Buddy, page 39 is in a section on Basking Ridge and it says (quoting here) "(1779'83) Mr. Martin was an old man who carried the mail between Philadelphia and Morristown and was called "the Post". He used to wear a blue coat with yellow buttons, a scarlet waistcoat, lethern small-clothes, blue yarn stockings and a red wig and cocked hat, which gave him a sort of military appearance. He usually traveled in a sulky, but sometimes in a chaise or on horseback, according to the season of the year or the size and weight of the mailbag. Mr. Martin also contrived to employ himself in knitting coarse yarn stockings while driving, or rather jogging along the road, or when seated on his saddle-bags on horseback. He certainly did not ride POST, according to the present meaning of that term. Between Basking Ridge and Philadelphia and Princeton he was the constant medium of communication and always stopped at our home to refresh himself and his horse, tell the news and bring packets." This is taken from "Basking Ridge in Revolutionary Days - Extracts from a lady's published recollections". It is the recollections of Mrs. Eliza Susan Quincy, wife of Hon. Josiah Quincy of Boston who later became Boston's mayor as well as President of Harvard. At the request of her family she wrote her rememberances in 1821. This info is from her book and was published in Somerset County Historical Quarterly. I found an Eliza Martin who married a Robert I. Bulmer on Feb. 20, 1839 by Rev. Rodgers. A Joshua Martin is reported buried in Bound Brook Presby Church and died Aug 25, 1815 in his 64th yr. In a section about Governor William Patterson there is mention of a Luther Martin who was graduated 1766 from Princeton and became famous an an Attorney General of Maryland and cousel to defend Aaron Burr on the charge of treason. Hope this was a help, even though I didn't find a mention of your lost Martin! Sharon Moore Colquhoun Belle Mead NJ udMartin3@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 00-08-23 12:59:00 EDT, you write: > > << Somerset County Historical Society >> > > Hi, > I noticed this in your message to another poster about a "Baker" family. > I was wondering...is there a chance I could get you to look in that > "Historical Society" book of yours and see if there is any mention of a > Martin family in Somerset county around the mid 1770's? Reason I ask is, my > genealogy search has gone back to an Elijah Martin, "born in Somerset county" > between 1775 and 1777. Unfortunately, I can't find anything more about this > guy - and I'm running out of ideas as to where to look! If you can look and > see if he ( or the Martin family) is mentioned in your book, I sure would > appreciate it! Thanks... > Buddy Martin