Born in Ireland
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Peter McLellan
— married
1766 in Lower Onslow, Nova Scotia, Canada
Descendants 
Mother of
William McLellan, Ann Nancy (McLellan) Atkinson, David McLellan, May Ruth (McLellan) McElman, Peter McClelan and Martha (McLellan) Miller
Died
at about age 39
in Great Village, Nova Scotia, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Jun 2015
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Biography
Martha Wilson [McLellan/S1], female, was born in 1745 in Ireland, and died in 1784 in the Great Village, Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada. She married Peter McLellan [McLellan] in 1766 in Ishgonish, Lower Onslow, Nova Scotia, Canada. She and Peter had one child, Ann Nancy McLellan [McLellan.1] who married Thomas A. Atkinson [Colpitts.1.4.2].
Robert Mutrie writes that Martha & Peter had 6 children:
- William McClellan, b. 1768, Great Village, Colchester, Nova Scotia'; died, 5 Aug 1859, Londonderry, Colchester, NS
- Nancy (Ann) McClellan, 1769, Great Village, Colchester; died1818, Nova Scotia. Married Thomas A Atkinson, 1763-1851
- David McClellan, born 16 Nov 1772, Great Village, Colchester, NS; died 5 aug 1859, Londonderry, NS. Married (1) Margaret Durning, 1771-1819; (2) Mary Creelman, 1791-1872
- May Ruth McClellan, born 16 May 1775, Great Village, NS; died 11 May1877, Folly River, Colchester, Nova Scotia
- Peter McClellan, born, 17 May 1777, Great Village, NS; died, 19 Nov 1866, Riverside, Hopewell, Albert County, New Brunswick. Married Lucy Robnson, 1785-1876
- Martha McClellan, born c. 1778, Great Village, NS; died, 13 Jan 1823
Death: 1784, Great Village, Nova Scotia
Sources
- https://www.ancestry.ca/family-tree/person/tree/109300889/person/112017578477/facts
- http://www.caronkin.ca/caron/5027.htm
- http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=colpitts-03&id=I7970
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha by comparing test results with other carriers of her 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:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha by comparing test results with other carriers of her 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:
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~0.78%
Shelley Wilson
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch 446263 [compare]
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~0.39%
K Cochrane :
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