When Martha Matteson was born about 1775, in North Kingstown, Kings, Rhode Island, British Colonial America, her father, Ezekiel Matteson, was 33 and her mother, Rosanna Matteson, was 27. She married Daniel Hopkins in 1805, in West Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died on 2 April 1848, at the age of 74, and was buried in Hopkins Lot, West Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
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Scottish and English (Lancashire and Northumberland): variant of Mattison 1. This form of the name is rare in Britain and Ireland.
Americanized form of Swedish Mattesson: patronymic from the personal name Mattes, an equivalent of Matthew . The surname Mattesson is very rare in Sweden.
Variant of Mattison 3, a surname of Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, or North German origin, a cognate of 2 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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