Family of
Deacon Eliphalet MARTIN
of Mansfield, CT
Eliphalet MARTIN; born 11 Jun 1796 at Mansfield, Tolland Co., Connecticut; married Armina SLATE, daughter of Lt. James SLATE and Mary NEEDHAM, 31 Mar 1822 at Mansfield, Tolland Co., Connecticut; died 31 Jan 1873 at age 76; buried at Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Mansfield, Tolland Co., Connecticut. Eliphalet and Armina MARTIN celebrated the 50th anniversary of their wedding on 1 Apr 1872 at Mansfield, Tolland Co., Connecticut.
Children of Eliphalet MARTIN and Armina SLATE were as follows:
i. Cornelia MARTIN, born 5 Jan 1824 at Mansfield, Tolland Co., Connecticut; married David Austin AVERY, son of Samuel and Betsey AVERY, 5 Jun 1853.
ii. Daniel MARTIN, born 4 Jan 1826 at Mansfield, Tolland Co., Connecticut; married Ann Aliza HOLMAN, daughter of Abraham HOLMAN and Jemima (--?--), 27 Mar 1850 at Mansfield, Tolland Co., Connecticut; married Susan Adelaide LEWIS, daughter of Richard M. LEWIS and Susan Eliza SLOCUM, 27 Jun 1872 at Strong Place Baptist Church, Brooklyn, Kings Co., New York; died suddenly 31 Oct 1892 while walking through a field at Mansfield, Tolland Co., Connecticut, at age 66; buried at Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Mansfield, Tolland Co., Connecticut.
iii. Eli MARTIN, born 5 Jan 1831 at Mansfield, Tolland Co., Connecticut; married Mary Sophronie CHOLLAR 6 Sep 1855; married Mary Camp GILDERSLEEVE 26 Feb 1867; died 13 Jul 1902 at New York City, New York Co., New York, at age 71.
iv. Son (--?--); born 18 Oct 1834; died 7 Feb 1835.
v. Armin MARTIN; born 22 Jul 1837 at Mansfield,
Tolland Co., Connecticut; died 10 Dec 1870 at age 33; buried at Pleasant
Valley Cemetery, Mansfield, Tolland Co., Connecticut.
NOTE: Inscribed on the monument in the Pleasant Valley Cemetery just above
the name of Armin Martin (1837-1870) is the following: "Armin B. Martin,
born May 28, 1870, died Sept. 30, 1877." Perhaps his child?
vi. Duressa MARTIN; born 3 Jan 1841 at Mansfield, Tolland Co., Connecticut; died 19 Mar 1901 at age 60; buried at Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Mansfield, Tolland Co., Connecticut.
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