Individual Details

Susannah Mathewes

(10 Oct 1758 - 26 Oct 1846)

Daughter of William and Edith Stanyarne Mathews. She was a fierce patriot of the American cause during the Revolution. It is said that while she attended a dinner in Charleston as a guest of the British. A young lady gave a toast "to the blood that flowed at Guilford." Mrs. Hall responded, "Thank god the blood of the British washing away that of the Americans." Another story goes that while traveling to John's Island with a boatload of supplies for the troops, she passed herself off as a dying woman visiting her mother. As tradition goes, A British officer on the dock demanded the key to her trunk. When she inquired why, he replied that he wished "to inspect for treason, madam." The spirited Mrs. Hall replied, "Then you may be saved the trouble of search, for you may find enough of it at my tongue's end.

From Remembering Old Charleston: A Peek Behing Parlor Dors by Margaret M. R. Eastman. 

Events

Birth10 Oct 1758Johns Island, Charleston, South Carolina, British America
Marriage27 Feb 1775St Philips Church, Charles Town, South Carolina, British America - Daniel Hall
Census (family)1790Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States - Daniel Hall
Death26 Oct 1846Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Families

SpouseDaniel Hall (1747 - 1811)
ChildEliza Maria Hall (1776 - 1846)
ChildSusan Mathews Hall (1777 - )
ChildAnna Hall (1778 - 1848)
FatherWilliam Mathewes (1715 - 1768)
MotherEdith Stanyarne (1729 - 1795)
SiblingWilliam Mathewes Esq (1752 - )
SiblingAnne Mathewes (1755 - )
SiblingElizabeth Mathewes (1758 - )
SiblingAnthony Mathewes (1760 - )
SiblingThomas Mathewes (1763 - 1815)
SiblingMary Mathewes (1771 - 1813)
SiblingMartha / Mary Mathewes ( - )

Notes

Marriage

Marriages. Mr. Daniel Hall, Merchant, to Miss Susanna Matthews, Daughter of the late William Matthews, Esq. (Salley 22).

Matthewes, Susannah
Hall, Daniel
27 Feb 1775

Census (family)

1790 Census, SC, Chas Dist, St. Philip & St. Michael:
Daniel Hall: 1 male over 16, 4 females.

Endnotes

1. Jean Ann Lemon, "Descendants of Anthony Mathewes," complied records from (San Carlos, CA) to Nancy Prouty, 4/20/2006.

2. Jean Ann Lemon, "Descendants of Anthony Mathewes," complied records from (San Carlos, CA) to Nancy Prouty, 4/20/2006.

3. , "Marriages Records 1675-1858," South Carolina magazine of ancestral research Vol 5, #3 ():.

4. Salley, A. S., Jr., compiled and edited, Marriage notices in the South-Carolina and American General Gazette from May 30, 1766, to February 28, 1781 and its successor The Royal Gazette (1781-1782) (Columbia, S. C.: The State Company for The Historical Commission of South Carolina, 1914), 22; digital images, DMK Heritage (http://www.dmkheritage.com/store/ : accessed 14 September 2009.