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Matthew DURHAM

Born c. 1730, England
Died Oct 9, 1795, OCNC

Father: John DURHAM

Mother: ?

 

Married ?

Unknown

Born:
Died:

Father:

Mother:

 

Children:
 

1. James Caveat Durham (b. May 21, 1750, OCNC)

Notes:

  • It is not yet known who James' mother was.

  • He was a Baptist.

2nd Marriage

Matthew DURHAM

(See Above)

 

Married:
c. 1750

Susanna(h) LINDSEY

Born: Jul 20, 1731 in Brunswick Co, VA
Died: May 30, 1799, OCNC

Father: William LINDSEY

Mother: Jane ?

 

Children:
 

1. Thomas Durham Sr. (b. May 12, 1752 (LDS dob is Nov 21), OCNC; d. Bef. Aug 1803, OCNC, m. Susannah CATE (b. c. 1755, OCNC; d. c. 1818, OCNC) in 1773)

Children:

  1. Susannah Lucy Durham "Susey" (b. 1773, NC; m. Joseph LEWIS)

  2. Elizabeth Durham (b. c. 1774; m. Samuel FAUCETT)

  3. Rebecca Durham (b. 1776, NC; m. Richard FAUCETT Jr.)

  4. Aaron Durham (b. 1780; m1. Sally CATES; m2. Rebecca CATES)

  5. Matthew Durham (b. c. 1782, NC; m1. Elizabeth KIRK; m2. ?; m3. Matilda WILLETT)

  6. Iley Durham (b. 1784; m. Mourning KIRK)

  7. Ezra Durham (b. 1798; m. Martha Patsy HUNTER)

  8. Thomas Durham (b. 1788; m1. Nancy HOBBS; m2. Deliah SNIPES)

  9. John Durham (b. 1790; m. Anna LATTA)

  10. Nancy Durham (b. c. 1800; m. Eli CHEEK)

Notes:
 

2. William Lindsey Durham Sr. (b. Nov 21, 1754, OCNC; d. Nov 1839, OCNC; m. Nancy Anne CATE(S)).

Children:

  1. Susanna Durham (b. 1780, NC; m. John JOLLEY)

  2. Archibald Marion Durham (b. c. 1783, NC; m1. Margaret STROUD; m2. Jane CARRUTHERS)

  3. Williams Lindsey Durham Jr. (b. Apr 21, 1787, NC; m. Mary SNIPES)

  4. Frances Durham (b. 1788, NC; m. Philemon LACY Jr.)

  5. Isaiah Durham (b. c. 1789, NC; m. Elizabeth BURNS)

  6. Thomas Durham (b. c. 1790, NC)

  7. Matthew Durham (b. c. 1794)

  8. John Durham (b. c. 1800, NC)

  9. Isaac Durham (b. c. 1783, NC; m. Barbara BRANTLEY)

Notes:
  • Isaac Durham is documented, along with Lysias Durham, as representing the Haw's River Mountain of Chatham County, NC at the Sandy Creek Baptist Association meeting of 1829 (see the book, History of the Sandy Creek Baptist Association (from its Organization in A. D. 1758 to A. D. 1858) by Elder Geo. W. Purefoy.
  • Uncovering details around the correct Isaac Durham is a mystery I have yet to solve.  
 

3. John Durham Sr. (b. Jul 15, 1757, OCNC; d. May 21, 1830, OCNC; m1. Elizabeth CATE (b. c. 1765); m2. Mary ROBERTSON (b. c. 1779 in Brunswick, VA) on Mar 27, 1798, OCNC; m3. Jane HATCH (b. 1804) on Sep 7, 1819, OCNC)

Children to Elizabeth:

  1. John Durham Jr. (b. c. 1789; m. Elizabeth EDWARDS)

  2. Nathaniel Durham (b. c. 1790; m. Sarah Jane HATCH)

  3. Sarah Durham "Sally" (b. c. 1792; m. Williams PITTS)

  4. Alston Durham (b c. 1794)

Children to Mary:

  1. Thomas Durham

  2. Hannah Ann Durham (b. Jul 18, 1806, NC; m. Thomas Durham FAUCETT) 

  3. Martha Durham "Patsy"

  4. William R. Durham

  5. James Mebane Durham (b. Jan 21, 1809, NC; m. Elizabeth LLOYD)

  6. Spencer B. Durham (b. 1810, NC; m. Delilah LLOYD)

  7. Jesse Durham (b. 1811, NC; m. Susannah FAUCETT)

  8. Ruffin Durham (b. 1812)

Children to Jane

  1. Young Marcus Alexander Hardaway Durham (b. Sep 15, 1823, NC; m. Mariah L. ELSBERRY)

  2. Cynthia Durham

Notes:
 

4. Capt. Matthew Durham Jr. Revolutionary War Soldier (b. Jun 16, 1760, OCNC, d. Jan 3, 1834 in Monroe Co, GA, m. Frances Elizabeth SPENCER "Fannie" (b. Jun 15, 1765, d. Mar 26, 1831) on Jan 12, 1784 in Monroe Co, GA)

Children:

  1. John J. Durham "Jonnie" (b. Dec 31, 1784)

  2. Susanna Durham (b. Apr 21, 1786, GA; m. George CAROTHERS)

  3. John Spencer Durham (b. Mar 11, 1789)

  4. Mary Durham (b. Sep 22, 1790, GA; m. Thomas PLEASANTS)

  5. Matthew Durham III (b. May 27, 1793, GA)

  6. Simeon Durham (b. Jul 6, 1794; m. Avarilla TRAYLOR)

  7. Nancy Durham (b. Sep 20, 1795)

  8. Seaborn Jones Durham (b. Nov 22, 1796; m1. Nancy STOVALL; m2. Mary Chambliss GEORGE)

  9. Rev. Sanders Walker Durham Clergy (b. May 21, 1798; m. N. S. MITCHELL)

  10. Singleton Durham (b. Jan 9, 1800, GA; m. Lucy STOVALL)

  11. Saleta Durham (b. Mar 27, 1801)

  12. Col. Shelman Durham (b. Dec 6, 1803; m1. Susanna SIMS; m2. Cynthia CRAWFORD)

  13. Grace Spencer Durham (b. Apr 23, 1805; m. John S. RATLIFF)*

  14. Sarah Durham (b. Apr 29, 1806)*

  15. Fanny Durham (b. Jun 6, 1807)*

Notes:
  • Matthew was a Captain in the Revolutionary War.
  • He was also a Baptist deacon.
  • *Grace, Sarah and Fanny are not listed in Shelman's bible transcript, so I question if they were Matthew's children.
  5. Ambrose Durham (b. Jun 15, 1762, OCNC; d. c. 1827) |
 
Notes:
 

6. Lysias Durham (b. Nov 12, 1765, OCNC; d. Feb 8, 1838, OCNC; m. Sarah F. REEVES)

Children:

  1. John Ambrose Durham (b. in NC)

  2. Tabitha Durham (b. 1790, NC; m. James BAILEY)

  3. Mary Jane Durham (b. 1792, NC; m. John HOLD)

  4. Dudley Durham (b. bet. 1798 - 1806; m. Keziah DURHAM)

  5. Susannah Durham (b. c. 1800, NC; m. Levi ANDREWS)

  6. David L. Durham (b. Jul 6, 1799, NC; m. Barbara CHEEK)

  7. Tarlton Durham (b. 1810, NC; m. Catharine CHEEK)

Notes:
 

7. Mary Durham (b. Jan 1, 1769, OCNC; d. Bet. 1822 and 1823 in Paoli, OCNC; m. George A. MEACHAM (b. 1765 in Caroline Co, NC; d. 1820 in Paoli, OCNC))

Child:

  1. Anderson Meacham (b. Nov 11, 1800, CCNC; d. Apr 16, 1882; m1. Lucinda WASSON (b. Sep 7, 1805 in Rowan, NC; d. Nov 10, 1847 in Kosta, IA) on Dec 22, 1822 in Orange, IN; m2. Fannie Averille PRATT (b. c. 1804, CCNC)

Notes:
  • View Anderson's gravemarker here at Koszta Cemetery, Iowa Co, IA.
  • Anderson and Lucinda had 8 children.
 

8. Jane Durham (b. Aug 11 (LDS is Aug 21), 1772, OCNC; d. c. 1799; m. Alex PIPER c. 1790)

Children:

  1. Susannah Piper ()

  2. Sarah Piper ()

Notes:
  • Susanna and Sarah were deaf and mute.
 

9. Mark Durham (b. Aug 15, 1775, OCNC; d. Oct 22, 1841; m. Sylvia Sarah ROBERTSON (b. c. 1780) c. Dec 10-22, 1795, OCNC)

Children:

  1. Nancy Durham (b. Mar 1810)

  2. Thomas Durham (b. Mar 1811, NC; m. Mary A. WOLFE)

  3. Mark B. Durham (b. c. 1816,  NC; m1. Nancy DURHAM, m2. Mildred COPELAND)

Notes:
  • Mark is buried in Criswell Cemetery, FaCTX.

 
Notes:

  • Mathew and Thomas Durham
    A significant Durham genealogy mystery concerns the relationship between Mathew Durham and Thomas Durham (b. 1696; m. Margaret "Peggy" Lindsey). Were they brothers? Was Mathew a son of Thomas? Their birthdates appear to be about 30 years apart.  Thomas is theorized to have been born in England. Then, the two brothers came over to America together, met the Lindsey sisters on the boat, and married them in America.  How will we ever know for sure? 

    There is, however, one certainty, thanks to new scientific techniques. Mathew and Thomas were related to each other.  This is supported by not only family genealogy paper evidence and family lore, but more importantly by DNA test results (see the Thomas/Mathew group on the Durham Surname DNA Project website web.)  On that website our group is called "Mathew/Thomas". The DNA test results also tie in a third Durham ancestor George G. DURHAM, the father of James Lindsey DURHAM. 

  • Found Matthew Durham's month and day of death, Oct 9, on pages 66-67 of the Roster of North Carolina Soldiers LDS Fiche #6046553 (indirectly thru a genforum post by Marta Patterson - thanks!)

  • Susannah Lindsey's father may have been CALEB LINDSEY.

  • From the Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1752-1800, Susannah's Will Abstract reads:
    C-137  Will In Archive. Dated 30 April 1799, proved May 1799.
    SUSANNAH (x) DURHAM
    sons: Matthew Durham, Lysias Durham, Mark Durham.
    dau: Mary Mechum
    "daughter Jane's children Susannah Piper and Sarah Piper".
    Executor: Lysias Durham
    Witnessess: Alexander Hatch, Frances (x) Durham, Oney Hutson.
     

  • Page Sources:

    1. Rodney Britnell (Rodbrit12@aol.com) and Roy E. Malone, Grandbury, TX

    2. Donald R. Johnston Home Page web

    3. Shelman Durham's letter copying family bible bible

    4. Durham Surname DNA Project website web

Names Added to Name Index: YES

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