>From: "mathewson1933@therim" <mathewson1933@therim.com> >Reply-To: RIPROVID-L@rootsweb.com >To: RIPROVID-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [RIPROVID] Lydia Olney Phillips >Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 02:07:54 -0700 >In response, my lineage, extending from the immigrant James Mathewson of early Providence, follows thusly: Thomas I, Thomas II, Thomas III, Charles, Dr. Harley, Edward, Harley, Carole. During the years in which I published the "Mathewson Gazette" (1983 to 1989), some of my readers believed that Henry Matteson was a nephew of the immigrant James Mathewson. Another refuted the possibility. Carole Emma Mathewson Carole, Legend has it that Scituate, R.I. area was first settled by people from Scituate, Mass. and that a Matteson was the first white settler there. So was your immigrant James Mathewson from Mass. and then to R.I. or did he immigrate from England? to Providence directly? Is your genealogy on rootsweb or anywhere online and do you know of anyone who has researched the family with the Matteson spelling variation? My earliest known Taylor ancestor is John b. ca. 1675 who married Naomi Jordan and they settled at Scituate, R.I.. I am descended from their son Benjamin. I have often wondered if the John and son Benjamin who was the servant to the Matteson were an earlier generation. I understand that early Providence meeting records were destryed by a fire so don't know where to look to try and confirm my theory. Do you know the maiden name of Henry Matteson's wife, possibly a Taylor?

Don: The first white settler of Scituate was John Mathewson, son of the immigrant James. John settled on the shore of Moswansicut Pond and first lived in a cave. In that setting, he fought off wolves. (Information from the funeral sermon of United States Senator Elisha Mathewson, great-grandson of John. The funeral sermon was handed down in my family.) John Mathewson was followed in Scituate by his brother, Thomas Mathewson (my forebear), who took up land across the pond from his brother. In 1985, I wrote a carefully researched one-woman play concerning the early Mathewsons, early Providence and "the outlands." If you wish information about obtaining a copy of the play, please write to me at the below e-mail address. The immigrant James Mathewson arrived in Providence in the year 1657. He served as deputy to the assembly in 1680, and died two years later. In early Providence records, the name is variously spelled "Matheson" and "Mathewson." We can only speculate concerning his origin, however, the spelling of the name minus the "w" is Scottish. A distant cousin has recently shared with me his theory that James might have been captured by Cromwell's men at the Battle of Dunbar in Scotland and brought to the Saugus Iron Mine in Massachusetts as an indentured slave. He further theorizes that, having served the required time at Saugus, he then went to Providence. I would be interested in hearing the thoughts of others on the theory. My books are in storage as I prepare to move to another town the latter part of September. When I become settled, I can refer you to books concerning Scituate and concerning the Mattesons. Sincerely, Carole Emma Mathewson mathewson1933@therim.com (e-mail address will probably change the end of August) ----- Original Message ----- From: "DON TAYLOR" <directinstallationsinc@msn.com> To: <RIPROVID-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 6:15 AM Subject: [RIPROVID] Re: [RIPROVIDMathewson/Matteson > > > > >From: "mathewson1933@therim" <mathewson1933@therim.com> > >Reply-To: RIPROVID-L@rootsweb.com > >To: RIPROVID-L@rootsweb.com > >Subject: Re: [RIPROVID] Lydia Olney Phillips > >Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 02:07:54 -0700 > >In response, my lineage, extending from the immigrant James Mathewson of > early Providence, follows thusly: Thomas I, Thomas II, Thomas III, Charles, > Dr. Harley, Edward, Harley, Carole. During the years in which I published > the "Mathewson Gazette" (1983 to 1989), some of my readers believed that > Henry Matteson was a nephew of the immigrant James Mathewson. Another > refuted the possibility. > Carole Emma Mathewson > Carole, > Legend has it that Scituate, R.I. area was first settled by people from > Scituate, Mass. and that a Matteson was the first white settler there. So > was your immigrant James Mathewson from Mass. and then to R.I. or did he > immigrate from England? to Providence directly? Is your genealogy on > rootsweb or anywhere online and do you know of anyone who has researched the > family with the Matteson spelling variation? > My earliest known Taylor ancestor is John b. ca. 1675 who married Naomi > Jordan and they settled at Scituate, R.I.. I am descended from their son > Benjamin. I have often wondered if the John and son Benjamin who was the > servant to the Matteson were an earlier generation. I understand that early > Providence meeting records were destryed by a fire so don't know where to > look to try and confirm my theory. Do you know the maiden name of Henry > Matteson's wife, possibly a Taylor? > > > > ==== RIPROVID Mailing List ==== > Please do not FLAME this list - We are here to help each other and we all had to start somewhere. Flames just scare off good people...People who might someday be able to help you. > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > --- > > > ---