Martha Hammond
F, b. 1783, d. 10 December 1857
| Relationship | 4th great-grandaunt of Pamela Joyce Wood |
Martha
Hammond was born in 1783 at
St Andrews, Charlotte Co, New Brunswick; Martha was listed as the first white child born in St Andrews.
1,2 She was the daughter of
Zebedee Hammond and
Martha Bennett. Martha Hammond married
Jabesh Caleb Squires in 1798.
1 Martha Hammond died on 10 December 1857 at
Carleton Co, New Brunswick; Martha died at her residence in Kent parish, aged 74.
1,3 She was buried at
Upper Kent Cemetery, Carleton Co, New Brunswick.
4 She and Jabesh Caleb
Squires appeared on the census of 1851 at
Kent, Carleton Co, New Brunswick; Jabish Squires, 76, arriving New Brunswick 1783, infirm; Martha, 68, b. NB, also infirm; daughter Julia Squires, 31 and granddaughter Harriet Cox, 8.
5
Family | Jabesh Caleb Squires b. 1775, d. 4 Mar 1863 |
| Children | - Zebedee Squires1 b. 20 Feb 1799, d. 3 Feb 1877
- Margery Squires1 b. c 1802, d. 18 Apr 1888
- Seth Squires1 b. c 1804, d. 27 Jan 1869
- Elizabeth Jane Squires1 b. 1 Sep 1806, d. b 1862
- George Squires1 b. Apr 1809, d. 7 Sep 1883
- Judith Ann Squires4 b. c 1810
- William Squires4 b. c 1811, d. b 1888
- John Squires4 b. c 1811, d. a 12 Feb 1853
- Martha H Squires4 b. 1 Aug 1818, d. a 1911
- Thomas Squires4 b. c 1820
- Julia Squires+4 b. Jul 1820, d. 25 Sep 1905
- Ptolemy Thomas Scott Squires6 b. 9 May 1822, d. 23 Jan 1861
- Caroline Emily Squires4 b. 20 Aug 1829, d. 20 Apr 1871
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Citations
- [S893] First Families of NB, online http://www.nbgs.ca/firstfamilies.html, Entry on Jabesh Caleb Squires.
- [S988] Charles E. Banks, "The Weare Family", p. 134-136.
- [S811] Daniel F. Johnson, New Brunswick Vital Statistics from Newspapers, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, The Head Quarters, Fredericton, dated 6 Jan 1858. Vol 17, Number 1836. Death notice for Martha Squires.
- [S899] William Austin Squires, "Jabesh Cabel Squires."
- [S815] Ancestry 1851 Canadian Census Images, online, MyFamily.com, Inc., 2006, New Brunswick, Carleton Co, Kent. Schedule: I; Roll: C_994; Page: ; Line: 58. Household of Jabish C. Squires.
- [S811] Daniel F. Johnson, New Brunswick Vital Statistics from Newspapers, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, Saint John Co, Saint John. Morning News, 4 Feb 1861. Death of Ptolemy T. Squires.