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1841-1919<br /> MARTIN, WILLIAM: born about 1741 in Morayshire or Banffshire, Scotland and died 17 May 1814 in Red Bank, NB. He married Mary Ann Unknown in Scotland. She was born about 1729 in Morayshire or Banffshire, Scotland and died 9 June 1810 in Red Bank, NB. William was Red Bank’s first permanent European settler. By November 1773 he was settled, by William Davidson, on what later became Lot 14, Red Bank.<br /> <br /> Because of the danger along the river during the American Revolutionary War, Davidson gathered most of the settlers on the Grant and took them to Maugerville on the St. John River, where they remained for six years until the war was over.<br /> <br /> William Martin along with Angus Gillis and John Stewart remained on the Grant, as they were settled some distance from the mouth of the Miramichi. He later acquired several grants of crown land in and around Red Bank and the Meadows. In 1785 his name appears in the return of the survey done on the state of Davidson & Cort’s grant, at which time he had a household of four. William and Mary Ann are buried at The Enclosure, Wilson’s Point.<br /> <br /> Date of arrival: November 1773 from Scotland to the Miramichi.<br />
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Ann Marie, born circa 1765 in Scotland, died after 1831. She married 1st James Welch about 1784 in Northumberland Co. He was born about 1758 in Ireland and believed died 9 December 1812, according to Bartibog RC Church Records in the Red Bank area, other records show he died 27 December 1812 and was buried 24 July 1813, and 2nd Timothy O’Connor on 10 February 1820 in St. Thomas RC Church, Red Bank. He died after 1830. James held many parish offices, including that of town clerk, clerk of the market, surveyor of roads, overseer of fisheries, surveyor of lumber and assessor of rates. Ann and James had thirteen children.<br /> <br /> Jean/Jane, born about 1765, Scotland died after 17 February 1816 in South Esk. She married Robert Forsyth believed in February 1788. He was born before 1770 in PA, USA and died between November 1818 and 1819. Robert came to Saint John with the first fleet of Loyalists in 1783. He was granted 200 acres of land in South Esk Parish. They had at least nine children.<br /> <br /> <br />
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Jardines of Atlantic Canada, Vol. 1<br /> 1891, 1901 Northumberland County Census Records<br /> PANB – Marriage and Death Records<br /> Northumberland County Marriage Records<br /> NBGS Miramichi, Blackville and Derby Parish Cemetery Books<br /> North Shore Leader Obits<br /> North Shore Leader: 50 Years Ago: May 18, 1972<br />
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