Anthony Martell (1782-12-11 – 1854-03-28) and Lucinda Holmes (1786-03-07 – 1872-03-18) were my 4th-great-grandparents, being the parents of Ruth Huntington. Anthony was born in Main-à-Dieu, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. Lucinda was born in Hartland, Vermont, but her family were Loyalists and fled to Canada after the American Revolution.
Origins
Anthony was the son of Irish immigrant Charles Martell. Anthony’s mother is said to be Ann Schmidt from Switzerland, although I’m looking for proof of this.
Charles’s ultimate origin is much discussed. He is often claimed to be of French Huguenot ancestry, but this is disputed, with some arguing the Martell family could be entirely Irish. I have yet to examine this debate in detail, but preliminarily there is evidence of some French ancestry.
Lucinda was the daughter of Stetson Holmes and Anna Shurtleff.
They moved to Vermont, still under British control, after the Revolution, and moved to Nova Scotia around 1800.
Family
Anthony and Lucinda married in Sydney, Cape Breton in 1803-08. They had twelve children, all born in Cape Breton, the first eight in Main-à-Dieu, the last four in Mira:ref ref
- Joseph (1804-08-25 – 1877-07-30), died in Minneapolis, Minnesota.ref
- Annie (1806-08-01 – 1865-11-29)
- Ruth (1808-07-06 – 1900-03-20)
- John (1810-08-13 – 1899-06-12)
- Sophia (1812-11-01 – 1895-01-11)
- Arnold (1814-09-25 – 1884-02-27)
- Charles (1816-08-08 – 1873-10-22)
- Anthony (1818-11-01 – 1906-07-19)
- Lucinda (1820-12-16 – 1908-08-24)
- Thomas (1833-01-03 – 1893-03-11)
- Caroline (1834-12-13 – 1910-01-02)ref
- Jane (1836-10-31 – 1865-04-01)
Ancestry of Lucinda
Lucinda Holmes
Stetson Holmes
William Holmes
William Holmes
Josiah Holmes
William Holmes
Elizabeth
Hannah Samson
Ann Plummer
Bathsheba Stetson
Robert Stetson
Robert Stetson
Honour Tucker
Deborah Brooks
William Brooks
Elizabeth Hamlin
Benjamin Hamlin
Eleazar Hamlin
James Hamlin
Mary Dunham
Lydia Sears
Paul Sears
Deborah Willard
Anne Mayo
Samuel Mayo
John Mayo
Hannah Lecraft
Sarah Canterbury
Cornelius Canterbury
Anna
Anna Shurtleff
Benoni Shurtleff
John Shurtleff
William Shurtleff
William Shurtleff
Elizabeth Lettice
Susanna Lothrop
Barnabas Lothrop
Susanna Clarke
Sarah Lucas
Benoni Lucas
Thomas Lucas
Repentance Harlow
William Harlow
Mary Faunce
Submit Pike
Nathaniel Pike
James Pike
James Pike
Naomi
Hannah Cutler
Nathaniel Cutler
Mary
Mary Buck
Ephraim Buck
Roger Buck
Susan
Sarah Brooks
John Brooks
Eunice Mousall