Martha Carter was born c.1712. She was the daughter of Richard Carter, of Great Hazeley, Oxfordshire and later Chilton, Buckinghamshire and his wife, Martha Cornish. Her father was Chief Justice of the Grand Sessions of Glamorgan, Brecon and Radnor. She married Thomas Aubrey, 5th baronet (from 1767) on 10 July 1738. They had four children, including John Aubrey, later 6th baronet (1739-1826). Lady Aubrey died intestate on 5 December 1788 at Bath and was buried on 14 December at Llantrithyd, the Aubrey seat in Glamorgan.