Eliza Jane Matthews

born: 12 Aug 1814, Ohio
died: 24 Oct 1902, Redwood City,San Mateo Co.,California
bur.: 26 Oct 1902, Redwood City,San Mateo Co.,California, at Union Cemetery
spouse: William WATERS
marr: 22 Mar 1834, Tippecanoe Co.,Indiana
born: 1806, Maryland
died: Jun 1850, Hancock Co.,Illinois
occu: farmer
Children:
Elvira ``Emily'' WATERS
John WATERS
Phillip WATERS
Martha Jane WATERS
Huldah WATERS
Rose Waters
Perry M. WATERS
spouse: John Logan ROBINSON
marr: 27 Dec 1854, Hancock Co.,Illinois
born: 1822, Indiana or Ohio
died: 16 Jul 1891, Redwood City,San Mateo Co.,California
bur.: 19 Jul 1891, Redwood City,San Mateo Co.,California, at Union Cemetery
Children:
Emma Waters ROBINSON

Pedigree Chart

                      |--------Preston MATTHEWS ( - )
                      |
           |---------Joel MATTHEWS (1755, (probably) Virginia - 1834, OH)
           |          |
           |          |--------RANSBIRD ( - )
           |
  |------William MATTHEWS (1790, TN - 1869, Indiana)
  |        |
  |        |          |--------
  |        |          |
  |        |---------Patty (1757, (probably) Virginia - )
  |                   |
  |                   |--------
  |
Eliza Jane MATTHEWS (1814, Ohio - 1902, California)
  |
  |                   |--------
  |                   |
  |        |---------
  |        |          |
  |        |          |--------
  |        |
  |------
           |
           |          |--------
           |          |
           |---------
                      |
                      |--------
The connection between Eliza, daughter of William Matthews and Eliza, wife of William Waters and John Robinson comes from two key linkages. Eliza's descendent Kathleen (Covert) Yawn found my data on the WWW and it connected with facts she had from family records. Kathleen's records of Eliza gave her maiden name of Matthews and had a birthdate of 12 Aug 1814 (from her obituary) and my family records from Diana Thomas had 12 Aug 1813, both indicating Ohio for birthplace. Kathleen's grandfather (Eliza's grandson) also remembered some relationship to a ``Lily'' family and a Perry Lilly, which fits very well with Eliza's half-sister Rebecca who married John Lilly and had a son Perry Lilly. Eliza living in Hancock Co., Illinois is also a good clue that she is part of this Matthews family.

Eliza taught school when she was 13 years old, about 1830. Her ``Copy Book'' is in the possession of Barbara Covert Taylor.

Eliza's grandson, John Robinson Covert, thought that John Robinson was either a friend or a business partner of William Waters. According to the 1850 Hancock County Census, they were neighbors, only one household apart (William had died by the time of the census).

According to family history taken from John Robinson Covert, the Robinson family left Chillicothe, Missouri in April of 1860 and arrived in Watsonville California in the fall of that same year. They traveled by wagon train. This train was led by Captain Moss. There were 65 wagons with 4 mules per wagon. Grandfather Robinson had 4 wagons. Cpt Moss owned 2 of each of the 4 mules and the barrels of whiskey carried on each wagon, which he sold upon arrival in CA, making him ``rich'' (``mules fetched about $200 per head back then'').

The family went to Mexico with George Buttrick the son of Hulda Watters, they had a silver mine there. But when the war broke out they were forced to leave and lost everything. The family had been staying in Mazitlan, that is where Emma learned to speak Spanish. They moved to Redwood City after leaving Mexico and John Robinson opened a boot making shop.

Census: 1850, Hancock Co.,Illinois
Census: 1860, Jacksonville Twp,Livingston Co.,Missouri
Census: 1870, Watsonville, Santa Cruz Co., CA
Census: 1880, Redwood City,San Mateo Co.,California
Census: 1900, San Mateo Co.,California
More information: OBITUARY

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