Mentioned in the will of her father, Benjamin Martin, as Elizabeth Martin.
"I give and bequeath one tenth part of all my prpoerty to be hereafter disposed of to my Executors herein after to be appointed in trust to keep for my Daughter Elizabeth Martin and the profits of said property to pay over to my said Daughter to her own use and benefit during her life without the disposial or Intervention of John Martin her Husband and further to be disposed of in every Respect to her and her heirs as I have above directed Respecting my Daughter Amelia Cleveland and her heirs. "
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elizabeth:
Note the will shows that Amelia CLEVELAND is different from Elizabeth MARTIN, despite the multiple research references in literature that assigns the name Elizabeth as a middle name to Amelia. - jc