Matthew Cunningham Sr.

5.MATTHEW CUNNINGHAM (son of 3 Andrew) was termed Matthew Sr. in the first record pertaining to him so far discovered, dated 11 September 1760 in Prince Edward County (VA) when he was defendant in a suit brought by Robert Hastie and Co. for 29 pounds 17s 1 ½ d (Prince Edward Loose Papers, Package 59)On 8 December 1761 his daughter Mary married Robert Hanna.On 12 April 1762 his sale of 223 acres on Ward’s Fork was recorded (8 Lunenburg Deeds 124) and on 14 June 1764 his sale for 40 pounds of all his personal and real estate to James Cunningham (Lunenburg deeds 122)(his first cousin.He seems then to have left the Cub Creek neighborhood.At least the present writer has found no further record of him.