FONGER, JOHNSON, MATTHEWS, READ or REED, RIDGWAY, SMITH, WALKER Looking for the parents of JOHN MATTHEWS. John was one of at least four siblings. According to William Kern's 1938 manuscript concerning the Read, Ogden, Lanterman, Kern, Crismann and allied families (New York City Public Library), John and his siblings were: PRUDENCE MATTHEWS Born: 1758 Died: 2 January 1818, buried Hainesburg Cemetery, Hainesburg, Knowlton Township, Warren County, New Jersey Married: 1) Sir ISAAC WALKER, 2) PHILIP FONGER JOHN MATTHEWS Born: Unknown Died: about July 1799, is supposed to be buried Hainesburg Cemetery, Hainesburg, Knowlton Township, Warren County, New Jersey Married: ELIZABETH FONGER, daughter of PHILIP FONGER, she died about 1810. Children: 1) EUPHEMIA MATTHEWS: 2 March 1796 - 20 February 1885, died West Auburn, PA. Married ISAAC SMITH: 1 August 1791 - 25 June 1873. Had 9 children. 2) CATHERINE MATTHEWS: 23 December 1799 (tombstone indicates 21 December 1800) - 22 March 1877. Married ISAAC READ, III: 1 May 1798 - 4 August 1865, both buried Hainesburg Cemetery, Hainesburg, Knowlton Township, Warren County, New Jersey. Had 14 children. JAMES MATTHEWS Possibly married: on 20 January 1802, ANNE JOHNSON MARTHA MATTHEWS Born: 1765 or 1766 Died: 12 June 1837, buried Hainesburg Cemetery, Hainesburg, Knowlton Township, Warren County, New Jersey Married: THOMAS RIDGEWAY, he was a tailor at Morristown, NJ 1790-1803. Moved to Milford, PA in 1803 where he and his sons were tailors. He disappeared in 1813. Had 8 children.