Individual Details

The parentage of Mathew is questionable. He appears to have been raised by Fanny Thompson Huff, but whether or not he was actually a son of John Huff, who deserted his first family is more than questionable. It is said that his parents separated about 1802 - although John Huff was still living alone in 1810. Some think he might even have been a grandchild of Frances, the child of her eldest daughter, Sarah. Y-DNA tests of any male Huff, descended from John, to include Mathew, might provide a partial answer to this problem. One descendant of Mathew has been tested but his lineage not examined - he doesn't match the descendants of Derrick Hoff of New Jersey.

Joshua G. Mabry was bondsman for the marriage of Mathew Huff to Theodota Day, 1 Feb 1827. John Cock was a witness - likely a relative of Theodota's mother.

1830 Census: Montgomery Co VA
Mathew Huff, 1m age 20-30. 1f under 5, 1f 5-10, 1f 15-20

1833. Mathew Hoff bought 100 acres from Moses Brown, on Burk's Fork, Grayson Co.

1840 Census: It seems that Frances is living with Mathew, Grayson Co VA:
Mathew Huff: 1m under 5, 1m 5-10, 1m 30-40. 1f under 5, 1f 10-15, 1f 30-40, 1f age 60-70

Carroll Co was formed from Grayson, 1842, and Mathew appears a couple of times in Will Book 1, Carroll Co VA
June Term of Court
1 Jun 1844, Joshua G. Mabry was administrator of the estate of Elisha Pratt - Joseph J. Mabry, Mathew B. Huff, & Wm. H. C. Bolton appraised the estate.
Mathew was also one of the appraisers of the property of Burwell Spence, along with the same gentlemen. John Cock was executor of Spence's estate.

1850 Census. Carroll Co VA, HH 317
Mathew Huff, age 41, farmer
Theodate, age 41
Nathaniel 15. Richard 12. Polly 10. Costola 8. Fielden 6. Peyton 3. Louisa, 3 months

Said to have joined a wagon train from Virginia to Texas about 1857.

1860 Census. Farmersville P.O., Collin Co, TX,
Hh 1183
Nathaniel Huff 26. Judith 26. Richard 4, Thursey 1 [b. TX]
Churchwell Olderman, age 24, labor
Hh 1184
Mathew Huff, age 50
Theodata, age 50
Cosley 19. Feland 15. Porter 13. Luella 11. David age 8. [all b. VA]

1868. Collin Co, TX. A Joseph Day sold land that had the graves of M. B. Huff and a Mrs. Wright. Could Mrs. Wright be the remarried wife of Mathew? Joseph Day was a brother to Theodota Day Huff.

Note: FamilySearch appears to have no marriage records from Collin Co prior to 1894 or so. I did find a database on WorldConnect with marriages and additional information about the children of Matthew, several of whom moved to Oklahoma and are buried there with the name "Hoff".

Children are believed to be:
...Susan, born Apr 1828, married 13 Aug 1846, Surry Co NC to John Weeks; lived Washington Co AR 1870-1900; died Greer Co IK, 17 Aug 1918
[Quite possibly other children were born between Susan and Nathaniel]
...Nathaniel, b. 1835, married Judith Alderman, 26 Apr 1855, Carroll Co VA, died 1863, Hunt Co, TX
...Richard, b. 1838, married Nancy Dawson, 5 Dec 1860, Collin Co, TX. Buried Fairview Cemetery, Gainesville, Cooke Co TX as "Richard Hoff". Stone is not pictured. Died 21 Jul 1916, Arlington, Tarrant Co, TX. A Nancy Hoff's death certificate is in the Texas Death index at FamilySearch; a widow, born 18 Jul 1841 in Indiana, died 8 Feb 1827, Arlington. She died at the Masonic Home and little additional information was known.
...Mary "Polly", b. 1840, married William B. Wilson, 7 Dec 1858, Collin Co, TX, died 1898, Woods Co, Oklahoma Territory
...Cosley, b. 1842, married Tempie Stanford, 2 Aug 1866, Collin Co TX, died 1926, Greer Co, OK; buried Spring creek Baptist Cemetery, Beckham Co, OK as Cosley Hoff.
...Fielden, b. 1844, married (1) Mary Elizabeth Gowan, 2 Apr 1866, Cooke Co, TX, (2) Sarah Elizabeth Rachel Crow, 3 Aug 1878, Cooke Co TX, d. 17 Aug 1926, Gainesville, Cooke Co, TX. buried as "F. Hoff", Fairview Cemetery, Gainesville.
...Payton, b. 1847, married Malinda K. Bounds, 17 Dec 1868, Collins Co TX; died 11 Apr 1929, Greer OK, buried Spring Creek Baptist Cemetery, Beckham Co, OK as "Paten Hoff".
...Louisa or Louella, b. about 1850
...David, b. 1852

Birth	1809	Patrick County, Virginia
Marriage	1 Feb 1827	Grayson County, Virginia - Theodota Day
Death	1861	Farmersville, Collin County, Texas

Spouse	Theodota Day (1809 - 1868)
Child	Susan Huff (1827 - )
Child	Nathaniel Huff (1834 - 1865)
Child	Richard Huff (1838 - 1916)
Child	Mary Huff (1840 - 1899)
Child	Daniel Cosley Huff (1842 - 1926)
Child	Feland/Fields Huff (1844 - 1926)
Child	Payton Hoff (1847 - 1929)
Child	Louisa Huff (1850 - )
Child	David Huff (1852 - )

Mother

Sarah Huff (1794 - )