Daniel Matheny
M, b. circa 1638, d. 14 October 1685
| Father | William Metteney b. c 1604, d. c 1642 |
| Mother | Elizabeth Streame b. c 1611, d. 28 Jun 1653 |
Daniel Matheny was born circa 1638 on the Bossenden Farm on the Faversham Road, near Canterbury, County of Kent, England.1,2,3,4
Daniel Matheny/Mathena(y)/Metteneye emigrated to Surrey County, Virginia with his brother Michael some time around 1656-1663, probably to seek a better life than in England under Catholic rule. Michael stayed in Virginia while Daniel moved to Charles County, Maryland in 1663. Michael died soon after reaching America so that, insofar as is known, Daniel is the progenitor of all the Matheny's in America. A brief summary of the early history of the Maryland colony is given in Two Brothers from Hope Land by Bob Metheny (2001).5 Daniel bought 300 acres of land from Thomas Wentworth for 3000 pounds of tobacco on 5 August 1664. The land, known as Wentworth Wood House, was located on the north side of the Pascatoway River and on the south side of Matawoman Creek. Subsequently, Daniel bought two other smaller parcels of land in Charles County, one called Cowland was patented on 27 July 1674 totalling about 30 acres, and the other called Mathena's Folly of about 100 acres was patented on 31 March 1682..6
Daniel married Sarah Wentworth in 1665.7,8,9
Daniel was a planter in the Maryland colony. His primary crop, like other planters in the colonies, was tobacco. Tobacco was not a seasonal crop. Rather, it took nearly a whole year to plant, tend, harvest, and ship. (See Two Brothers of the Hope Land for a description of the tobacco growing process). If everything went well, Daniel and Sarah had a good crop of tobacco and life was good. But things didn't always go well; nature was sometimes a factor.
In addition to tobacco production, Daniel had to clear land for future plantings, cut on average 16 cords of wood a year for cooking and heatin, and tend to community responsibilities at the courthouse.
Pursuant to Maryland law, Daniel entered a mark for cattle and hogs for his daughter Sarah on 2 October 1672. After her death, he entered the same mark for his daughter Elizabeth on 9 March 1679. In 1670, Daniel appeared in court in connection with a sale of tobacco .
Daniel and several other Protestant farmers got into trouble along with a one-time Lt. Gov. of Maryland, Josiah Fendall, in1681 during a failed revolution against Lenonard Calvert, Lord Baltimore who held the royal charter for the colony. Daniel was held in jail for 12 days and given a choice of leaving Maryland or facing trial. He arranged for an attorney to sell his land in Maryland and moved to Stafford County, Virginia. There, together with Solomon Day, he purchased land on Aquia Creek near Hope Springs totalling some 500 acres which had been part of 1600 acres originally granted to Robert Hubbert. The land was divided into 300 acres for Daniel and 200 acres for Solomon.
In Virginia, Daniel was a member of Aquia Episcopal Church, Overwharton Parish during the flamboyant ministry of Pastor John Waugh.10
Together with Solomon Day, Daniel Matheny purchased 500 acres of land in Stafford County (described by metes and bounds). Solomon and Daniel agreed to split the land with Solomon to take the 200 acres adjoining Hope Creek and Daniel to have the uppermost 300 acres. Apparently this parcel of land, originally patented in 1654, had had a "tedious" legal history culminatng i the sale to Day and Matheny..11
Daniel made a will on 26 November 1683.12
Daniel died on 14 October 1685 in Hope Plantation, Stafford County, Virginia.13,2,4
Daniel Matheny/Mathena(y)/Metteneye emigrated to Surrey County, Virginia with his brother Michael some time around 1656-1663, probably to seek a better life than in England under Catholic rule. Michael stayed in Virginia while Daniel moved to Charles County, Maryland in 1663. Michael died soon after reaching America so that, insofar as is known, Daniel is the progenitor of all the Matheny's in America. A brief summary of the early history of the Maryland colony is given in Two Brothers from Hope Land by Bob Metheny (2001).5 Daniel bought 300 acres of land from Thomas Wentworth for 3000 pounds of tobacco on 5 August 1664. The land, known as Wentworth Wood House, was located on the north side of the Pascatoway River and on the south side of Matawoman Creek. Subsequently, Daniel bought two other smaller parcels of land in Charles County, one called Cowland was patented on 27 July 1674 totalling about 30 acres, and the other called Mathena's Folly of about 100 acres was patented on 31 March 1682..6
Daniel married Sarah Wentworth in 1665.7,8,9
Daniel was a planter in the Maryland colony. His primary crop, like other planters in the colonies, was tobacco. Tobacco was not a seasonal crop. Rather, it took nearly a whole year to plant, tend, harvest, and ship. (See Two Brothers of the Hope Land for a description of the tobacco growing process). If everything went well, Daniel and Sarah had a good crop of tobacco and life was good. But things didn't always go well; nature was sometimes a factor.
In addition to tobacco production, Daniel had to clear land for future plantings, cut on average 16 cords of wood a year for cooking and heatin, and tend to community responsibilities at the courthouse.
Pursuant to Maryland law, Daniel entered a mark for cattle and hogs for his daughter Sarah on 2 October 1672. After her death, he entered the same mark for his daughter Elizabeth on 9 March 1679. In 1670, Daniel appeared in court in connection with a sale of tobacco .
Daniel and several other Protestant farmers got into trouble along with a one-time Lt. Gov. of Maryland, Josiah Fendall, in1681 during a failed revolution against Lenonard Calvert, Lord Baltimore who held the royal charter for the colony. Daniel was held in jail for 12 days and given a choice of leaving Maryland or facing trial. He arranged for an attorney to sell his land in Maryland and moved to Stafford County, Virginia. There, together with Solomon Day, he purchased land on Aquia Creek near Hope Springs totalling some 500 acres which had been part of 1600 acres originally granted to Robert Hubbert. The land was divided into 300 acres for Daniel and 200 acres for Solomon.
In Virginia, Daniel was a member of Aquia Episcopal Church, Overwharton Parish during the flamboyant ministry of Pastor John Waugh.10
Together with Solomon Day, Daniel Matheny purchased 500 acres of land in Stafford County (described by metes and bounds). Solomon and Daniel agreed to split the land with Solomon to take the 200 acres adjoining Hope Creek and Daniel to have the uppermost 300 acres. Apparently this parcel of land, originally patented in 1654, had had a "tedious" legal history culminatng i the sale to Day and Matheny..11
Daniel made a will on 26 November 1683.12
Daniel died on 14 October 1685 in Hope Plantation, Stafford County, Virginia.13,2,4
Family | Sarah Wentworth b. c 1648, d. c 1700 |
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Citations
- [S492] Bob Metheny, The Two Brothers of Hope Land, The Early History of the Matheny Family, p.1.
- [S1353] Metheney Family Tree, Family Tree on Ancestry.com, Tree Name: 20256653.
- [S1384] Matheny, Daniel,Family Data Collection - Births [database on-line]. Compiled by Edmund West. Provo. UT. USA. Ancestry.com Operations Inc. 2001.
- [S1362] Matheny, Daniel. Source: Find A Grave Index 1854-2012 (www.findagrave.com).
- [S492] Bob Metheny, The Two Brothers of Hope Land, The Early History of the Matheny Family, pp. 1-3.
- [S492] Bob Metheny, The Two Brothers of Hope Land, The Early History of the Matheny Family, p.3. Original source given as Liber B, page 510.
- [S491] Dolores (Matheny) Gucciardo, Matheny-Gucciardo and Allied Families, p.2. Date of marriage given as 1663/1665.
- [S492] Bob Metheny, The Two Brothers of Hope Land, The Early History of the Matheny Family, p.1. States that Daniel married Sarah most likely sometime before 1663.
- [S1397] Wentworth, Sarah,Family Data Collection - Individual Records compiled by Edmund West [database on-line].
- [S492] Bob Metheny, The Two Brothers of Hope Land, The Early History of the Matheny Family, pp. 6-9.
- [S492] Bob Metheny, The Two Brothers of Hope Land, The Early History of the Matheny Family, p. 41.
- [S492] Bob Metheny, The Two Brothers of Hope Land, The Early History of the Matheny Family, p.12-14. Reference includes both a photocopy and a typewritten copy of the will.
- [S491] Dolores (Matheny) Gucciardo, Matheny-Gucciardo and Allied Families, p.2.