Private
Matthew
Maddox
Sr
Born in St Marys, St Mary's, Maryland
Ancestors 
Son of John Maddox
and Mary (Dyson) Maddox
Brother of
Samuel Maddox, William Notley Warren Notley Maddox, John Maddox, Sarah (Maddox) Conn, Thomas Maddox, Mary (Maddox) Harrell and Margaret Maddox
Husband of
Rachel (Bonnifield) Maddox
— married
about 1774 in Lower Potomac Hundred, Frederick County, Maryland
Descendants 
Father of
Dorcas Maddox, Mary (Maddox) Romine, Roswell Maddox, Matthew Maddox Jr, William Maddox, Arnold Maddox, Alfred Alpheus Maddox and Elizabeth (Maddox) Petty
Died
at about age 79
in Blennerhasset, Wood County, VA, (WV, USA)
Profile last modified
| Created 31 May 2011
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Biography
Private Matthew Maddox Sr served with 3rd Virginia Regiment (1779), Continental Army during the American Revolution.
Matthew Maddox Sr is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A073022.
Matthew Maddox, husband of Rachel Bonnifield Maddox, son of John and Mary Dyson Maddox.
We have learned from a letter written by his son Matthew Maddox Jr. in 1848 that Matthew Sr fought in seven hand-to-hand battles in the Carolina’s against General Cornwallis during the American Revolution. He was left for dead on the Battlefield at Camden SC. For five days and was found by the crew that was burying the dead, having lived off the dew on the grass. A one-ounce ball had shot him through. He must have been a very tough man because he lived for another 51 years, leaving in 1831 ten children, two adopted. In 1848, in the letter by his son, Matthew’s oldest child was 76; the youngest 54 and he had 64 grand children and 115 great grand children, all living. He is buried in Parkersburg, in what is now West Virginia.
Matthew Maddox is recognized by NSDAR (#A073022) [1]
Family links: Spouse: Rachel Bonnifield Maddox (1753 - 1826)*
Children: Mary Maddox Romine (1776 - 1858)* Matthew Maddox (1783 - 1870)* William Maddox (1785 - 1869)* Thomas Arnold Maddox (1788 - 1872)* Elizabeth Maddox Petty (1798 - 1878)*
- Calculated relationship
Burial: Maddox Cemetery Blennerhassett Wood County West Virginia, USA
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Sources
- ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 5 Feb 2022), "Record of Matthew Maddox", Ancestor # A073022.
- Elise Greenup Jourdan, Early Families of Southern Maryland, 10 Volumes (Westminster, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 2007), 9: 233, 238.
- W. N. Hurley, Jr., Maddox A Southern Maryland Family, (Westminster, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 2005) 102-107
See also:
Acknowledgements
- WikiTree profile Maddox-156 created through the import of Lea and Randol and Ely and Si.ged on May 31, 2011 by Maude Randol. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Maude and others.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. Paternal line Y-chromosome DNA test-takers:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. Paternal line Y-chromosome DNA test-takers:
- Steve Maddox
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-L257, FTDNA kit #672719
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~1.56%
Arlene Zacher :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Linda Willuweit :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member LWJoy
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~0.78%
Tad Ellsworth :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A983445 [compare], Ancestry member Tad_Ellsworth
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Catherine Ryan :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A217489 [compare], Ancestry member matchka
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T180295 [compare]
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~0.78%
Delnora Stevenson :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Gerald Walls :
23andMe
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Categories: Shenandoah County Militia, Virginia Militia, American Revolution | 3rd Virginia Regiment (1779), Continental Army, American Revolution | NSDAR Patriot Ancestors
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edited by Mark Johnson
See: Elise Greenup Jourdan, Early Families of Southern Maryland, 10 Volumes (Westminster, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 2007), 9: 233, 238.
See also: W. N. Hurley, Jr., Maddox A Southern Maryland Family, (Westminster, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 2005) 102-107