 She was a witness to, and in some instances a key participant in, some of the pivotal events in early Latter Day Saint history.Martha McBride was born on March 17, 1805 in Chester, Washington County, New York, (though now in Warren County) the youngest of 9 children born to her parents, Daniel McBride and Abigail Mead.Martha's father, an itinerant pre-Campbellite minister, moved the family to western New York, where he died when Martha was 18 years old.