Individual Details
Anthony Mathewes Jr.
(1697 - 23 Aug 1756)
Anthony Mathewes, Jr, Assemblyman
given house on Bay & plantation John's Island
(From Biographical Directory of the South Carolina House of Representatives, Volume II- The Commons House of Assembly 1692-1775)
MATHEWES,ANTHONY JR. the son of the immigrant merchant Anthony Mathewes and his wife Lois, was born in South Carolina in 1697. He was able to appropriate for himself 5,615 acres of land in royal grants in Colleton and Granville counties. One of the owners of the Friendly Society, the first fire insurance company, Mathewes was active in politics in South Carolina. St. Bartholomew Parish first elected him to the Eleventh Royal Assembly(1736-1739) and re-elected him in a special election to the Twelfth Royal Assembly (1730-1742), an assembly for which he qualified 29 January, 1740. He represented St Johns Colleton Parish in the Fifteenth (1746-1747) and the Sixteenth(1747) Royal Assemblies. On May 5, 1749, he qualified for the Nineteenth Royal Assembly(1749-1751) for that same parish. Elected again by St. Johns Colleton to the Twentieth Royal Assembly (1751-1754), he declined to serve. Other offices held by him included militia captain (1725), tax inquirer for Charleston(1725); commissioner for regulating street boundaries (1734), commissioner for building a bridge over the Pon Pon River (1734)
, commissioner for cleaning Newtown Cut (1738), and Commissioner of Streets for St. Philips Parish (1725-1753). Like his father, Anthony Mathewes was a member of the Independent (Congregational) Church in Charleston. He was one of the early members of the Charleston Library Society (1750).
PROPERTY
December 6, 1733 -"The plantation later known as White Hall was originally a 7,107 acre grant to Captain Anthony Mathewes on December 6, 1733 (Royal Grants 187) Mathewes (1696-1756) was born in South Carolina to immigrant merchant Anthony Mathewes and his wife Lois. He accumulated 5,615 acres of land in royal grants in Colleton and Granville Counties and represented St, Bartholomew Parish in the Royal Assembly from 1736-1742.
He was a militia captain, a member of the Charleston Library Society (1750) and one of the owners of the Friendly Society - the first fire insurance company in Charleston (Bio. Directory of the S.C. House of Representatives). Records of transfer by deed have not survived, but plats can supply fragmentary information. A plat executed in 1800 shows "Lands belonging to William Price, Esq. in the position later known as White Hall".(Susan Linder)" Atlas of Plantations of the Ace River Basin".
September 18,19, 1763-East half of lot 178 to Samuel Carne fronting on Broad and Tradd-commonly called the Orange Garden for several years.
"Samuel Carne, formerly a physician in Charleston, now a merchant in London..2 adjoining lots #229 and #178 in Charleston fronting on Broad and Tradd lot #229 bound east on William Mathewes and whereas by lease and release dated 19 September, 1763, Anthony Mathewes, Gentleman on Johns Island, St. John Parish of Colleton County sold Sam Carne the East half of lot #178 and whereas Carne has been in possession of the said premises, commonly called the Orange Garden for several years"(Deed Book 1-3 October, 1767-January 1768, pg 1-7 and 8 October 1767)
Was appointed a justice of the peace for 1737 by the new commission March 26, 1737. (SCHM)
On March 13, 1721, Mathewes married Anne Bradford. At least two children were born to this marriage, Anthony and Hugh. Anthony Mathewes died of an apoplectic fit on 23 August, 1756 and was buried in the graveyard of the Independent Church. Follows a list of Assemblies he was a member of and bibliography of sources.
given house on Bay & plantation John's Island
(From Biographical Directory of the South Carolina House of Representatives, Volume II- The Commons House of Assembly 1692-1775)
MATHEWES,ANTHONY JR. the son of the immigrant merchant Anthony Mathewes and his wife Lois, was born in South Carolina in 1697. He was able to appropriate for himself 5,615 acres of land in royal grants in Colleton and Granville counties. One of the owners of the Friendly Society, the first fire insurance company, Mathewes was active in politics in South Carolina. St. Bartholomew Parish first elected him to the Eleventh Royal Assembly(1736-1739) and re-elected him in a special election to the Twelfth Royal Assembly (1730-1742), an assembly for which he qualified 29 January, 1740. He represented St Johns Colleton Parish in the Fifteenth (1746-1747) and the Sixteenth(1747) Royal Assemblies. On May 5, 1749, he qualified for the Nineteenth Royal Assembly(1749-1751) for that same parish. Elected again by St. Johns Colleton to the Twentieth Royal Assembly (1751-1754), he declined to serve. Other offices held by him included militia captain (1725), tax inquirer for Charleston(1725); commissioner for regulating street boundaries (1734), commissioner for building a bridge over the Pon Pon River (1734)
, commissioner for cleaning Newtown Cut (1738), and Commissioner of Streets for St. Philips Parish (1725-1753). Like his father, Anthony Mathewes was a member of the Independent (Congregational) Church in Charleston. He was one of the early members of the Charleston Library Society (1750).
PROPERTY
December 6, 1733 -"The plantation later known as White Hall was originally a 7,107 acre grant to Captain Anthony Mathewes on December 6, 1733 (Royal Grants 187) Mathewes (1696-1756) was born in South Carolina to immigrant merchant Anthony Mathewes and his wife Lois. He accumulated 5,615 acres of land in royal grants in Colleton and Granville Counties and represented St, Bartholomew Parish in the Royal Assembly from 1736-1742.
He was a militia captain, a member of the Charleston Library Society (1750) and one of the owners of the Friendly Society - the first fire insurance company in Charleston (Bio. Directory of the S.C. House of Representatives). Records of transfer by deed have not survived, but plats can supply fragmentary information. A plat executed in 1800 shows "Lands belonging to William Price, Esq. in the position later known as White Hall".(Susan Linder)" Atlas of Plantations of the Ace River Basin".
September 18,19, 1763-East half of lot 178 to Samuel Carne fronting on Broad and Tradd-commonly called the Orange Garden for several years.
"Samuel Carne, formerly a physician in Charleston, now a merchant in London..2 adjoining lots #229 and #178 in Charleston fronting on Broad and Tradd lot #229 bound east on William Mathewes and whereas by lease and release dated 19 September, 1763, Anthony Mathewes, Gentleman on Johns Island, St. John Parish of Colleton County sold Sam Carne the East half of lot #178 and whereas Carne has been in possession of the said premises, commonly called the Orange Garden for several years"(Deed Book 1-3 October, 1767-January 1768, pg 1-7 and 8 October 1767)
Was appointed a justice of the peace for 1737 by the new commission March 26, 1737. (SCHM)
On March 13, 1721, Mathewes married Anne Bradford. At least two children were born to this marriage, Anthony and Hugh. Anthony Mathewes died of an apoplectic fit on 23 August, 1756 and was buried in the graveyard of the Independent Church. Follows a list of Assemblies he was a member of and bibliography of sources.
Events
| Birth | 1697 | Berkeley, South Carolina, United States |  | ||
| Marriage | 13 Mar 1720/21 | South Carolina, British America - Anne Brandford |  | | |
| Death | 23 Aug 1756 | Charles Town, South Carolina, British America | | | |
| Burial | Circular Congregational Church Burying Ground, Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Anne Brandford ( - 1764) |
| Child | Anthony Mathewes III (1723 - 1768) |
| Child | Hugh Mathewes (1732 - 1733) |
| Child | Ann Mathewes (1741 - ) |
| Father | Captain Anthony Mathewes (1661 - 1735) |
| Mother | Lois (1679 - 1752) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Mathewes (1698 - 1720) |
| Sibling | James Mathewes (1700 - 1745) |
| 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
Marriage
He married ANNE BRANFORD March 13, 1720/21 in St. Philip's Church, Charleston, So. CarolinaDeath
On Monday last died, of an apoplectic Fit, (as much regretted as he lived respected), Anthony Matthewes, Esq., a native of this Province, aged 59 years. (Thursday, August 26, 1756.) (Salley 27).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. , "Marriages Records 1675-1858," South Carolina magazine of ancestral research Vol 5, #3 ():.
4. Trice, Fletcher, Rootsweb World Connect genealogy tree of Mathews from South Carolina. (
5. Jean Ann Lemon, "Descendants of Anthony Mathewes," complied records from
6. 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.
7. Jean Ann Lemon, "Descendants of Anthony Mathewes," complied records from