Jeremiah Mathes

Notes:

Oath as Major of Shenandoah Co. Militian February 28, 1782


Jeremiah Mathes, Minute Book 1, Jefferson Co., TN, refers to the first legislative act passed in what is now the State of Tennessee.
"BE IT REMEMBERED That in pursuance of an Ordinance of Excellency William Blount, Governor of the Territory of the United States South of the River Ohio circumscribing the counties of Greene and Hawkins and laying off two new counties, to-wit, the counties of Jefferson and Knox, a court was opened and held in and for said County of Jefferson at the house of Jeremiah Mathews, on Monday the 23rd day of July, 1792 when the following Justices of the Peace, having been commissioned and qualified on the 11th day of June preceding, appeared and took their oaths, to-wit, Alexander Outlaw, George Doherty, James Roddye, John Blackburn, James Lea, Joseph Wilson, Josiah Jackson, Andrew Henderson, Amos Balch and Wm. Cox, Esquires."

Jeremiah Mathes m. Oct. 9, 1788, Elizabeth Leith, bond signed by Alexander Mathews and A. M. Yancey -- (Jefferson Co., TN Marriage Bond Book 1792 - 1840 No. 673) The home of Jeremiah Mathes was about 4 1/2 miles West of Dandridge.

Jeremiah married Elizabeth Jobe on 9 Oct 1788 in Jefferson Co, Tennessee. Elizabeth was born about 1751; died after 1789. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Jeremiah J. Mathes, Jr. was born about 1789 in Jefferson Co, Tennessee; died after 1790.
2. Polly Mathes was born about 1780 in Green Co, Tennessee; died after 1802.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Emigration: 1708, Ballynure, Co Antrim, Ulster, Northern Ireland
• Residence: Aft 1708, Pennsylvania
• Residence: 1737, Augusta Co, Virginia

Notes:

Took oath as magistrate December 28, 1780. Supplies to Revolutionary Army ..8/29/1782.

"Tradition says when 4 brothers struck out into wilderness, they adopted the MATHES spelling of their name so that they would always know each other."

"The following will supplement material presented in the genealogy entitled "The Mathews (Mathes) Family in America" by I.C. Van Deventer -- Alexander Printing Co., 1925. Further research has disclosed important early records.

Alexander Mathews came with the Doak family in the Scotch-Irish immigration from Northern Ireland to Pennsylvania, later following John Lewis and Ephraim McDowell into Augusta Co., Virginia. In an unpublished manuscript, "Finley - Shields" by Major Albert Finley France, of Annapolis, MD., he says that James Doak, his wife Elizibeth, and five children, Samual, David, John, Robert and Thankful emigrated from North of Ireland to America, landing in Newcastle, Delaware in 1708 and settled in Chester Co., PA.

An error in the data handed down in the family has the immigrant ancestor written as "George", this is not correct, subsequent research shows that his name was Alexander Mathews. This family dropped the "W" from the name and has been since been spelled "Mathes". Alexander is said to have went from Pennsylvania to Augusta Co., VA in 1737, mentioned in "Abstracts of Augusta,Co., by Chalkley" in 1746, (Vol. I, p. 25). His first Land Grant was from The Honorable Thomas Lord Fairfax, baron of Cameron in that part of Great Britain called Scotland, Proprietor of the Northern Neck of Virginia for 400 acres on September 14, 1749, and went on record in the Northern Neck Book "G" at page 321.
Another grant of land for 265 acres on Aug. 6, 1750, is recorded in Northern Neck Book "G" pg 405. These tracts of land in Augusta Co., by the division of Counties, were successively in Frederick Co., Shenandoah, Co., and Warren Co. He later sold 265 acres to James McNeill in Frederick Co., Deed Book 3, pg 392 on Feb. 4, 1755. A deed dated Nov. 26, 1783, from Alexander Mathews, Sr., to his son James, conveys a certain part of a tract of land near Flint Run surveyed by George Hume, bearing date Aug. 6, 1750, containing 132 acres.

In 1757 when George Washington was a candidate for the House of Burgesses, the name Alexander Mathews appears on a list of persons who voted for him.

(Story of Winchester in VA., by Morton, 1925 - pg 78).
Dec. 28, 1780, Alexander Mathews took the oath of Magistrate and took his seal accordingly. (Minute Book, 1774-81 pg 176, Shenandoah,Co. VA records.)

The will of Alexander Mathews dated Sep. 5, 1783 is recorded in Will Book "B", pg 499, Shenandoah, Co.,VA., witnessed by Abraham Keller, James Hutchison and John Netherton, (we believe that this is Sarah Netherton's relative).

Another book that talks about Alexander is: "Prominent Tennesseeans" by William Speer, 1888, pg. 184.:

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mathews-mathes&id=I0385

Emigration:
"The Mathews (Mathes) Family in America" by I.C. Van Deventer -- Alexander Printing Co., 1925.

pg 636
quote:
Alexander Mathews came with the Doak family in the Scotch-Irish emigration from Northern Ireland to Pennsylvania, later following John Lewis and Ephraim McDowell into Augusta Co, Virginia.

pg 637
In an unpublished manuscript, "Finley-Shields," by Major Albert Finley France, of Annapolis, MD., he says that James Doak, his wife Elizabeth, and five children, Samuel, David, John, Robert and Thankful emigrated from North of Ireland to America, landing in Newcastle, Delaware in 1708 and settled in Chester Co., PA. This fixes the time of arrival of these families as 1708.

google books:
https://books.google.com/books?id=55I38FXWyPgC&pg=RA1-PA636&lpg=RA1-PA636&dq=%22The+Mathews+(Mathes)+Family+in+America%22+by+I.C.+Van+Deventer&source=bl&ots=MloG8kR2YT&sig=sfxLxlh166aPrcpnmUNPiduHghc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Vg-EVfelHImqsAWEnpeIDQ&ved=0CDwQ6AEwBQ#v=snippet&q=fixes&f=false

Alexander married Grizzel* (..) Mathes, (immigrant) about 1736 in Augusta Co, Virginia (probably). Grizzel* was born about 1720 in Co Antrim, Ulster, Ireland; died after 1761. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Alexander and James were likely brothers, though not yet confirmed.