The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.
Honored by the Wm. Henry Harrison Chapter, INSSAR and the General de Lafayette Chapter, NSDAR, May 2000
Photo displayed courtesy of G.W. Frantz INSSAR
per Find-a-Grave inscription Mathias Parson
Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
Originally named Johnson Family Cemetery
Photo: 1 of 1
Author: George Wesley Frantz
Mathia Parson served as a Private in the Companies of Captains Britton and Holmes, under Col. Stewart, in New Jersey.
Mathis Parson married Mercy "Massa" Shaw (1763-Mar 1835) November 27, 1783, at New Providence, New Jersey. She is buried next to him, shared headstone.
Children, as given by the Last Will and Testament of record at Tippecanoe County, IN:
John (1788)
Abigail (1785) md. George Harter
Phebe (1787) md. Reynolds Wright
Nathan (1790)
Mary (Polly) (1798-1869) md. Robert Johnson (1779-17 Dec 1830) 13 Dec 1808, Montgomery County, OH,
Mathias Parson, Jr. (1795-1870) md. Jemina Penwell
Several of the children married in Montgomery County, OH.
Is listed in Genealogies of the First settlers of Passaic Valley, p318. Purchased public lands through the Crawfordsville, IN, office.
Approved SAR National Numbers: 165281 and 192916.
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