The children of Martin Somers & Sarah Trites are:
Shepard (b 11 Oct 1820), Jane (1822), Theresa (1823), Lafayette (1826), Theodore (1828), Marvin (1835), Ornan (1836.)172

Date : March 23, 1893
County : Saint John
Place : Saint John
Newspaper : The Daily Sun
“Moncton, March 22 - Probably the oldest resident in this section of the province is to be found in the Parish of Moncton. He is Martin SOMERS and was born on Christmas Day, 1792 and is consequently over 100 years old. Mr. Somers resides with his granddaughter, Mrs. James ALEXANDER, about six miles from town on a branch of the McLaughlin Road, so called, leading to the mountains. Mr. Somers is a s/o Andrew SOMERS of the pioneers who came here from Pennsylvania in the last century. Andrew Somers located up the river on the Westmorland side, about two miles from where Moncton now stands. There Martin was born and lived until he was about 40 years of age, when he removed to the mountains. He had a family of six sons and three daughters. The old man has lost the use of his limbs, but his eyesight and hearing are good and his memory is also fair. He may live several years yet. The old man made the trip alone to Dakota to visit one of his sons who is located there and returned alone after an absence of about three years. He was a man of large and powerful frame and still shows evidence of his remarkable physique. He talks freely of subjects brought to his mind and says he remembers Moncton when there were only five people here.”51

Date March 23 1893
County Westmorland
Place Moncton
Newspaper The Times
“Probably few people are aware that a centenarian lives within a few miles of Moncton. This most distinguished person is Martin Somers who passed the century mark last Christmas day, his birthday. Mr. Somers at present is living at Mrs. James ALEXANDER's, his granddaughters, about five miles from Moncton back of the McLaughlin road. Mr. Somers still retains his faculties with the exception of having recently lost the use of his limbs. ... Mr. Somers was born on the Salisbury Road about two miles above what was then called 'The Bend' of the Petitcodiac River, but better known now as the city of Moncton. He was born on a farm now owned and occupied by Job JONES, his birthday being Christmas in the year 1792. He has spent almost the whole of his life in the parish of Moncton. He was the youngest of the two sons of the family. He had eight sisters whose married names were Mrs. Chas. JONES, Mrs. Chas. TRITES, Mrs. Timothy HORSMAN, Mrs. James ANDERSON, Mrs. Stephen NICKERSON, Mrs. Anthony SIMPSON, Mrs. Andrew FARRELL and Mrs. Jacob TRITES. His father, who was a German, settled in this vicinity with several other families, married a daughter of Lancen LEWIS, deceased of Lewisville. Mr. Somers remembers 'The Bend' when it was in its infancy. He can remember when it contained just five families. These were Malcolm WILMOT, WATSON, BEATTY and HARPER. At the age of 21, Mr. Somers married a daughter of Abram TRITES and at the age of about 40, he removed from the Salisbury Road, then called the Post Road to the Mountains. The portions now known as Lutes and Indian Mountains contained but few settlers, the only residents being Timothy HORSMAN, William LUTES, Jeremiah LUTES and Squire CHAPMAN. Mr. Somers settled at Indian Mountain,taking up several hundred acres of land and part of the old homestead is now owned by his grandsons, Messrs. Melbourne Somers and Mortimore Somers, sons of Shepherd Somers. Gesner H. Somers, who runs a livery stable on lower Lutz Street, is also a grandson of Mr. Somers. Mr. Somers children consisted of six boys and three girls. His sons names were John Somers, Shepherd Somers, Lafayette Somers, Theodore Somers, Marvin Somers and Ornin Somers. Lafayette and Shepherd at present are living in Dakota. One of his daughters is the wife of Dickey STEEVES of Steeves Mountain. Some eight or nine years ago Mr. Somers made a trip to Dakota, spending some three years in that country. (see original)”