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F Jane Palen

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1881 personal census, Colchester South Twp, Essex Co., ON, LDS 1881 census household record:
Martin Robert, M, Married, 72, born Ireland, origin: Irish, Church of England, Farmer;
Jane, F, Married, 64, born Ireland, origin: Irish, Church of England;
Pelen Sarah, F, 60, born Ireland, origin: Irish, Church of England;
Martin William R., M, 23, born Ont, origin; Irish, Church of England, Farmer Lab;
Eliza, F, 20, born Ont, origin: Irish, Church of England.

Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers, 1905, p. 495-496:
Thompson Martin (deceased) was during his lifetime one of the popular farmers of Anderdon, a man of unswerving integrity and well known and esteemed for his many virtures. His death, which occurred July 26, 1901, was mourned as a loss to the whole community, and his famiy in their affliction had the sympathy of all.
Mr. Martin was born in Colchester township Dec. 7, 1850, son of Robert and Jane (Palon) Martin, who came from Ireland. Robert Martin and his wife were among the prominent old families of Colchester South and were members of the Church of England. They died at their home there, he Feb. 8, 1886, his wife in April, 1893.
The following article appeared in the Amherstburg Echo at the time of his death:
"It is our painful duty to announce the death of Mr. Robert Martin, who departed this life in the township of Colchester South on the 8th inst., at the age of seventy-six years. Deceased was born in the County of Antrim, Ireland, in 1810, and was married in 1836 to Miss Jane Palon, who survives him and is left in good circumstances. Mr. Martin was the father of eleven children, two of whom died in Canada, John, when a child, and Edward, of Anderdon, in 1880. Nine of his children are left amongst us, five sons - Thomas, James, Francis and William, of Colchester South, and Thompson, of Anderdon, and four daughters - Mrs. Lennox Thompson, Mrs. James Brush, Mrs. Jacob Snyder and Mrs. Alpheus Adams, all of Colchester South. If Mr. Robert Martin had lived until next month it was the intention of his family to celebrate his golden wedding, or fiftieth anniversary of his marriage, and it is a matter of regret that he and his good wife were not permitted to enjoy this consolation, but the will of Providence must be respectfully endured. Mr. Martin was a steadfast member of the Church of England, and for fifty years a member of the Royal Orange Order. He was always a stanch Liberal-Conservative, moderate in his views and a lover of the connection of Canada with the great British Empire. All his neighbours and acquaintances will miss the good citizen, kind father, loving husband, and charitable and steadfast churchman. Mr. Martin was only taken down two days before his death, and fell asleep in his Saviour, whose precepts he followed, always giving good example. May his soul rest in peace. The funeral was one of the largest that has ever taken place in this county, although the day was very cold and the roads rough. We sincerely sympathize with the sorrowing family, and beg to tender them our respectful and deep sentiments of condolence and regret."
Mr. and Mrs. Martin were the parents of a large family of children: John, dying when a child. The others were as follows: (1) Thomas, the eldest, now a retired farmer of Harrow, now residing in Colchester, was married to Miss Caroline Woodbridge, of Gosfield, who died July 30, 1904, and by whom he has one daughter, Georgiana, now Mrs. Silas Brush, of Colchester. (2) Mary J., deceased, was the wife of Lennox Thompson, of Colchester, and had five children, all of whom are deceased. (3) James, who died in April, 1898, left a wife (formerly Julia McLean) and eight children, three of whom are married, Ida (Mrs. George Atkinson, of Gosfield), Robert (who married Miss Jessie Brown, of Colchester), and Mina (the wife of Mr. William Klie, of Colchester North). The others are George, Edward, Susan, Ross and Norman. (4) Ellen, Mrs. James Brush, has a family of four, three of whom are married, Amanda (Mrs. J. H. Pettypiece, of Amherstburg), Mary (Mrs. James Gibb, of Anderdon), and John (who married Miss Maggie Thompson, of Colchester). Martin is unmarried. (5) Francis (deceased), born in Colchester, married Maggie Pettypiece, of Anderdon, settled in Colchester and died leaving one daughter, Jane, now the wife of Nelson Fox, of Colchester. (6) Thompson. (7) Edward died in June, 1880, unmarried. (8) Sarah, who died in March , 1896, was the wife of Jacob Snyder, of Colchester, and left four children, Robert (who married Eliza McCormick, of Colchester), Ella, Lena and Earl. (9) William, who is on the old homestead, married Miss Susan Martin, of Malden, and has three sons, Arthur, Frank and Kenneth. (10) Eliza, born in Colchester, is the wife of Alpheus Adams, who resides in Sandwich West, and has eight children Ada, Willie, Forrest, Lillie, Ora, Raymond, Carmen and Verda.
Thompson Martin grew up on his father's farm and received a fair education in the district schools. On December 30, 1874, he married Miss Alice Fox, who was born in Colchester in January, 1850, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Lypps) Fox, a member of one of the old families of County Essex. Mr. Martin and his wife settled on his father's homestead in Anderdon, where he erected the present home in 1885, and at various other times put up new barns and made improvements generally on the old place, becoming one of the wealthy and successful farmers of Anderdon. Mr. Martin was a member of the English Church, with which his wife and family are still connected. Politically he was a conservative, but held no office save that of school trustee of Anderdon, in which capacity he served for many years.
Mr. Martin's death left his wife and three children surviving him. Edith, the eldest, born in July, 1877, was educated in Anderdon and married R. E. Golden, who resides in Anderdon on a farm. Elizabeth, born in August, 1882, educated in the schools of Anderdon, is at home, a young lady of culture and refinement. John, born in September, 1888, is the farmer at the homestead. Mrs. Martin is a lady of many Christian virtues which have greatly endeared her to her neighbours...