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John Mateer

Male 1794 - 1863  (68 years)


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  1. 1.  John Mateer was born 15 Oct 1794, , Cumberland, Pennsylvania (son of Samuel Huston Mateer and Hannah Nesbit); died 21 Aug 1863, , Morrow, Ohio; was buried Mt. Gilead, Ohio.

    Notes:

    Buried in River Cliff Cemetery.

    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.
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    Reference:
    McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis
    McTeer, 1975, p 69.

    John married Jane Porter 28 Mar 1820, , Cumberland, Pennsylvania. Jane (daughter of John Porter and Mary Ross) was born 12 Nov 1801, Monaghan Twp., York, Pennsylvania; died 14 Sep 1862, , Morrow, Ohio; was buried Mt. Gilead, Ohio. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Hannah Mateer was born Abt 1821, , Pennsylvania; died 3 Jan 1908, , Morrow, Ohio; was buried Mt. Gilead, Ohio.
    2. William Mateer was born 15 Apr 1824, , Pennsylvania; died 23 Nov 1841, , Morrow, Ohio; was buried Mt. Gilead, Ohio.
    3. Samuel Houston Mateer was born 19 Jun 1826, , York, Pennsylvania; died 18 Nov 1879, Rural Springs, Kingman, Kansas.
    4. Mary Jane Mateer was born Abt 1829, , Pennsylvania.
    5. John Creigh Mateer was born , Pennsylvania.
    6. Caroline Elizabeth Mateer was born 8 Mar 1833, Mt. Gilead, Ohio; died 18 Mar 1896; was buried Mt. Gilead, Ohio.
    7. James Nelson Mateer was born 11 Sep 1839; died 8 Jan 1857, , Morrow, Ohio.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Samuel Huston Mateer was born Abt 1760, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (son of John McTeer and Mary Huston); died 1803, York County, Pennsylvania.

    Notes:

    Within six weeks of the date of Samuel's wife's will (Jean Ewing) Samuel sold off his land and farming equipment and six weeks after that he was dead. Rather obviously Samuel Mateer was sick unto death for some time before his demise, and it was appropriate that his wife's family should be distressed to contemplate the future for his widow and young children.

    In a militia list of 4 February, 1793, Samuel H. McTeer was shown as a resident of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, aged between 18 and 45 years.

    On 5 November 1796 Samuel McTeer of Newton Township, Cumberland County, bid in at public vendue for 153 pounds, a 71 acre tract with improvements in Newton Township, which had been seized in August 1792 by the County Collector of Revenue on a judgment against Joseph Wilson late of Cumberland County for 150.78.6 pounds. Sheriff's deed dated 7 April 1797, filed 11 October 1797.

    On 30 April 1798 Paul Thompson and wife Agnes of Monaghan Township, York County, conveyed to Samuel Huston McTeer of Newton Township, Franklin County, PN, for 550 pounds, 90 acres 19 perches in Monaghan Township with the usual allowance of 8 acres 113 perches. Witnesses: Edward O'Hal, John Nesbit, Hugh Thompson.

    In the spring of 1803 Samuel H. Mateer announced a public vendue for Friday, 13 March 1803, to sell his land in Monaghan Township, 100 acres with improvements, grain in the ground, mare, cows, hogs, a case of drawers and a dresser. The terms of the sale were for the plantation 150 pounds down and the remainder at the rate of 30 pounds yearly; for bids under 10 shillings, cash, for bids
    exceeding 10 shillings, nine months credit; and the "owner reserves one bid on each article if he sees cause." -- At the sale Major Thomas McCreary bought the plantation for 460 pounds, but before the transaction was legally completed Samuel H. Mateer was dead. In lieu of a deed the following papers were filed in York County on 16 May 1803: notice of the sale (as above) with a list of buyers; a deposition of John May that the sales notice as exhibited was in the handwriting of Samuel H. Mateer, "late of Monaghan Township, York County, who was present at the sale"; and the Prothonotary's certification that there was a valid contract between Mateer and Thomas McCreary.
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    Reference:
    McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis McTeer, 1975, p 48-49.

    Samuel — Hannah Nesbit. Hannah (daughter of John Nesbit and Hannah Wickersham) was born Abt 1770, Morrow County, Ohio; died 18 Feb 1836, Morrow County, Ohio; was buried River Cliff Cemetery, Mt. Gilead, Morrow County, Ohio. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Hannah Nesbit was born Abt 1770, Morrow County, Ohio (daughter of John Nesbit and Hannah Wickersham); died 18 Feb 1836, Morrow County, Ohio; was buried River Cliff Cemetery, Mt. Gilead, Morrow County, Ohio.

    Notes:

    On 17 December 1805 Hannah Mateer, widow of Samuel Mateer deceased, petitioned in York County to have a guardian appointed for Samuel's minor children, viz. John Mateer aged 11 years, Andrew Mateer aged 9 years, James Mateer aged 7 years, Samuel Mateer aged 4 years and William Nesbit Mateer aged 2 years. Thomas Campble and Henry Logan were so appointed.
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    Reference:
    McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis McTeer, 1975, p 48-49.

    Children:
    1. 1. John Mateer was born 15 Oct 1794, , Cumberland, Pennsylvania; died 21 Aug 1863, , Morrow, Ohio; was buried Mt. Gilead, Ohio.
    2. Andrew Mateer was born 20 Sep 1796; died 7 Jul 1821, Perry County, Pennsylvania; was buried Centre Presbyterian Churchyard, Madison Township, Perry County, Pennsylvania.
    3. James Mateer was born Abt 1798; died Aft 1818.
    4. Samuel Mateer was born Abt 1801; died Aft 1818.
    5. William Nesbit Mateer was born Aft 5 Feb 1803, , Pennsylvania; died 1837, , Ohio.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  John McTeerJohn McTeer was born 30 Apr 1736, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (son of James McTeer and Margaret Anderson); died 10 Apr 1790, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania; was buried Silver Spring Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.

    Notes:

    Buried in Silver Spring Presbyterian Church Cemetery near Mechanicsburg.

    http://www.silverspring.org/graves/guide/cem_18.htm

    On 1 March 1766 John McTeer took out a warrant for land in Allen Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, adjoining his father's property on the northwest; when the new tract was surveyed on 9 March 1768 there were 37 acres 130 perches, and abutting property owners were Anthony McCue, Alexander Armstrong, Joshia McMeen and James Mcteer; a patent was issued on 12 December 1770.

    On 8 December 1770 James McTeer of Allen Township, yeoman, "for love and affection and five shillings" deeded to John McTeer of Allen Township, "son of the said James McTeer", 100 acres in Allen Township, including messuage and tenement, buildings, rents, issues and profits, bounded by land of the said James McTeer but now of William McTeer, being part of a tract patented to James
    McTeer on 11 November 1760. Witnesses: Jonathan Hoge, Anthony McCue, William McTeer. Acknowledged 1 December 1770. Recorded 22 December 1775.

    During the Revolution in 1777 and again in 1778 John McTeer was chosen captain of the First Company in the Third Battalion of the Cumberland County Militia; in 1781 he was listed as a member of Capt. Thomas Laird's Company.

    The will of John McTeer, dated 10 September 1789, probated 9 June 1790, bequeathed to his wife Mary, one-third of the personal estate; to son James, the bed "he now has in Carlisle", bedding and 10 pounds; the remaining two-thirds of the personal estate to be divided equally between the seven youngest children: Samuel Huston, John, Andrew, Alice, Isabel, Mary and Ann. Executors: wife Mary McTeer, Samuel Huston McTeer and John McTeer. Witnesses: William McMeen, Robert McMeen, John Creigh.

    The 1790 census of Allen Twp., Cumberland County, lists Mary McTeer as head of a household with four males over sixteen years and four females. On 4 February 1793 when a militia list was made for all male residents of Cumberland County between 18 and 45 years, three from this family were included, James, Samuel H. and John; Andrew was not quite old enough to be listed.

    On 1 April 1795 Mary McTeer, Samuel Huston McTeer and John McTeer of Allen Township, "Gentlewoman and yeomen" conveyed to Michael Hurst of Refoo (Rapho) Township Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, for 1700 pounds "in gold or silver coin", two "contiguous" tracts totaling 137 acres 130 perches in Allen Township: one piece of 100 acres granted by "patent" to James McTeer on 11 November 1760 and conveyed by Deed Pool of 8 December 1770 from James to his son John, bounded by lands of the late said James now of William McTeer and by land of Anthony McCue; the second piece of 37 acres 130 perches granted "patent" to John McTeer on 12 December 1770, bounded by James McTeer, Alexander Armstrong. is now dead and by his will has empowered the present grantors, his Executors, to sell the property. Witnesses Henry Quigley, William Bryson, John Thompson. Acknowledged same date. Recorded 5 August 1795.
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    Reference:
    McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis McTeer, 1975, p 31..

    John — Mary Huston. Mary (daughter of Samuel Huston and Isabella Sharon) was born 1739, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania; died 12 Feb 1812, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania; was buried Silver Spring Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Mary HustonMary Huston was born 1739, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (daughter of Samuel Huston and Isabella Sharon); died 12 Feb 1812, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania; was buried Silver Spring Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.

    Notes:

    Buried in Silver Spring Presbyterian Church Cemetery near Mechanicsburg.

    The will of John McTeer, dated 10 September 1789, probated 9 June 1790, bequeathed to his wife Mary, one-third of the personal estate; to son James, the bed "he now has in Carlisle", bedding and 10 pounds; the remaining two-thirds of the personal estate to be divided equally between the seven youngest children: Samuel Huston, John, Andrew, Alice, Isabel, Mary and Ann. Executors: wife Mary McTeer, Samuel Huston McTeer and John McTeer. Witnesses: William McMeen, Robert McMeen, John Creigh.

    The 1790 census of Allen Township, Cumberland Co., lists Mary McTeer as head of a household with four males over sixteen years and four females. On 4 February 1793 when a militia list was made for all male residents of Cumberland County between 18 and 45 years, three from this family were included, James, Samuel H. and John; Andrew was not quite old enough to be listed.

    On 1 April 1795 Mary McTeer, Samuel Huston McTeer and John McTeer of Allen Township, "Gentlewoman and yeomen" conveyed to Michael Hurst of Refoo (Rapho) Township Lancaster County, Pennsylvania., for 1700 pounds "in gold or silver coin", two "contiguous" tracts totaling 137 acres 130 perches in Allen Township:
    one piece of 100 acres granted by "patent" to James McTeer on 11 November 1760 and conveyed by Deed Poll of 8 December 1770 from James to his son John, bounded by lands of the late said James now of William McTeer and by land of Anthony McCue; the second piece of 37 acres 130 perches granted "patent" to John McTeer on 12 December 1770, bounded by James McTeer, Alexander Armstrong. John McTeer is now dead and by his will has empowered the present grantors, his Executors, to sell the property. Witnesses Henry Quigley, William Bryson, John Thompson. Acknowledged same date. Recorded 5 August 1795.

    The will of Mary Mateer of Allen Township, written 11 January 1808, probated 6 April 1814, bequeathed to son James, the price of a suit of clothes; to daughter Isabella, furniture, wearing apparel, dresser, beds, kitchen furniture and cow; to daughter Mary Patterson, bedding; the principal assets of the estate were described as "several bonds or obligations conditioned and payable to me for my dower out of the real estate of my husband John Mateer deceased"; on these bonds her sons owed as follows: Samuel Huston, now deceased, 55 pounds 11 shillings 1 penny; John, now deceased, 122 pounds 4 shillings 6 pennies; Andrew, 222 pounds 1 shilling 2 pennies; these moneys were to be used to pay debts, funeral expenses, gravestone. Executor: son Andrew Mateer. Witnesses: Benjamin Anderson, William Mateer Jr.
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    Reference:
    "McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania", Frances Davis McTeer, 1975, p 31.
    "History of the Huston Families and their Descendants", E. Rankin Huston, 1912, p 202, 227.

    Children:
    1. James McTeer was born Abt 1761; died Bef 3 Nov 1817.
    2. 2. Samuel Huston Mateer was born Abt 1760, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania; died 1803, York County, Pennsylvania.
    3. John Mateer was born Abt 1765, , Cumberland, Pennsylvania; died 1795/1808.
    4. Alice Mateer was born Abt 1767, , Cumberland, Pennsylvania.
    5. Isabella Mateer was born Abt 1771, , Cumberland, Pennsylvania; died 30 Jan 1829, Lisburn, Pennsylvania.
    6. Andrew Mateer was born 26 Mar 1773, , Cumberland, Pennsylvania; died 4 Aug 1837, , Cumberland, Pennsylvania; was buried , Cumberland, Pennsylvania.
    7. Mary Mateer was born 7 Oct 1775, , Cumberland, Pennsylvania; died 15 Aug 1866.
    8. Ann McTeer was born Abt 1777, Of, Cumberland, Pennsylvania.

  3. 6.  John Nesbit was born 1720, Scotland; was christened Of York County, Pennsylvania (son of James Nisbet and James Mrs Nesbit); died 16 Nov 1801, Rossville, York County, Pennsylvania.

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    Notes:

    Will of John Nesbit of Warrington Township, York County, Pennsylvania, written 18 November 1801, probated 30 January 1802 which bequeathed to wife Jane, bed and chests, 50 pounds in the hands of William Ross, use of rooms in the stone end of the dwelling house, cupboard, small table; corn, wheat, pork, vegetables and wood to be furnished her yearly; to son Alexander 5 pounds from the note due me, he having already received his share of the estate; to daughter Rebecca, wife of Samuel Miller, 20 pounds; to daughter Mary, wife of James Montgomery, 20 pounds; to Mary Nelson in the right of her mother, "my daughter Nancy deceased", 20 pounds at age 21; to daughter Jenny, wife of John Sanderson, 20 pounds; to daughter Hannah, wife of Samuel Mctier, 20 pounds; also to daughters Jenny and Hannah, each a cow and all their mother's pewter to be divided evenly; to George Peter, 20 shillings in the right of daughter Martha deceased; to three sons Alexander, John and William, all wearing apparel; to son William, 80 acres 155 perches in the southwest corner of the plantation; to son John, all residue of the estate, he to provide for his mother and to pay all the legacies within specified intervals. Executors: friend Alexander Ross and son John Nesbit. Witnesses: Jesse Underwood, Abraham Hollopeter.
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    Reference:
    McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis McTeer, 1975, p 48.

    John married Hannah Wickersham 31 Oct 1752. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Hannah Wickersham (daughter of John Wickersham).

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis McTeer, 1975, p 48.

    Children:
    1. Alexander Nesbit
    2. Rebecca Nesbit
    3. 3. Hannah Nesbit was born Abt 1770, Morrow County, Ohio; died 18 Feb 1836, Morrow County, Ohio; was buried River Cliff Cemetery, Mt. Gilead, Morrow County, Ohio.
    4. Mary Nesbit
    5. Nancy Nesbit
    6. Jenny Nesbit
    7. Martha Nesbit died Bef 18 Nov 1801.
    8. John Nesbit
    9. William Nesbit


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  James McTeer was born Abt 1697, County Down, Northern Ireland; died 16 Feb 1785, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.

    Notes:

    "James McTeer came from County Down Ireland with a wife and a number of
    children, the voyage was made in the old sailing vessel, requiring a great
    length of time. An epidemic broke out on board the ship. He saw one child,
    then another, and at last his wife's body lowered into the watery grave. His
    grief was such that the convulsions caused such upheavals of the breast, that
    the buttons were torn from his silk satin vest."

    Sometime about 1730 James McTeer left Northern Ireland with a wife and family.
    On shipboard his children fell ill and died one by one, then his wife succumbed
    also; so the grief-stricken young man arrived alone in Pennsylvania. This same
    traditional has been handed down from generation to generation in both
    Tennessee and Ohio. Though the story is essentially the same in both branches,
    the number, sex, and names of the children vary, and no one has presumed to
    suggest a name or identity for this first wife.

    On 16 Jan. 1746/1747 James McTeer took out a tract of land in East Pennsboro
    Twp., Lancaster Co., 304 acres 120 perches on Warrant #117; on 8 Nov. 1760 he
    took out two additional adjoining tracts containing 72.5 and 37.5 acres, which
    additions were described in the survey as "but thin and ordinary land." At the
    time of the first survey on 10 Nov 1760, the land was in East Pennsboro Twp.,
    Cumberland Co. and the abutting property owners were Anthony McCue, James
    McMeen, Peter Leester and Rowlan Chambers. On 13 May 1767 James took out still
    another 70 acres southeast of the preceding tract and abutting on Yellow
    Breaches Creek; this land was not surveyed until much later, but is mentioned
    in James' will as "warrant land."

    This homestead was successively in East Pennsboro Twp., Lancaster Co., until
    the formation of Cumberland County in 1750; then in East Pennsboro Twp.,
    Cumberland Co., until 1766, when Allen Township was formed. When Allen
    Township was divided in 1850 the McTeer land fell in Lower Allen, "on the road
    from Lisburn to Silver Spring Meeting House."

    In relatively modern terms the location is between St. Johns Road on the east,
    Slate Hill on the south, the Upper-Lower Allen Township line on the west, and
    another range of hills on the north. Identification of exact landmarks within
    the area has been singularly complicated because the property is now traversed
    by the Lisburn Road, the Reading Railroad, The Pennsylvania Turnpike, as well
    as by other local roads coming from New Cumberland on the east and proceeding
    southward to Fairview Twp., York Co. across Yellow Breaches Creek.

    Soon after completing his title to the property with a patent dated 11 Nov.
    1760, James McTeer built a store house near a large flowing spring, probably at
    about the point where Lisburn Road crosses Cedar Run. A Cumberland Co. map of
    the 1860s shows at that time seven houses on what had been the original McTeer
    grant; owners along the southern border were C. Musselman and John Strong, who
    had two Dwellings, one at the junction where Lisburn Road came in from the
    south; then on Lisburn Road going north again after the jog, James Dunlap had
    two houses; David Hurst was still further north but somewhat west of the
    roadway; at last an unidentified building was located east against the hill.

    Records of the Pennsylvania Direct Tax of 1798 for Allen Twp., Cumberland Co.,
    list James McTeer's original house then owned and occupied by his son
    Samuel McTeer, as a stone dwelling, 16 by 22 feet, one story with four windows
    containing 48 lights (panes of glass); the accompanying kitchen was shown as
    an outbuilding 16 by 12 feet with two windows containing 12 lights; and the
    whole property including two acres of land was valued at $600.

    When Major Will A. McTeer of Maryville, Tenn., visited the locality a century
    later this house was still standing and still owned by a McTeer descendant,
    Mrs. Ellen Saxton. The Major wrote his impressions in a letter from
    Mechanicsburg, dated 30 July 1898; "We got here last night. A beautiful town of
    five thousand inhabitants, nestled down in the richest and loveliest little
    valley I have ever seen. I am just now back from a visit to the old homestead
    of my great, great grandfather, four miles out. The main part of the old stone
    house is still standing but very old and dilapidated. The old farm is of the
    very best. A barn as big as Texas ... filled ... with oats by the six horse
    load. I drank from the old spring that slaked the thirst of my ancestors."

    But only a few weeks after this encounter the old place was torn down; so a
    neighboring farmer could use the stones for the foundation of a milk station.
    In Mrs. Saxton's words, "It was hard for me to make up my mind to it but
    thought it best to lay sentiment aside as it was getting unsightly and useless
    and possibly dangerous."

    During the French and Indian War James McTeer was a captain in the local
    militia. He and his lieutenant John Anderson, both of East Pennsboro Twp. were
    commissioned in 1747-1748 in the Associated Regiment of Lancaster Co. Over the
    River Susquehanna. By the time of the American Revolution he was well past 70
    years and so was not included in any of the militia lists of that time; nor is
    there any evidence of his providing other specific assistance to the cause of
    Independance. Yet, since his five sons and three sons-in-law all served with
    the Pennsylvania troops at various times during the war there can be no doubt
    where his sympathies were in that conflict.

    Out of his 400 acres James McTeer provided a farm for each of his four sons who
    remained in Allen Township. On 8 Dec 1770 "for love and affection" he deeded
    100 acres to his son John; on 21 Dec. 1770 he made a similar conveyance to his
    son William; and by his will he also gave land to sons James and Samuel. Son
    Robert moved to Fermanaugh Twp., Cumberland Co., soon after his marriage and
    had already gone on to Tennessee before his father's death. Since he received
    in the will only a token legacy, it is clear that Robert had in some way
    received his share at an earlier date, but the nature of that inheritance is
    now past recovery.

    The will of James McTeer Sr. of Allen Twp., Cumberland Co., written 2 Aug.
    1764, probated 16 March 1785, bequeathed to son James. "the land he now liveth
    on as it is divided by John Creigh", one half "the warranted land adjoining to
    be divided according to quantity and quality", also "the meadow that is fenced
    off for his use"; to daughter Elizabeth Boyd, five shillings; to son Robert
    McTeer, five shillings; to daughter Alce Caruthers, five shillings; to sons
    William and John, five shillings each; to daughter Sarah Pauly, five shillings;
    to granddaughter Elizabeth, daughter of son James, "my chest of drawers"; to
    son James, "my table". Any remainder after payment of the legacies and
    expenses from the sale of personal property to be divided between sons James
    and Samuel McTeer. They to be Executors. Witnesses: Hugh Laird, John Worden.

    An untotalled inventory of the "Goods and Cattels of James McTeer Sen
    deceased", made on 26 Feb. 1785 by Hugh Laird and William McMEan, includes only
    personal property; one horse at 17 pounds; a red cow with a white face at 4
    pounds; seven pewter plates at 14 shillings; a case of drawers willed to
    granddaughter Elizabeth 3 pounds 15 shillings; a table willed to son James, 15
    shillings; other furniture, table, chair, dough chest, walnut chest
    and bedstead totaling 1 pound 2 shillings 6 pennies; two featherbeds, pillows,
    coverlets and blankets, 15 pounds 5 shillings and 2 pennies total; wearing
    apparel, 2 pounds 10 shillings; old books, 1 pound 1 shilling 6 pennies; a few
    tools, flax hackle, pruning chisel and draw knife, 7 shillings 6 pennies; pot
    rack, tongs, fire shovel, two basins, spice box and frying pan, 16 shillings; a
    buckskin, 10 shillings; "a pair of specks and tobacco box", 2 shillings 6
    pennies.
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    Reference:
    McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis
    McTeer, 1975, p 7, 23-26.

    James married Margaret Anderson Abt 1731, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Margaret died Abt 1740/1745. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Margaret Anderson died Abt 1740/1745.
    Children:
    1. James McTeer was born 16 Apr 1732, , Cumberland, Pennsylvania; died 12 Oct 1803; was buried Silver Spring Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
    2. Elizabeth McTeer was born 9 Apr 1734, , Cumberland, Pennsylvania; died 28 May 1805, , Blount County, Tennessee.
    3. 4. John McTeer was born 30 Apr 1736, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania; died 10 Apr 1790, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania; was buried Silver Spring Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
    4. William McTeer was born 2 Dec 1738, , Cumberland, Pennsylvania; died Aug 1819, , Cumberland, Pennsylvania.
    5. Robert McTeer was born 25 Jan 1740, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania; died 6 Apr 1824, Ellejoy, Blount County, Tennessee; was buried Blount County, Tennessee.

  3. 10.  Samuel Huston was born 1710, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; died Oct 1784, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania; was buried Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.

    Notes:

    Samuel Huston is believed to be born in Ireland. He is thought to be brother
    of John Huston who arrived in Cumberland Valley Pennsylvania about 1735 and
    removed to Virginia on "Burdens Tract", in Rockbridge County in 1745.
    Christopher Huston is also believed to be his brother. Christopher Huston
    settled in the same neighborhood as Samuel. Samuel Huston's sister Janet
    married John Clendenin and also lived in Samuel's neighborhood.

    When Cumberland County, Pennsylvania was formed in 1750 there was among the
    taxables within its territory a Samuel Huston, as appears by the records in the
    Commissioner's Office at Carlisle. He was located in the part of East Pensboro
    township that is now Silver Spring.

    The records of the Internal Affairs Office show that on 9 November 1752 Samuel
    Huston obtained a warrant for a tract of land in East Pennsboro township,
    Cumberland County, the survey for which was returned on 7 March 1753. The
    warrant for Samuel Huston's tract called for 200 acres but the survey made it
    240 acres. The draft on record shows that it was bounded on the south by lands
    of John Sample; on the east by John Carson and Richard Peters; on the north by
    Robert Carothers, and on the west by John McClellan.

    Samuel Huston was a member of the Silver Spring Presbyterian Church, now made
    famous in history as the first church west of the Susquehanna river. His name
    appears upon the church records in 1764 along with that of 42 other members of
    this church and Carlisle who signed a call for the Rev. John Steel to become
    pastor of this church.

    Samuel Huston was "a private in Captain Henry McKinley's company, 12th
    Pennsylvania regiment, commanded by Colonel William Cook, Revolutionary War."
    He appears on a receipt roll which shows that he entered the service 11
    November 1776, that he was in the service one month and four days and received
    2 pounds 16 shillings and 8 pence as the full amount of his pay and 2 pounds
    and 8 shillings as subsistence.

    On 16 September 1784 Samuel Huston of East Pennsboro Township, Cumberland
    County, Pennsylvania, made his will, which was probated on 12 October 1784.
    Samuel Huston gave all his lands or real estate to his two younger sons, John
    and Jonathan, to be held by them and their heirs in common, with the proviso
    that they pay to his son William the sum of twenty-eight pounds, and to his son
    Samuel fifty pounds in certain stipulated payments. To his wife he gave
    one-third of his personal property, together with a reasonable maintenance out
    of his real estate, and named his sons John and Jonathan as the executors of
    his will.

    The witnesses to the will were Jonathan Hoge, Walter and John Buchanan.
    Jonathan Hoge being a Justice of Peace at the time, it is probable that he
    wrote the will.

    Samuel Houston was buried in Pine Hill Graveyard located in the northwestern
    corner of the old Samuel Huston farm, near the edge of a precipitous hill.
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    Reference:
    "McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania", Frances Davis
    McTeer, 1975, p 31.
    "History of the Huston Families and their Descendants", E. Rankin Huston, 1912,
    p 4, 25, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 38, 82, 202.
    Janis Arlene (Meadath) Krulock family group sheets, 7 July 1994, p 4.

    Samuel — Isabella Sharon. Isabella (daughter of James Sharon) was buried , Cumberland, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Isabella Sharon (daughter of James Sharon); was buried , Cumberland, Pennsylvania.

    Notes:

    Buried in Pine Hill Graveyard.
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    Reference:
    "McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania", Frances Davis McTeer, 1975, p 31.
    "History of the Huston Families and their Descendants", E. Rankin Huston, 1912, p 34, 202.
    Janis Arlene (Meadath) Krulock family group sheets, 7 July 1994, p 4.

    Children:
    1. William Huston was born 1729, , Pennsylvania.
    2. Samuel Huston was born Abt 1748, , Cumberland, Pennsylvania.
    3. Margaret Huston was born 1750, , Cumberland, Pennsylvania; died 21 Nov 1823; was buried Newville, Pennsylvania.
    4. 5. Mary Huston was born 1739, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania; died 12 Feb 1812, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania; was buried Silver Spring Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
    5. Ann Huston was born Abt 1752, , Cumberland, Pennsylvania.
    6. Jane Huston was born May 1749, East Pennsboro, Cumberland, Pennsylvania; died 31 Oct 1808; was buried Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
    7. James Huston was born 1758, East Pennsboro, Pennsylvania; died 6 May 1801.
    8. Isabella Huston was born 1730, , Pennsylvania.
    9. John Huston was born Abt 1741, , Cumberland, Pennsylvania; was buried , Cumberland, Pennsylvania.
    10. Jonathan Huston was born 1760, , Cumberland, Pennsylvania; died 10 Nov 1830; was buried , Cumberland, Pennsylvania.

  5. 12.  James Nisbet was born 1691, Of Warrington Township, York County, Pennsylvania (son of Alexander Nisbet and Elizabeth Gledson).

    Other Events:

    • AFN: KX4B-GP

    James — James Mrs Nesbit. James was born Abt 1700, Od, Springton Manor, Chester, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet]


  6. 13.  James Mrs Nesbit was born Abt 1700, Od, Springton Manor, Chester, Pennsylvania.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: KX30-5N

    Children:
    1. Jean Nesbit was born Abt 1729, Of Weetnantmeal Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania; died 1801.
    2. Abraham Nesbit was born Abt 1719, Od, Springton Manor, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
    3. James Nesbit was born Abt 1721, Od, Springton Manor, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
    4. Allen Nesbit was born Abt 1723, Od, Springton Manor, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
    5. Robert Nesbit was born Abt 1725, Od, Springton Manor, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
    6. 6. John Nesbit was born 1720, Scotland; was christened Of York County, Pennsylvania; died 16 Nov 1801, Rossville, York County, Pennsylvania.

  7. 14.  John Wickersham

    Notes:

    Of Londonderry Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
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    Reference:
    "A Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania", Blanche T. Hartman, 1929, p 11.

    Children:
    1. 7. Hannah Wickersham