Rebecca Black

Notes:

Birthplace now is Perry County.

Died at the home of her son Henry Wilson Mateer.
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Reference:
McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis
McTeer, 1975, p 53.

Rebecca married William Mateer, Jr. 8 Feb 1807. William (son of William McTeer and Margaret Carothers) was born 17 Jun 1784, Allen Township, Cumberland, Pennsylvania; died 18 Aug 1829, Allen Township, Cumberland, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet]

1. John Mateer was born 17 Nov 1807, Allen Township, Cumberland, Pennsylvania; died 29 Jan 1875, Monmouth, Illinois; was buried Henry, Illinois.
2. Margaret Jane Mateer was born Abt 1811, , Cumberland, Pennsylvania.
3. William Mateer was born 11 Sep 1813, , Cumberland, Pennsylvania; died 1 Jan 1866, , Cumberland, Pennsylvania; was buried , Cumberland, Pennsylvania.
4. Henry Wilson Mateer was born Abt 1816, , Cumberland, Pennsylvania; died 15 Jan 1888, , Marshall, Illinois.
5. Mary Mateer was born Allen Township, Cumberland, Pennsylvania.
6. Elizabeth Mateer was born Abt 1825, Allen Township, Cumberland, Pennsylvania.

Notes:

John Black lived and died in Raccoon Valley (now Tuscarora Township, Perry
County); he was "a very highly esteemed, pious man."

On 28 October 1828 John Mateer and James Dunlap as Trustees for William Mateer
of Allen Township, Cumberland County, because the said William Mateer is an
"habitual drunkard," and Rebecca Mateer, "who is one of the daughters and legal
representatives of John Black, late of Juniata Township, Perry County,
Pennsylvania, also the wife of the aforesaid William Mateer", for $267.10,
released to Samuel Black of Juniata Township, all rights the said William
Mateer and wife Rebecca may have under intestate law in the estate of John
Black deceased; this quitclaim related to land devised by the will of John
Black to his son Thomas Black, "but now since Thomas did not survive his
father" that part of John's estate is settled by intestate law. Witnesses:
Robert Mateer, Andrew Mateer. According to this deed John Black's will was
probated at "Bloomfield", but no date or will book reference is indicated, and
present Perry County records show no such estate either in the old books or in
original documents.
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Reference:
McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis
McTeer, 1975, p 53.

John — Mary Robinson. [Group Sheet]