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1843-[1881?] (Creation)
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- Ferrin, Martin Conant, 1816-1892
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1843-1870 (Creation)
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- Ferrin, Sarah Smith, 1819-1870
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0.02 l.m. of textual records.
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Martin Conant Ferrin was born in 1816 to Micah Ela Ferrin (1787-1863) and Lucinda Ferrin (née Conant; 1796-1880). He first married Sarah Smith Mead and together, they had at least three children: Elvyn Austin Ferrin (1845-1925), Ella A. Ferrin (1853-1863), and Lill Mead Ferrin (1859-1935). In 1873, following the death of his first wife, Martin married Sarah Haskell (1828-1899). Martin died in 1892.
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Sarah Smith Mead was born in 1819 to William Mead (1762-1840) and Sarah "Sally" Mead (née Smith; 1777-1835). She married Martin Conant Ferrin and together, they had at least three children: Elvyn Austin Ferin (1845-1925), Ella A. Ferrin (1853-1863), and Lill Mead Ferrin (1859-1935). Sarah died in 1870.
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The file contains primary source information on Martin C. Ferrin's marriage to his first wife, Sarah S. (née Mead) Ferrin, from 1843 to about 1881. It consists of their marriage certificate (1843) and a notebook containing recipes; notes regarding seamstress work; notes regarding purchases of household goods and accounts with sellers; and notes regarding labour performed. The notebook also contains loose documents, including a certificate of Martin's appointment as Notary Public in 1862; an estate inventory for an unknown individual (1860); a list of notes owing and their amounts and interest; a receipt from the Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance Company (1884); and a receipt from the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions for a donation by Martin on behalf of the Anglican Church and the Sab[bath] School (1882)
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The documents are in English.