Born in Pennsylvania
Ancestors 
Son of Johannes Adam Matter
and Salome (Stahlschmidt) Matter
Brother of
Johannes Adam Matter [half], John Michael Matter [half], Anna Catharina (Matter) Paul [half], Anna Barbara (Matter) Diederich [half], Johannes Jacob Matter [half] and John George Matter [half]
Husband of
Margareta (Roth) Madder
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at age 75
in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 29 May 2011
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Biography
Johannes Adam Matter was born on 04 Apr 1774, in either Dauphin Country or in New Holland, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He was baptized at Salem Evangelical Church, Killinger, Upper Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, on 10 Apr 1774. "Johannes" was his Taufname (assigned at baptism), but he went by his middle name Adam as was the custom among German-speaking men of that period.
The 1840 United States Census shows him living in Warwick Township, Lancaster County; that area was, by 1850, part of Penn Township. He owned a very small farm with a single-story log house and a ground barn, according to probate papers.
He appears to have been buried in the Gibbel/Gibble Farm Cemetery, with many of his relatives by blood and marriage, near White Oak, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Sources
- "Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2NN-CY2 : 27 January 2020), Joh. Adam Matter in entry for Johann Adam Matter, 1796.
- 1840 U.S. Census - Warwick Twp., Lancaster Co., PA; Roll# 467; p344; FHL# 0020547 - digital image viewed on Ancestry.com.
- Glassley, Jeni - fragmentary photo of probate record for Adam Matter, from Orphan's Court of Lancaster Co., PA, Miscellaneous Books Volume 1848-1850, p532; dated 1850; with transcription of full document - shared via Ms. Glassley's Ancestry.com profile for Johann Adam Matter (04 Apr 1774-21 Sep 1849).
- Matter, Margaret - death record from PA State Archives (Reel# 671), viewed on Ancestry.com.
Acknowledgments
- "Johann Adam Matter", Kepford Family Tree on Ancestry.com.
- Merrill, Gary. Posting to BRETHREN-L, subject: SCHUH, MATTER, Gibbel's Church \u2013 29 Dec 2005.
- Cramer, Roger - e-mail and report ("Descendants of Hans Matter") to George G. Stradtman, Jr. - 6 Sep 2014.
- Merrill, Gary - "Johann Adam Matter" FindAGrave Memorial# 183979012.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Adam by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Adam:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Adam by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Adam:
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~0.78%
Dottie Matter
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member beagledt
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~0.39%
Kevin Whisler :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A973944 [compare], Ancestry member whatsuppa
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~0.39%
Betty (Londeen) Hanson :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T605880 [compare], FTDNA kit #MK33320
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