John Mathews (1743)

Born 20 Jun 1743 in Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut Colony

Husband of Elizabeth (Combs) Mathews — married after 8 Oct 1764 in Harpswell, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Thomaston, Lincoln, District of Maine, United States

Biography

Lieutenant John Mathews served with 1st Regiment, Lincoln County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Lieut John Mathews performed Patriotic Service in Massachusetts in the American Revolution.

John Mathews is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A075501.

John Mathews is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P-243122
Rank: Soldier

John was born 29 Jun 1743 in Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut.

John's marriage intentions were published at Harpswell, ME, on 8 Oct 1764 to Elizabeth Coombs,^[1] daughter of John Coombs and Lydia Woodin of Harpswell.

Military Service –

Revolutionary War – John Mathews was 1st Lieutenant, Capt. Jonathan Spear’s 1st co., Col. Mason Wheaton’s 4th Lincoln Co. regt. of Mass. militia; list of officers chosen by the several companies in said regiment, dated St. Georges, 3 Jun 1776; ordered in Council 3 Jul 1776, that said officers be commissioned 3 Jul 1776;^[2] also, Lieutenant, Capt. Philip M. Ulmer’s co., Col. Samuel McCobb’s regt.; service from 8 Jul 1779, to 24 Sep 1779, 2 mos. 16 days, on Penobscot expedition^[3] against Castine.

Sources

1. ↑ Records of Harpswell, ME, Vol. 3, page 77.
2. ↑ Mass. Soldiers and Sailors of The Rev., Vol. 10, page 350.
3. ↑ Mass. Soldiers and Sailors of The Rev., Vol. 10, page 358.

• Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB414/i/13154/83/234505730
• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 5 Jan 2020), "Record of John Matthews", Ancestor # A075501.
• Newborg, Bernice O., Descendants of Coll Mathews and Catherine Campbell with Allied Lines, Alington, Masachusetts 1944
• Marriage: "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907", citing Digital film/folder number: 007834664; FHL microfilm: 11033, FamilySearch Record: F4F8-5WT (accessed 13 January 2024), James Mathews marriage to Charity Cooms on 28 Jan 1764 in Harpswell, Cumberland, Maine, United States.
• Whitney John Coombs. Anthony Coombs and Dorcas Woodin of Rochester, Massachusetts -- Their Origins and Descendants. Baltimore, MD: Otter Bay Books, 2019, page 125.
• Massachusetts. 1896-1908. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War : A Compilation from the Archives. Boston: Wright and Potter Print. Co. State Printers Volume 10, Page 538.