Elizabeth (Matheny) Hewitt (1823 - 1899)

Born 26 Mar 1823 in Owen, Indiana, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Henry Hewitt Jr — married 25 Feb 1841 in Platte, Missouri, United States

Descendants

Died 13 Oct 1899 at age 76 in Yamhill, Oregon, United States

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Elizabeth (Matheny) Hewitt was involved in the westward expansion of the USA. See Westward Ho!.

Elizabeth (Matheny) Hewitt was a pioneer settler in Oregon.

Biography

Elizabeth Matheny was born in Owen County, Indiana, 26 March 1823, the daughter of Daniel Matheny and Mary Cooper. She married Henry Hewitt; the Hewitts came with the Mathenys to Oregon in the wagon train of 1843.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Elizabeth died in Yamhill County, Oregon 13 October 1899 and was buried in the Hopewell Cemetery.^[7]

DNA

• Parental relationships are confirmed by a triangulated group on 23andMe consisting of E D, M C, grandson of Eleeta Margaret Coats, B K, daughter of Jean Kerr, and Roger Shipman , who share 59 cM segments on chromosomes 4 and X. The most-recent common ancestors shared by all three are Daniel Matheny and Mary "Polly" Cooper.

Sources

1. ↑ Genealogy Trails for Yamhill County, Oregon, accessed 20 April 2016.
2. ↑ The Cooper Family History, Don Rivara, 1994, pp. 15-16.
3. ↑ United States Census, 1850, database with images, FamilySearch : 9 April 2016), Oregon Territory > Yam Hill > Yam Hill county > image 6 of 36; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ United States Census, 1860, database with images, FamilySearch : accessed 12 May 2016), Oregon > Yamhill > Willamette Precinct > image 5 of 6; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
5. ↑ United States Census, 1870, database with images, FamilySearch : 14 June 2019), Oregon > Yamhill > Willamette > image 6 of 12; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
6. ↑ United States Census, 1880, database with images, FamilySearch : 24 December 2015), Oregon > Polk > Eola > ED 104 > image 1 of 10; citing NARA microfilm publication T9, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C., n.d.)
7. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #6254196 for Elizabeth Matheny Hewitt, 1823-1899, Hopewell Cemetery, Dayton, Yamhill County, Oregon, United States of America.