Birth Name: Ann Matthews Martin
Place of Birth: Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.
Date of Birth: August 12, 1955
Ethnicity: English, possibly other
Ann M. Martin is an American author. She is known for her The Baby-Sitters Club books.
Ann is the daughter of Edith, a pre-school teacher, and Henry, a cartoonist for The New Yorker, and other publications.
Ann’s paternal grandfather was Lyman Chamberlain Martin (the son of John Boyle Martin and Belle Lawrence Teal). John was the son of John Boyle Martin and Martha Yates Leonard. Belle was the daughter of Lawrence Teal and Frances Ann Conder.
Ann’s paternal grandmother was Adele Read (the daughter of Henry Clay Read and Sarah Stuart Eads). Sarah was the daughter of William Martin Eads and Mary Laura Blackwell.
Ann’s maternal grandfather was named Rudy Dole Matthews.
Ann’s maternal grandmother was Gertrude Buckingham Palmer (the daughter of Charles Harvey Palmer and Edith Matson Aiken). Charles was the son of Henry Lynde Palmer and Mary Jane Hayes. Edith was the daughter of William Appleton Aiken and Eliza Coit Buckingham. William was the nephew of Jane Appleton Pierce, the First Lady of the United States, as the wife of President Franklin Pierce (1853-1857). Ann’s great-great-grandmother Eliza was the daughter of William Alfred Buckingham, a Republican, U.S. Senator from Connecticut and Governor of Connecticut.
Sources: Genealogy of Ann M. Martin (focusing on her father’s side) – http://wvancestry.com
Genealogy of Ann’s paternal great-grandmother, Sarah Stuart Eads – https://www.findagrave.com
Genealogy of Ann’s maternal grandmother, Gertrude Buckingham Palmer (focusing on her father’s side) – https://gw.geneanet.org
Genealogy of Ann’s maternal great-grandmother, Edith Matson Aiken – https://www.findagrave.com
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