Martha (Greene) Matteson (1712 - 1807)

Born 19 May 1712 in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island

Wife of Joseph Matteson — married 8 May 1727 in East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island

Descendants

Died 1807 at about age 94 in East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States

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Biography

Caution Probably based upon the La Mance work, there are a significant number of (unsourced) family trees claiming that Martha is descended from 'older' English aristocratic/royal families. This is simply not the case by standards of sound, verifiable proof. Genealogical proof of descent requires a higher standard than a like-named association or a requoting of published stories which, on the surface are appealing, but when more closely examined do not present evidence of birth descent.

BIRTH, PARENTS and SIBLINGS
Martha Greene, daughter of John and Elizabeth, was born 19 May 1714, Warwick, Kent / Bristol county, Rhode Island, ^[1] Recorded with her birth are also those of her siblings at Warwick:

• Sarah, b.1 Aug 1704 ^[1]
• Elizabeth, b. 25 Dec 1705 ^[1]
• Mary, b. 8 Apr 1709 ^[1]
• Daniel, b. 5 Nov 1710 ^[1]

MARRIAGE and CHILDREN
Martha Greene, daughter of John, married Joseph Matteson, son of Thomas, on 8 May 1727 at East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island.^[2]

According to the [primary sourced researched] 1938 publication "Mattesons in America" by H. Porter Matteson, their children were:^[3]

• Obediah Matteson b. 13 Apr 1728 ; Not mentioned in his father's Will, presumed to have died before May 1757.
• Jonathan Matteson b. 1730
• William Matteson b. 2 Feb 1732
• Alice (Matteson) Whitford b. June 1734
• Elizabeth (Matteson) Spencer b. Nov. 1735
• Thomas Matteson b. 2 May 1737
• John Matteson b. 2 May 1737
• Ezekiel Matteson
• Lois (Matteson) Tarbox
• Eunice Matteson cripled, presumed to have not married or had children.

DEATH
Martha (Greene) Matteson passed away 08 May 1807, East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island. She was buried in the Matteson burying ground in East Greenwich.

Joseph Matteson's Will, proved 5 May 1757, states the following ^[3]
To wife Martha, profits of homestead while widow, she taking care of my lame daughter Eunice Matteson till 18 years of age. To wife, a third of household stuff and at her death to 4 daughters, Alice, Elizabeth, Lois and Eunice. To youngest son Ezekiel all of North side of Mill River buildings and orchard at death of my wife and lame daughter. To son Jonathan, land. To son John, remaining part of farm and farming tackle. To son William, my riding horse. To son Thomas gone to the Army and if he dies his part to go to sons William and Ezekiel, [and to daughters] Alice, Elizabeth and Lois. To last three named daughters the rest of the estate.

Inventory L661.10. (six-hundred sixty-one pounds, ten shillings) Horse, woolen wheel, 2 linen wheels, calf, pair of oxen, loom, hog, etc.

RESEARCH NOTES
Origins This profile had been attached to parents Greene-739 John Greene and his wife Allen-3503 Mary (Allen) Greene who are in the Rhode Island vital records as being Quakers and whose children were all born in Potowomut and Newport. The Rhode Island vital records do not record the birth of a Martha Greene to John & Mary (Allen) Greene so Martha was detached. Instead, Martha's birth record reads she is the daughter of John Greene and Elizabeth (Holmes) Greene

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Arnold, James Newell. "Rhode Island Vital Extracts, 1636–1850". Vol.06 (Bristol County Births, Marriages & Deaths) :p. 21; Reprinted ($ online db) image reader p. 80. Providence, Rhode Island, USA: Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, 1891–1912. Digitized images from NEHGR, Boston, Massachusetts via Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Accessed 14 Feb 2024 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image
2. ↑ "Rhode Island, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1630-1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6S5L-1K?cc=2146229 : 9 November 2016), > image 1 of 1; various city archives, Rhode Island.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Matteson, H. Porter, "Mattesons in America", Columbus, Ohio, 1938. Reprinted ($ online db) Provo, UT., USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Accessed 14 Feb 2024.

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• Greene-2846 was created by Amy Wilson through the import of 2014_MASTER.ged on Sep 24, 2014.
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