Mathew Donovan

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Husband Mathew Donovan

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Wife

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Children

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1 F Catharine Donovan

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           Born: Abt 1791 - North Carolina
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           Died: 1860-1870
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         Spouse: Edward Walton Grinstead (Abt 1787-1850/1860)
           Marr: 20 Feb 1810 - Washington Co., Virginia 1 2

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General Notes: Husband - Mathew Donovan

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Matthew Donovan is the only Donovan in the census in Washington Co., Virginia in 1810 and is thus a reasonable candidate for the father of Catharine Donovan, who married Edward Grinstead there in 1810.

CENSUS:

<pre>1810 Washington Co., Virginia [Donelan in index]
Matthew Donovan 00201 -- 00101
male female
<10
10-16
2 16-26 1
26-45
1 >45 1 </pre>

<pre>1820 Washington Co., Virginia
Mathew Donavan 100001 -- 00101; 1 engaged in manufactures; no slaves
male female
1 <10
10-16
16-18
16-26 1
26-45
1 >45 1 </pre>

This is probably the Mathew Dunnevan (11100 -- 1 male > 16, 1 male < 16, 1 female; no slaves) in Rowan Co., North Carolina in 1790. The death certificate of Jasper N. Grinstead, a son of Catharine Donovan and Edward Walton Grinstead, says that his mother was born in Roan Co., North Carolina.

1 Marty Hiatt & Craig R. Scott, "Washington County Marriages, Ministers' Returns 1776-1855," 1994, Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.

2 "Familysearch.org," "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRW9-JZB : 29 January 2020), Edward Grinsted, 1810.