Martha Nelson

Descendant of Mayflower passenger Peter Browne

Martha Ford was the daughter of widow Martha Ford who is listed as a passenger on the Fortune of London (55 tons). 2nd known child of Widow Martha Ford, was born about 1619 (died Plymouth 20 December 1683 in her 64th year. She married at Plymouth 29 October 1640 William Nelson.

Source: Anderson's Great Migration Begins.

https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/9QP7-1F6/martha-ford-1618-1683

Martha Ford 21 November 1618–20 December 1683

Birth • 4 Sources 21 November 1618 Bruton, Somerset, England [SIC]

Age 65 Death • 3 Sources 20 December 1683 Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America

Ancestry Family Trees

SPOUSES AND CHILDREN William Boswell Nelson

1615-1679 Marriage: 29 October 1640 Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America

Martha Ford 1618-1683

Children (6)

Agnes Nealson 1641-

Martha Nelson 1643-1676

James Nelson 1644-

William John Nelson III 1645-1719

John Nelson 1647-1697

Jane Nelson 1650-1717

PARENTS AND SIBLINGS

William Foorde [NO] 1562-1621

Marriage: 4 November 1616 Melksham, Wiltshire, England

Martha 1589-1630

Children (3)

John Ford 1617-1693

Martha Ford 1618-1683

Baby Ford 1621-1621

MARTHA, 2nd known child of Widow Martha Ford, was born about 1619 (died Plymouth 20 December 1683 in her 64th year. She married at Plymouth 29 October 1640 William Nelson.

Source: Anderson's Great Migration Begins.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=54701072

Her mother Martha' first husband is (Unknown) Ford. We do know it could not have been William Ford of Marshfield.

Sources

Florence Barelay TAG 42:35-42 Conclusion Husband could not have been William Ford

TAG 56:32-35 (Mostly about daughter Martha);

GMB p 687 citing TAG 42:35-42 and TAG 56:32-35 as latest research

Anderson, The Plymouth Migration (NEHGS, 2004) p 211-212;

Anderson GM Direcotry (2015) p 188 still citing TAG above as latest reserach

TAG 79:161 2004 English Origins of Peter Brown

I've read all of these and none of them argue that William Ford could have been her husband.

https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/9QP7-1F6/martha-ford-1618-1683

Martha Ford 21 November 1618–20 December 1683

Birth • 4 Sources 21 November 1618 Bruton, Somerset, England

Age 65 Death • 3 Sources 20 December 1683 Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America

Ancestry Family Trees

SPOUSES AND CHILDREN

William Boswell Nelson 1615-1679

Marriage: 29 October 1640 Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America

Martha Ford 1618-1683

Children (6)

Agnes Nealson 1641-

Martha Nelson 1643-1676

James Nelson 1644-

William John Nelson III 1645-1719

John Nelson 1647-1697

Jane Nelson 1650-1717

PARENTS AND SIBLINGS

William Foorde 1562-1621

Marriage: 4 November 1616 Melksham, Wiltshire, England

Martha 1589-1630

Children (3)

John Ford 1617-1693

Martha Ford 1618-1683

Baby Ford 1621-1621