Display Patriot - P-333906 - Matthew/Mathew LAWLER

Matthew/Mathew LAWLER

SAR Patriot #: P-333906

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State of Service: PA Qualifying Service: Captain

DAR #: A067071

Birth: 01 Jan 1755 Philadelphia / Philadelphia / PA
Death: 14 Jul 1831 Cincinnati / Hamilton / OH

Qualifying Service Description:

1778, served as a Lieutenant aboard the Cutter Revenge
1779, served as a Lieutenant, under commander George Geddes, aboard the Privateer Brigantine Holker owned by Blair McClenachan
November 1779, McClenchan chose Lawler to succeed Geddes, and he secured his Captain’s commission
1780, letter of Marque, aboard the Privateer Brigantine Ariel, owned by Robert Morris. He also captained several other ships, including back at the helm of the Holker. During an engagement with the British, he was slightly wounded
1781, Master, age 25, letter of Marque, owned by Blair and Robert McClenachan aboard the Privateer Ship Philadelphia

Additional References:

Montgomery, Thomas LynchPennsylvania Archives Fifth Series, Vol I, Pennsylvania. Harrisburg: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1906, pg 617, 621, 634, 635
Ford, Worthington ChaunceyNaval Records of the American Revolution 1775-1788, Library of Congress, Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1906, pg 230, 339, 414
Clark, ThomasNaval History of the United States, Volume 1, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: M. Carey, 1814, pg 119
Clark, William Bell, "That Mischievous Holker: The Story of a Privateer," The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 79, No. 1 (Jan, 1955), University of Pennsylvania Press, pg 27-62
NSDAR cites: Ashmead, Henry GrahamHistory of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia: L.H. Everets and Co, 1884, pg 74

Spouse: Ann Bevan;
Children: Davis B; Nicholas; Sarah;

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Burial:

Spring Grove Cemetery_(C-0371145)

Location:

Cincinnati / Hamilton / OH / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

43543

Grave Plot #:

Garden LN, Section 45, Lot 49, Space 1

Grave GPS Coordinates:

39.170449 / -84.523818

Find A Grave Memorial #:

31861841

Marker Type:

SAR; DAR

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

4 Jul 2017

Comments:

Large stone monument topped with a statue of the Sphynx. It's unclear when the monument was erected
Photo used with permission of Michael B. Gunn, 185230, Cincinnati Chapter, OHSSAR

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

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Author: Michael J. Blum

Mathew Lawler was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 1 January 1755.

He served as a Privateer and a Lieutenant on the Holker and later a Captain of the Ariel, capturing over six British ships [HMS Prince of Wales, Recovery, Diana, Carteret, and Charming Peggy] and their contents (including rum, sugar, molasses, tobacco, rice, fustic, deerskins, barrel staves, and tar); supporting the revolution.

He Died in Hamilton County on 14 July 1831, first interred at the Episcopal Burial Ground, in Cincinnati, Ohio. The remains were moved to Spring Grove Cemetery, Section 45, Lot 49 in 1847.

Hamilton County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society. Hamilton County, Ohio Burial Records. Hamilton County, Ohio Burial Records. Vol. 6, Colerain Township. Edited by Mary H. Remler. Cincinnati, Ohio: Hamilton County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society, 1994.

Many families reburied their ancestors at Spring Grove because of the quality of perpetual care provided, and the beauty and serenity of the grounds. On 15 May 1976, a bronze tablet was placed on a large granite boulder listing some of the Revolutionary War soldiers buried at the Cemetery. This memorial is across the road where Sections 113, 115, and 116 join to the North end of the Woodland Preserve. [Lat. 39.1672739 Ln. -84.5349940.]

He served as Mayor of Philadelphia for four one-year terms. Matthew married Ann Bevan and they had several children, including a son Davis B. Lawler who erected a memorial in Spring Grove Cemetery, another son Nicholas is buried there also, and a daughter Sarah who married Ben Harbeson in 1804.

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