Matthew McWhorter Sr (abt. 1725 - 1804)

Born about 1725 in Greenwich, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 19 Dec 1804 at about age 79 in Salem, Washington, New York, United States

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Matthew McWhorter Sr is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A212360.

Biography

He was the son of John McWhorter and Jeannette Barr. He passed away in 1804.

Their children were Susanah McWhorter (1756-?), Mary McWhorter (1760–1798), Isabel McWhorter (1760–1816), James McWhorter (1761–1839), Mathew McWhorter (1767–1812), Rebecca (McWhorter) Simpson (1767–1818), Dr John McWhorter (1768–1847), Robert McWhorter (1770-?) and Joseph McWhorter (1773-?).

Military Service: Charlotte, New York, USA. ^[1]

Residence New York, United States. ^[2] 1790 Salem, Washington, New York, United States. ^[3]

Buried Matthew passed away on 19 December 1804 in Salem, Washington County, New York followed with burial at the Revolutionary Cemetery in Salem, Washington County, New York. ^[4]

Probate: Washington, New York, USA. Map: Latitude: N43.3201. Longitude: W73.4306. ^[5] Photo: #M12828.

Research Notes

• See: The Cahans Exodus

Seeking references of the name of Matthew McWhorter's wife of Greenwich, Hampshire, Massachusetts. Matthew's wife may have been buried at https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2380329/greenwich-cemetery

Researchers have confused Matthew McWhorter Sr's. wife as Mary Turner, wife of Matthew McWhorter Jr. Note the location and date of Mary McWhorter's burial relative to Matthew McWhorter Sr's passing.

Event

Vital 1804 Salem, Washington, NY^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S2874 Charlotte County Militia (Land Bounty Rights)
2. ↑ Source: #S2872 New York in the Revolution as Colony and State, Vol. II - Extracts; Publication Place: Albany, New York; Publisher: J. B. Lyon Co.; Publication Year: 1904; Page Number: 153,156,157
3. ↑ Source: #S75 Year: 1790; Census Place: Salem, Washington, New York; Series: M637; Roll: 6; Page: 191; Image: 241; Family History Library Film: 0568146
4. ↑ Source: #S2871 Link: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10990551/mathew-mcwhorter
5. ↑ Source: #S2891 Probate Records; Author: New York. Surrogate's Court (Washington County); Probate Place: Washington, New York
6. ↑ New York Genealogical Records, 1675-1920 Ancestry.com

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K64B-M73
• New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 34, July 1903 & Oct 1903, p. 158-166, 235-248, "The Old White Church in Salem, New York" by Dr. Asa Fitch.
• New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 38, 1907, p. 90, "Tombstone Inscriptions in the Old Graveyard at Salem, New York".
• The Border Settlers of Northwestern Virginia by L. V. McWhorter, originally publ. Hamilton, OH 1915, reprinted for The Clearfield Co., Inc. by the Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD 1991, p. 483.
• 1790 Federal Census - Salem Town, Washington County, New York.
• Index to the 1800 Census of New York, compiled by Barbara K. Armstrong, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD 1984, p. 238.
• Index to the 1810 Census of New York, editors Ronald Vern Jackson, Gary Ronald Teeples & David Schaefermeyer, Accelerated Indexing Systems Inc., Bountiful, UT 1976, p. 209.
• Landholders of Northeastern New York 1739-1802, by Fred Q. Bowman, published by Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., Baltimore, MD 1983, p. 119.
• McClaughry - West from Cleghill, by Philip C. Biddle, privately published December 1980, p. 89-98.
• Source: S2871 Ancestry.com U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012; NOTEFind a Grave. Find a Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi.
• Source: S2872 Ancestry.com New York, Genealogical Records, 1675-1920 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004; NOTE

  For individual sources please see the source information listed with each record. Many of the source documents are available in the Genealogical Research Library collection or at the Family History Library.

• Source: S2874 Ancestry.com New York Military in the Revolution Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000; NOTEElectronic reproduction of New York in the Revolution as Colony and State, Vol. II, originally published in 1897.
• Source: S2891 Ancestry.com New York, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015; NOTENew York County, District and Probate Courts.
• Source: S75 Ancestry.com 1790 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;