When Martha Gladding was born on 10 April 1723, in Bristol, Bristol, Rhode Island, British Colonial America, her father, John Gladding III, was 28 and her mother, Martha Smith, was 29. She married Zephaniah Pease Sr on 27 February 1740, in Bristol, Bristol, Rhode Island, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Bristol, Bristol, Rhode Island, United States in 1723. She died on 10 January 1803, in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States, at the age of 79.