MATTHIAS Martin (no sources are yet available for this "Martin" addition) Burkett was born about 1785, probably in Virginia, USA as the child of Frederick Burkett. His mother was probably Dorothy, but could have been Rachel Atterschall, since his date of birth is unclear. He died in 1870. He married SUSANNA McNeese, daughter of SAMUEL McNeese, on 16 Jan 1805.
MATTHIAS Martin Burkett and SUSANNA McNeese had the following children:
Sarah Sally Burkett was born on 01 Jan 1807 in Oatsharvest, Tennessee, USA. She died on 26 May 1881 in Chester, Crawford, Arkansas, USA. She married Benjamin Franklin Shipley in 1826 in Dallas, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA.
GEORGE WASHINGTON Burkett was born on about 1811 in Tennessee, USA. He married MARY ANN Henderson about 1830 in Tennessee, USA. He married Margrett Hatfield on 08 Nov 1879.
Jackson Jack Burkett was born in 1807 in Tennessee, USA. He died in 1850 in Hilburn, Madison, Arkansas, USA.
Polly Burkett was born in 1816 in Lebanon, Wilson, Tennessee, USA.
William Burkett was born in 1808 in Maury, Tennessee, USA. He died in 1896 in Gravel Hill, White, Arkansas, USA. He married Rachel Ann Hughes in 1829 in Tennessee, USA.
Jonas Burkett was born on 29 Nov 1813 in Tennessee, USA. He died in 1905 in Sevier, Arkansas, USA. He married Fanny Dobbs in 1833 in Tennessee, USA. He married Sarah C Pearson in 1859 in Pike City, Pike, Arkansas, USA.
Andrew Jackson Burkett was born about 1825 in Tennessee, USA. He died on 02 Sep 1920 in Phillips County, Arkansas, USA.
Matthias Burkett was an early Tenneessee Land Owner [1]
Source: S245829172 Dodd, Jordan, Tennessee Marriages to 1825 (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.Original data - Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Tennessee.Original data: Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individ), Ancestry.com, Marriage date: 16 Jan 1805; Marriage place: Tennessee. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=eamtn&h=7101&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt.
Source: S245829173 Direct Data Capture, comp., War of 1812 Service Records (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.Original data - National Archives and Records Administration. Index to the Compiled Military Service Records for the Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the War of 1812. Washington, D.), Ancestry.com, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1812muster&h=236053&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt.
Source: S245829174 Ancestry.com, Tennessee, Early Land Registers, 1778-1927 (Lehi, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016), Ancestry.com, Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Series Number: 02; Series Title: Entries.
Is Matthias your ancestor? Please don't go away! Login to collaborate or comment, or contact
the profile manager, or ask our community of genealogists a question.
Sponsored Search by Ancestry.com
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Matthias by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree: