Martha Hughes Bonnett
Birth Dec 1773
Harrison County, West Virginia, USA
Death 17 Dec 1834 (aged 60–61)
Lewis County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Harmony Cemetery
Jane Lew, Lewis County, West Virginia, USA
Martha was the daughter of Jesse David Hughes & Grace TANNER. She married Jack Abbot Bonnett, son of Samuel & Mary Elizabeth LORENTZ.
Martha was captured by Indians in Dec 1787. She was about 14 years old. She was released and returned in 1790. The family claimed that she was too hard to control so the Indians returned her. Information about her capture and release are on her tombstone. The reality is that her father a famed Indian fighter and scout (Jesse David Hughes(Hews) probably paid for her release. Her tombstone reads as follows: Martha, daughter of Jesse Hughes/Born Dec 1772/Made prisoner by the Indians Dec 1787/Married Jacob Bonnett 1792/Died Dec 1834/Age 61 years.
Edd Marks emailed that his research indicates that Martha had a younger sister that was named Martha after it was thought the first Martha was dead. When the first Martha returned the second Martha was renamed Mercy(pronounced Massie) and she married Uriah Gandee.
Children of Jacob Abbot Bonnett and Martha: Elizabeth(Nicholas Alkire) 12 Apr 1792 - 21 Apr 1854, Samuel (Lucinda Fitzhugh Hooe) 01 Feb 1794 - 20 Nov 1856), Jesse (Lydia Life) 1796-?, Grace (Moses West) 1798 - 12 Dec 1860, Jacob H (Charlotte Hyde) 28 Dec 1803 - 06 Jul 1881, Delilah(Abram Hess) 1805 - ?), Martha (Samuel Horner) 03 Sept 1807 - 03 Oct 1867, Eliza (Fleming Sprouse) 1809 - 06 Nov 1891, Lucinda A (Jesse Butcher) 03 Nov 1820 - 03 May 1903.
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