Our American Family - Person Sheet
Our American Family - Person Sheet
NameAlexander MATHES Jr. 
Birth Date12 Mar 1740
Birth PlaceAugusta County, Virginia
Death DateJul 1806 Age: 66
Death PlaceLimestone, Washington County, Tennessee
FatherAlexander MATHEWS , 734 (1708-1788)
MotherGrizzel _____ , 735 (1720-1783)
Spouses
Birth Date?
Family ID2302
Marr Date21 Mar 1769 
ChildrenJane “Jennie” (1770-)
Miriam (1771-)
Allen (1773-)
Alexander (1775-)
George Leigh (1779-)
Grace (1782-)
Jeremiah (1784-)
John (1786-)
Ebenezer (1789-1868)
Elizabeth Ann (1792-)
Rachel (1795-)
Notes for Alexander MATHES Jr.
From "The Benjamin Blackburn Family & Notes on Blackburns in America" by W.A. Challacombe, Carlinville, Illinois, 1942 & reprinted 1988.
In the fall of 1783 or the following year, at least 3 Mathews brothers left their home in Shenandoah County, Virginia to move to Eastern Tennessee. Legend has it that before they left they changed the spelling of their name by dropping the "w", in order that their descendants might know each other. It is interesting to note that their father, Alexander Mathews Sr, used the "w" on a 1749 land grant but the "w" was missing on his 1783 will.
Posted on Ancestry by 1954dig
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In the fall of 1783 or the following year, at least 3 Mathews brothers left their home in Shenandoah County, Virginia to move to Eastern Tennessee. Legend has it that before they left they changed the spelling of their name by dropping the "w", in order that their descendants might know each other. It is interesting to note that their father, Alexander Mathews Sr, used the "w" on a 1749 land grant but the "w" was missing on his 1783 will.
Posted on Ancestry by 1954dig
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