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MCDOWELL, Matthias

Male 1805 -


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  • Name MCDOWELL, Matthias 
    Birth 20 Jun 1805 
    CENSUS 20 Sep 1850  West Greenville, Mercer Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Census: 1850 U.S. - West Greenville, Mercer Co., PA, Roll   M432_796; Page:  380A; Image:  638
    Census: 1850 U.S. - West Greenville, Mercer Co., PA, Roll M432_796; Page: 380A; Image: 638
    Person ID I326  Main
    Last Modified 31 Jan 2010 

    Father MCDOWELL, Samuel,   b. Abt 1766   d. 9 May 1843, Westmoreland Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Mother FISHER Hannah,   b. 11 Feb 1767, Cape May, Cape May Co., NJ Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jan 1826, Westmoreland Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1789  Ligonier Township, Westmoreland Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Family ID F85  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family LEECH, Jane,   b. 2 Mar 1822   d. 5 Jan 1889, Greenville, Mercer Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years) 
    Marriage 3 Feb 1842 
    Children 
    +1. MCDOWELL, Lydia,   b. 4 Jan 1843, Greenville, Mercer Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1915 (Age 72 years)
    +2. MCDOWELL, Loretta,   b. 3 Feb 1844, Greenville, Mercer Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Jul 1891 (Age 47 years)
     3. MCDOWELL, DeWitt,   b. 10 Sep 1845, Greenville, Mercer Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. MCDOWELL, Samuel,   b. Abt 1846, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. MCDOWELL, Leech,   b. Abt 1849, Greenville, Mercer Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. MCDOWELL, Matthias,   b. Dec 1849, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
    +7. MCDOWELL, Hannah,   b. 30 Nov 1854
     8. MCDOWELL, Samuel,   b. 7 May 1857, Greenville, Mercer Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location
    +9. MCDOWELL, William,   b. 1 May 1859, Greenville, Mercer Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location
     10. MCDOWELL, Gererure,   b. 26 Apr 1861
    Family ID F137  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 Jan 2010 

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  • Notes 
    • Matthias McDowell (spelled Mathias McDowel in the document) served as executor of uncle Abel Fisher's will: "And I do nominate and appoint Mathias McDowel Executor of this my last will hereby revoking all former wills by me made. In witness whereof I have hereunto let my hand the 9th day of December AD 1833.
      Abel Fisher Sen." [3]

  • Sources 
    1. [S190] Census: 1850 U.S. - West Greenville, Mercer Co., PA, (Ancestry,com), 20 Sep 1850, Roll M432_796; Page: 380A; Image: 638 (Reliability: 2).

    2. [SR1] Wilfred Jordan, editor, Colonial and Revolutionary Families of PA, ((New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1942), 568-576), 573, 974.8 D2c 1978. (Reliability: 2).
      "HannahÉmarried Samuel McDowell, and settled near Ligonier. They raised a large family, most of whom removed and settled in Mercer (now Lawrence) County."

    3. [SR15] Abel Fisher, Will: Fisher, Abel - 1838, (Registrar of Wills), 18 Aug 1838, Will Book 2: p 403-404. (Reliability: 3).