Thanks to CHRISTINE FRIEND at the Philadelphia Archdiocese I have been able to confirm that MARY MATHIEU (MARIE DE NORMANDIE PIERSON-PEARSON) was the daughter of ERNESTINE (ABERCROMBIE) PEARSON FIELD. See below. ========================= Ms. Christine Friend Records received: 5-3-07. Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center 100 East Wynnewood Road Wynnewood, PA 19096-3001 Baptismal Records bsp; Adele Julia Matthew Born January 7, 1850 Baptized June 23, 1850 – St. Patrick Church Parents: Philbert Matthew and Marie de Normandy Pierson Sponsors: Edward Gilliard and Adelaide Garcon By Rev. W. O’Hara Caroline Mathrosi Born September 26, 1853 Baptized June 6, 1854 – Cathedral of SS. Peter & Paul Parents: Filbert Mathrosi and Marie Pierson Sponsor: Henrietta Field By Rev. F. X. Matthew ==================================================== 1. ERNESTINE5 ABERCROMBIE (JOHN JOSEPH4, ALEXANDER3 ABERCROMBY, JAMES2 ABERCROMBIE, JOHN1) was born September 16, 1796 in Pennsylvania, and died March 23, 1890 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of JOHN JOSEPH ABERCROMBIE and SARAH DE NORMANDIE. She married (1) ROBERT H. C. PEARSON May 18, 1812 in Jefferson County, Kentucky. He was born in Kentucky. She married (2) JOHN FIELD April 24, 1828 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. He was born Abt. 1790 in Pennsylvania, and died Aft. 1867 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. Child of ERNESTINE ABERCROMBIE and ROBERT PEARSON is: 2. i. MARIE DE NORMANDIE6 PEARSON, b. Abt. 1821, Tennessee; d. January 21, 1887, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. Children of ERNESTINE ABERCROMBIE and JOHN FIELD are: ii. SARAH CATHERINE6 FIELD, b. January 29, 1831, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; d. January 14, 1918, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. 3. iii. CAPT. CHARLES PETER J. FIELD, b. May 25, 1834, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; d. June 05, 1864, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee. 4. iv. CAPT. THEODORE FRANCIS FIELD, b. January 07, 1838, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; d. December 01, 1918, Audubon, Camden County, New Jersey. Generation No. 2 2. MARIE DE NORMANDIE6 PEARSON (ERNESTINE5 ABERCROMBIE, JOHN JOSEPH4, ALEXANDER3 ABERCROMBY, JAMES2 ABERCROMBIE, JOHN1) was born Abt. 1821 in Tennessee, and died January 21, 1887 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. She married PHILBERT MATHIEU. He was born Abt. 1809 in France, and died January 06, 1881 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. Children of MARIE PEARSON and PHILBERT MATHIEU are: i. MARY7 MATHIEU, b. October 1844, Pennsylvania; d. October 11, 1913, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. ii. LEO MATHIEU, b. Abt. 1848, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; d. December 30, 1891, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. iii. ADELE JULIA MATHIEU, b. January 07, 1850, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; d. Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. iv. CAROLINE MATHIEU, b. September 26, 1853, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; d. Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. v. CATHERINE MATHIEU, b. Abt. 1857, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; d. March 15, 1881, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. vi. ROBERT MATHIEU, b. January 1860, New Jersey; d. December 11, 1902, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. 3. CAPT. CHARLES PETER J.6 FIELD (ERNESTINE5 ABERCROMBIE, JOHN JOSEPH4, ALEXANDER3 ABERCROMBY, JAMES2 ABERCROMBIE, JOHN1) was born May 25, 1834 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, and died June 05, 1864 in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee. He married ELIZABETH PAUL BEAGARY September 24, 1859 in Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, daughter of JOHN BEAGARY and KEZIAH LANDERS. She was born September 05, 1838 in Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, and died October 21, 1889 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Children of CHARLES FIELD and ELIZABETH BEAGARY are: i. KATHERINE ADELE7 FIELD, b. July 31, 1860, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey; d. August 17, 1910, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts; m. HERBERT JOHN RUSSELL, March 02, 1885, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts; b. November 17, 1855, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts; d. December 30, 1934, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. ii. HARRY SAWTELL FIELD, b. May 28, 1862, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey; d. September 05, 1838, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey. 4. CAPT. THEODORE FRANCIS6 FIELD (ERNESTINE5 ABERCROMBIE, JOHN JOSEPH4, ALEXANDER3 ABERCROMBY, JAMES2 ABERCROMBIE, JOHN1) was born January 07, 1838 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, and died December 01, 1918 in Audubon, Camden County, New Jersey. He married SUSAN BAINBRIDGE JACOBY November 01, 1879 in Baltimore County, Maryland, daughter of WILLIAM JACOBY and HANNAH HARTMAN. She was born September 27, 1858 in Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, and died November 20, 1929 in Audubon, Camden County, New Jersey. Child of THEODORE FIELD and SUSAN JACOBY is: i. CATHARINE ELOISE7 FIELD, b. November 25, 1880, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; m. (1) LOUIS GUILD CHENEY, February 11, 1903, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; b. August 02, 1881, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; d. 1905; m. (2) WILLIAM WEYMER REYNO, Aft. 1903; b. July 16, 1883, Pennsylvania; d. January 1971, Collingswood, Camden County, New Jersey. 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