James McMath was born on 8 May 1806, in Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland as the son of John or Hugh McMath and Elizabeth. He married Agnes on 13 May 1828. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He lived in Richmond Township, Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada in 1881 and Charlotteville, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada in 1899. He died on 19 August 1899, in Norfolk, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 93, and was buried in Port Burwell, Elgin, Ontario, Canada.
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Scottish and northern Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Matha, a patronymic from a Gaelic form of Matthew .
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