Martha was born about 1759. She is the daughter of Israel Shipman and Jane Wheeler. In her father's 1817 will, she was left $100 and the "South half of my dwelling house, garden on the south side, furniture, all my articles to continue the weaving business, a cow, firewood, as long as she remains single."
Sources
Father's will: Lieutenant Israel Shipman's will dated Sept 12 1817.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha 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 Martha: