Person:Matthew Rhea (2)

Watchers
Matthew Rhea, IV
b.14 Apr 1755 Ireland
d.18 Oct 1816
m. 1 Jan 1751/52
  1. John Rhea, Esq.1753 - 1832
  2. Matthew Rhea, IV1755 - 1816
  3. Margaret Rhea1757 - 1822
  4. William Rhea1760 - 1836
  5. Joseph Rhea, II1762 - 1825
  6. Elizabeth Rhea1767 - 1821
  7. Samuel Rhea1769 - 1848
  8. James Rhea1775 - 1855
m. 1 Nov 1778
  1. Joseph McIlwaine Rhea1787 - 1860
  2. Robert Preston Rhea1791 - 1872
  3. Margaret RheaAbt 1793 -
  4. Matthew Rhea, V1794 - 1870
m. Aft 1800
Facts and Events
Name Matthew Rhea, IV
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 14 Apr 1755 Ireland
Marriage 1 Nov 1778 to Jane 'Jannette ' Preston
Marriage Aft 1800 to Martha Mackey
Census[1] Revolutionary War soldier from Virginia
Death? 18 Oct 1816
Alt Death[1] 1826

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Matthew Rhea - 1755-1816


Matthew Rhea IV b.4-14-1755 d.10-18-1816, son of Rev. Joseph Rhea and Elizbeth McIlwaine. Matthew IV first married Martha Mackey b.ca.1760 in Ireland. Apparently no children. He married on 11-1-1778 Jannette "Jane" Preston b.1758 d.11-1-1800, daughter of John Preston and Eleanor Fairman. They lived in Sullivan County Tennessee near the present town of Bluff City, TN, in an old rock house where the Southern Railway crosses the Holston River. They had four children:

Joseph McIlwaine Rhea b.5-14-1787 d.1860) married in 1806 Catherine Myers, daughter of Charles and Annie Case Myers. They had eleven children. Robert Preston Rhea b.6-28-1791 d.1872) married in 1828 Nancy Davidson. They had seven children. Margaret Rhea b.ca.1783 d.xxxx married Abram Fickle. They had one child Robert Preston Fickle. Matthew Rhea V (2/23/1796)(4-10-1870) married on 12/13/1818, Mary Looney of Memphis, Tennessee. They had 13 children.

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Preston Genealogy Web Page, page of Fred Preston (e-mail: fpreston@@iamerica.net)
    Rhea Family Tree.
  2. Descendants of Rev. Joseph Rhea, web page of Ed Foley, Fontana Heights #25-02, 39 Mount Sinai Rise, Singapore 276957, e-mail: EFoley1@@aol.com.