Janet O'Neal* Mathes

Other Events and Attributes:

• Other-Begin: May 1830, Bledsoe Co, Tennessee; scrapbook

Notes:

Presbyterian faith. (per Eddie Myers: birth Sept 29, 1747; died April 23 1818.)
Possible born April 27, 1747, Fredrick, VA
possiblly born July 20, 1747
Possible death September 29, 1818
Children moving to Tennesse dropped the W in their last name.


Other-Begin:
A Short History of My Forefathers, etc.
the following was copied from Scrapbook of the Rev. John Moyers, Bledsoe Co., Tenn. May 1840.

Janet married John* Blackburn, Sr on 2 Apr 1765 in Frederick Co, Virginia. John* (son of Benjamin* Blackburn, I (Immigrant) and Mary* (..) Blackburn) was born on 24 Dec 1740 in Chester Co, Pennsylvania; died on 9 Feb 1808 in Dandridge, Jefferson Co, Tennessee; was buried in Presby Ch Cem, Dandridge, Jefferson Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Alexander Blackburn was born on 14 Jan 1766 in Frederick Co, Virginia; died in 1786 in Babson's Ferry, Dandridge, Tennessee (by Indians); was buried in Old Cem, Dandridge, Tennessee.
2. Benjamin Blackburn was born on 9 Mar 1767 in Frederick Co, Virginia; died in 1785 in Frederick Co, Virginia.
3. Mary* "Polly" Blackburn, (DNA) was born on 14 Nov 1768 in Frederick Co, Virginia; died in Apr 1846 in Dandridge, Jefferson Co, Tennessee.
4. Andrew Blackburn was born on 13 Dec 1770 in Rosebridge Co, Tennessee; died on 29 Jan 1847.
5. William Blackburn was born on 7 Oct 1772 in Rosebridge Co, Tennessee; died in 1856.
6. Grizelle Blackburn was born on 27 Oct 1774 in Beaver Creek, Abingdon, Washington Co, Virginia; died on 25 Jul 1862.
7. George Blackburn was born on 26 May 1776 in Abingdon, Washington Co, Virginia; died in 1860.
8. John Blackburn, Jr was born on 24 Mar 1778 in Abingdon, Washington Co, Virginia; died on 25 Feb 1868 in Dandridge, Jefferson Co, Tennessee.
9. James Blackburn was born on 2 Oct 1782 in Abingdon, Washington Co, Virginia; died on 13 Nov 1860 in Dandridge, Jefferson Co, Tennessee.
10. Nancy Glorian Blackburn was born on 7 Apr 1785 in Long Creek, Dandridge, Jefferson Co, Tennessee; died on 26 Sep 1851 in Summerville, Macoupin Co, Illinois.
11. James Blackburn was born on 23 Feb 1787 in North Carolina; died on 2 May 1878 in Erath Co, Texas.
12. Jane "Jenny" Blackburn was born on 3 Jun 1789 in Abingdon, Washington Co, Virginia; died on 11 Sep 1834.
13. Edward Blackburn was born on 3 Jun 1789 in Abingdon, Washington Co, Virginia; died on 25 Sep 1853.

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.