David Mathews

Abt 1725 - 1800

• Born	Abt 1725	Orange Co, New York, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	28 Jul 1800	Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
  Person ID	I3658	markhamchest
  Last Modified	20 Aug 2020

  
  

  Father	Vincent Mathews,   b. Abt 1695, New York City, New York (city), New York, USA ,   d. 24 May 1784, Orange Co, New York, USA
  Mother	Catalina Abeel,   b. Oct 1698, New York, USA ,   d. Abt 1745, New York, USA
  Family ID	F1280	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Sarah Seymour,   b. Oct 1740, New York City, New York (city), New York, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	6 Nov 1758	New York City, New York (city), New York, USA
  Children	1. Catalina Mathews,   b. 15 Aug 1759, Flatbush, Kings Co, New York, USA , England   2. Sarah Mathews,   b. 1760, Flatbush, Kings Co, New York, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. William Tryon Mathews,   b. 1760-1765, Flatbush, Kings Co, New York, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Harriet Mathews,   b. Abt 1763, Flatbush, Kings Co, New York, USA ,   d. Jul 1848, Charlestown, Sullivan Co, New Hampshire, USA   5. David Mathews,   b. 1765-1770, Flatbush, Kings Co, New York, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Matilda Martha Mathews,   b. 1765-1770, Flatbush, Kings Co, New York, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Elizabeth "Betsy" Mathews,   b. 1765-1770, Flatbush, Kings Co, New York, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Thomas Mathews,   b. 1765-1775, Flatbush, Kings Co, New York, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Mary Mathews,   b. 1765-1775, Flatbush, Kings Co, New York, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   10. Vincent Mathews,   b. Abt 1775, Flatbush, Kings Co, New York, USA ,   d. Aug 1810, New York City, New York (city), New York, USA   11. Hettie Lewis,   b. 1750, New York, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   12. Amelia Mathews,   b. 1785, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada ,   d. 14 Apr 1816, Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
  Family ID	F1286	Group Sheet

  
  

• Biographies

  Mathews, David David Mathews was born about 1725, probably in Orange county New York, the son of Vincent Mathews and Catalina Abeel . . He came to the office of Mayor of New York City in 1776, and his strong Loyalist sympathies kept him in power, under British protection, until the British abandoned the capitol city in November 1783.

  
  

  Sketches

  Sketch: Petition of 1821, David Mathews’ Descendants Twenty years following David Mathews’ death (1800), a petition appeared in a New York City newspaper, related to the selling off of property that had passed from Vincent Mathews to the children of his son David Mathews.