Elizabeth MATTHEWS

1 Oct 1773 - 20 Jul 1864

• BIRTH: 1 Oct 1773, Mathewsfield, Goshen, NY
• DEATH: 20 Jul 1864, St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
• BURIAL: Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, NY

• MARRIAGE: 11 Jun 1798, Elmira, Chemung, NY

                                       _Peter MATTHEWS _____
                   _Vincent MATTHEWS _|
                  |                   |_Bridget ____________
 _James MATTHEWS _|
|                 |                    _Johannes ABEEL _____+
|                 |_Catalina ABEEL ___|
|                                     |_Catharina SCHUYLER _+
|
|--Elizabeth MATTHEWS 
|
|                                      _Selah STRONG _______+
|                  _Selah STRONG Jr___|
|                 |                   |_Abigail TERRY ______+
|_Hannah STRONG __|
                  |                    _Nathaniel WOODHULL _+
                  |_Hannah WOODHULL __|
                                      |_Sarah SMITH ________+

[431] "Genealogy of the Matthews Family"
Previously unpublished, undated family memoir
William Fletcher Lowe

"The Family of Richard Smith of Smithtown, Long Island"
Frederick Kinsman Smith
Smithtown Historical Society, Smithtown, NY, 1967
"Hannah, b. 17 Oct 1742, m. 18 Feb 1762, James Mathews (General), born 1742, died 1816, son of
Vincent and ----- (Abeel) Mathews. They removed, about 1791, from Mathewsfield to Newtown, now
Elmira, N.Y. Children (Mathews - 6 sons, 6 daughters):
(vii) Elizabeth, b. 1 Oct 1773, married, 11 Jne 1798, John Garrison Christopher, b. 18 Sep
1770, d. 21 Jan 1840, on Staten Island, son of Joseph and Hester (Garrison) Christopher."

"General Daniel Bissell : his ancestors and descendants and the Hoyt, Strong, and other families"
Edith Newbold Jessop
New York, NY, 1927.
p104: "ELIZABETH MATHEWS Daughter of James and Hannah (Strong) Mathews. Elizabeth Mathews
was born at "Mathewsfield," Goshen, New York, October 1, 1773. She married, June 17, 1798, at Elmira,
New York, John Garrison Christopher. John Garrison Christopher was the son of Richard and Hester
(Garrison) Christopher. He was born on Staten Island, September 18, 1770, and he died at Rochester,
New York, January 21,1840... According to Dwight, John Garrison Christopher "engaged at Binghamton
(Chenango Point, as then called) in farming and the lumber business until 1817, when he removed to
Rochester, NY."