Col. John Matthew LINDSEY: Our Family History

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1700 - 1791 (91 years)

Generation: 1

Col. John Matthew LINDSEY was born in 1700 in Frederick, Virginia, British Colonial America (son of Thomas Opie LINDSEY, Sr. and Joyce Ashton AUSTIN); died in 1791 in Carter County, Tennessee.

John married Elce "Alice" CROSSON in 1738 in Frederick, Virginia. Elce (daughter of Thomas CROSSON and Elce "Alice") was born in 1721 in Frederick, Frederick Cnty., Maryland; died in 1808 in Newberry, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Generation: 2

Thomas Opie LINDSEY, Sr. was born in 1662 in Cherry Point Neck, Northumberland, Virginia British Colonial America; died on 20 Sep 1727 in Northumberland, Virginia, British Colonial America.

Thomas married Joyce Ashton AUSTIN about 1708 in Northumberland County, Virginia. Joyce was born in 1662 in Northumberland, England; died in 1734 in Fairfax County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joyce Ashton AUSTIN was born in 1662 in Northumberland, England; died in 1734 in Fairfax County, Virginia.

Children:

1. Col. John Matthew LINDSEY was born in 1700 in Frederick, Virginia, British Colonial America; died in 1791 in Carter County, Tennessee.
Robert Austin LINDSEY was born on 1 Jan 1710 in Northumberland County, Virginia; died on 11 Sep 1784 in The Mount, Fairfax, Virginia.
Elizabeth LINDSEY was born on 1 Nov 1721; died about 1787.