Martin

Frances Lenore Martin Comfort 1841–1928

Third Great Grandmother

Frances Lenore Martin was born on Feb. 13, 1841 in New Jersey. Frances married Nelson Rounds Comfort on Sep. 6, 1859 in Pennsylvania. She passed away on Jun. 17, 1928 in Greene, New York at age 87. She was buried in the Lanesboro Cemetery in Lanesboro, Pennsylvania.


Comfort, Lanesboro Cemetery. 2012.

Year Name & Age Occupation Residence F M
1850 Frances L Martin 09 Union, Broome, New York NJ NJ
1860 Francis Comfort 19 Harmony, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania
1870 Francis Comfort 29 Keeping House Harmony, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania
1880 Fanny L Comfort 39 Keeping House Trapper Gulch, Beaverhead, Montana NJ NJ
1900 Fanna L Comfort 58 Harmony, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania NJ NJ
1910 Fannie L Comfort 69 Windsor, Broome, New York NJ NJ
1920 Fannie Comfort 78 Greene, Chenango, New York NJ NJ

Richard Martin 1818–1902

Fourth Great Grandfather

Richard Martin was born on Nov. 13, 1818 in New Jersey. Richard passed away on Jul. 30, 1902, at home in Pennsylvania, at age 83. He was buried in the Lanesboro Cemetery in Lanesboro, Pennsylvania.


Martin, Lanesboro Cemetery. 2012.
Year Name & Age Occupation Residence F M
1840 Richard Martin Washington, Morris, New Jersey
1850 Richard Martin 31 Union, Broome, New York
1860 Richard Martin 41 Harmony, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania
1870 Richard Martin 57 Harmony, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania
1880 Richard Martin 61 Farm Laborer Richmondville, Schoharie, New York NJ NJ

Comfort, George. Northern Christian Advocate [Syracuse] 19 Nov. 1902. Web.
Richard Martin died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Frances Comfort, in Harmony, July 30, 1902. He was born on November 13, 1818, and was nearly eighty-four years of age. He was married on June 2, 1838, to Mrs. Susan Ann Seward, of Easton, Pa., who died February 26, 1895. Since that time he has made his home at his daughter's. There were eight children born to them, Ezra, Frances, Maryetta, Margaret, Esther, Phebe, Emmazilla and Florence, only two of whom survive him.
For over fifty years the writer knew him as a unassuming and candid character, whose whole life was marked with a sincerity and honesty of purpose that to know him was to respect and love him.
He was converted to God in 1858, since which time he trusted his Savior with a child-like simplicity, and sustained a membership in the Methodist Episcopal church, till transferred to the church above. He unfalteringly loved his Bible, reading it much during his last years of loneliness, also his Hymn Book, making frequent reference to some favorite sentiments, of some familiar hymns, and the promises of God's own word. He delighted to have his pastor and others assemble in his room during his last sickness, to read, sing and pray with and for him. His long life—the last of his father's family—ended, his sun has set amid the brightest hopes. We shall meet him again over on "the Evergreen Shore" of everlasting life.

Comfort, Harold. Interview by Connie Comfort. RootsWeb. Ancestry. Web.
Richard Martin was a tall man. He had some Native American ancestry.

United States. Census. 1840. Web.
State: New Jersey
County: Morris
Township: Washington
Head of Family: Richard Martin
Males: 2
Under 05: Ezra Poole Martin, 1838
20 to 30: Richard Martin, 1818
Females: 2
05 to 10: Martha Martin, 1834
20 to 30: Susan Ann Martin, 1810

Susan Ann Martin 1810–1895

Fourth Great Grandmother

Susan Ann was born on Mar. 25, 1810 in New Jersey. Susan married Richard Martin on Jun. 2, 1838. She passed away on Feb. 26, 1895 in Pennsylvania at age 84. She was buried in the Lanesboro Cemetery in Lanesboro, Pennsylvania.


Martin, Lanesboro Cemetery. 2012.

Year Name & Age Occupation Residence F M
1850 Susan Martin 38 Union, Broome, New York
1860 Susan Martin 49 Harmony, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania
1875 Susan Martin 64 Cobleskill, Schoharie, New York
1880 Susan Martin 69 Keeping House Richmondville, Schoharie, New York IE NJ