Martin, Elam Eaton I
1815 - 1902 (86 years)-
Name Martin, Elam Eaton [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] Suffix I Born 3 Apr 1815 Blandford-Blenheim, Oxford, Ontario, Canada 
[4, 5, 8, 10] Gender Male Find A Grave Memorial 13896889 Possessions Oxford, Ontario, Canada Concession 1 Lot 7 Military Service 22 Jul 1838 Oxford, Ontario, Canada [9] 4th Company, 2nd Regiment of Oxford Militia, marched in Norwich and was employed on active service for Nine days, usurping insurrectionary an movement in that Township Residence 1851 Blandford-Blenheim, Oxford, Ontario, Canada [11] Farmer Residence 1871 Blandford-Blenheim, Oxford, Ontario, Canada [12] Farmer Origin 1871 [12] Scottish Residence 1874 Blandford-Blenheim, Oxford, Ontario, Canada [6] Residence 1881 Blandford-Blenheim, Oxford, Ontario, Canada [13] Quaker Residence 1901 Blandford-Blenheim, Oxford, Ontario, Canada [10] Farmer, Retired Died 16 Mar 1902 Blandford-Blenheim, Oxford, Ontario, Canada [8] - Acute Indigestion and Heart Failure 24 hours, Dr. C. R. Staples
Buried Princeton, Brant, Ontario, Canada [14] - Princeton Cemetery
Person ID I1251 Sullivan Burgess Family Tree | Charlemagne I Descendant, The History John Greene of Quidnessett, The Hyde History, The History of Samuel Martin, William The Conqueror Descendent Last Modified 15 Sep 2018
Father Martin, Earl, b. 15 Jun 1780, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA , d. 1 Aug 1837, Blandford-Blenheim, Oxford, Ontario, Canada (Age 57 years) Relationship natural Mother Hyde, Zerviah, b. 24 Aug 1784, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA , d. 31 Jan 1858, Blandford-Blenheim, Oxford, Ontario, Canada (Age 73 years) Relationship natural Married 25 Oct 1803 Claverack, Columbia, New York, USA Family ID F2106 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Lester, Eliza Jane, b. 1826, Ontario, Canada , d. 5 Apr 1880, Blandford-Blenheim, Oxford, Ontario, Canada (Age 54 years) Married 16 Feb 1842 Blandford-Blenheim, Oxford, Ontario, Canada [15] Minister Reverend George Murray, Presbyterian Church Witness Henry C. Hornor and H. F, Martin Children 1. Martin, Robert Barkley, b. 1842, Blandford-Blenheim, Oxford, Ontario, Canada , d. 28 May 1885, Oxford, Ontario, Canada (Age 43 years) [natural]+ 2. Martin, Elam II, b. 1845, Blandford-Blenheim, Oxford, Ontario, Canada , d. 6 Feb 1895, Blandford-Blenheim, Oxford, Ontario, Canada (Age 50 years) [natural]3. Martin, Murray E., b. 1851, Blandford-Blenheim, Oxford, Ontario, Canada , d. 16 Dec 1880, Oxford, Ontario, Canada (Age 29 years) [natural]+ 4. Martin, Ellen Luella, b. 24 Mar 1856, Blandford-Blenheim, Oxford, Ontario, Canada , d. 7 May 1898, Milton-Freewater, Umatilla, Oregon, USA (Age 42 years) [natural]+ 5. Martin, Nettie Ellen, b. 1 Apr 1863, Blandford-Blenheim, Oxford, Ontario, Canada , d. Oct 1935, Blandford-Blenheim, Oxford, Ontario, Canada (Age 72 years) [natural]Last Modified 15 Sep 2018 Family ID F513 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 3 Apr 1815 - Blandford-Blenheim, Oxford, Ontario, Canada 
Possessions - Concession 1 Lot 7 - - Oxford, Ontario, Canada Military Service - 4th Company, 2nd Regiment of Oxford Militia, marched in Norwich and was employed on active service for Nine days, usurping insurrectionary an movement in that Township - 22 Jul 1838 - Oxford, Ontario, Canada Married - 16 Feb 1842 - Blandford-Blenheim, Oxford, Ontario, Canada Residence - Farmer - 1851 - Blandford-Blenheim, Oxford, Ontario, Canada Residence - Farmer - 1871 - Blandford-Blenheim, Oxford, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1874 - Blandford-Blenheim, Oxford, Ontario, Canada Residence - Quaker - 1881 - Blandford-Blenheim, Oxford, Ontario, Canada Residence - Farmer, Retired - 1901 - Blandford-Blenheim, Oxford, Ontario, Canada Died - 16 Mar 1902 - Blandford-Blenheim, Oxford, Ontario, Canada 
Buried - - Princeton, Brant, Ontario, Canada = Link to Google Earth
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Martin, Elam Eaton Martin, Elam Eaton Head Shot Martin, Elam Eaton Martin, Elam Eaton 1 Martin, Elam Eaton severing on the Reginald Birchall Jury Martin, Elam Eaton
Headstones 
Martin, Elam Eaton and Nettie with Smiley, John Grave Stone Martin, Elam Eaton and Nettie with Smiley, John Grave Stone Martin, Elam Eaton and Nettie with Smiley, John Grave Stone
Family Crest Martin Family Crest
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Notes - - Hyde - Lester
Martin, Elam E., (1814 - 16 Mar 1902) Death appeared in Sentinel Review (Woodstock), 18 Mar 1902, page 3, column 4 see also: 19 Mar 1902, page 2, column 3
Vol 18 Page 352 (Brant): Daniel Everett COOK, 26, carpenter, East Zorra, Brantford, s o James and Sarah, married Eliza SIMPSON, 20, Brantford, same, d o George and Mary Jane, witn: Elam Martin of Princeton Ont and George SIMPSON of Brantford, 5 Aug 1872 at Brantford.
Elam Martin served on as a Juror on the trail of Reginald Birchall (aka Lord Frederick A. Somerset) (25 May 1866 - 14 November 1890) was a convicted murderer who, after due process, was hanged at Woodstock, Ontario.
Birchall was born into a situation of some privilege in Lancashire, England. He attended the University of Oxford where he has the dubious distinction of founding the Black and Tan Club. He became heavily indebted and sold off his inheritance at a discount, purchasing a farm in Woodstock, Ontario. He traveled there with his new wife after an elopement, arriving in 1888. He soon fell into debt there and left again for England, where a scheme to defraud several wealthy people led him back to Canada with one of his victims.
Frederick C. Benwell. He, supposedly, murdered Fredrick Benwell in order to silence him. Birchall professed his innocence to the end and even wrote a long account of the affair while in prison. This memoir was published in an attempt to create an income for his wife after his death.
The murder took place in Princeton, Ontario in a swamp that would later be called "Benwell Swamp" by the locals. Hunters in the area found the dead man on February 23, 1890, who was apparently dressed quite well. Tags from his clothing had been removed, and a watch was found close to the body.
Birchall had told authorities that Benwell had returned to England, so his story did not add up. The body was exhumed in order for Birchall to identify it.
The jury on the Birchall trial
Once arrested, the trial of Birchall took place at Woodstock, Ontario's Town Hall, as the court house at that time was under construction. It was a world wide media event. Birchall was sentenced on September 30. He was hanged on November 14th, 1890. He was buried in the court yard of the Woodstock City Gaol, where he still remains.
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Sources - [S206] Hyde Genealogy Descendants in the Female as Well as in the Male Lines by Reuben Hyde Walworth, Reuben Hyde Walworth, (Date: 1864;), Vol. 2 Page 1134.
- [S1] Ontario: Birth, Death and Marriage Records.
Record for Luella Martin - [S1] Ontario: Birth, Death and Marriage Records.
Record for Elam Martin - [S19] 1871 Canadian Census, taken no later then May 1, 1871.
Record for Elam Martin - [S489] 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia.
Record for Elam Martin - [S619] Ontario, Canada Voter Lists.
Record for Elam Martin - [S916] North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), Book Title: Hyde Genealogy, or, The Descendants, in the Female as Well as in the Male Lines, From William Hyde, of Norwich With Their Places of Residence and Dates of Births, Marriages, &c, and Other Particulars of Them and Their Families and Ancestry vol 1.
Record for Earl Martin - [S1] Ontario: Birth, Death and Marriage Records, Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Series: MS935; Reel: 107.
Record for Elam Martin - [S1075] Canada, British Army and Canadian Militia Muster Rolls and Pay Lists, 1795-1850, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
Record for Elem Martin - [S33] 1901 Canadian Census, taken March 31, 1901.
- [S489] 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia.
- [S19] 1871 Canadian Census, taken no later then May 1, 1871.
- [S23] 1881 Canadian Census, taken April 4, 1881.
- [S738] Princeton Cemetery, 68685. Governor's Road.
The cemetery was started in the early 1800s; fenced in 1930; a mausoleum was erected in 1967; and a portion of ground was blessed for use as a Roman Catholic Cemetery in 1954. Owned by municipality and is considered to be an active cemetery according to By-law 971-93. Colonel Thomas Horner, 1767-1834. Honours the pioneer settler of Blenheim Township (1795) who built the first saw and gristmills in what became Oxford County. Frederick Benwell, 1865-1890. Commemorates the young victim of Oxford's most infamous murderer, Reginald Birchall. Located 686853 Governor's Road or Old Highway # 2 (Oxford County Road # 2) on Lot 14 Concession 1 of Blenheim Township in Princeton. - [S72] Brock District Marriage Register.
- [S206] Hyde Genealogy Descendants in the Female as Well as in the Male Lines by Reuben Hyde Walworth, Reuben Hyde Walworth, (Date: 1864;), Vol. 2 Page 1134.
