John Matson (1686-1753) lived in Upper Merion Township, Montgomery County, PA. There is some question as to whether our Mattsons are of Swedish or Welsh origin. John Matson is buried in the Friends Cemetery of the Merion Meetinghouse, an area settled by Welsh Quakers.

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From Martha's Extended Family page on John Matson: http://www.martisgenes.info/p314.htm#i3798

John Matson[1]

• M, b. say 1673?, d. 2 March 1748

Father* John Matson b. s 1633?

Mother* Mary (?)

Birth* John Matson was born say 1673? He was the son of John Matson and Mary (?).

Marriage* He married Hanna (?) say 1703?.

Death* John died on 2 March 1748 in Chester County, Pennsylvania, .[2]

Family

• Hanna (?)

Child

• 1. Hannah Matson+ b. s 1713, d. 1812

Citations:

1. [S186] Eleanor M. Davis, Davis: A Quaker Family, Charles Davies, the Immigrant, to Pennsylvania about 1725, from there to North Carolina, His Wife, Hannah Matson, and Their Descendants, p. 11, 881.

2. [S1048] World Family Tree Volume 62, tree 1166.