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| | John Ogden Martin |
 | | John Ogden Martin, the sixth child and third son of the nine children of Jonathan Martin and Lydia Read, was probably named after his mother's older brother, John Ogden Read. |
 | | The Edwards household was large and included two apprentices/journeymenJohn Edwards, his wife Mary, his six children (Mary, Theodore, Emma, Addra, Pretta and John), and two young women who were either learning the tailoring trade, or who were domestics. |
 | | This may have prevented Lidia from marrying, but fear of losing her income and the personal freedom she had because she was single may have played into her decision not to become a wife. |
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