ThomasJr married Nancy TERRY in 1799. Nancy was born in 1776 in Laurens County, South Carolina; died in 1866 in Gwinnett Co. Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Ellenor MATHEWS was born in 1801 in Laurens County, South Carolina; died on 23 Nov 1865.
2. Thomas MATHEWS was born on 10 Apr 1803 in Laurens County, South Carolina; died on 08 May 1878 in Gwinnett County Georgia.
3. Nancy MATHEWS was born in 1805 in Laurens County, South Carolina; died in 1805 in Laurens County, South Carolina.
4. William MATHEWS was born in 1807 in Laurens County, South Carolina; died on 17 Sep 1853.
5. Jackson MATHEWS was born in 1809 in Laurens County, South Carolina; died in 1809 in Laurens County, South Carolina.
6. Elizabeth MATHEWS was born in 1811 in Laurens County, South Carolina; died on 18 May 1864 in Gwinnett County Georgia.
7. John MATHEWS was born in 1814 in Laurens County, South Carolina; died in 1873.
8. Margaret MATHEWS was born on 14 Jan 1817 in Laurens County, South Carolina; died on 19 Feb 1905 in Gwinnett County Georgia.
9. Francis MATHEWS was born in 1822 in Laurens County, South Carolina; died in 1822 in Laurens County, South Carolina.

Thomas married Eleanor MCKNIGHT in 1772 in South Carolina. Eleanor was born in 1749 in North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ Thomas Matthews Will - dated. August 17th, 1785 Chatham Co., NC Wills and Estates. Vol.1, Pg. 20(b), 21 N. C. State Archives film. # C.022.50001

In the Name of God Amen I Thomas Matthews of the county of Chatham in the State of North Carolina being weak in Body but sound memory blessed be God, do this day. August the seventeenth in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty five make and publish this my last Will and Testament in manner following that to say, first I give to my Daughter Sarah Morgan one Shilling Sterling-also I give and bequeath to my son William Matthews one Shilling Sterling-also I give and bequeath to my Daughter Hannah Griffith one Shilling Sterling also I give an bequeath to my son Thomas Matthews one Shilling Sterling also I give and bequeath to my Daughter Elizabeth Matthews one Shilling Sterling also I give and bequeath to my son Ezekiel Matthews one Shilling Sterling-also I give and bequeath to my daughter Margaret McDade one Shilling Sterling also I give and bequeath to my loving wife Margaret Matthews all my goods chattels and personal Estate such as Horse Cattle Hogs and Household furniture all my farming and carpenters Tools during her life and after her death I leave unto Ezekiel Matthews two oldest Daughters to them their Heirs and assigns forever and I make and ordain my Loving Wife Sole Executrix of this my Will in trust for the intents and purposes in this my Will Contained in Witness whereof I the said Thomas Matthews have to this my last Will and Testament Set my hand and seal thid Day and year above written
Signed Sealed and delivered
in the presence of us...
George Hobson
Jesse Hobson
Adam Moffitt
Signed Thomas (his X mark Matthews \
A Copy Test John Ramsey, C. C.


Died:
Chatham County, North Carolina

Thomas married Margaret MATHEWS about 1748 in South Carolina. Margaret was born about 1730 in Virginia; died before 1810 in Laurens County, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

LDS AFN: P50J-K6
The will of Isaac Mathis is will number 38, page 225, Will Book #1, 1758-1774 in Halifax County, North Carolina. In it he mentions his son Samuel, son Reaps, sons Robert and Peter, wife Mary, and Thomas, Jean, Isaac, Mary, Sarah, and daughter Susanna Humphris. It has son Isaac and son-in-law Samuel Davis as executors. It does not mention son Moses but if he was the eldest he had already moved to South Carolina so would not necessarily be mentioned.

From "The History of Gwinnett County, Georgia":

"The Mathews family," according to C. H. Ward, genealogist, "has a history dating back to Sir Ivan, 12th Lord of Cardigan, of Oril College, Oxford, England who married Cecily, daughter of Sir Robert de Clare, who was the second son of Richard, 4th Earl of Hertford and his wife Amecia, sister of Isabel, wife of King John of England, and a descendant of Adelaide, sister of William the Conqueror. Sir Mathew, son of Sir Ivan, born about 1360, was knighted during the reign of Richard II (1382-1399) and his descendants are those who bear the name of Mathews in any of its varied forms."
"Captain, General, Governor Samuel Mathews, third son of Archbishop Tobias Mathews of Oxford, came to Virginia in 1622. Mary Mathews, daughter of Captain Samuel Mathews of Virginia, married Isaac Mathews, a grest-grandson of John Mathews of Milton and their son, Thomas Mathews, born in Virginia in 1726, came to South Carolina in 1767 and died there in 1831."

Isaac Edward Mathews and his wife Mary Mathews were distant cousins; Gov. Mathews was an ancestor of Mary. Their lineage converges in Sir Mathew ap Evan, Knight, b. 1368, Llandaff Court, Glamorgan, Wales, d. 1419, Glamorgan, Wales, married to Jenet Fleming. Their son Sir Dafydd Mathew, Knight, married to Gwendoline Hebert, is the direct ancestor of Isaac. His brother Sir Robert Mathew, married to Alice Thomas, is the direct ancestor of Mary.

Issac married Mary MATHEWS about 1723 in King & Queen County, Virginia. Mary (daughter of Captain Samuel MATHEWS and Elizabeth BRAXTON) was born in 1702 in Richmond County, Virginia; died on 10 Sep 1782 in Old Charles City, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Samuel((4)) (John((3)), Samuel((2)), Samuel((1))) married several times. In Essex records, 1720, there is a bond dated 1706 from Samuel Mathews, of St. Stephen's parish, King and Queen County, to Major George Braxton for the benefit of Elizabeth Mary Mathews((5)), "whom I had by my deceased wife." In Samuel Mathews' will (November 16, 1718), proved in Richmond County, he refers to this bond as "executed" from him "the day I was married to Katherine Dunstall when I was very much in drink." By his first marriage he also had John, died s. p., Baldwin, died s. p.