Ancestry of
Barack Obama

44th U.S. President

Elizabeth "Betsy" Martin

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• • 5th Great-grandmother of Barack Obama — 8th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 227 
  • Father:
  • Thomas Martin 
  • Mother:
  • Susannah Walker   
  • Birth Date:
  • 28 Feb 1776 
  • Birth Location:
  • Goochland County, Virginia 
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  • Death Date:
  • ABT 1854 
  • Death Location:
  • Marion County, Ohio 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • David Bowles
  • Marriage Date:
  • 23 Dec 1797 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Woodford County, Kentucky 
  • Child:

  Harriet Bowles (Ahnentafel No:113 )

  • Notes: 

  • Some sources give Elizabeth Martin's maiden name as Thomas. This may have been due to a mistake by confusing the given and surnames of Elizabeth's father Thomas Martin.

• Sources for Elizabeth "Betsy" Martin

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, DAR Ancestor #A074572, A012843, (accessed 03/17/2012).
  • ² Gallaway, Irene Dabney, The Martin Family, Fayetteville, Arkansas: Sentinel Print (1906), 9-10.
  • ³ Hall, William Kearney, Descendants of Nicholas Perkins of Virginia, Ann Arbor, Michigan: Edwards Brothers, Inc. (1957), 51, 121.
  • ⁴ Rothert, Otto A., A History of Muhlenberg County, Louisville, Kentucky: John P. Morton and Company (1913), 88.