Nathaniel Matson

Nathaniel Matson was a shipwright. His first wife, Ruth, died within two years of the marriage. She was from a wealthy family and from Watertown. There is no record of a child but Nathaniel names Thomas Matson in his will and Thomas Matson was not the child of Nathaniel's second marriage. The Thomas Matson was likely a brother or his cousin.

New England Marriages Before 1700, p. 496 has one entry for a Nathaniel Matson, birth year unknown, death year as 1686. A marriage is shown to a woman whose first name was not known but whose maiden name is Thomas. Thomas Matson was buried in the Duck River cemetery in Lyme.

He married secondly Joanna Ely about 1725.

Children of NATHANIEL MATSON and JOANNA ELY are:

i. MARY MATSON.

ii. ABIGAIL MATSON, d. March 12, 1820.

iii. DEBORAH MATSON married SAMUEL SANFORD, February 21, 1782.

iv. RUTH MATSON, b. 1717; d. August 12, 1762.

v. ELIZABETH MATSON, b. 1719; d. October 1815.

vi. NATHANIEL MATSON, b. 1727; d. August 27, 1787.

vii. RUANNA MATSON, b. Abt. 1731; married TRAVERS AYERS.

viii. WILLIAM MATSON, b. 1736; d. October 24, 1804.

ix. IVANNA MATSON, b. 1738; married ENSIGN JOSEPH MATHER, December 07, 1756.