James Matheny (abt. 1725 - 1799)

Born about 1725 in Hope Plantation, Stafford County, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Gaines) Mathenia — married 12 Dec 1751 in Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Virginia

Husband of Diana (Beasley) Mathenia — married 1771 in Virginia

Descendants

Died 1799 at about age 74 in Harrison, Indiana, United States

Biography

Birth date needs verification--the profile merged with this one (Mathney-1) had 1725.

Note

Note: {geni:about_me} Marriage 1 Elizabeth GAINS (GUIN) b: ABT 1729 in Stafford,Va

Married: ABT 1755 in Overwharton Parish,Stafford,VA

Children

MARY MATHENY b: 16 JAN 1753 in STAFFORD CO.,VA.

JOHN MATHENY b: 20 DEC 1754 in OVERWHARTON PARISH, STAFFORD CO.,VA.

RICHARD MATHENY b: 1758 in FREDERICK CO.,VA

JESSE MATHENY b: 1761 in VA.

FREDRICK MATHENY b: 1763 in VA.

ELIAS MATHENY b: 1766 in Frederick or Berkeley,co.,VA.

Luke MATHENY b: 1754 in Overwharton,Stafford,Va c: 1754 in Stafford,Va

Daniel MATHENY b: KID 8

Marriage 2 Diana BEASLEY

Married: 1771 in Loudoun Co.,VA

Children

Sarah MATHENY b: 27 FEB 1772 in NEAR CORYDON,HARRISON CO.,IN.

Elijah MATHENY b: 25 NOV 1773/1776 in Kingston TN(LOUDOUN CO.,VA.

Richard MATHENY b: 23 DEC 1775 in LOUDOUN CO.,VA.

Michael MATHENY b: 1780 in LOUDOUN CO.,VA.

Charles REYNOLDS MATHENY b: 6 MAR 1786 in LOUDOUN CO.,VA.

Samuel N. MATHENY b: 1788 in LOUDOUN CO.,VA.

WILLIAM H LOUIS Matheny b: 1789 in LOUDOUN CO.,VA.

Noah MATHENY b: 1790 in LOUDOUN CO.,VA.

RACHEL MATHENY b: ABT 1792 in LOUDOUN CO.,VA.

Source: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bryon1m&id=I36395

"3 Years after the Birth of Charles Reynolds Mathney, his father James, his wife & 2 other Sons Journeyed to Kentucky... Settling around Harrodsburg, KY" PG 4 Charles Reynolds Matheny, 1786-1839 : an Illinois pioneer

• Note All the Children born 3 years after Charles was Born in Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky

This man has usually been merged into another James, and given two wives and two families. The other James was older, and believed to have been born in Stafford Co VA, a grandson of William Wentworth Mathena. He is said to have married a woman named Mary LeMayne.

The sketchy records and family traditions of the James of this profile indicate he spent his life in close proximity to other members of the William Mathena family of Joppatown, Loudon Co VA, Kentucky and Indiana. This presents an alternate, and tidier, theory on who this James really was.

I suggest that James was one of the younger sons of William and Elizabeth Banberry Matheny . Family tradition says James married Diane Beaseley in Loudon Co VA. and in the late 1780s made his way up the Shenandoah Valley, as his proposed older brother Daniel was doing, and through the Cumberland Gap into Kentucky., settling at first around Harrodsburg. He is found in Hardin Co KY at the time that his proposed nephews, Michael and Isaiah Matheny, were living there in the first decade of the 19th c. His son Samuel married there to a Frakes, in the same time period that Michael and Joshua Matheny married McKee sisters, whose brothers also intermarried with Frakes.

By 1810 James had moved across the Ohio River to Indiana Territory, settling in Harrison County, where he died a few years later. His signature and that of sons william and Samuel on an anti-slavery petition suggest that might have been an issue with him.

James died intestate, but distributions from his estate were made to the following children: Sarah Jane, died in Indiana; Elijah, died in TN; Richard, died in KY; William, died in IN; Michael, died in KY; Charles R., died in IL; Samuel N. died in Iowa; Noah, died IL; and Rachel, died unknown.

The widow was named Rebekah.

• Fact: Also Known As James Matheny Sr
• Fact: Burial United States

Sources

• WikiTree profile Matheny-207 created through the import of Danford MacKay Family(2).ged on Feb 3, 2012 by Graeme MacKay. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Graeme and others.

• Charles Reynolds Matheny, 1786-1839 : an Illinois pioneer / by T. Walter Johnson. c.1941 "This booklet is an amplification of a biographical sketch of ... which appeared in the Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society for December, 1940"--P.2

• History of Sangamon County, Illinois; together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships ... portraits of prominent persons, and biographies of representative citizens. History of Illinois ... About James' Sons Lines

• History of the early settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois. ... Power, John Carroll, 1819-1894. PG 479 James & Diana Beasley Matheny Son, Charles R Matheny BIO

• PG 492 Speaking of families: the Tod(d)s of Caroline County, Virginia, and their kin / Ann Todd Rubey, Florence Isabelle Stacy, Herbert Ridgeway Colins. c.1960 "2 RUBEY sisters Married Richard & younger Brother Michael A Third Younger Matheny Brother Married Charlotte Clemens, An Aunt Of MARK TWAIN"

• Virginia. Overwharton parish register, 1720 to 1760. Old Stafford County, PG 123 "Matheny, James. Married Lizzie Gain, December 12, 1751"
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 08 December 2022, 06:52), entry for James Daniel Matheny I (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LZVM-6MZ ); contributed by various users.

Harrison Co probate file #52, James Matheny, deceased. 1816 Inventory dated and filed 18 April 1820; 24 Nov 1816 bond of William Mathena, Rebekah Methena, Jacob Zenor and Henry Batman filed in behalf of William Methena & Rebekah Methena as executors; 14 Dec 1816 sale of property, Rebekah bought household furniture; ...total property $203.48 (no further mention of Rebekah, probably died) William Matheny summoned to settle estate, etc., last date in file May 1822. (from Farrell Stewart's Matheny Clearinghouse database)