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Matthew DURHAM

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

Father: John DURHAM, England

Mother: ?

 

Married ?

Unknown

Born:
Died:

Father:

Mother:

 

Child:
 
 

1. James Caveat DURHAM (b. May 21, 1750, OranCtyNC)

 

Notes:

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

  • He was a Baptist.

2nd Marriage

Matthew DURHAM

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

Father: John DURHAM, England

Mother: ?

 

Married:
c. 1750

Susanna(h) LINDSEY

Born: 20 July 1731, BrunCtyVA
Died: 30 May 1799, OranCtyNC

Father: William LINDSEY

Mother: Jane CHEW

 

Children:
 
 

1. Thomas DURHAM Sr. (b. 12 May 1752 (LDS dob is Nov 21), OranCtyNC; d. Bef. Aug 1803, OranCtyNC)

Children:

  1. Susannah Lucy DURHAM "Susey" (b. 1773, NC)
  • m. Joseph LEWIS
  2. Elizabeth DURHAM (b. c. 1774, NC)
  • 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. Matilda WILLETT
  6. Iley DURHAM (b. 1784)
  • m. Mourning KIRK
  7. Ezra DURHAM (b. 1798, NC)
  • 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)

 

Notes:
 

2. William Lindsey DURHAM Sr. (b. 21 Nov 1754, OranCtyNC; d. Nov 1839, OranCtyNC)

  • m. Nancy Anne CATE

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. 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. 15 July 1757, OranCtyNC; d. 21 May 1830, OranCtyNC)

  • m1. Elizabeth CATES

  • m2. Mary ROBERTSON in 1798, NC

  • m3. Jane HATCH in 1819, NC

 

Children to Elizabeth:

  1. John DURHAM Jr. (b. c. 1789, NC)
  • m. Elizabeth EDWARDS
  2. Nathaniel DURHAM (b. c. 1790, NC)
  • m. Sarah Jane HATCH
  3. Sarah DURHAM "Sally" (b. c. 1792, NC)
  • m. Williams PITTS
  4. Alston DURHAM (b c. 1794, NC)
 

 

Children to Mary:

  1. Thomas DURHAM
 
  2. Hannah Ann DURHAM (b. 1806)
  • m. Thomas Durham FAUCETT
  3. Martha DURHAM "Patsy"
 
  4. William R. DURHAM
 
  5. James Mebane DURHAM (b. 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, NC)
 

 

Children to Jane:

  1. Young Marcus Alexander Hezikiah Durham (b. 1823, NC)
  • m. Mariah L. ELSBERRY
  2. Cynthia Elizabeth DURHAM (b. 1828, NC)

m. James Henry MCBRAYER
 

 

Notes:
  • For more detailed information on John Durham, click his name above.
 

4. Capt. Matthew DURHAM Jr. Revolutionary War Soldier (b. 16 June 1760, OranCtyNC, d. 3 Jan 1834, MonrCtyGA)

  • m. Frances Elizabeth SPENCER "Fannie" in 1784, GA

Children:

  1. John J. DURHAM "Jonnie" (b. 1784)
 
  2. Susanna DURHAM (b. 1786, GA)
  • m. George CAROTHERS
  3. John Spencer DURHAM (b. 1789)
 
  4. Mary DURHAM (b. 1790, GA)
  • m. Thomas PLEASANTS
  5. Matthew DURHAM III (b. 1793, GA)
 
  6. Simeon DURHAM (b. 1794)
  • m. Avarilla TRAYLOR
  7. Nancy DURHAM (b. 1795)
 
  8. Seaborn Jones DURHAM (b. 1796)
  • m1. Nancy STOVALL
  • m2. Mary Chambliss GEORGE
  9. Rev. Sanders Walker DURHAM Clergy (b. 1798)
  • m. N. S. MITCHELL
  10. Singleton DURHAM (b. 1800)
  • m. Lucy STOVALL
  11. Saleta DURHAM (b. 1801)
 
  12. Col. Shelman DURHAM (b. 1803)
  • m1. Susanna SIMS
  • m2. Cynthia CRAWFORD
  13. Grace Spencer DURHAM (b. 1805)*
  • m. John S. RATLIFF
  14. Sarah DURHAM (b. 1806)*
 
  15. Fanny DURHAM (b. 1807)*
 

 

Notes:
  • Matthew Durham 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. 15 June 1762, OranCtyNC; d. c. 1827)

Notes:
 

6. Lysias DURHAM (b. 12 Nov 1765, OranCtyNC; d. 8 Feb 1838, OranCtyNC)

  • m. Sarah F. REEVES

Children:

  1. John Ambrose DURHAM (b. NC)
 
  2. Tabitha DURHAM (b. 1790, NC)
  • m. James BAILEY
  3. David L. DURHAM (b. 1790, NC)
  • m. Barbara CHEEK
  4. Mary Jane DURHAM (b. 1792, NC)
  • m. John HOLD
  5. Susannah DURHAM (b. c. 1800, NC)
  • m. Levi ANDREWS
  6. Dudley DURHAM (b. 1806, NC)
  • m. Keziah DURHAM
  7. Tarlton DURHAM (b. 1810, NC)
  • m. Catharine CHEEK

 

Notes:
  • For more detailed information on Lysias Durham, click his name above.
 

7. Mary DURHAM (b. 1 Jan 1769, OranCtyNC; d. Bet. 1822 and 1823, Paoli, OranCtyIN; Find-A-Grave 50913397, IN)

Children:

  1. Ruth MEACHAM (b. 18 Sep 1790, NC; d. 1867; Find-A-Grave 114816271, IN)
  2. Isaac MEACHAM (b. 17 Apr 1799; d. 13 Dec 1825, age 26; Find-A-Grave 92398883, IN)
 
  3. Anderson MEACHAM (b. 11 Nov 1800, ChatCtyNC; d. 16 Apr 1882; Find-A-Grave 25671934, IA)

 

Notes:
  • Anderson and Lucinda had 8 children.
 

8. Jane Durham (b. 11 Aug (LDS is 21 Aug), 1772, OranCtyNC; 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. 15 Aug 1775, OranCtyNC; d. 22 Oct 1841)

  • m. Sylvia Sarah ROBERTSON c. Dec 10-22, 1795, OranCtyNC

Children:

  1. Nancy Durham (b. 1810)
 
  2. Thomas Durham (b. 1811)
  • m. Mary Ann WOLFE
  3. Mark Bartlett Durham. Sr. "Monk" (b. c. 1816)
  • m1. Nancy DURHAM m. c. 1836
  • m2. Mildred COPELAND m. 1853, NC

 

Notes:
  • For more detailed information on Mark Durham, click his name above.

 
Notes:

  • There is record that Mathew Durham immigrated to America in 1764. "Passenger lists of the Ship Charming Molly to Essex County, Virginia" Found in The Virginia Genealogist, vol. 26:3, pp 219-220
     

  • 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 and Matthew are said to have been born in England. Then, the two brothers came over to America together, (of course), meeting the two lovely Lindsey sisters aboard the ship. They married once 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 Mathew 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!)

  • Matthew Durham census record listings

    • Listed in 1755 in OranCtyNC

    • Listed in 1799 in OranCtyNC

    • Listed in 1784 in Johnston County, NC

    • Listed in 1790 in OranCtyNC

    • Listed in 1810 in Wilkesborough, Wilkes County, NC

    • Listed in 1830 in OranCtyNC
       

  • Matthew Durham's Will:
     In the name of God Amen
    I Matthew Durham of the county of Orange and state of North Carolina being sick and weake of body the sound of mind and memory doe make this my last will and testament. That is today first I give unto my well beloved wife Susanna Durham two cows and calves named Frosty and Cherry and one horse named bay and four head of sheep choice of ewes and eight head of hogs choice out of twelve and two choice of feather beds and funature and all the rest of my household furnature and working tools and the use and priveledge of the plantation and houses during her life.

    Also I give unto my son Mark Durham the tract or parcel of land I know live on containing one hundred acres more or less and one young horse saddle and bridle one cow and two heffers and four head of hogs and three head of sheep and one feather bed and furnature.

    In witness where of I have hereinto set my hand and seal this ninth day of December one thousand seven hundred and ninety five (1795).

    Signed sealed and delivered in presense of Matthew Durham
    Wm. Stroud
     

  • 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.

    Susanna Durham Will Transcript
    Recorded May 1799

    North Carolina Orange County April 30 1799

    In the name of God, Amen. I Susana Durham being weak in boddy but sound in judgment I make this my last will and testament. First of all My debts & burial paid then I give one Cow & Calf to My Son Matthew Durham to be his chois of my cows then I give unto my sone Lysias Durham one bed & bedsed with one cover lid then I give unto My daughter Mary Mecham My Bed and Beadstead with the furniture & all my Close (clothes) all so my cubard and teawear My beast and sadle to be praised and half the price to my Daughter Mary & the other half to my Daughter Janes Children Susana piper and Lary piper to be equelly devied (divided) between the two I all so give unto My Son Mark Durham one Bed & beadstead & furniture all So I give my Son Mark one cow & calf a second choice of my Cows and my putter to be devided between Mark & Mary I all So give my son Mark my loom & gear. The walnut table one pot and two ovens the friing (frying) pan I leave to My Daughter Mary all So one two gallon jug to her one large butter pot I leave to Mark then I leave one Cow & yearlin and all my sleep & one Cheft (chest) with draws (drawers) to be praised (appriaised) My Buriel To Com out of it and the rest to be equelly devied A Mong all my Children

    Susana Durham
    I appoint Lucias Durham and William Durham Executors to my will.

  • From the Durham Family Bible contributed to USGenWeb Archives by Lillie Ruby.

     I. Mathew Durham (father of Col. Shelman Durham) was born in Orage County, North Carolina on the 16th day of
    June 1760. This is sixteen miles from Hillsborough. He died in Monroe County, Georgia the 3rd day of January
    1834. He was a Captain in the Revolutionary War of 1776.

    II. Col. Shelman Durham's grandfather and family, Mathew Durham, came from Virginia and settled in Orange
    County, North Carolina, on or near Fairview, which is sixteen miles from Hillsborough on the road to Cortham
    Courthouse. Some distance from Chapple Hill. He married a Miss Lindsey. They had the following children:

    1. James Durham (by his first wife) was born May 21, 1750. He was a Baptist.
    2. William Durham (by his second wife) was born May 21, 1752. He was a Baptist and died old.
    3. John Durham was born July 16, 1757. He was a Baptist and died old.
    4. Mathew Durham, a Baptist Deacon, was born July 16, 1760 and died January 3, 1834.
    5. Ambrose Durham was born July 15, 1762 and died in childhood.
    6. Siceous Durham was born November 12, 1765 and died February 8, 1838. Was a Baptist.
    7. Mary Durham was born in 1772. She married a Mr. Piper, who died and left two girls both deaf and dumb. West to east Tennessee.
    8. Mark Durham was born August 15, 1775 and died October 22, 1841. He was a Baptist.

    All of the older ones died in the country where they were born, except Mathew. He and his children emigrated to
    all south and west states.

    III. Mathew Durham, son of Shelman Durham, married
    Fanny Spencer, who was born in Edge Districk, South
    Carolina on the 15 day of June 1765. They were married
    on January 12th 1781. She was a Baptist. She died March
    26, 1831 in Monroe County, George. Their children:

    1. Jonnie Durham was born Dec. 31, 1784 and died January 15, 1787.
    2. Susan Durham was born April 21, 1787. Susan married George Carruthers. She was a Baptist. She died in Washington County, Texas in June 1867.
    3. John Spencer Durham was born March 11, 1789 and died June 11, 1790.
    4. Mary Durham was born September 22, 1789. She married Thomas Pleasant. They were both Baptist. She died in Corral County, Mississippi in 1868.
    5. Mathew Durham was born May 27, 1793 and died October 9, 1793
    6. Nancy Durham was born September 20, 1795 and died in Jones County, George, September 14, 1811
    7. Seaborn Jones Durham was born November 22, 1796. He married Miss Nancy Stovall and after her death he married Mrs. Mary George. Mrs. George was the mother of General J. Z. George of Mississippi. He was also a U. S. Senator.
    8. Sanders Walker Durham was born May 21, 1798. He was an ordained preacher. He married twice. He died in Taylor County, Georgia on June 11, 1879. He left a widow and one son, Sanders Durham. In 1903 Sanders was living in Sherman, Texas.
    9. Singleton Durham was born January 9, 1800 and died October 7, 1835, in Monroe County, George. He had five children.
    10. Saleta Durham was born March 27, 1801 and died August 21, 1801.
    11. Shelman Durham was born December 6, 1803. He was baptized by Edman Talbot in Walnut Creek Church in Jones County, Georgia, the third Sabbath of June 1822, on a profession of faith of his redeemer.
    12. James Jackson Durham was born at 8 o'clock A. M. Monday October 31, 1825 in Monroe County, George. He married Miss Mary Oldham in Atala County, Mississippi. He was a Baptist and died May 6, 1893 at Dublin, Texas.
    13. William Washington Durham was born in Monroe County, George. He was a Baptist and died in Cherokee County, Texas.
    14. Franklin Marion Durham was born at 3:00 A.M. January 5, 1830 in Monroe County, George. He died in Cherokee County, Texas on December 24, 1895.
    15. Susan Haselton Durham was born in 1832 and died August 20, 1857. She was a Baptist.
    16. John Lafayette Durham was born Tuesday at 4 o'clock P. M. September 30, 1834 in Monroe County, Georgia. He departed this life in Alvin, Brazoria County, Texas June 28, 1901. He was a Baptist, Mason and Odd Fellow. He died by stomach trouble, surrounded by all of this children, whom he told he was going home to Jesus. He was Flag Bearer in the Battle of Gettyburg where he received a wound which resulted in the loss of his right arm. He served in the Confederate Army.
    17. Elizabeth Pollard Durham was born Sunday December 18, 1836 in Nesbobu County, Mississippi. She married Simon Tims. She was a Baptist.
    18. Mathew Lenard Durham was born Friday at 11:30 P. M. October 11, 1842 in Atala County, Mississippi. He was in the Confederate Army and was killed in the battle of Sarsburg in Maryland in 1863.
    19. Cornitta Francis Durham was born Friday at 4:00 A. M. October 11, 1844 in Atala County, Mississippi. She died August 17, 1856.

  • 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

     

  • ModLog:

    Date of ModLog Source of Information Description of Changes
    24 Sep 2022 Author's upgrade Changed county links.
         

     

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