Matthew married Naomi Frances Burgess and they had four children.
Sources
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8Q2-1XD : 23 December 2020), Peterson Mayse in household of M P Mayse, Sumter, Sumter, South Carolina, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101601301/matthew-peterson-mayes: accessed 28 February 2023), memorial page for Matthew Peterson Mayes (19 May 1845–8 Jan 1893), Find a Grave Memorial ID 101601301, citing Mayesville Black River Cemetery, Mayesville, Sumter County, South Carolina, USA; Maintained by Remember me (contributor 47418257).
WikiTree profile Mayes-154 created through the import of Gedcom ONE for WikiTree.ged on Aug 7, 2011 by Dolores M. Pringle Pringle. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Dolores M. Pringle and others.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Matthew by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or 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 Matthew: