| b 15 Oct 1794, , Cumberland, Pennsylvania | ||||
| d 21 Aug 1863, , Morrow, Ohio | bur Mt. Gilead, , Ohio | James McTeer | ||
| John McTeer | b 1697 | |||
| | b 30 Apr 1736 | Margaret Anderson | |||
| Samuel Huston Mateer | d 10 Apr 1790 | d ABT 1740 1745 | ||
| |b 1760 | | | Samuel Huston | ||
| |d 1803 | Mary Huston | b 1710 | James Sharon | |
| | | b 1739 | Isabella Sharon | ||
| John Mateer | d 12 Feb 1812 | |||
| |Jane Porter | |m 28 Mar 1820 | John Nesbit | ||
| |, Cumberland, Pennsylvania | |d 30 Jan 1802 | |||
| Hannah Nesbit | ||||
| b 1770 | | | John Wickersham | ||
| d 18 Feb 1836 | Hannah Wickersham | |||
| 1 | < | Hannah Mateer | 2 | William Mateer | 3 | < | Samuel Houston Mateer | 4 | < | Mary Jane Mateer | 5 | < | John Creigh Mateer | 6 | < | Caroline Elizabeth Mateer | 7 | James Nelson Mateer |
This family lived in York County Pennsylvania for a time before coming to Ohio. In 1830 John Mateer and his brother William were in Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio; John and his wife were both aged 30-40 years with four children, a boy and girl aged 5-10 and another boy and girl under five years. The female aged 60-70 years living in their household was probably John's mother Hannah (Nesbit) (Mateer) Sofley.
Soon after this census John Mateer moved on to Mt. Gilead, Ohio, where he engaged as a millwright; he was prominent in the organization of the Presbyterian Church there. In 1832 he was superintendent of its Sunday School, and in 1834 its Ruling Elder.
In the 1840 census of Washington Township, Marion County, Ohio, John Mateer was listed as engaged in manufacturing; he and his wife were aged 40-50 years and their household included boys aged 0-5, 5-10, 10-15, 15-20; as well as girls aged 5-10, 10-15, 15-20. Morrow County was organized in 1848 from parts of Marion, Knox, Delaware and Richland Counties.
In the 1850 census of Gilead Township, Morrow County, John Mateer aged 56 was head of a household which included Jane Mateer aged 58, Mary Mateer aged 21, Elizabeth Mateer aged 17 and James M. Mateer aged 16. Elizabeth and James were born in Ohio, the others in Pennsylvania.
On 23 April 1853 John Mateer was appointed guardian of Jane Ivey and Benjamin Pinyard; bond for Jane's estate was $200 and her final account was filed 18 April 1855; Benjamin's estate was bonded for $300, and his final account was filed 6 March 1860. In 1852 Jane Pinyard married Mahlon Ivey (or Irey); she is presumed to have been Benjamin's sister; before this time John Mateer's oldest daughter had married a William Pinyard, but the relationship of Jane and Benjamin to either the Pinyards or the Mateers is nowhere indicated in the guardianship proceedings.
In 1860 John Mateer, farmer aged 65, was living in the town of Mt. Gilead with wife Jane aged 67 and daughter Mary J. Mateer aged 31.
The will of John Mateer of Morrow County, written 12 April 1863, probated 11 September 1863, bequeathed to his wife Jane all property for her lifetime with rights of disposal at her discretion; at her death daughter Mary Jane Latham to have $100, and the balance of the estate to be divided equally between the testator's five children; sons Samuel Huston and John Creigh; daughters Hannah Pinyard, Mary Jane Latham and Elizabeth Caroline Shedd. Executors: sons Samuel H. and John C. Mateer, but if it should be inconvenient for them to serve, then the sons-in-law Charles Shedd and William Pinyard to be Executors. Witnesses: John R. Snyder, Joseph B. Lyon.
Married at Silver Spring Church.
Source: McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis McTeer, 1975, p 69.