James Mattingly (1734 - aft. 1787)

Born 30 Sep 1734 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Emma (Corning) Mattingly — married 12 Feb 1760 in Beverly, Essex, Mass.

Descendants

Died after 1787 after age 52 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

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Biography

James Mattingly was born in 1743, to unknown parents.

On February 12, 1760, he married Emma Corning, the daughter of David Corning and Priscilla Thistle of Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts^{[1] [2]}. They emigrated to Yarmouth in 1765, a year after three of her siblings: Jonathan, Ebenezer and Susannah (Corning) Ellenwood^[3]

Their children included:

1. Priscilla, born October 20, 1760^[4], who married Hezediah Porter Jr, and who died June 1846^[2]
2. Emma, born November 16, 1762^[5], who married Lemuel Crosby, and who died October 1, 1822^[2]
3. Margaret, born July 29, 1765, who died young^[2]
4. Abigail, born May 6, 1767, who died young^[2]
5. John Baptiste, born June 24, 1769, who died young^[2]
6. James, born August 6, 1770, who died young^[2]
7. John, born Feb 13, 1772, who died young^[2]
8. Samuel, born October 6, 1774, who married Susanna (Unknown) of Beverly, Mass^[2]
9. Nancy, born Feb 24, 1776^[2]
10. Mary, born 1777, who married Levi Scovil, son of John Scovil, and who died April 10, 1860^[2]
11. Margaret, born Feb 23, 1778, who married Eliakim Killam son of John^[2]
12. Abigal, born September 13, 1781, who married Mark Killam, son of John, and who died August 13, 1855^[2]

Emma Corning Mattingly died before 1786. On March 14, 1786, James remarried Mary Haskell, widow of William Haskell. The genealogy names her Mary (Pitman) Haskell, but she was not a widow at this time. It may have been Mary (Patten) Haskell, instead.

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH56-YQC : 13 July 2016), James Mattenley and Emma Corning, 12 Feb 1760; citing Marriage, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 760,604.
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12} Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Genealogies : Transcribed from the Yarmouth Herald, by George S. Brown; prepared for publication by Martha & William Reamy, assisted by John McDonald Hilton ... et al.; published in Baltimore : Genealogical Pub. Co., c1993. ISBN: 0806313722; page 218
3. ↑ A Sequel to Campbell's History by Brown, George Stayley; Publisher Boston, Rand, 1888; Collection robarts; toronto; Digitizing sponsor MSN; Contributor Robarts - University of Toronto; Call number AEL-4393; Copyright-evidence Evidence reported by lajolla for item yarmouthnovascot00browuoft on February 6, 2007: visible notice of copyright; stated date is 1888.; Possible copyright status NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT, see pages 160 and 171
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-PNW8 : 13 July 2016), Emma Corning Mattenley in entry for Priscilla Mattenley, 20 Oct 1760; citing Birth, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 760,604.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-PN48 : 13 July 2016), Emma Corning Mattenley in entry for Emma Mattenley, 1762.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to David Townsend for creating WikiTree profile Mattingly-149 through the import of cornell_flakey.ged on Jun 28, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by David and others.