Martha, I checked and I have three Phillip Matthews' listed none of seem to match yours yet. Here is what I have. * Philip Matthews - b 25 Oct 1783, Wales d 29 Aug 1864, Denfield, Ontario Canada Married: Mary Abraham had 10 children - 5 boys, 5 girls * Philip Matthews - b 1820 d 1894 Married: Mary Ann Ferguson * Philip T. Matthews - b 1846, <South Wales> d 1910; buried Woodland Cem., London, Middlesex Co., Ontario I have more on the MATTHEWS if you would like it, just let me know. Bonnie-Jo Leavitt Las Vegas, Nevada "The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread." - Mother Teresa -----Original Message----- From: Martha Matthews [mailto:marthafromwa@webtv.net] Sent: Friday, December 10, 2004 6:46 AM To: MI-GENEALOGY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MI-Genealogy] Mattheews I'am researching the descendants of Philip Matthews, who came from Canada and settled in Alpine Mi (Kent Co) in the 1840's. His children were John Matthews m. Charity Smith, James Matthews, and Margaret Matthews m. Morgan L.Card and she lived in Ottawa Co. John Matthews had 13 children and 7 lived to adulthood. James E. b 3 Oct. 1847, Albert B. b.31 Dec.1849, George P. b.17 May 1852, Abraham H. b.16 Juy1854 Acelia M. b 17 June 1863 m.a Mr. Moore, Luella b. 26 August 1865 m. Iven W. Magoon, Chieon b 26 March 1868 m. Sarah Wood. Please contact me if these names are familar to you. Martha Matthews ==== MI-GENEALOGY Mailing List ==== Share memories about Michigan, to join MI-MEMORIES-L, send mail to MI-MEMORIES-L-request@rootsweb.com with the single word subscribe in the message subject and body. To join MI-MEMORIES-D, do the same thing with MI-MEMORIES-D-request@rootsweb.com. ============================== View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find marriage announcements and more. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx