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Martha (nee Hemming) Barber, was the wife of Dr. Jonathon Barber. Martha first married a Summerhays Dunkin (sometimes spelt Duncan) in 1806 in England. With Summerhays Dunkin Martha had two children: Christopher Dunkin, born in 1812, and Matilda Dunkin, born in 1815. 



After Summerhays death, Martha married Jonathon Barber in 1824, and the two emigrated to North America. In the 1830s Dr. Barber worked in Harvard and lectured on phrenology. In 1831 Martha and Jonathon had a daughter, Susan Fitch Barber. In the mid to late 1830s the family moved to Montreal. Dr. Barber turned to homoeopathy and began lecturing on elocution. The family lived in Montreal for the next thirty years. Both Jonathon and Martha are buried in Mount Royal. 

Letter References

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Warden, December 3, 1843

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, December 17, 1843

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Martha (nee Hemming) Barber, was the wife of Dr. Jonathon Barber. Martha first married a Summerhays Dunkin (sometimes spelt Duncan) in 1806 in England. With Summerhays Dunkin Martha had two children: Christopher Dunkin, born in 1812, and Matilda Dunkin, born in 1815. 

After Summerhays death, Martha married Jonathon Barber in 1824, and the two emigrated to North America. In the 1830s Dr. Barber worked in Harvard and lectured on phrenology. In 1831 Martha and Jonathon had a daughter, Susan Fitch Barber. In the mid to late 1830s the family moved to Montreal. Dr. Barber turned to homoeopathy and began lecturing on elocution. The family lived in Montreal for the next thirty years. Both Jonathon and Martha are buried in Mount Royal. 

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For marriage certificate of Martha and Summerhays Dunkin/Duncan see here: https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=Cje1670&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&gss=angs-g&new=1&rank=1&gsfn=martha&gsfn_x=1&gsln=hemming&gsln_x=NP_NN&mssns=dunkin&mssns_x=1&catbucket=rstp&MSAV=1&uidh=if4&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=5047609&dbid=1623&indiv=1&ml_rpos=3 Source Citation London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Church of England Parish Registers, 1754-1931; Reference Number: p92/mry/020 Source Information Ancestry.com. London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1931 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. For information on the birth of Martha's daughter, Matilda, see here: https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?viewrecord=1&r=5542&db=bivri_EnglandBirth&indiv=try&h=5728846 Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Christening Index, 1530-1980 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2008. Original data: Genealogical Society of Utah. British Isles Vital Records Index, 2nd Edition. Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, copyright 2002. Used by permission. For information on the birth of Martha's son, Christopher, see here: For information on Jonathon and Martha's marriage see here: https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2084&h=6763&ssrc=pt&tid=49421662&pid=12983660194&usePUB=true Ancestry.com. Washington, D.C., Compiled Marriages, 1801-1825 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997. Original data: Dodd, Jordan R, et. al.. Early American Marriages: Washington D.C. to 1825. Bountiful, UT, USA: Precision Indexing Publishers, 19xx. Information on Barber family: http://montrealhistory.org/2010/01/dr-jonathan-barbers-unlikely-odyssey/
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"Martha Hemming relict of the late Jonathon Barber MD diedt at Knowlton CE on the twenty first day, and was interred in Mount Riyal Cemetery on the twenty fifth day of April one thousand eight hundred and sixty six." Ancestry.com. Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2008. Original data: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin.