Jasper
Newton
(Jay)
Matheny
Born in Schuyler, Illinois, United States
Ancestors 
Brother of
Adam P J Matheny, Elizabeth (Matheny) Hewitt, Rachel Matheny, Isaiah Cooper Matheny, Daniel Boone Matheny, Mary Elizabeth (Matheny) Garrison and Charlotte (Matheny) Kirkwood
Husband of
Mary Bell (Ring) Matheny
— married
26 Dec 1852 in Polk County, Oregon Territory
Husband of
Elizabeth (Lee) Matheny
— married
1879 in Oneida County, Idaho
Descendants 
Father of
Lorenzo Dow Matheny, Henry Leuder Matheny, Albert Lee Matheny, Laura Belle Matheny, Ida Rose (Matheny) Cornwell, Mary Ella Matheny, Minnie Maude (Matheny) Lee, Gertrude Alice (Matheny) Sattler, Sarah Agnes (Matheny) Dyer, Guido Fawkes Matheny and Jasper Claud Matheny
Died about
at about age 58
in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 26 Jan 2016
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Jay Matheny was involved in the westward expansion of the USA. See Westward Ho!.
Jay Matheny was a pioneer settler in Oregon.
Biography
Jasper Newton "Jay" Matheny was born in Schuyler, Illinois, 4 August 1834, the son of Daniel Matheny and Mary Cooper.[1]
He emigrated with his family to Oregon in 1843.[2]
The day after Christmas 1852, he married Mary Bell Ring.[3][4][5][6]
A year after their arrival in Oregon, they settled at Wheatland, where Jasper ran the ferry for 30 years. Afterward, he moved to Washington, where with a partner, he founded the city of Spokane.[7]
Mary having died, Jasper married Elizabeth Lee in Idaho, in 1879. They moved to Mexico and founded a plantation there.
Jasper died just after arriving in San Francisco, returning from Mexico. His grave was later relocated, and is unmarked.[8]
DNA
Parental descent from Daniel Matheny (1793-1878) and Mary Cooper (1800-1859) is confirmed at 23andMe by a triangulated 33cM match on chromosome X between
- B K, granddaughter of James Andrew Hewitt (1851-1925)
- Ernest Demaray, grandson of Eleeta Margaret Coats (1915-2012)
- Roger Shipman
Maternal descent from Isaiah Cooper (1778-abt.1849) and Elizabeth Montier (1779-abt.1844) is confirmed at 23andMe by a triangulated 22.2cM match on chromosome 12 between
- George Kirkwood, the son of Ersell Kirkwood
- B F, grandson of Newton Matheny (1903-1953)
- Roger Shipman
Sources
- ↑ The Cooper Family History, Don Rivara, 1994, pp. 20-23. Available at the Hewitt Matheny Family Association Books for Sale.
- ↑ Into the Eye of the Setting Sun
- ↑ United States Census, 1860, database with images, FamilySearch : 24 March 2017), Oregon > Marion > South Salem Precinct > image 2 of 23; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, (Fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- ↑ United States Census, 1870, database with images, FamilySearch : 22 May 2014), Oregon > Marion > East Salem > image 2 of 31; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- ↑ United States Census, 1880, database with images, FamilySearch : 24 December 2015), California > Mono > Lundy > ED 50 > image 1 of 2; citing NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- ↑ California Great Registers, 1866-1910, database, FamilySearch : 4 August 2017), Jasper N Matheny, 07 Sep 1880; citing Voter Registration, Bridgeport, Mono, California, United States, county clerk offices, California; FHL microfilm 976,939.
- ↑ Jasper Matheny--Frontier Sheriff, Businessman, Mexican Planter, and a Founder of Spokane, Don Rivara, 2004.
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #66414798 contains photo and brief bio.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jay 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 Jay:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jay 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 Jay:
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~3.12%
~12.50%
Roger Shipman 
:
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch KM9889797 [compare], Ancestry member roger_c_shipman, FTDNA kit #B756446
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B756446
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~1.56%
John Carlisle :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Jcarlisle37
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~1.56%
Alan Solberg :
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Clara (Queen) Owen :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Claralou302
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