Individual Details
Benjamin Mathewes Jr.
(Abt 1745/46 - 18 Feb 1801)
He enlisted in the Fourth Regiment on December 1, 1776. N.A. 853 (Ibid) He served 229 days in the militia. From April 15 to August 20, 1781, he served 127 days under Captain Joseph Johnson. In addition, he was under Captain Frederick Wommack. (A.A. 4842 V168 (Ibid)]
Was tax collector in 1778 for St. Johns, Colleton County, Johns Island (Vol IV Statutes at Large of State of SC -pg 413 Acts of State Legislature, 1778, edited by Thomas Cooper, M.D., published in the S.C. Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol 5 pg 26-27)
From Lois Mathewes will of 1752 - Grandson Benjamin Mathewes Junr., the negro slave boy named Prince which I did heretofore promise him.
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Mathewes, Benjamin of John's Island and
Edith Mathewes, of Charles Town, widow
November 18, 1778; Daniel Hall, wit.
Mar Set. 1:147-148
South Carolina Census, 1790-1890
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Year Surname Given Name (s) County State Page Township or Other Info Record Type Database ID#
1778 MATHEWES BENJAMIN Charleston dis SC No Township Listed SC Early Census Index SCS1a2083722
Events
Families
Spouse | Sarah "Sally" Sams (1750 - ) |
Child | Benjamin Mathewes (1770 - ) |
Child | Mary Mathewes (1771 - 1813) |
Spouse | Martha / Mary Mathewes ( - ) |
Spouse | Mary Mathewes (1771 - 1813) |
Child | Maria Mathewes ( - ) |
Child | Benjamin Mathewes III (1795 - 1830) |
Father | Benjamin Mathewes (1723 - 1754) |
Mother | Anne Holmes (1724 - 1795) |
Sibling | Anne Mathewes (1748 - 1763) |
Sibling | Isaac Mathewes (1750 - ) |
Sibling | John Raven Mathewes (1753 - 1783) |
Sibling | Lieut. George A. Mathews (1754 - 1815) |
Notes
Marriage
Marriages. Capt. Benjamin Mathews to Miss Mary Mathews, daughter of the deceased William Mathews, Esq (Thursday, November 26, 1778) (Salley 32).Marriage
Mathews, Benjamin of Johns Island and Mary Mathews, daughter of Edith Mathews, widow, August 5, 1790; John Ward, Joshua Ward, wit. Mar Set 1: 506-507Death
February 20, 1801 - Death Notice:"Died on Wednesday last at his plantaion on John's Island, Benjamin Mathewes, Esq."[Charleston Times]Endnotes
1. Jean Ann Lemon, "Descendants of Anthony Mathewes," complied records from
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. 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), 32; digital images, DMK Heritage (http://www.dmkheritage.com/store/ : accessed 14 September 2009.
5. Jean Ann Lemon, "Descendants of Anthony Mathewes," complied records from
6. Jean Ann Lemon, "Descendants of Anthony Mathewes," complied records from