Mathewson family collection 1796-1840 Mathewson family collection

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Mathewson family collection 1796-1840 Mathewson family collection

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http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-1154mat?rgn=main;view=text

Abstract

The collection consists of papers related to the Mathewson family of Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New York, about their involvement in the early Shaker community of New Lebanon, New York, and the subsequent settlement in the early-19th century of brothers Philip Mathewson (1765-1828) and Jeremiah Angell Mathewson (1769-1841) in Hamilton and Pulaski, New York, respectively.

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15 items

Languages

eng,

Holding Repository

William L. Clements Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6390877

William L. Clements Library

Related Entities

There are 21 Entities related to this resource.

Whittaker, James, 1751-1787

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xp7tvw (person)

An early Elder and Shaker leader after the death of Ann Lee, Edward Deming Andrews identified James Whittaker as Mother Ann's chief English disciple. From the description of A copy of a letter written by James Whittaker to his parents in England. 1784. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 779873195 ...

Meacham, Joseph, 1742-1796

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qr51nr (person)

Hand, Samuel

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sp3vvj (person)

Lee, William, 1740-1784

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pm5b8v (person)

Mathewson, Bucklin, 1795-1882.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6135dcz (person)

Mathewson family

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fp64fh (family)

Philip Mathewson (1736-1796) was born in Scituate, Rhode Island, and married Lydia Angell (1738 or 9-1825) on June 22, 1760. They had six children: Jeffrey (1761-1833), Anne (b. 1763), Philip (1765-1828), Jeremiah Angell (1769-1841), Mary (1772-1822), and Lydia (b. 1777). The papers of their three sons, Jeffrey, Philip, and Jeremiah Angell ("Angell") make up the bulk of the collection. Around 1786, Philip and most of his family joined the early Shaker community in New Lebanon, New Y...