John McTeer

Children

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On April 1850 John Mateer and wife Rebecca, Ellen (or Eleanor) Montgomery and Ann Martin, all of Cumberland County, together with George L. Holmes and wife Caroline of Trumble (sic) County, Ohio, and Joseph B. Holmes and wife Mary A. of Randolph County Illinois, both represented by Ellen Montgomery their Attorney in Fact, -- these grantors for $1500 conveyed to Jacob Golden (or Gulden) of Cumberland County, 171 acres 74 perches in Mifflin Township, Cumberland County, as warranted to William Montgomery on 16 March 1789 and devised by his will (dated 18 November 1806) to his daughters. Acknowledged same date, recorded 16 September 1850.

The 1850 census of Lower Allen Township, Cumberland County, lists John Mateer aged 72, with Rebecca Mateer aged 65, Margaret Mateer aged 25 and Rebecca Mateer aged 2, living next door to James Mateer, aged 34 years with wife Amelia.

The will of John Mateer of Lower Allen Township, written 1 April 1853, probated 19 March 1863 directed that his 190 acre plantation should be sold to pay the following legacies: $1500 to each of three daughters, Margaret Mateer, Rebecca Mateer and Elizabeth Ann Gilchrist, wife of James; $100 each to five grandchildren, John, William, Robert, George and James Mateer, children of son William M. Mateer; $200 each to three grandchildren, Laura, Priscilla and James Mateer, children of son James deceased; $150 to grandson John Mateer, son of said James deceased; any remaining estate to be divided into five equal shares, one share to each of the three daughters, one share to the children of son James, and one share to the children of son William M. Executor: Levi Markle. Witnesses: Hugh Goullagher, Joseph Culver. A codicil dated 3 October 1858 appoints son-in-law Robert Young Executor in place of Levi Markle. Witnesses: E. B. Brandt, Daniel Rupp.

Source: McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis McTeer, 1975, p 46, 47.