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- NOTE 1./ NEWSPAPER ARTICLE, ENTERPRISE LEDGER, ENTERPRISE, AL 1976
"DAUGHTERS OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR VETS CITED"
Two daughters of Revolutoionary War veterans, buried in Coffee County, were honored by having DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) markers dedicated at their graves.
The first marker was dedicated to Mrs. Elizabeth Horn Cole, who is buried in Cole Cemetery..........
Mrs. Susannah Mathews Ham was the second Revolutionary War daughter honored. She is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Elba, at the side of her husband, James Ham.
Among those attending the dedication of this marker were a number of her great-granddaughters.
The program followed the same order as the first dedication. The personal tribute was given by Mrs. Mary Brunson for her great grandmother. The dedication was again given by Mrs. Annie Lorrie Stutts, DAR state historian.
Mrs. Ham was both a daughter and a granddaughter of Revolutionary War soldiers. Her father, Philip Mathews, was a militiaman in General Marion's Brigade. Her grandfather, Moses Mathews, was a gunsmith in Gen. Sumter's Brigade. Her great grandfather was Gov. Samuel Mathews of Virginia........she has been described as a lady of charm, dignity and character, representing Southern Ladyship at its best
NOTE 2./ taken from James Ham & Family at <<http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ga/county/crawford/Biographies/jamesham.htm>>
Susannah's GGGGrandfather was Samuel Mathews, Jr., Governor of the Virginia Colony:
LDS AFN: J5PP-WL
Came to Virginia before 1618.
Member, House of Burgesses, 1623.
Councellor, 1648.
Governor, 1657-1659.
Coat of Arms: in file.
Samuel MATHEWS, Jr, Governor of Virginia, was born in Virginia about 1630 to Samuel MATHEWS and Frances GREVILLE. He attained the military rank of Lieutenant Colonel by 1652 and was appointed to the Council in 1655, a position he held until 1657.
He was married and had one child:
1. John, died before 1 May 1706, VA; married Elizabeth TAVERNOR, 24 Mar 1684
It is believed that his wife was of the Cole-Digges family.
He attained the military rank of Lieutenant Colonel by 1652 and was appointed to the Council in 1655, a position he held until 1657. He was elected to succeed Edward Digges as Governor of Virginia in December 1656, but did not assume office until early 1657.
Mathews' tenure as governor was marked by periodic clashes between the young chief executive and the Virginia House of Burgesses. When in 1658 Mathews and his Council attempted to dissolve the Assembly, the Burgesses, claiming that the governor did not possess that authority, decided to ignore the dissolution order. Mathews and the Council were unable to resist this show of strength, and they eventually yielded when the Assembly called for a new election. Despite his attempt to test the Assembly's power. Mathews was re-elected, probably because he indicated his willingness to co-operate with the effort of the Lower house to seek "confirmation of their present priviledges." Shortly before Mathews' death in January 1660, however, Richard Cromwell resigned as Lord Protector of England, a development which cast into confusion the political status of the Assembly in particular and the colony of Virginia in general.
"Virginia Biography"
Governor of Virginia from March 13, 1658, to his death in January 1660. Born in England about 1600 and came to Virginia in 1618.
Historians and genealogists who have attempted to identify Governor Samuel Mathews of Virginia, who died in office in January, 1659/60, have assumed that his induction on March 13, 1657/8 was the beginning of his services as Governor, and, because of the youth of Lieutenant Colonel (afterwards Colonel) Samuel Mathews, Junior, it has been assumed, wrongly, that the Governor was Captain Samuel Mathews, Senior. The young Samuel Mathews, Jr., could not have been over 25 or 26 years of age when be became Governor. This would seem incredible did we not know something of the circumstances surrounding the man. Samuel Mathews Junior was a Lieutenant Colonel and a Burgiss from Warwick County in 1652. In 1655 he was elevated to the Council, and as we have seen, to the chair of Governor in 1657.
I have 10 pages of research to substantiate this.
Residence was at "Denbigh," on Deep Creek, Warwick County, where he had a fine house and employed many servants. Mathews seat was not always called Denbigh because on 13 Nov., 1626, the Court ordered William Ramshaw to go "down to Mathewes-Manor and work at the trade of a blacksmythe."
"proved back in the forties by Minnie Cook that the Governor was Samuel Mathews II. It was reproved by John Frederick Dorman in the 70's or 80's by following the Mathews deeds. There is a deed in King George's Co,. VA that lays out the entire history of the land."
First Governor of Virginia to be elected by the House of Burgess, during Cromwell's Protectorate.
Title: William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Pages:
92-93
Abbrev: Mathews Family
Publication: 1898
Quality: 3
Title: William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Pages:
92-93
Abbrev: Mathews Family
Publication: 1898
Quality: 0
Title: Adventures of Purse and Person Virginia 1607-1624/5, Edition:
third edition
Abbrev: Purse & Person
Publication: Order of First Families of Virginia, 1607-1624/5, Richmond, Virginia, 1987, Original Date, 1956
NOTE 1./ James Ham & Family
James Ham, b 8 May 1811 and Smith Ham, b. abt. 1795, settled in Crawford Co. about the time it was formed. James Ham married Susannah Eleanor Mathews in Crawford Co. on 16 July 1827. Her parents were Philip Mathews and Nancy Nelson. Her grandparents were Moses Mathews Sr. and Sarah Findley
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1813 - 1877 (63 years)
