Martha Hobson

1800 - 1887  (86 years)

• Name	Martha Hobson
  Birth	10 Nov 1800
  Gender	Female
  Occupation	Abolitionist and, with her husband, operated a well-documented stop on the Underground Railroad.
  Death	18 Jun 1887
  Burial	Sadsbury Friends Burial Ground, Christiana, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I33212	Tulpehocken Genealogy
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2024

  
  

  Family	Thomas Whitson,   b. 7 Feb 1796, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 24 Nov 1864 (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	1827
  Children	1. Thomas Whitson, Jr, Esq   2. Rebecca W (Brinton) Whitson,   b. 3 Feb 1832   d. 29 Oct 1903 (Age 71 years)   3. Francis Whitson,   b. 18 Mar 1834, Pennsylvania, USA d. 23 Mar 1910, Christiana, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 76 years)
  Family ID	F12114	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Age 87 at time of death. She was the daughter of Francis Hobson and Ann Johnson of New Garden Township, Chester County. She was an abolitionist and, with her husband, operated a well-documented stop on the Underground Railroad. Ref: "Our Testimony Against the Sin of Slavery", Nancy Plumley, The Journal of Lancaster County's Historical Society, Vol. 117, No.2/3, Spring/Summer 2016.

  
  

• Sources

  [S64] Website: Find a Grave [text], https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156831498/martha-whitson.