THE MARTIN FAMILY

A book written at this time period about Cavan says: County Cavan is one of the better parts of Ireland, what with the Erne River feeding Upper Lough Erne to the East, Lower Lough Erne to the North, and plenty of rain, but not always wet like the coastal regions. But County Cavan is in a particularly hilly area of Ireland. The only animals fit for this area are sheep and wolves.Alexander Martin was born in 1760 in County Antrim, North Ireland. He had a son Nathaniel who was born 8 May 1788 in Derry, Cavan, Ireland. Alexander and his son came to Pennsylvania and settled in Mifflin, Juniata County. Here Nathaniel met the Patton family and here he married Mariah Patton about 1816. They had six children: William Patton Martin (June 2 1817), Belle Martin (1819), Margaret Silvers Martin (March 21, 1820), Mary Ann Martin (5 May 1823), Rebecca Jane Martin (1825), and Emily W. Martin (August 27 1834)*.

Alexander, the grandfather, died while they still lived in Mifflin, Juniata, Pennsylvania-about 1830. Nathaniel and Mariah went on to Carrollton, Carroll, Indiana where Nathaniel died in 1845. Mariah Patton Martin died December 18, 1876 in Rock Creek, Carroll, Indiana.