, "A New Look at the Origins of Mennonite Martin Families: Assessing the Oral Tradition," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, v. 22, no. 3 (July 1999): 12.
2Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Recorder of Deeds, Online Records, N5-123-7, heirs of Mary Martin release, 1829; https://searchdocs.lancasterdeeds.com/countyweb.
3Information on children of Christian and Mary Martin from: Theodore W. Herr, Genealogical Record of Rev. Hans Herr and His Direct Lineal Descendants (Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania: T. W. Herr, 1990), 27. Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Recorder of Deeds, Online Records, N5-123-7. Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, "Genealogical Card File.," digital images of cards, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 9 October 2019), Martin, Christian. Martin, "A New Look at the Origins of Mennonite Martin Families," 12. Henry Cochran Slaymaker, History of the descendants of Mathias Slaymaker: who emigrated from Germany and settled in the eastern part of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, about 1710 (Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania: n.p., 1909), 252, 256-60. Seventh Census of the United States: 1850, population, Martic Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, roll 787, p. 105A, household 4, Henry Eckman family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 17 October 2019); NARA Microfilm Publication M432; Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
4Martin, "A New Look at the Origins of Mennonite Martin Families," 12.
5Information on the children of John and Alice Martin is from: Herr, Genealogical Record of Rev. Hans Herr, 69-70, 206-08. Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Recorder of Deeds, Online Records, N5-123-7. LMHS, "Genealogical Card File," Martin, George. LMHS, "Genealogical Card File," Mehaffy, Henry. LMHS, Genealogical Card File," Martin, John. 1850 Census, Conestoga Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, roll 787, p. 258A, household 88, Christian Hackman family. 1850 Census, Martic Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, roll 787, p. 114A, household 130, George W. Drumm family. 1850 Census, Martic Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, roll 787, p. 116A, household 156, George Martin family. 1850 Census, Martic Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, roll 787, p. 142A, household 524, Samuel Martin family. 1850 Census, West Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, roll 788, p. 220B, household 35, Henry Martin family. 1850 Census, Strasburg Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, roll 789, p. 79A, household 33, John E. Lefever family.
6LMHS, "Genealogical Card File," Martin, John.
7"Deaths," Lancaster (Pennsylvania) Daily Intelligencer, 18 January 1877; Newspapers (newspapers.com : accessed 14 October 2019). p. 3.
8Herr, Genealogical Record of Rev. Hans Herr, 69.
91850 Census, Conestoga Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, roll 787, p. 258B, household 102, John Martin family.
10Sixth Census of the United States: 1840, population, Conestoga Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, roll 466, p. 251, John Martin; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 18 October 2019); NARA microfilm publication M704, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
11Eighth Census of the United States: 1860, population, Conestoga Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, roll 1124, p. 112, household 149, John Martin family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 12 February 2018); NARA microfilm publication M653; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
12Ninth Census of the United States: 1870, population, Conestoga Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, p. 202B, household 327, John Martin family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 9 October 2019); NARA microfilm publication M593, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
13Tenth Census of the United States: 1880, population, East Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, enumeration district (ED) 143, roll 1142, p. 465D, household 476, William Aument family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 18 February 2018); NARA microfilm publication T9; Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Herr, Theodore W. Genealogical Record of Rev. Hans Herr and His Direct Lineal Descendants. Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania: T. W. Herr, 1990.

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Recorder of Deeds. Online Records. https://searchdocs.lancasterdeeds.com/countyweb.

Lamcaster Daily Intelligencer. Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. 18 January 1877.

Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. "Genealogical Card File." Digital images of cards. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2019.

Martin, Darvin L. "A New Look at the Origins of Mennonite Martin Families: Assessing the Oral Tradition." Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage v. 22, no. 3 (July 1999): 2-15. Slaymaker, Henry Cochran. History of the descendants of Mathias Slaymaker: who emigrated from Germany and settled in the eastern part of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, about 1710. Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania: n.p., 1909.

United States Department of the Census. Sixth Census of the United States: 1840, population. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2019.

________. Seventh Census of the United States: 1850, population. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2019.

________. Eighth Census of the United States: 1860, population. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2018.

________. Ninth Census of the United States: 1870, population. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2019.

________. Tenth Census of the United States: 1880, population. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2018.

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