Notes |
- A tremendous 87-page account of the Mathey family, centered on immigrant Daniel Mathey, whose time in America was colorful and very well documented.
- pp 263-274 - A trip by the author to
- Mathenay & Voudrey, France (tiny communes in the Jura department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France, about 70 km from both Dijon, France and the border of Switzerland)
- Brugge, Belgium
- Daniel Matheney's birthplace in Kent, England
- The location of Hope Plantation in Stafford Co, Virginia, and
- The town of Matheney, WV,
- pp 275-285 - The direct male Mathey lineage, from Daniel to Huges, Sire de Thoire in the year 1078,
- pp 286-323 - An amazing collection of records and stories about Daniel from Charles Co, MD and Stafford Co VA, including
- A summary of the Protestant revolt in Maryland 1681, which effectly caused him to be exiled to Virginia,
- Daniel's will, and
- The full text of "The Story of Daniel Mathena...", which was presented at a Matheney family reunion in 1999.
- pp.324-335 A detailed account of the direct line descendancy from Daniel Mathey through Daniel Jr, to the author.
, Jr to the author
- pp.336-350 - "Related Information About the Matheney Family" both in Europe and in America includiing
- Descendants of Daniel's son and my ancestor William Wentworth Mathey
- Civil War stories, especially from Wood Co, WV
- An account of Abraham Lincoln's wedding, where his best man was N.W. Mathey
- A note about Aquia Creek Sandstone, which was quarried from the Hope Plantation, and used most prominently in and around the U.S. Capitol Building
|