Martha Hammond

F, b. 1783, d. 10 December 1857
FatherZebedee Hammond b. 13 Apr 1753, d. b 1793
MotherMartha Bennett b. c 1758, d. 6 Feb 1823
Relationship4th great-grandaunt of Pamela Joyce Wood
Last Edited21 Apr 2013
     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

Citations

  1. [S787] First Families of NB, online http://www.nbgs.ca/firstfamilies.html, Entry on Jabesh Caleb Squires.
  2. [S879] Charles E. Banks, "The Weare Family", p. 134-136.
  3. [S706] 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.
  4. [S793] William Austin Squires, "Jabesh Cabel Squires."
  5. [S710] 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.
  6. [S706] 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.