Janet Mathews: Robin's Roots

1747 - 1818 (71 years)

TNG Ancestor Charts

Graphical formats

"Standard" charts have a lovely graphical format that shows the name and birth/death years in a box for each person's box. Additional data for each person can be pulled down from that box. They are in the shape of a standard pedigree chart, with empty boxes for ancestors that are not present in the tree.. Unfortunately, they generate so much whitespace that they require a lot of scrolling to read, and are virtually impossible to print. (But see the "PDF" chart below.)
"Vertical" charts are also lovely graphical charts. These flow down up instead of across the page. Since vertical charts do not use blank boxes for ancestors who are missing from the database, they are more compact than the "Standard" charts. But you cannot pull down additional data from each box. And depending on the number of ancestors in the tree, they can be too wide to print.
"Compact" charts are like "Standard" chart in their shape, but their boxes are much smaller because they contain only names.
"Box" charts are like "Standard" chart in their shape, but their boxes are bigger because they contain some of the data that is pulled-down from the "Standard" chart boxes. As a result, they are even more unweildy than the "Standard" charts.
"Fan" charts are remarkable. All I can say is "try one".
"PDF" chart are variants of "Standard" chart. They create a one-page PDF file that can hold up to six generations of data.
Most PC's these days can generate PDF printouts of any web page, but PDFs are distinctive because they control the page margins and page breaks,
The "Map" is not a chart. Rather, it is, well, a map. The places of ancestors' birth, marriage, and death are shown as pins on the map. It's pretty remarkable - you should give it a try, though the map would be easier to interpret if the pins were colored or numbered to represent generations.

(The graphical charts' connecting lines sometimes disappear at certain zoom level. When they are missing, you can use you mouse scroll wheel or hit control-plus or control-minus to change the zoom level.)

Text formats

"Text" charts are shaped just like the "Standard" charts, with lines drawn from person-to-person. They just don't put each person's data into graphical boxes.
"Text+" charts are quite distinctive, and unique to TNG. They are kind of a cross between the graphical and text formats. They are much more compact than the text charts, partly because they do not leave blank space where ancestors are missing. The ancestor tree extends to the right like typical charts, stretch vertically rather than horizontally, and can includes upwards of 15 generations in the width of one printed page (albeit sometimes with legal-length paper in landscape mode). They are also much more flexible than the other formats, with several (perhaps too many) run-time options.
"Ahnetafel" charts follow a standard genealogical text format that is descriptive - more like prose than a 'chart'. They contain almost all of the data that I have for each person, including free-form notes. But they don't give the kind of visual overview of the family tree that the other charts give.
"Media" charts are not focused on media, and they don't actually show pictures; they just indicate whether each ancestor's record has media item attached to it. (They don't distinguish between photos, scans of documents, and other types of media.) Their presentation of ancestors is very simple, and easy to read and print.

Less detail

Generation: 1

Janet Mathews was born on 29 Sep 1747 in Warren County, Virginia, USA (daughter of Alexander Mathes and Grizella ??); died on 29 Sep 1818 in Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Old Revolutionary War Graveyard, Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA.

Notes:

Birth:
Was in Frederick Co, VA at the time. She is reported to have been captured by Indians and ransomed. Her family could not be found, and Alexander Mathews adopted her.

Janet married John B Blackburn on 2 Apr 1765 in Wincester, Frederick County, Virginia, USA. John (son of Benjamin J Blackburn and Mary ??) was born on 27 Jan 1741 in Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 9 Feb 1808 in Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Old Revolutionary War Graveyard, Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Alexander Blackburn was born on 1 Jan 1766 in Frederick County, Virginia, USA; died in 1786 in Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Old Revolutionary War Graveyard, Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA.
Benjamin Blackburn was born on 8 Mar 1767 in Frederick County, Virginia, USA; died in 1785 in Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA.
Mary (Polly) Blackburn was born on 14 Nov 1768 in Frederick County, Virginia, USA; died on 1 Jan 1846 in White Pine, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Old Christopher Moyers Cemetery, White Pine, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA.
Andrew Blackburn was born on 13 Dec 1770 in Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA; died on 1 Aug 1844 in Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA.
William Blackburn was born on 7 Oct 1772 in Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA; died on 14 May 1856 in Maury County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Blackburn Cemetery, Maury County, Tennessee, USA.
Grizelle Blackburn was born on 27 Oct 1774 in Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA; died on 25 Jul 1862 in Carlinville, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA; was buried in Carlinville City Cemetery, Carlinville, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA.
George Blackburn was born on 26 May 1776 in Frederick County, Virginia, USA; died after 1838 in Tennessee, USA.
John Blackburn, Jr was born on 24 Mar 1778 in Washington County, Virginia, USA; died on 28 Feb 1868; was buried in Hopewell Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA.
Edward Blackburn was born on 3 Jun 1780 in Washington County, Virginia, USA; died in 1853 in Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA.
Jane (Jenny) Blackburn was born on 3 Jun 1780 in Washington County, Virginia, USA.
James Blackburn was born on 2 Oct 1782 in Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia, USA; died on 13 Nov 1860 in Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Westminister Presbyterian Church Cemetery, White Pine, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA.
Nancy Blackburn was born on 7 Apr 1785 in Washington County, Virginia, USA; died on 26 Apr 1851 in Macoupin County, Illinois, USA.

Generation: 2

Alexander Mathes was born before 1708 in Ireland; died in 1788 in Bentonville, Warren County, Virginia, USA; was buried in Mathews Cemetery, Bentonville, Warren County, Virginia, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Arrival: Est 1735, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
Residence: Bef 1739, Warren County, Virginia, USA; Was Frederick County at the time
Possessions: 1749, Warren County, Virginia, USA; 400 acre grant from Lord Fairfax along Flint Run, stated to be in Augusta County. It was actually in Frederick Co at the time, and is now in Warren County.
Residence: 1783, Warren County, Virginia, USA; Census; 3 family members.
Probate: Nov 1788, Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA

Notes:

Birth:
Some say Antrim, in Ulster County

Buried:
Grid=168728761; No photos. Brief note says that he was born in Antrim, Ireland. A competing FindAGrave entry says that he lived in Thompson Hollow, Bentonville, VA and that he married Grizell _____.

Died:
In Shenandoah County at the time

Alexander married Grizella ??. Grizella was born est 1708 in Ireland; died in Bentonville, Warren County, Virginia, USA; was buried in Mathews Cemetery, Bentonville, Warren County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Grizella ?? was born est 1708 in Ireland; died in Bentonville, Warren County, Virginia, USA; was buried in Mathews Cemetery, Bentonville, Warren County, Virginia, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1740, Augusta County, Virginia, USA

Notes:

Buried:
Grid=168728661; no photos or bio. Her husband has at least 3 FindAGrave profiles.

Children:

Living
James Mathews was born on 20 Sep 1737 in Augusta County, Virginia, USA; died before 27 Jun 1812 in Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA; was buried in James Mathes Burying Ground, Brownsboro, Oldham County, Kentucky, USA.
1. Janet Mathews was born on 29 Sep 1747 in Warren County, Virginia, USA; died on 29 Sep 1818 in Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Old Revolutionary War Graveyard, Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA.


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