Gazlay Family History
William Williams Mathewson
Parents
| Father | Rufus Smith Mathewson (14 September 1802 - 29 May 1886) |
| Mother | Faith Williams McClellan (27 April 1804 - 1892) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 12 December 2010; Last Edited: 24 December 2010 |
| Person ID | 1856 |
| Name | William Williams Mathewson |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | 9 February 1829 in Brooklyn, Windham County, Connecticut1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
| Married | 28 September 1858 in New Berlin, Chenango County, New York to Harriet Augusta Warner1, 5 |
| Died | 31 May 1901 in Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut5 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Harriet Augusta Warner (daughter of Benjamin ‘Uncle Ben’ Warner and Sarah Sallie Gazlay) |
| Born | 14 May 1842 in New Berlin, Chenango County, New York |
| Married | 28 September 1858 in New Berlin, Chenango County, New York to William Williams Mathewson |
| Children | of William Williams Mathewson and Harriet Augusta Warner: |
| 1. | Albert M. McClellan ‘Bertie’ Mathewson |
| Born | 19 October 1860 in Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut |
| Married | 13 June 1888 in New Haven, Connecticut to Mary E. Foster |
| +2. | Ellen Trumbull ‘Nellie’ Mathewson |
| Born | 17 March 1862 in Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut |
| Married | to John Deforest Haskell |
Sources
- U.S. Federal Census, 1860, Connecticut, Windham County, Town of Woodstock, page 156-157, family of Rufus S. (age 57) and Faith W. Mathewson (age 56), with William W. Mathewson (age 31), Harriet A. Mathewson (age 18), Arthur Mathewson (age 22), Addison G. Warner (age 24), two domestics and one day laborer.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Connecticut, Windham County, Woodstock, Enumeration District 132, Page No. 24, family of William W. Mathewson, age 51, wife Hattie, age 38, son Bertie (initials unclear), age 19, daughter Nellie T., age 18, father-in-law Benj Warner, age 74, and mother-in-law Sallie Warner, age 70.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Connecticut, Windham County, Woodstock, Enumeration District 522, Sheet No. 6B, family of William W. (age 41, born Feb 1829) and wife Harriet A. Mathewson (age 58, born May 1842), married 41 years, with Benjamin Warner (age 94, born Jul 1805) and Sarah Warner (age 90, born Apr 1810), married 67 years.
- History of Windham County, Connecticut, Edited by Richard M. Bayles, W. W. Preston & Co., New York, 1889. Digitized copy available at www.archive.org. Pages 552-553, biographical sketch of Rufus S. Mathewson.
- Abbe-Abbey Genealogy, in Memory of John Abbe and His Descendants, by Cleveland Abbe and Josephine Genung Nichols. New Haven Connecticut: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1916. Pages 235, 236, 349, 350. Digitized copy available at Google Books.