John Mathie

- Bef 1737

• Name	John Mathie  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Role	Abt 1688	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  	Later free emigrant
  Arrival	Bef 1696
  Occupation	1698	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  	Joiner
  Occupation	7 Mar 1697/98	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [2]
  	Secretary of the Court of Small Causes, when subject of petition to the Governor's Council by Grimstone Bonde
  Property	16 Jun 1698	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [3]
  	Patent for a one-acre plot south of Cove Street, next to John's Hume's
  Property	7 May 1702  [4]
  	Warrant for 60 acres, jointly with James Clerkson
  Property	14 Sep 1714	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [5]
  	On list of debtors to John Bowne of Matawan, listed in the inventory of his estate
  Legal	18 Jun 1717	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [6]
  	Made up the inventory of John Browne, with William Frost
  Religion	1731	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [7]
  	Presbyterian
  Residence	1731	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [8]
  	When a petitioner on the future of the Old Scots Burying Ground
  Legal	3 Jan 1731/32	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [9]
  	Made up the inventory of John Barclay, with Harman Stout
  Name	John Mathew  [10]
  Name	John Mathews
  Name	John Matthews
  Name	John Mattie  [11]
  Will	25 Jan 1735/36	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [12]
  	Executors: daughters Margaret Hughs, Ann Allen and firends, Gabriel Stelle of Perth Amboy and John Hutton of Fresh Ponds. Witnesses: John Moore, Alex'r Mackdowell, Margaret Moore
  Death	Bef 11 Apr 1737	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [12]
  Probate	11 Apr 1737	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [12]
  Person ID	I45636	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	18 Jun 2026

  
  

  Family 1	Katherine Thomson,   b. Scotland
  Family ID	F31469	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Jun 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Catherine Humes,   b. 1673, Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland
  Marriage	22 Oct 1690	Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [10, 13]
  	Officiated by Samuel Hale
  Children	1. Ann Mathie,   b. Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Margaret Mathie,   b. Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. daughter Mathie,   b. Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA d. Bef 1737  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31559	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Jun 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Role - Later free emigrant - Abt 1688 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Marriage - 22 Oct 1690 - Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Occupation - Joiner - 1698 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Occupation - Secretary of the Court of Small Causes, when subject of petition to the Governor's Council by Grimstone Bonde - 7 Mar 1697/98 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Property - Patent for a one-acre plot south of Cove Street, next to John's Hume's - 16 Jun 1698 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Legal - Made up the inventory of John Browne, with William Frost - 18 Jun 1717 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Religion - Presbyterian - 1731 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Residence - When a petitioner on the future of the Old Scots Burying Ground - 1731 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Legal - Made up the inventory of John Barclay, with Harman Stout - 3 Jan 1731/32 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Will - Executors: daughters Margaret Hughs, Ann Allen and firends, Gabriel Stelle of Perth Amboy and John Hutton of Fresh Ponds. Witnesses: John Moore, Alex'r Mackdowell, Margaret Moore - 25 Jan 1735/36 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Death - Bef 11 Apr 1737 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Probate - 11 Apr 1737 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Daughters mentioned in his will: Margaret Hughs and Ann Allen; and grandchildren Mathues and Margaret Sharp

  
  

• Sources

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