John Garrison CHRISTOPHER

18 Sep 1770 - 21 Jan 1840

• BIRTH: 18 Sep 1770, Staten Island, Richmond, NY
• DEATH: 21 Jan 1840, Rochester, Monroe, NY

• MARRIAGE: 11 Jun 1798, Elmira, Chemung, NY

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[436] "Genealogy of the Matthews Family"
Previously unpublished, undated family memoir
William Fletcher Lowe
"a merchant of Chenang Point"

"The Family of Richard Smith of Smithtown, Long Island"
Frederick Kinsman Smith
Smithtown Historical Society, Smithtown, NY, 1967
"Hannah, b. 17 Oct 1742, m. 18 Feb 1762, James Mathews (General), born 1742, died 1816, son of
Vincent and ----- (Abeel) Mathews. They removed, about 1791, from Mathewsfield to Newtown, now
Elmira, N.Y. Children (Mathews - 6 sons, 6 daughters):
(vii) Elizabeth, b. 1 Oct 1773, married, 11 Jne 1798, John Garrison Christopher, b. 18 Sep
1770, d. 21 Jan 1840, on Staten Island, son of Joseph and Hester (Garrison) Christopher."

"General Daniel Bissell : his ancestors and descendants and the Hoyt, Strong, and other families"
Edith Newbold Jessop
New York, NY, 1927.
p104: "ELIZABETH MATHEWS Daughter of James and Hannah (Strong) Mathews. Elizabeth Mathews
was born at "Mathewsfield," Goshen, New York, October 1, 1773. She married, June 17, 1798, at Elmira,
New York, John Garrison Christopher. John Garrison Christopher was the son of Richard and Hester
(Garrison) Christopher. He was born on Staten Island, September 18, 1770, and he died at Rochester,
New York, January 21,1840. Elizabeth Mathews Christopher outlived her husband. She died at St. Louis,
Missouri, July 20, 1864, and was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York."