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Descendants of James Mathews Sr Descendants of James Mathews Sr. Greg Matthews Table of Contents .Descendants . .of . .James . .Mathews . .Sr. 1. .First . Generation. 1. .Source . .Citations . 2. .Second . Generation. 3. .Source . .Citations . 9. .Third . Generation. 15. .Source . .Citations . 32. .Fourth . Generation. 47. .Source . .Citations . 88. .Fifth . Generation. 115. .Source . .Citations . 147. .Sixth . Generation. 169. .Source . .Citations . 192. Produced by Legacy Descendants of James Mathews Sr. First Generation 1. James Mathews Sr. {M},1 son of James Mathews and Unknown, was born about 1680 in Surry County, VA and died before Mar 1762 in Halifax County, NC. Noted events in his life were: • First appearance: First known record for James is as a minor in the Court Order Books, 4 Jun 1688, Charles City County, Virginia.2 Record mentions James and brother Thomas Charles Matthews and that both were minors. Record also mentions their unnamed mother and her husband Richard Mane. • Militia Service: Was rank soldier on 1701/2 Charles City County militia roll, 1702, Charles City County, Virginia.3 • Tax List: Appears on 1704 Prince George County Quit Rent Roll, 1704, Prince George County, Virginia.4 • Deed: First known deed for James Mathews Sr, 28 Apr 1708, Surry County, VA.5 On 28 Apr 1708 James Mathews and wife Jeane sold 100 acres of land to Timothy Rives of Prince George County. The land was bound by Freemans Branch and John Mitchell. Witnesses to the deed were William Rives and Robert Blight. • Deed: First land transaction in North Carolina, 7 May 1742, Edgecombe County, NC.6 Was granted 400 acres in North Carolina by the British Crown in the first known deed for James in NC. The area was in that part of Edgecombe County which would later be cut off to form Halifax County. The Mathews land holdings were primarily in the western portion of Halifax County around Little Fishing Creek (originally known as Conoway Creek). • He signed a will on 26 Feb 1759 recorded March 1762 in Halifax County, NC.7 To grandson Charles Mathis 100 aces on Hawtree [Creek] in Halifax County. To son Thomas, my slave Peter and my part of the water mill. To son Thomas slave named Cook in exchange for 40 pounds VA money to be split amongst Thomas's brothers and sisters. To son Thomas all movable goods and chattels to be evenly split amongst his brothers and sisters. Signed James (x) Matthis Senr Executor: son Thomas Witnesses: Edward Collins Sr., Edward Collins Jr., Rachel Phillips James married Jane Jordan {MS}, daughter of Thomas Jordan and Jane Browne,. Noted events in her life were: • First appearance: First known appearance of Jane Mathews, 28 Apr 1708, Surry County, VA.5 See 1708 deed event for James Mathews Sr. Children from this marriage were: 2 M i. James Mathews Jr. {M1}8 was born before 1707 and died before 14 Feb 1775 in Halifax County, NC. 3 M ii. Thomas Mathews {M2}9 was born about 1709 and died before Apr 1765 in Halifax County, NC. 4 M iii. Isaac Mathews Sr. {M3}10 was born about 1711 in Virginia and died before Aug 1768 in Halifax County, NC. 5 M iv. Charles Mathews {M4}11 died before Nov 1780 in Brunswick County, VA. 6 M v. Matthew Mathews {M5}. 1 Produced by Legacy Descendants of James Mathews Sr. Source Citations 1. Mathews, James, grantee, Land grant 16 October 1716, Virginia Colonial Land Office Patents; Land Office Patents No. 10, 1710-1719; Library of Virginia; digital images,Online Catalog Library of Virginia (http://www.lva.virginia.gov/). .... Matthews, James, grantee, Land grant 18 February 1722, Virginia Colonial Land Office Patents; Land Office Patents No. 11, 1719-1724; Library of Virginia; digital images, Online Catalog Library of Virginia (http://www.lva.virginia.gov/ : accessed 8 Jun 2011). .... Mathews, James, grantee, Land grant 22 February 1724, Virginia Colonial Land Office Patents; Land Office Patents No. 12, 1724-1726; Library of Virginia; digital images, Online Catalog Library of Virginia (http://www.lva.virginia.gov/ : accessed 8 Jun 2011). .... Mathis, James, grantee, Land grant 28 September 1728, Virginia Colonial Land Office Patents; Land Office Patents No. 14, 1728-1732; Library of Virginia; digital images, Online Catalog Library of Virginia (http://www.lva.virginia.gov/ : accessed 8 Jun 2011). 2. abstracted and compiled by Benjamin B. Weisiger, III, Charles City County, Virginia, Court Orders, 1687-1695 With a Fragment of a Court Order Book for the Year 1680, p. 22. 3. Virginia Colonial Soldiers, Militia Miscellany (Virginia Records, Public Records Office, London, Reproduced on Broderbund Software's Family Archive CD #503), p. 215. 4. Virginia Quit Rent Rolls, 1704: Prince George County (Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol XXIX, 1921, reproduced on Broderbund Software's Family Archive CD #174 Virginia Vital Records, 1600s - 1800s), p. 409. 5. William Lindsay Hopkins, Surry County, Virginia Deeds 1684-1733 and Other Court Papers (GEN-N-DEX, Richmond, VA 1991), p. 72. 6. Robert J. Cain, editor, Records of the Executive Council 1735-1754 (Department of Cultural Resources, Division of [North Carolina] Archives and History (Raleigh, NC:1988)), p. 132. 7. Halifax County, North Carolina, Wills 1755-1781, Vol. 1: p. 62, James Matthis; FHL microfilm FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/waypoint/10921654), item 63 of 245. 8. James Mathis Jr., grantee, Land grant 28 September 1728, Virginia Colonial Land Office Patents; Land Office Patents No. 14, 1728-1732; Library of Virginia; digital images,Online Catalog Library of Virginia (http://www.lva.virginia.gov/ : accessed 12 Jun 2011). .... Halifax County, North Carolina, Wills 1755-1781, Vol. 2: p. 1, James Mathews; FHL microfilm FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs% 3A004755342.004755342_00385), item 138 of 256. 9. Thomas Matthews, grantee, Land grant 30 August 1743, Virginia Colonial Land Office Patents; Land Office Patents No. 23, 1743-1745; Library of Virginia; digital images,Online Catalog Library of Virginia (http://www.lva.virginia.gov/ : accessed 13 Jun 2011). .... Gertrude R. B. Richards Ph. D., Register of Albemarle Parish Surry and Sussex Counties 1739-1778 (N.p.: The National Society Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Virginia, 1958), p. 39. .... Halifax County, North Carolina, Wills 1755-1781, Vol. 1: p. 62, James Matthis; FHL microfilm FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/waypoint/10921654), item 63 of 245. .... Halifax County, North Carolina, Wills 1759-1774, Vol. 1: p. 156, Thomas Mathis; FHL microfilm FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs% 3A004755346.004755346_00169), item 167 of 363. 10. Halifax County, North Carolina, Wills 1759-1774, Vol. 1: p. 225, Isaac Mathis; FHL microfilm FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs% 3A004755346.004755346_00229), item 227 of 363. 11. Charles Matthews, grantee, Land grant 14 February 1761, Virginia Colonial Land Office Patents; Land Office Patents No. 34, 1756-1765; Library of Virginia; digital images,Online Catalog Library of Virginia (http://www.lva.virginia.gov/ : accessed 14 Jun 2011). 2 Produced by Legacy Descendants of James Mathews Sr. Second Generation (Children) 2. James Mathews Jr. {M1}1 (James Sr. 1) was born before 1707 and died before 14 Feb 1775 in Halifax County, NC. General Notes: From Genealogical Abstracts of Wills, 1758-1824 Halifax County, North Carolina by Margaret M. Hofmann: Will #213 pg. 1 JAMES MATHEWS 12 Nov. 1773 Feb. Ct. 1775 wife ANN MATHEWS sufficient maintainance upon the plantation where I now live during her life or widowhood --- son RICHARD MATHEWS land and plantation whereon I now live being 250 acres, 100 acres on the south side of Little Fishing Creek, slaves, still etc. --- daughter SUSANNA MATHEWS several negroes and 200 acres joining WILLIAM PULLEY and ISAAC DEANS (four lines left out of will here) grand daughter DELILAH MATHEWS 1 negro girl --- son-in-law WILLIAM PULLEY and grand son THOMAS PULLEY 10 shillings each --- my horses, cattle etc. to be equally divided by 2 men between JAMES MATHEWS, SUSANNA MATHEWS, JEREMIAH MATHEWS, RICHARD MATHEWS and DELILAH MATHEWS Wit: WILLIAM HALL, WILLIAM CLEVES, JOHN CLEVES Extrs: my sons JAMES and RICHARD Date of birth based on guesstimate of him being at least 21 when he received a land grant in 1728. Noted events in his life were: • James Mathews Jr. received a land grant for 850 acres in southern Brunswick County along the Roanoke River on 28 Sept 1728. This is the earliest known record of the younger James. • James Mathews Jr. is explicitly stated to be a son of James Mathews Sr. in a 3 Jul 1735 deed of gift where his father gave him 280 acres. • He was named the godfather of Jean Dean, daughter of Thomas Dean and wife Eliza on Aug 31, 1740 at her christening as recorded in the Albemarle Parish Register. Other godparents were Eliza Matthews and Phoebe Dean. • James Mathews Jr. was granted 400 acres by the British Crown in Edgecombe County, NC on 21 Mar 1743. This was his first known land acquisition in North Carolina. • Patent: Virginia Land Patent 450a, 1 Aug 1745, Brunswick County, Virginia.6 • James Mathews Jr's will was recorded in Halifax County, NC Feb 1775. James married Ann {M1S}.8 Noted events in her life were: • Deed: First mention of Ann, wife of James Mathews Jr., 26 Sep 1733, Brunswick County, VA.9 The first time we see Ann mentioned as the wife of James Mathews Jr.
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