| b 24 Aug 1801, , Cumberland, Pennsylvania | ||||
| d 30 Dec 1867, | bur , Cumberland, Pennsylvania | James McTeer | ||
| William McTeer | b 1697 | |||
| | b 02 Dec 1738 | Margaret Anderson | |||
| James Mateer | d Aug1819 | d ABT 1740 1745 | ||
| |b 01 Nov 1765 | | | William Carothers | ||
| |d 23 May 1832 | Margaret Carothers | |||
| | | b 1702 | Jean | ||
| John Mateer | d 20 Aug 1794 | |||
| |Sarah Brooks-1 + | | | William Ross | ||
| |, Cumberland, Pennsylvania | | | |||
| Elizabeth Ross | ||||
| b 22 Apr 1769 | | | |||
| d 25 Sep 1804 | Jean Nesbit | |||
| 1 | < | Robert Brooks Mateer |
The paternity of John Mateer's first wife and the identity of her children is indicated in the following records: On 21 February 1855 John Armstrong was appointed Administrator of the intestate estate of Samuel Martin of Monroe Township; Bond was for $300 with John Mateer and H. W. Mateer as sureties. On 9 April 1855 Robert Mateer was appointed guardian for Mary. E. Mateer and Jane E. Mateer, minor children of John Mateer of Franklin county, since by inheritance from their grandfather Samuel Martin of Cumberland County they hold an interest in a tract of land. On 14 August 1855 William R. Mateer of full age and Robert Mateer as guardian for Mary E. Mateer and Jane E. Mateer, all three 'children of Mary Ann Mateer', petition for a division of their mother's interest, an undivided one-half of 58 acres 33 perches located in Monroe Township with a log house and a frame barn. This petition for division was rejected, a sale was held, and on 6 November 1855 the land was confirmed to Jacob Newcomber for $71 per acre.
On 23 September 1842 John Mateer was appointed Administrator of the Estate of Mary Mateer of Silver Spring Township; bond was for $2000 with John J. Myers and M. Holcomb as sureties. This Decendent was probably John's second wife Mary Irvine Mateer; the record of their marriage in 1841 gives the groom's residence as Hogestown and the bride's as Silver Spring Township; moreover, family tradition says that this second wife 'lived but a short time and had no children.'
On 2 January 1868 Robert Mateer was appointed Administrator of the Estate of John Mateer; bond was for $40,000 with J. C. Dunlap and N. J. Lusk sureties.
On 31 March 1871 Robert B. Mateer of Mechanicsburg, for $622.22, conveyed to William R. Mateer of St. Louis, Mo., and Mary Ellen Mateer of Mechanicsburg, an undivided one-third interest in a brick house and three lots in Mechanicsburg New Addition on Silver Spring Road; this property was conveyed on 20 March 1866 to John Mateer who has since died intestate leaving three children, viz., William R., Robert B. and Mary Ellen Mateer; the transfer was subject to a dower of $933.33 one-third for the widow. Signed R. B. Mateer, Kate H. Mateer. Witness: Josepth Lens.
Buried in Silver Spring Cemetery.
Source: McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis McTeer, 1975, p 52, 77.