Dear Elizabeth Culhane, I can't answer your question but I wanted you to know that at least some Mattingly families in DC were Protestant. As an example below is a Mattingly family with Episcopal and Methodist connections. This family has baptisms - St. Albans Episcopal Church and Eldbrooke Methodist Church and burials at the Methodist Cemetery in Tenleytown, NW, DC Descendants of Thomas Mattingly Page 1 29 Jul 2007 1. Thomas Mattingly (b.Abt 1774-VA) sp: Jane Walker (b.Abt 1787-VA;m.22 Nov 1820;d.Aft 1860) 2. Thomas H. Mattingly (b.Mar 1827-VA;d.1903) buried Methodist Cemetery, Tenleytown, DC sp: Maria Ann Collins (b.1838-Washington D.C.;m.8 Mar 1855;d.1900) buried Methodist Cemetery, Tenleytown, DC 3. Jane Malinda Mattingly (b.Abt 1858-Washington D.C.) 3. Mary Ann Mattingly (b.Jul 1860-Washington D.C.) sp: Thomas Thornton Follin (b.Apr 1857-VA;m.10 Dec 1880;d.Aft 1920) 4. William Henry Arthur Follin (b.20 Mar 1881-Washington D.C.) 4. Thomas Henry Follin (b.Abt 1885-Washington D.C.) sp: Bessie Ann Otterbach (b.Abt 1889-MD;m.Abt 1906) 5. Mary Follin (b.Abt 1908-MD) 5. John E. Follin (b.Abt 1913-Washington D.C.) 5. Frances Follin (b.Abt Sep 1918-Washington D.C.) 5. Florence Louise Follin (b.26 Oct 1924;d.22 Jan 1963) sp: Leonard Aloysius Jr. Shoemaker (b.15 Jul 1918;m.Sep 1941;d.5 Apr 1971-Sibley H.,Washington D.C.) 6. Carol Jean (Jeannie) Shoemaker (b.Abt 1945) sp: Ruben Romero (b.11 Jan 1943-Acambaro,Guanajuato,Mexico) 7. Carolina Jeanette Romero sp: Kenneth (Ken) Strong 7. Ruben Romero Jr. sp: Sylvia Campos 8. Ruben Romero III 7. Anthony Romero 7. Sergio Romero sp: Enrique Sanchez Jr. (b.10 Sep 1952-Tyler,TX;m.1979(Div)) 7. Enrique (Ricky) Sanchez Jr. (b.1980;d.2002) 7. Michele Sanchez (b.Aft 1980) 4. George Edward Follin (b.Jan 1886-Washington D.C.) sp: Mary Etta (b.Abt 1898-Washington D.C.) 5. Agnes Follin (b.Abt Aug 1916-Washington D.C.) 5. Alice Follin (b.Abt Sep 1918-Washington D.C.) 4. Annie Franklin Follin (b.Jul 1887-Washington D.C.) 4. Mary Agnes Follin (b.22 May 1892-Washington D.C.) sp: Eugene Baker (b.Abt 1886-MD) 5. Bessie L. Baker (b.Abt May 1908-Washington D.C.) 5. Louis Baker (b.Abt 1910-Washington D.C.) 5. Francis Baker (b.Abt 1903-Washington D.C.) 5. Dora Baker (b.Abt 1915-Washington D.C.) 5. Kathryn Baker (b.Abt Oct 1919-Washington D.C.) 3. Josephine Frances Mattingly (b.Jun 1863-Washington D.C.;d.Bef 1920) sp: John Francis Barnes (b.20 Jan 1865-Washington D.C.;m.16 Oct 1884;d.Aft 1920) 4. Charles H. Barnes (b.May 1886-Washington D.C.) marriage Eldbrooke Methodist Church sp: Ruth M. Fagins (m.3 Jun 1918) 5. George Grover Barnes (b.1 May 1918-Tenleytown,Washington D.C.) Descendants of Thomas Mattingly Page 2 29 Jul 2007 4. Bessie V. Barnes (b.Mar 1888-Washington D.C.) sp: George L. Gorman (b.Abt 1881-OH;m.Bef 1913) 5. Helen Gorman (b.Abt 1913-Washington D.C.) 5. Margaret Gorman (b.Feb 1915-Washington D.C.) 4. John Dwyer Barnes (b.5 Jun 1891-Georgetown,Washington D.C.) baptised St. Alban's Episcopal Church sp: Edna (b.Abt 1896-Washington D.C.;m.Bef 1917) 5. Margaret Barnes (b.Abt Dec 1916-Washington D.C.) 5. Mildred Barnes (b.Abt Sep 1919-Washington D.C.) 4. George Grover Barnes (b.Sep 1892-Washington D.C.) 4. William F. Barnes (b.Feb 1896-Washington D.C.) sp: Josephine M. Skymenski (m.3 Jun 1922) 4. Archie Clayton Barnes (b.Nov 1898-Washington D.C.) 3. Barbara Ellen Mattingly (b.24 Oct 1868-Washington D.C.;d.10 Mar 1900) St. Alban's Church Baptism Records, Parish Register Vol. 1, page 37: buried Methodist Cemetery Tenleytown, NW Washington, DC, USA sp: Owen Jackson Collins (b.Aug 1867-Washington D.C.;m.9 May 1889) 4. Alice Roberta Collins (b.Mar 1890-Washington D.C.) 4. Edna Collins (b.May 1895-Washington D.C.) 4. George Thomas Collins (b.Feb 1897-Washington D.C.) 3. Thomas Henry Mattingly (b.12 Aug 1871;d.11 Sep 1878) christened St. Alban's Episcopal, buried Methodist Cemetery, Tenleytown, NW, DC 3. George Washington Mattingly (b.29 Dec 1875-Washington D.C.;d.1914) christened St. Alban's Episcopal, buried Methodist Cemetery, Tenleytown, NW, DC 3. Alice Roberta Mattingly (b.24 Mar 1881-Washington D.C.) christened St. Alban's Episcopal, 2. Mary Ann Mattingly (b.Abt 1829-VA) sp: Lewis Payne (b.Abt 1828-Washington D.C.;m.25 Nov 1848) 3. Mary Jane Payne (b.Abt 1849-Washington D.C.) 3. Emma Payne (b.Abt 1850-Washington D.C.) 3. Anna Payne (b.Abt 1851-Washington D.C.) 3. George Payne (b.Abt 1855-Washington D.C.) 3. John Payne (b.Abt May 1860-Washington D.C.) In response to: snip <<<<<query dated Wed, 25 Jul 2007 subject: 1859 cemetery near 522 Mass Avenue Thomas Joseph Mattingly and Anna Reeves married in November of 1853 by Rev. French Evans, a Methodist Minister son: Virgil Maxcy Mattingly b. Abt Sept 1854 d. July 8, 1859 Washington, DC dau: Harriet Mattingly b. 1857/58 baptised 1860 St. Aloysius Catholic Church in DC as of 8 July 1859 Mattingly's lived at 522 Massachusetts Ave.>>>>>unsnip Deborah