Individual Details
Anne Holmes
(Abt 1724 - 1795)
uncle Wm. Holmes will, gr pa Henry's will
The following from "Charleston Business on the Eve of the American Revolution" by Leila Sellers, Chapel Hill, u. of N.C. Press, 1934
The initiative in forming a non-importation association at Charleston, in order to bring about a repeal of the parliamentary revenue acts, was taken by small factors or merchants, by mechanics, and by planters, rather than by the great merchants whose economic interest had not seriously conflicted with those of the British merchants.
The General Committee advertised Ann and Benjamin Mathewes [her son] in the "Gazette" of May 31, 1770, 'as violators of the Resolutions and as persons audaciously counteracting the united sentiments of the whole body of people, not only in this, but in all the Northern provinces, and preferring their own little private advantage to the great good of America'. People were cautioned against having any commercial dealings with them and were pronounced obstinate and inveterate enemies to their country and unworthy of the least confidence and esteem.
Mrs. Mathewes' defence was given to the public, not by the South Carolina Gazette, in which she had been advertised as a delinquent, but by the "South Carolina and American Gazette", published by Robert Wells, who had been accused of being lukewarm in his support of the Association and who during the Revolution became a Loyalist.
Mrs. Mathewes stated that the merchandise in dispute had been ordered before the Resolutions had been entered and that Captain Curling had been detained by contrary winds and did not arrive until January 11. Soon after the goods arrived the Committee of Inspection had called on her son to see the original order, which he submitted to them but the Committee had refused to allow the goods to be sold, and insisted that he sign a paper agreeing to store the goods, which he agreed to do without consulting his mother, fearing that he would be advertised. She asked the Committee to reconsider the case and offered to reship the goods if the Committee would indemnify her friend in England through whose endorsement the goods had been obtained. When the goods were becoming damaged, she in the absence of her son, had opened and sold them because she had no other means of supporting herself or paying the friend who had given security for her in London. She charged that Mr. John Edwards, one of the Committee had received two cargoes a short time before hers, which she defied to the Committee to say were ordered before hers, and he had been allowed to sell them. Mr. Rutledge had received a pair of horses from London as late as April 13, which had not been reshipped, because they came in consequence of an old order which he could not countermand. Her case was similar to his, but a great difference was being made in the cases because he was a man of spirit who could not be trifled with, while she was a poor widow living a few doors from a leading member of the Committee and thus might take a little cash now and then from some of his customers. Ann Mathewes' fight, however was in vain. Benjamin Mathewes could not resist the pressure exerted on him. In the South Carolina Gazette of October 4th, he made humble confession and sued for pardon.
[This occurrence also recounted in McCrady's History of South Carolina under the Royal Government, pg 671-679]
The following from "Charleston Business on the Eve of the American Revolution" by Leila Sellers, Chapel Hill, u. of N.C. Press, 1934
The initiative in forming a non-importation association at Charleston, in order to bring about a repeal of the parliamentary revenue acts, was taken by small factors or merchants, by mechanics, and by planters, rather than by the great merchants whose economic interest had not seriously conflicted with those of the British merchants.
The General Committee advertised Ann and Benjamin Mathewes [her son] in the "Gazette" of May 31, 1770, 'as violators of the Resolutions and as persons audaciously counteracting the united sentiments of the whole body of people, not only in this, but in all the Northern provinces, and preferring their own little private advantage to the great good of America'. People were cautioned against having any commercial dealings with them and were pronounced obstinate and inveterate enemies to their country and unworthy of the least confidence and esteem.
Mrs. Mathewes' defence was given to the public, not by the South Carolina Gazette, in which she had been advertised as a delinquent, but by the "South Carolina and American Gazette", published by Robert Wells, who had been accused of being lukewarm in his support of the Association and who during the Revolution became a Loyalist.
Mrs. Mathewes stated that the merchandise in dispute had been ordered before the Resolutions had been entered and that Captain Curling had been detained by contrary winds and did not arrive until January 11. Soon after the goods arrived the Committee of Inspection had called on her son to see the original order, which he submitted to them but the Committee had refused to allow the goods to be sold, and insisted that he sign a paper agreeing to store the goods, which he agreed to do without consulting his mother, fearing that he would be advertised. She asked the Committee to reconsider the case and offered to reship the goods if the Committee would indemnify her friend in England through whose endorsement the goods had been obtained. When the goods were becoming damaged, she in the absence of her son, had opened and sold them because she had no other means of supporting herself or paying the friend who had given security for her in London. She charged that Mr. John Edwards, one of the Committee had received two cargoes a short time before hers, which she defied to the Committee to say were ordered before hers, and he had been allowed to sell them. Mr. Rutledge had received a pair of horses from London as late as April 13, which had not been reshipped, because they came in consequence of an old order which he could not countermand. Her case was similar to his, but a great difference was being made in the cases because he was a man of spirit who could not be trifled with, while she was a poor widow living a few doors from a leading member of the Committee and thus might take a little cash now and then from some of his customers. Ann Mathewes' fight, however was in vain. Benjamin Mathewes could not resist the pressure exerted on him. In the South Carolina Gazette of October 4th, he made humble confession and sued for pardon.
[This occurrence also recounted in McCrady's History of South Carolina under the Royal Government, pg 671-679]
Events
| Birth | Abt 1724 | Charlestown, South Carolina Province | |||
| Marriage | 5 Feb 1744/45 | Charles Town, South Carolina, British America - Benjamin Mathewes |  |  | |
| Marriage | 1 Feb 1777 | South Carolina, United States - Solomon Freer | | | |
| Death | 1795 | Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States | | ||
| Burial | Circular Congregational Church Burying Ground, Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States |
Families
| Spouse | Benjamin Mathewes (1723 - 1754) |
| Child | Benjamin Mathewes Jr. (1745 - 1801) |
| Child | Anne Mathewes (1748 - 1763) |
| Child | Isaac Mathewes (1750 - ) |
| Child | John Raven Mathewes (1753 - 1783) |
| Child | Lieut. George A. Mathews (1754 - 1815) |
| Spouse | Solomon Freer ( - ) |
| Father | Isaac Holmes (1701 - 1751) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Peronneau (1703 - 1773) |
| Sibling | Isaac Holmes Jr. (1729 - 1763) |
| Sibling | Sarah Holmes (1730 - ) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Holmes (1730 - ) |
| Sibling | Rebecca Holmes (1730 - ) |
| Sibling | Susanna Holmes (1730 - ) |
| Sibling | Martha Holmes (1730 - ) |
Notes
Marriage
"1744/5 Febry. 5th There was married Benjamin Mathews and Ann Holmes, spinster by the Revd. Mr. Josiah Smith presbyter Minster according to the form of their profession."St. Phil PR
Notice - SC Gazette February 11, 1745 - On Tuesday last Mr. Ben Mathewes was wedded to Miss Anne Holmes, a celebrated beauty with a large fortune.
Matthews, Benjamin
Holmes, Anne
11 Feb 1745
Marriage
Marriage. Solomon Freer, Esq; to Mrs. Ann Matthewes, Widow of the deceased Benjamin Matthews, Esq. (Thursday, February 13, 1777) (Salley 26)."unto my Mother Ann Freer" (Will of John Raven Mathewes, 1783)
CD3_012 , FREER , SOLOMON , MATHEWS , ANN , Feb 01 , 1777 ,SC Mar 1693-1842 , SC
Endnotes
1. Holcomb, Brent H., South Carolina Marriages 1688-1799. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 1980.).
2. Anonymous., Centennial celebration of the dedication of the First Presbyterian Church, Charleston, S.C., organized seventeen hundred and thirty-two : dedication, December twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and fourteen : celebration, December twenty-sixth to December twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and fourteen. (Charleston, S.C.: Walker, Evans & Cogswell Co., 1915, 158 pgs.), p. 113.
3. , "Marriages Records 1675-1858," South Carolina magazine of ancestral research Vol 5, #3 ():.
4. , "Marriages Records 1675-1858," South Carolina magazine of ancestral research Vol 5, #3 ():.
5. 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), 26; digital images, DMK Heritage (http://www.dmkheritage.com/store/ : accessed 14 September 2009.
6. Jean Ann Lemon, "Descendants of Anthony Mathewes," complied records from