Martha Matteson

Brief Life History of Martha

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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Family Time Line

Daniel Hopkins
1777–1837
Martha Matteson
1775–1848
Marriage: 1805
Marcy C Hopkins
1802–1877
Ezekiel Hopkins
1804–1860

Sources (4)

  • Martha Matteson Hopkins, "Find a Grave Index"
  • Martha Hopkins, "Rhode Island, Vital records, 1846-1898, 1901-1955"
  • Mather Matteson, "Rhode Island, Vital records, 1846-1898, 1901-1955"

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World Events (8)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776 · Rhode Island Declares Independence

Rhode Island declares independence from Great Britain on May 4, 1776, making it the first colony to do so officially.

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

Name Meaning

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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