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- Joshua Mathews was married in May of 1750, in Augusta County, Virginia. His wife's name was Mary. He died before December 1763. Volume 1, Page 111, Augusta Court Records: December 30, 1763, George Mathews qualified as Administrator of Joshua Mathews, Mary, wife of Joshua, having refused. Another source states that George Mathews was Administrator of his brother, Joshua, with James Lockhart, John Poage, and John Archer, and on August 24, 1767, gave bond with William McClenachan, as Guardian to Elizabeth, orphan of Joshua. On August 1772, Martha Mathews, orphan of Joshua chose Sampson Mathews as her guardian. Joshua Mathews left three children, two of whom were mentioned in the Will of his father, John Mathews and the third child, Martha, is mentioned in the Court records as being his orphan.
Sources:
[Montgomery, Anne D., Mathews Family, 1968.]
[Pettigrew, Marion Dewoody, Marks-Barnett Families and Their Kin, Macon, Georgia: The J. W. Burke Co., 1938, page 201.]
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