Samuel's guardian was Nathan Parker.  Notice relationships of others involved in witch trials.

and Hawthorne's House of the Seven Gables by Enders A. Robinson: (Salt Lake 974.45/s1 H2re)
This book gives a history of Samuel: Samuel Martin was born in 1645 in Gloucester, the only son of Mary (Pindar) and Solomon Martin, a shipwright. In 1648 Samuel's sister, Mary Martin, was born and his mother, Mary Pindar Martin, died soon after. A few months later his father, Solomon Martin, married Alice Farnum, widow of Ralph Farnum, 1st of Ipswich. Alice, twelve years older than Solomon, already had seven children ranging in age from about 4 to 20.

In 1653, Alice and Solomon moved to Andover. Within a few years, Alice's two oldest sons, Thomas Farnum and Ralph Farnum II, also moved to Andover. Solomon continued his career and went out on voyages in his capacity as ship carpenter. In 1662 he was reported as absent from the country for seven years, presumed dead on a voyage across the seas.

(Cheryl's note: This information translates to Samuel was about three years old when his mother died. His father remarried right away presumably so there would be someone to care for his motherless children; and went away on sea voyages returning from time to time. When Samuel was 8, his father and step-mother moved to Andover.

In 1655, his father (Solomon Martin) left for sea never to return. Samuel Martin was 10 years old.

When he was 17, his father was presumed dead as he had been gone for seven years with no word.)

History continued: Alice Farnum Martin could barely manage the farm and meet expenses. At 17, her stepson, Samuel Martin, became rebellious, and the court placed him under the guardinaship of Nathan Parker, an original proprietor of Andover and a learned man. Parker was to oversee the restoration of the Martin lands, which he managed to his own profit. Nathan Parker, a strict man, angered Samuel. The resentment reappeared in 1692 when Samuel Martin was one of the conspiritors who accused Nathan Parker's widow, Mary (Ayer) Parker. (of witchcraft)

In 1676, Samuel Martin married Abigail Norton in Andover. Born in 1651, Abigail was the dau of Mary and George Norton. After George's death, Mary married widower, Phillip Fowler, of Ipswich, the maternal grandfather of Christopher Osgood of Andover. The children of Abigail and Samuel Martin included Abigail Martin Jr., born in 1676 in Andover.

Ancestry Involved in Salem Witchcraft Trials

1692

Andover, Massachusetts

Extract from Salem's Witchcraft and Hawthorne's House of the Seven Gables by Enders A. Robinson