Individual Details
James Mathewes
(Bef 1700 - 17 Jul 1745)
given brick house on Church St. in his father's will
PROPERTY EXCHANGES
MARCH 18, 1729 -Bought from Tweedie Somerville part of two town lots #87 and #88 on Tradd Street, 60 ft. on Tradd, 200 ft. deep-bounded N on lot 89, S on Tradd, W by parts of lots 87 & 88 belonging to Joseph Massey, e by lot belonging to Andrew Allen (Dower Bk - A -53 1726-1733, pg 69)
FEBRUARY 23, 1732 - BOUGHT 120 acres on James Island from John Jordine bounded West on Richard Rivers and Wm Scriven, North on Joseph and Rivers Stanyarne and East on creek and marsh out of Johnson Fort (Dower Book A-68 1740-1753,pg 75)
DECEMBER 11, 1740 - OWNED Lot South of Town, o0t #6(corner of Tradd and East Bay) Dower Book A-53 1726-1733,pg 28.
NOVEMBER 23, 1744 - BOUGHT from Matthew Roche with James Terquet of Johns Island (planter 600 acres Colleton County on Bohicket Creek - Dower Book A - 68 1749 -1763, pg 46.
DECEMBER 14, 1744 - BOUGHT from Matthew Roche Lot #28 on North Side of Broad Street, front 20 ft. depth 100 ft with buildings thereon, now in occupation of George Philip and Alexander Levie where they keep stores, and also that half in occupancy of John Raltray which Timothy Bellamy father to said Anne(Roche) gave to wife Mary during life and then to daughter Anne. Dower Book A-68 1740 -1753, pg 47.
MARCH 27, 1752 - BOUGHT from Nathaniel Payne of Colleton County a plantation of 450 acres in Colleton east on Elias Ball, west on William Dalton, south on Edmond Bellinger, North on other part of (?) tract containing 500 acres now in tenure and occupation of said James Mathewes Bk A - 68 #538.
JUNE 16, 1752 - owned property on Johns Island East of John Holmes sold to Jos. Jones. Dower Book A - 68 1740 - 1753, pg?
PROPERTY EXCHANGES
MARCH 18, 1729 -Bought from Tweedie Somerville part of two town lots #87 and #88 on Tradd Street, 60 ft. on Tradd, 200 ft. deep-bounded N on lot 89, S on Tradd, W by parts of lots 87 & 88 belonging to Joseph Massey, e by lot belonging to Andrew Allen (Dower Bk - A -53 1726-1733, pg 69)
FEBRUARY 23, 1732 - BOUGHT 120 acres on James Island from John Jordine bounded West on Richard Rivers and Wm Scriven, North on Joseph and Rivers Stanyarne and East on creek and marsh out of Johnson Fort (Dower Book A-68 1740-1753,pg 75)
DECEMBER 11, 1740 - OWNED Lot South of Town, o0t #6(corner of Tradd and East Bay) Dower Book A-53 1726-1733,pg 28.
NOVEMBER 23, 1744 - BOUGHT from Matthew Roche with James Terquet of Johns Island (planter 600 acres Colleton County on Bohicket Creek - Dower Book A - 68 1749 -1763, pg 46.
DECEMBER 14, 1744 - BOUGHT from Matthew Roche Lot #28 on North Side of Broad Street, front 20 ft. depth 100 ft with buildings thereon, now in occupation of George Philip and Alexander Levie where they keep stores, and also that half in occupancy of John Raltray which Timothy Bellamy father to said Anne(Roche) gave to wife Mary during life and then to daughter Anne. Dower Book A-68 1740 -1753, pg 47.
MARCH 27, 1752 - BOUGHT from Nathaniel Payne of Colleton County a plantation of 450 acres in Colleton east on Elias Ball, west on William Dalton, south on Edmond Bellinger, North on other part of (?) tract containing 500 acres now in tenure and occupation of said James Mathewes Bk A - 68 #538.
JUNE 16, 1752 - owned property on Johns Island East of John Holmes sold to Jos. Jones. Dower Book A - 68 1740 - 1753, pg?
Events
| Birth | Bef 1700 | Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States |  | ||
| Marriage | Abt 1725 | Elizabeth Wilkins | |||
| Will | 30 Jun 1745 |  | |||
| Death | 17 Jul 1745 | Charles Town, South Carolina, British America | | |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth Wilkins (1705 - 1776) |
| Child | James Mathewes Jr (1725 - 1766) |
| Child | John Mathewes (1726 - ) |
| Child | Mary Mathewes (1727 - 1768) |
| Child | Martha Mathewes (1727 - ) |
| Child | Anthony Mathewes (1734 - 1735) |
| Child | Lois Mathewes (1733 - 1733) |
| Child | Sarah Mathewes (1736 - ) |
| Father | Captain Anthony Mathewes (1661 - 1735) |
| Mother | Lois (1679 - 1752) |
| Sibling | Anthony Mathewes Jr. (1697 - 1756) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Mathewes (1698 - 1720) |
| Sibling | Amy / Anne Mathewes (1700 - 1767) |
| Sibling | Sarah Mathewes (1705 - 1768) |
| Sibling | William Mathewes (1715 - 1768) |
| Sibling | George Mathewes (1717 - 1768) |
| Sibling | John Raven Mathewes I (1720 - 1759) |
| Sibling | Benjamin Mathewes (1723 - 1754) |
Notes
Will
WILL - from Abstracts of SC Wills, Will Book 1740 -1747, p.262.JAMES MATHEWES - Charles Town merchant. Wife Elizabeth, use of brick house for life where Messers McKenzie and Roches now live on Bay in said town, then to 2 sons. Sons: James, under 21 years, west part of my tenement on north side Tradd St. where Moses Audibert now lives, one-half my plantation on Johns' Island, Colleton County, John , under 21 years, east part said tenement where William Wright now lives, other half said plantation. Daus: Mary and Martha under 18 years and unmarried, town lot on north side Tradd St. next to Robert Pringle, land at "Jacksonborough" near Pon Pon purchased of John Farley, deceased, adjoining land of John Jackson. Brothers; Anthony, John, William, and Benjamin Mathewes. Mentions possible unborn child, children to be maintained and educated out of estate until of age; to Thomas Lamboll, Benjamin Savage, Henry Peronneau and John Stone, trustees 220 pounds at interest to be paid yearly to minister or ministers of the Congregation of Christian Dissenters in Charles Town, Mr. Josiah Smith now minister, residue to wife and said children.
Exors: wife, 4 brothers. Wit: Isaac Holmes, Francis Holmes, John Wilkins. Date, June 30, 1745.
CODICIL Mentions:Mr. Thomas Lamboll to be one of my executors. Wit; Samuel Jones, John Scott, John Wilkins. Date July 14, 1745 .Probated December 4, 1745.
Death
Last Wednesday died also, Mr. James Matthewes, worth a very considerable Fortune; a Gentleman much esteem'd in his Life, and whose Death is generally regretted. (Monday, July 22, 1745.) (Salley 20).Endnotes
1. Trice, Fletcher, Rootsweb World Connect genealogy tree of Mathews from South Carolina. (
2. Trice, Fletcher, Rootsweb World Connect genealogy tree of Mathews from South Carolina. (
3. Jean Ann Lemon, "Descendants of Anthony Mathewes," complied records from
4. Alexander Samuel Salley, South Carolina gazette, Charleston, Death Notices in the South-Carolina Gazette, 1731-1775: 1731-1775, Original from Harvard University (Printed for the Historical Commission of South Carolina by the State company, 1917), ; digital images, Google, Google Books (http://books.google.com/books : accessed 2 July 2009.