David Martin and Nancy Ramsey

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Husband David Martin ^{1 2 3 4 5}

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           Born: Abt 1731 - ? Ireland
     Christened: 
           Died: 12 Jul 1815 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 4
         Buried:  - Old Log Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 6

       Marriage:  - Ireland

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Wife Nancy Ramsey ^{2 3 4 5}

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           Born: 1732 - Ireland 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 1817 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 4 5
         Buried:  - Old Log Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 6

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Children

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1 M John Martin ^{3 4 5 7}

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           Born: 1762 - Maryland
     Christened: 
           Died:  - Frenchcreek Twp, Venango Co, PA
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Unknown (      -      )

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2 M James Martin ^{2 3}

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           Born: Abt 1781
     Christened: 
           Died: 8 Feb 1834
         Buried:  - Old Pioneer Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA

         Spouse: Mary [Unk] (Abt 1790-1857)

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3 F Polly Martin ^{3 8 9}

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           Born: 1783 9
     Christened: 
           Died: 17 Feb 1871 9
         Buried: 

         Spouse: George McMurdy (1788-1850) 3 9 10

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4 F Nancy Martin ^{2 3}

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           Born: 
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           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: John Shields (      -      ) 2 3

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5 F Jane Martin ^{2 3}

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           Born: 
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         Spouse: William Shields (      -      ) 2 3

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6 F Elizabeth "Betsey" Martin ^{2 3 11}

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           Born: Abt 1798
     Christened: 
           Died: 1872 11
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Samuel Oliver Waldron (1792-1849) 2 3 11 12

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7 F Rosie Martin ^{2 3 4}

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           Born: 
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         Spouse: Joseph Osborne (      -      ) 2 3

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8 F Pattie Martin ^{2 3 4 13}

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            AKA: Martha Martin 13
           Born: 7 Jun 1807 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 13
     Christened: 
           Died: 22 Dec 1858 14
         Buried:  - Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Mineral Twp, Venango Co, PA 15

         Spouse: James David Mitchell (1807-1881) 3 4 13
           Marr: 5 Feb 1826 - Venango Co, PA 13

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General Notes: Husband - David Martin

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After leaving Ireland, he and his wife, Nancy Ramsey, migrated to Maryland, and then settled in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, for a while. In 1799 they located in Irwin Township, Venango County, on four hundred acre tract which later become the property of his grandson Thomas Martin. David built the first log cabin on the land; his largest stock raising was sheep. He was a weaver by trade, and in his log cabin he spun many yards of cloth for the early settlers and their families.

They must have spent a number of years in Maryland as the sons John and James were young men when they came to Venango County.

He came to Venango County, Pennsylvania, and located on a tract of four hundred acres in Irwin Township, and spent the rest of his life there, he and his wife each living to the age of seventy-eight years.

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Although several sources present the information given here about this man and his children, the compiler of this web-site believes it to be inaccurate. The dates given raise many questions. It might be speculated that a generation is missing in this history and the children listed here (probably excepting John) are actually grandchildren of David Martin and Mary Ramsey. Possibly they are the children of a David Martin, Jr., otherwise unknown. One might speculate that the son John listed here is a brother of this hypothetical David Martin, Jr. James Martin, the father of Artemus Martin, the mathematician, could be another sibling.

1 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 600.

2 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 527.

3 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 327.

4 Claudine Adams Diemert, The Descendants of David Martin (Self-published.), Pg 1.

5 Susan Forish, Martin Ancestors (Personal Genealogy Research, 2016).

6 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 1, Irwin, Mineral, & Victory Townships (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1992), Pg 76.

7 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 527, 562.

8 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 527, 954.

9 Claudine Adams Diemert, The Descendants of David Martin (Self-published.), Pg 296.

10 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 527, 953.

11 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 1025.

12 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 232x.

13 Karen S. Golden Rodgers, The Mitchell Family 1772 - 1989 (Self-published, 1990), Pg 3.

14 Karen S. Golden Rodgers, The Mitchell Family 1772 - 1989 (Self-published, 1990), Pg 4.

15 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 1, Irwin, Mineral, & Victory Townships (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1992), Pg 136.