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Mathews-Williams Family Genealogy
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Carter Braxton, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. He was educated at the College of William & Mary. From 1761 to 1775 he was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses. In this body he supported the 1765 Virginia resolutions against the Stamp Act. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress from 1775 to 1776. He served in the Virginia legislature from 1776 until his death in 1797. Carter Braxton, signer of the Declaration of Independence. He was a member of the committee of safety, and was elected to Congress to succeed Peyton Randolph. After his work in the convention, which drew up the Declaration of Independence, he served in his home state as a member of the House of Delegates, and in other capacities.
He was educated at the College of William and Mary. He inherited a considerable estate from his father, which was largely increased by his marriage to Judith Robinson, daughter of Christopher Robinson. He built the mansion at Elsing Green" in 1758. His wife died, and he traveled in Europe for some time before entering into active public life.
A large granite monument in the Hollywood Cemetery, in Richmond, VA, honors many of his descendants and ancestors including George Braxton, the emigrant.
Elizabeth Tayloe Corbin, of "Laneville", King William Co., VA.
Capt. Francis Conway, of "Port Conway", King George Co., VA. He was a member of Committee of Safety, 1774-76, and served for three years in the Continental Line, 1775-78.
Francis Fitzhugh Conway was killed in a duel with William Thornton, who also fell mortally wounded, both being in love with the innocent cause of the duel, Lucie H. Macon, the niece of Prseident James Madison.
Col. John Catlett, of Essex Co., VA.
Samuel R. Cabell died in 1851, in the south, of Cholera, unmarried.
Mordecai Cooke resided in "Mordeai's Mount", Gloucester County, Virginia. He was sheriff in Gloucester Co., VA. He was Burgess between 1696 and 1702 in Virginia. He was Justice between 1702 and 1717 in Gloucester Co., Virginia.
Mordecai Cooke resided in "Mordeai's Mount", Gloucester County, Virginia. He was sheriff in Gloucester Co., VA. He was Burgess between 1696 and 1702 in Virginia. He was Justice between 1702 and 1717 in Gloucester Co., Virginia.
Mordecai Cooke emigrated to America at Elizabeth City, probably from Whitefield County, Suffolk, England, in 1639. He wettled in Gloucester County, Vriginia in 1650 and where he lived on 1174 acres called "Mordecai's Mount." He married Susannah peasley, widow of Michael Peasley of Pocosin Parish, York County, Virginia, in 1648.
Some accounts state that Mordecai's father was John Cooke who came to America prior to 1623.
References: "Descendants of Mardecai Cooke of Mordecai's Mount", 1650, by William Carter Stubbs, 1923, 33 pp.; "Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography", Vol. IV, p. 360; "Colonial Families of the Southern States of America", Stella Pickett Hardy, 1958, pp. 164-170; "Genealogical Lineages of Priscilla Jones Macon Leiper", Esther Agnes Leiper Schumaker, p. 17; "Magna Charta", John S. Wurts, Vol. IV, pp. 942-943;
Thomas Cooke, of "Woodbury", Gloucester County, Virginia.
John Cooke, of "Beechley", Gloucester County, Virginia.