James married Nancy DICKINSON in 1792 in Moore County, North Carolina. Nancy (daughter of Robert John DICKENSON and Mary PENDERGRASS) was born in 1773 in Moore County, North Carolina; died on 01 Oct 1844 in Olive Branch, Meriweather Co., Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John Dickenson MATHEWS was born in 1794 in Moore County, North Carolina.
2. Charles Dickenson MATHEWS was born in 1796 in Moore County, North Carolina.
3. Thomas Dickenson MATHEWS was born on 01 Jan 1798 in Moore County, North Carolina; died on 17 Feb 1862 in Panola Co. Texas; was buried in Grand Bluff Cem., Panola Co., Texas.
4. Mary Ann MATTHEWS was born on 31 Jan 1800 in Moore Co., North Carolina; died on 20 Nov 1865 in New Site, Tallapoosa Co., Alabama; was buried in Old Harmony Church Cem., New Site, Tallapoosa Co., Alabama.
5. Sarah MATTHEWS was born in 1802 in Moore County, North Carolina.
6. Willis Dickenson MATTHEWS was born on 20 Mar 1802 in Moore Co., North Carolina; died on 27 Jun 1864 in Alabama.
7. Polly MATHEWS was born in 1803 in Moore County, North Carolina.
8. James Edward MATHEWS was born in 1806 in Moore County, North Carolina.

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.

Notes:

NOTE 1./

The Great Plague struck England in the summer of 1665.

First, it should be understood that many epidemic diseases are constantly present in the population, with some years of significant mortality and others of only scattered occurrence. For example, the
bubonic plague had already had noticeable outbreaks in London in 1630, 1636, and 1647, but few years were without any plague deaths. Thus, you should not dismiss a cause of death from a disease you
usually associate with epidemics as erroneous just because it wasn't during a major outbreak.

One of the supporting conditions of epidemics is, of course, population density. For example, the London of this period was densely populated. The one square mile within the walls of "the City"
contained over 600,000 people. 69,596 of the 97,306 deaths in 1665 were attributed to plague, occurring in the latter half of the year. The plague continued through 1666, and some estimates say that almost
20 percent of the population died.

Epidemiologists are still debating why epidemics are often characterized by sudden onset and equally sudden cessation. When reading church burial registers, the genealogist may realize that the
typical handful of entries each month has suddenly multiplied many times over, as I saw in the London register I was reading for 1665. Even when no causes of death are given, chances are that you are
seeing the results of an epidemic, which you may want to research.

For London, the plague basically ended when in September 1666 a fire began in a baker's shop in Pudding Lane near London Bridge. It spread westward along the Thames and northward through the City, traveling easily through the wood-timbered houses overhanging the maze of narrow streets. London burned for four days, literally to the ground in much of the city. The flea-infested rats that carried the plague were either killed or driven away. The plague also faded away outside the city soon after, typical of a plague cycle.

Thomas married UNKNOWN. was born about 1678 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./
Samuel((4)) (John((3)), Samuel((2)), Samuel((1))) <> Samuel ((4)) 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. By his second marriage he had no issue. He married, third, Margaret (who survived him, and she married William Shrime). Issue by third marriage, Francis, died s. p. Still-born child, unnamed.

Elizabeth((5)) (Samuel((4)), John((3)), Samuel((2)), Samuel((1))) married Moseley Battaley, and in 1751 her son, Samuel Battaley, of Spottsylvania, was heir-at-law to his mother, "the only surviving heir-at-law of her father, Samuel Mathews." Deed recorded in King George, conveying 2,000 acres in Richmond County patented in 1654 by Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Mathews, which descended to his grandson Samuel, who made his will November 16, 1718. (Quarterly, V, p. 277.)

Captain married Elizabeth BRAXTON about 1700 in King & Queen County, Virginia. Elizabeth (daughter of George BRAXTON and Elizabeth PAULIN) was born in 1685 in Virginia; died in 1706 in Richmond County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]