Person:Mathew Ryburn (1)

Information on Mathew Ryburn

Mathew Ryburn and Mary Galbreath, who married in Campbeltown, Scotland in 1747. Mathew produced four children with Mary. They probably lived at Killeonan Farm, as a Mathew Ryburn and James Ryburn held 19-year leases there 1756. However, Mary died and Mathew appears to have remarried in 1761 to a Margaret Dunlop, producing four more children.

Two children from the first marriage, Mathew (b. 1753) and Ann (b. 1756), migrated to North America in about 1770, to join an uncle „Gilbreath‟, in York County, Pennsylvania. Mathew was just 17, and Ann 15, when they sailed for North America. There is evidence to suggest they did not like living with their stepmother. Later, they both travelled on to Washington County about 1780.

Source: http://www.netspeed.com.au/rryburn/Downloads/Kintyre%20Ryburns.pdf

Note: John and William Ryburn, who both were in Washington County, Virginia are believed to be the other two children of Matthew Ryburn and Mary Galbraith, but additional sources need to be found to prove this relationship.