Ephraim Martin (1733-1806) · New Jersey Slavery Records

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Identifier: NJS-PER-00120
Given Name: Ephraim
Family Name: Martin
Birth Date: 1733
Death Date: February 28, 1806
Sex: Male
Occupation: Landowning; Military and Militia; Government
Biographical Description: Ephraim Martin (1733-1806) was a landholder in Sussex County before the Revolution and a member of the New Jersey Provincial Congress. He served as a Colonel of the New Jersey Militia during the Revolutionary War and then moved to Bernardston, Somerset County. He represented Somerset County in the New Jersey Legislature for many years. He died in New Brunswick, at the home of his son, Squire Martin, in 1806. He was an enslaver. In his last will and testament, he set free two women named Elizabeth and Sarah.
Keywords: white person; enslaver
Places: Bernards (formerly Bernardston); New Brunswick; Sussex County
Enslaver of: Elizabeth; Sarah; Sarah (b. 1804) {daughter of Sarah}
References: "Sketch of Colonel Ephraim Martin, of the New Jersey Continental Line."The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 34, no. 4 (1910): 480–83. http://www.jstor.org/stable/20085525
Record Contributor: Isaac Guzmán; Jesse Bayker
Linked Events: Additional Participant in:

1804-10-01 Birth: Sarah (Role: Enslaver)

1806-03-08 Manumission: Elizabeth (Role: Enslaver, Deceased)

1806-03-08 Manumission: Sarah (Role: Enslaver, Deceased)

1809-05-13 Abandonment: 8 Black children, including Aaron, Oliver, Sarah, Jude (Role: Enslaver)