Gideon Matthews^{[1, 2]}

1741 - 1807  (65 years)

• Name	Gideon Matthews  [3]
  Birth	12 Oct 1741	Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, USA   [3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1790	Chester, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA   [5]
  Residence	1800	Chester, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA   [6]
  Death	17 Feb 1807	Chester, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA   [3, 4]
  Person ID	I35106	Master
  Last Modified	3 Feb 2020

  
  

  Father	Benjamin Matthews,   b. 14 May 1720, Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA d. 11 Apr 1800, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Lucy Clark,   b. 28 Jun 1721, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA d. 12 Jul 1794, Saratoga, Saratoga, New York, USA (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	3 Dec 1740	Meridian, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
  Family ID	F619	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Esther Eggleston,   b. 26 Dec 1743, Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA d. 1807, Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	20 Nov 1762	Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA   [7]
  Children	1. Esther Matthews,   b. 5 Oct 1763, Chester, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA d. 12 Oct 1845, Southampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA (Age 82 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Gideon Matthews, II,   b. 20 May 1766, Chester, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA d. 19 Mar 1806, Chester, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA (Age 39 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Lucy Matthews,   b. 18 Apr 1771, Chester, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA d. 1840, Mentor, Lake, Ohio, USA (Age 68 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Benjamin Matthews,   b. 19 May 1776, Chester, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA d. 18 Jul 1812, , St Lawrence, New York, USA (Age 36 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Nathaniel Eggleston Matthews,   b. 10 Oct 1780, Chester, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA d. 24 Aug 1849, Galesburg, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA (Age 68 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Osee Matthews,   b. 14 Mar 1784, Chester, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA d. 20 Dec 1865, Red Rock, Marion, Iowa, USA (Age 81 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Martha Matthews,   b. 29 Mar 1799, Chester, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA d. 22 Mar 1893, Easthampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA (Age 93 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F9257	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Feb 2020

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 12 Oct 1741 - Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Marriage - 20 Nov 1762 - Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA Residence - 1790 - Chester, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Residence - 1800 - Chester, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Death - 17 Feb 1807 - Chester, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Birth: Oct. 12, 1741 Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA Death: Feb. 17, 1807 Chester, Hampden County Massachusetts, USA Gideon was spouse of Esther Eggleston. Son of Benjamin and Lucy Clark Matthews. Father of 9 children. Gideon MATTHEWS was born on 12 Oct 1741 in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut. He served in the military in 1758. Colonial Wars. He served in the military in 1774. Corporal in the Revolutionary War. He died on 2 Feb 1807 in Chester, Hampden, Massachusetts. Ancestor Chart has 17 Feb 1807. Gravestone reads "Feb. 2, 1807, 65 years old." He was buried about 3 Feb 1807 in Chester, Hampden, Massachusetts. "He was in the Colonial Wars in 1758, 10th Company, Cap. Josiah Lee, as a Corporal. Enlisted May 25th; mustered Nov. 14th. He signed articles of agreement to organize the first church in Chester, Massachusetts, november, 1769. In organizing this church, while there were a variety of opinions they adopted an agreement agreeable to the Westminster Confession of Faith. He was deacon of the church for many years." Spouse: Esther Eggleston Matthews (1743 - ____) Children: Osee Matthews (1784 - 1865)* Burial: Chester Center Cemetery Chester Center Hampden County Massachusetts, USA

  
  

• Sources

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