Descendants of William Carpenter of Rehoboth, Plymouth Colony, now part of Bristol County, MA

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Darlene Loraine Martin

MARRIAGE.  Calhoun County Clerk-Register, Marshall, MI 1960, #1138. Married 19 Nov 1960 at Athens, Calhoun, MI, Darlene L. Martin, age 21, residing at Athens, Calhoun , MI; occupation: file clerk; father: Olen Martin; mother Berneita Maurer; and Michael A. Parlin, age 21, residing at rural Fulton, MI; occupation: lumberman; father: Aaron Parlin; mother: Caroline Simpson; at Athens, Calhoun , MI; witnesses:  David M. Tuttle of East Leroy and Sue Ann Cornell of Kalamazoo.  Officiant:  Arthur Jackson.

OBITUARY.  Battle Creek Enquirer and News, Battle Creek, MI, Thursday, May 29, 1997, p4A.  Darlene L. Ling.  Athens.  Darlene L. (Martin) Ling, 57, of Athens, died Tuesday, May 27, 1997, in Battle Creek Health System.  She was born Sept. 30, 1939 in Battle Creek to Olen R. and Berneita (Maurer) Martin. She was a 1957 graduate of Athens High School and had lived in Athens most of her life.  She was employed by Delta Airlines in Chicago from 1957 to 1960. Since 1963 she had been employed by Athens Public Schools, serving the past 32 years as secretary to the high school principal.  She married Robert D. Ling on Oct. 18, 1973, in Athens.  He died in 1991.  She is survived by a son, Ronald A. Parlin of Athens; daughters, Carol L. Parlin of Chicago, Anita M. Riegle and Susan L. Luplow of Battle Creek; stepdaughters, Deborah K. Ling of Fla., and Dawn M. Schaff of Oregon, five grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.  She was preceded in death by two brothers, Richard and Daryl Martin.

Darlene Loraine Martin's husband, Michael A. Parlin is a descendant of Thomas Jefferson Carpenter, while Darlene Loraine Martin is a descendant of Abner Loomis Carpenter.  Abner Loomis was the younger brother of Thomas Jefferson, both were sons of Calvin Loomis Carpenter and Eleanor D. Pierce.  Therefore Darlene and Michael were previously related.