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James R Mathews 1784 – 1864 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 4 July 1784

Birth Location: Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont

Death Date: 28 April 1864

Death Location: Bristol, Addison, Vermont

Father: Capt. Matthews

Mother: Lydia Read

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Sumner

Children(s): Elvira Matthews, Milan Mathews, Cyrus Mathews, Argalus Matthews, William Mathews

James R Mathews 💚🧬 was born in 1784 in Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont, the child of Capt. Isaac M Matthews and Lydia Read. James R Mathews 💚🧬 married Elizabeth "Betsey" Sumner, and had children including Elvira Matthews, Milan Austurns Mathews, Cyrus A Mathews, Argalus H Matthews, William W Mathews. James R Mathews 💚🧬 passed away in 1864 in Bristol, Addison, Vermont.

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Biography

  • James R Mathews 💚🧬 was born in 1784 in Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont, the child of Capt. Isaac M Matthews and Lydia Read.
  • James R Mathews 💚🧬 married Elizabeth "Betsey" Sumner, and had children including Elvira Matthews, Milan Austurns Mathews, Cyrus A Mathews, Argalus H Matthews, William W Mathews.
  • James R Mathews 💚🧬 passed away in 1864 in Bristol, Addison, Vermont.

Immediate Family

Parents

Capt. Matthews
1744 – 1820
Birth Location: Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
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Lydia Read
1751 – 1819
Birth Location: Norwich, New London Co, Connecticut
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Sumner
1784 – 1823
Birth Location: Wells, Rutland, Vermont, USA
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Children(s)

Elvira Matthews
1808 – 1860
Birth Location: Addison County, Vermont, United States of America
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Milan Mathews
1812 – 1887
Birth Location: New Haven, Addison, Vermont, USA
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Cyrus Mathews
1813 – 1881
Birth Location: Vermont
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Argalus Matthews
1816 – 1891
Birth Location: New Haven, Addison County, Vermont
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William Mathews
1819 – 1898
Birth Location: New Haven Vermont
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James Mathews's Ancestors

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James Mathews
1784 – 1864
Birth Place: Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont
Parents
Capt. Isaac M Matthews
1744 – 1820
Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
Lydia Read
1751 – 1819
Norwich, New London Co, Connecticut
Grandparents
Decon (Isaac) Mathews
1712 – 1790
Yarmouth, Mass
Sarah* (Hedge Hawes) Matthews(Mathews)
1709 – 1761
Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Thankful Andrus
1719 – 1816
Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States
Great-Grandparents
John Matthews
1683 – 1776
Hannah Sturgis
1693 – 1754
2nd-Great-Grandparents

James Mathews's Descendants

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James (R) Mathews (4 July 1784 – 28 April 1864) m. Elizabeth ("Betsey") Sumner (30 August 1784 – 26 February 1823)
  1. 1. Elvira Matthews (1808 – 7 July 1860) m. Edward Fuller
    1. 1. Calista (Loraine) Fuller (5 Feb 1839 – 4 Feb 1897)
  2. 2. Milan (Austurns) Mathews (13 March 1812 – 6 December 1887)
  3. 3. Cyrus (A) Mathews (Abt 1813 – 25 Nov 1881) m. Lucretia (M.) Humiston (Abt 1814 – 26 Dec 1887)
    1. 1. Louisa (S) Mathews (5 Jul 1845 – 22 Feb 1928) m. Andrew Lown (abt 1843 – ) m. Daniel (O.) Hart (20 February 1836 – 6 September 1896)
      1. 1. Charles Lown (Abt 1875 – )
      2. 2. Bertha Hart (11 Jul 1883 – 13 Sep 1883)
      3. 3. Stella (D) Hart (1884 – )
      4. 4. Elsie (H) Hart (28 Sep 1884 – 25 Jun 1969)
      5. 5. Fred (Howard) Hart (15 Apr 1886 – 21 Jul 1944) m. Edith (Maude) Covert (15 Jan 1891 – 15 Sep 1969)
        1. 1. John (Martin) Hart (28 May 1924 – 15 Sep 1997)
        2. 2. Dena (Covert) Hart (11 Jun 1915 – 9 May 1970)
      6. 6. Patrick (Washington) Hart (22 Feb 1888 – April 1954) m. Emily (W) Hart (abt 1892 – )
        1. 1. Daniel (F) Hart (abt 1915 – )
        2. 2. Tony (E) Hart (abt 1918 – )
        3. 3. Juanita (H) Hart (abt 1921 – )
        4. 4. Isabelle (F) Hart (2 Mar 1922 – 17 Jan 1997)
        5. 5. Arnold (M) Hart (abt 1925 – )
        6. 6. Shirley (Ann) Hart (25 Jan 1928 – 15 May 2007)
      7. 7. Mary Hart (5 Sep 1891 – 11 Apr 1934)
      8. 8. Allen (M) Hart
      9. 9. Edgar (D) Hart
    2. 2. Edward Mathews (abt 1855 – )
  4. 4. Argalus (H) Matthews (15 Feb 1816 – 23 June 1891) m. Rebecca (Carlile) Sullivan (1818 – 22 Apr 1863) m. Almira (S) Kelch (1836 – 27 February 1914)
    1. 1. Charlotte Mathews (21 September 1838 – 16 Dec 1907) m. Nathaniel Hart (7 August 1833 – 14 April 1908)
      1. 1. Della, (Harriet Adella) Hart (17 Mar 1857 – 30 Mar 1936)
      2. 2. Verna (J) Hart (6 Jan 1860 – 3 Feb 1888) m. George (W) Brown (18 Jul 1855 – 8 March 1930)
        1. 1. Charlotte (Maude) Brown (9 Jul 1877 – 25 Jul 1933)
        2. 2. Arvilla Brown (31 Mar 1879 – 15 Mar 1942)
        3. 3. Isaac (Jackson) Brown (5 Feb 1882 – 4 Oct 1943)
        4. 4. Johnathan Brown (2 Oct 1885 – 8 Oct 1889)
        5. 5. Verna (Jane) Brown (3 Feb 1888 – 11 Dec 1940)
      3. 3. Miranda Hart (1861 – Bef 1870)
      4. 4. Argalus (H) Hart (3 Jul 1862 – 26 Jan 1926)
      5. 5. Dora (C) Hart (9 Aug 1864 – 8 Dec 1864)
      6. 6. James (M.) Hart (17 Jan 1866 – 9 Feb 1906)
    2. 2. Harriet Mathews (26 Sep 1840 – 20 Sep 1876) m. Daniel (O.) Hart (20 February 1836 – 6 September 1896)
      1. 1. Maranda (Alexandra) Hart (abt 1862 – 1 May 1883) m. Malangthan Anderson (abt 1858 – )
      2. 2. Ada Hart (21 Jul 1866 – 19 February 1937)
      3. 3. Charles (Willoughby) Hart (5 Jun 1869 – 28 May 1929) m. Anna (Almira) Gilman (9 Oct 1878 – 10 Jul 1948)
        1. 1. Edward (Daniel) Hart (26 Feb 1896 – 14 Aug 1960)
        2. 2. Roy (A) Hart (1898 – 09 Sep 1952) m. Bessie (L) Hart (abt 1907 – 6 September 1986) m. Leota (Jane) Mcclellan (5 Nov 1899 – 5 October 1986)
        3. 3. Harry (Willoughby) Hart (abt 1900 – 23 Jan 1979) m. Leota (Jane) Mcclellan (5 Nov 1899 – 5 October 1986) m. Evelyn (Agnes) Pelton (29 Jun 1912 – 13 May 1990)
        4. 4. George (W) Hart (29 Mar 1902 – 27 Jul 1986) m. Pauline (Harie) Cushman (abt 1908 – Jan 1979)
        5. 5. Cassie (Mae) Hart (1905 – 31 Oct 1976)
        6. 6. Harriet (Martha) Hart\McWhirter (27 Dec 1908 – 9 Oct 1967) m. Jack, (John Alexander) McWhirter (10 Feb 1908 – 27 Jun 1994)
        7. 7. Margaret (Lena) Hart (5 September 1912 – 23 Dec 1984) m. Lloyd Owen (14 Feb 1907 – 8 Jan 1976) m. Gustav Yack (20 Mar 1888 – 31 Mar 1941) m. Clyde (Lee) Hopkins (15 September 1902 – 27 February 1979)
        8. 8. Ada (A) Hart (13 Jul 1917 – 18 Jun 1964) m. Everett (O.) Braseth (5 Feb 1923 – 30 Nov 1998)
    3. 3. Lafayette (E) Mathews (24 November 1842 – 21 May 1915)
    4. 4. Mary (Jane) Mathews (abt 1845 – 19 November 1900)
    5. 5. Sarah (A) Mathews (5 November 1846 – before 1891)
    6. 6. Louisa Mathews (30 Nov 1848 – 31 May 1851)
    7. 7. Alvira (E) Mathews (4 November 1850 – 17 October 1852)
    8. 8. Clony Mathews (1853 – 1925)
    9. 9. Clara (Zerviah (Flora)) Mathews (4 Mar 1853 – 18 Nov 1910)
      1. 1. Bertha (J) Miller (18 Sep 1881 – 20 Jun 1946)
    10. 10. Ellen Matthews (17 Jul 1855 – 30 August 1873)
    11. 11. Martha (A) Mathews (29 May 1858 – 24 Jul 1922)
    12. 12. Ida (M) Mathews (18 Feb 1862 – Oct 1905)
  5. 5. William (W) Mathews (1819 – 6 Nov 1898)
    1. 1. Sarah (A) Mathews (12 Apr 1843 – 07 Jan 1918) m. Frank Nash
      1. 1. Francis (E.) Nash (17 June 1866 – 25 February 1902) m. Cornelius Westfall (abt 1856 – )
    2. 2. Lydia (M) Mathews (16 Oct. 1854 – 3 December 1881)

James Mathews's Timeline

4 Records

1784
04 Jul 1784
Birth of James R Mathews 💚🧬 in Shaftsbury,Bennington,Vermont
Shaftsbury,Bennington,Vermont
1784
4 July 1784
Birth of James R Mathews 💚🧬 in Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont
Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont
1864
29 April 1864
Age 80
Death of James R Mathews 💚🧬 in Bristol, Addison, Vermont, USA
Bristol, Addison, Vermont, USA
1864
28 April 1864
Age 80
Death of James R Mathews 💚🧬 in Bristol, Addison, Vermont
Bristol, Addison, Vermont

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 04 Jul 1784
    Event Place: Shaftsbury,Bennington,Vermont
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 4 July 1784
    Event Place: Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 April 1864
    Event Place: Bristol, Addison, Vermont, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 April 1864
    Event Place: Bristol, Addison, Vermont

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: New Haven, Addison County, Vermont, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current
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