Martha (Crawford) Matthews (abt. 1746 - bef. 1816)

Born about 1746 in Chambersburg, Franklin, Pennsylvania [uncertain]

Wife of Ezekial L Matthews Sr. — married about 1771 in Upper West Conococheague Presbyterian Church, Mercersburg, Franklin, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died before 1816 before about age 70 in Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Martha was born in about 1746 in Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. She died in before 1816 in Clarion County, Pennsylvania. There is no definitive evidence for Martha Crawford in any of this Crawford family literature, but she may have been the daughter of John Crawford born in 1687 in Ayrshire, Scotland and died in 1748 in Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and Mary Margaret McConnell (or Lowther?) born in about 1706 in County Antrim, Ireland and died in 1764 in Chambersburg. Mercersburg in Franklin County is closely neighboring to Chambersburg. In the birth records for the Upper West Conococheague Presbyterian Church in Mercersburg, two of Martha's children were baptized there, as well as several of her husband Ezekial Matthews brothers' children. Several of the grandchildren of John and Mary Crawford were also baptized there. And in the Revolutionary War, Ezekial Matthews and his brothers John and James served with the Frontier Rangers of the Westmoreland County Militia. As did several of the Crawford sons. This is all speculation based on circumstantial evidence, but I believe that it's very possible that Martha Crawford Matthews belonged to this Crawford family.

Biography

Martha Matthews. ^[1]

Died 1815 Clarion County, Pennsylvania, USA. ^[2]

Buried Seceder Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Mechanicsville, Clarion County, Pennsylvania, USA. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S-149156860
2. ↑ Source: #S-149156860
3. ↑ Source: #S-149156860

• Source: Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 9 October 2018), memorial page for Martha Crawford Matthews (unknown–1815), Find A Grave Memorial no. 85726757, citing Seceder Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Mechanicsville, Clarion County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by CarolynMMP (contributor 47205322)
• Source: S-149156860 Repository: #R-794740569 U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
• Repository: R-794740569 Ancestry.com
• Source: S-151678393 Repository: #R-794740569 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=82837679&pid=432
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLQ-MSXC : 11 July 2016), Martha Crawford Matthews, ; Burial, Mechanicsville, Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Seceder Presbyterian Church Cemetery; citing record ID 85726757, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.