Rhoda Ann Church

  General Notes:

Born about 1772 in Petersborough, Berkshire County, Massachusetts BayColony, British America.

In 1763, England was granted the [Vermont] area via the Treaty of Paris,which ended the French and Indian war. Locally, the land was at varioustimes claimed by both New Hampshire and New York; however, Ethan Allenand his Green Mountain Boys put an end to that, and by 1777 Vermont hadachieved independence. In fact, Vermont remained an independent republicuntil 1791, at which point it joined the United States as that fledglingnation's fourteenth member. Nonetheless, to this day Vermonters remainfiercely independent. Indeed, in 1996, Vermont's sole Congressional seatis held by the House of Representative's lone independent, Rep. BernardSanders.
Vermont The Green Mountain State: Some Vermont History. World Wide Web:Available: [Online]: (http://www.uvm.edu/state//vthist.html) [11 August2001].

In 1777, on independence, Petersborough changed its name to Milton,Chittenden County, Republic of Vermont.

In 1818, as a widow, moved to Toronto

Ontario Marriage Bonds (1803-1834); "Stoyell Thomas, widower, of the townof York and Rhoda Mathews, widow, of York Twp."

E-mail from John Young: Remember the Matthews family had moved to York by1818

Death: film US/Can 0179320 p 75C; last will and testament of Rhoda Stoyell late of the Town of York in the county of York deceased widow of Thomas Stoyell late of the town of York Gentleman deceased of the one part and Jane Law wife of Willian Law, Nathan Silverthorn and Caroline Silverthorn lawful children and devesees of Thomas Silverthorn late ofthe Township of Toronto in the County of York Yeoman of the other part...executed by Cassius Mathews and Daniel McDougal, 8 Apr 1835, Lot15 third concession is conveyed to Jane Law except the tracts of landwhich have already been conveyed to one Hooker, Erastus Wiman, Orange Church, Issiah Bennet, Henry Trickey, Cassius Matthews and Aner Matthewsand also except one quarter of an acre to one Tox and one quarter of a nacre to Cassius Matthews and also that certain acre of land laid out fora general burying ground which said several lots form part of the said Westerly half lot number 15 in the third concession aforesaid., ,

Rhoda married Aner Matthews, son of Aaron Matthews Jr. and Hannah Tuttle, in 1795 in Milton District, Chittenden , Republic Of Vermont, America. (Aner Matthews was born in 1771 in Plymouth, Wallingford Co., Colony Of CTt, Ba and died in 1817 in St. Andrews Argenteuil, Lower Canada, Bna.)

Rhoda next married Thomas (Nelson) Stoyell on 1 Oct 1822. (Thomas (Nelson) Stoyell was born in 1772 in Petersbourgh, , Vermont,.)