| b 05 Feb 1803, , , Pennsylvania | d 1837, , , 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 | ||
| William Nesbit Mateer | d 12 Feb 1812 | |||
| |Elizabeth Porter | | | John Nesbit | ||
| | | |d 30 Jan 1802 | |||
| Hannah Nesbit | ||||
| b 1770 | | | John Wickersham | ||
| d 18 Feb 1836 | Hannah Wickersham | |||
| 1 | < | John P. Mateer | 2 | < | Ross Nesbit Mateer | 3 | < | Matilda J. Mateer |
William N. Mateer was a schoolteacher in Adams County, Pennsylvania, before moving west in 1830; in that year William and his brother John were listed in the census of Mansfield, Ohio; William was aged 20-30 years, his wife was 30-40; there were two boys in the household, one 10-15 (probably William's step-son) and another under five years.
Shortly after this census the Mateers moved on to Morrow County. William first settled in the new town of Whetstone (also called Youngstown) which had been laid out in 1824 in the NE 1/2 of Sec. 2 (in the south part of the present town of Mt. Gilead). He was the first chairmaker in the new community and also its schoolmaster.
On 2 March 1831 William N. and Elizabeth Mateer along with John and Jane Mateer were listed as members of the 'Presbyterian Church of Morrow' (now the Presbyterian Church of Mt. Gilead). William N.'s son Ross N. Mateer was baptized at the first such sacrament held in this church; his father was Sunday School Superintendent there at the time.
After a few years William N. and family left the town proper and moved to a farm some 2 1/2 miles east of Mt. Gilead, possibly on the land described in the following conveyance: On 3 April 1837 William N. Mateer of Marion County, Ohio, bought for $650 from Benjamin Hart and wife Mary of Knox County, Ohio, 80 acres previously patented to Hart in the W 1/2 SE 1/4 Sec. 7, T 17, R 20 of lands sold at Wooster, Ohio. Morrow County was formed in 1848 from parts of Marion, Knox, Delaware and Richland Counties, and the modern location of this section would be in eastern Gilead Township or on the west edge of Franklin Township in Morrow County near the present Mateer Road.
In the 1850 census of Franklin Township, Morrow County, Elizabeth Mateer aged 55 years was head of a household including John Mateer aged 20, farmer, Ross Mateer aged 18, carpenter, and Matilda J. Mateer aged 16. Each of the three children was credited with real property worth $400; so the inference is that William had died intestate leaving his children as joint owners of the farm.
Source: McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis McTeer, 1975, p 70-71.