gen 1     Ezekial Mathis
             b. Isle of Wight Co, VA or Wales
             m. unknown
             d. Mar 21, 1738/9
             c. Zeakell (Ezekial), Edward, Martha, Pricilla, Elizabeth, Sarah,
                Mary, Unity, Edmund, Moses, Enos

gen 2     Edmund Mathis Sr
             b. abt 1717 in Isle of Wight Co, VA or Wales
             m. Mary "Molly" Price
             d. Apr 18, 1783 in Sampson Co, NC
             c. Ezekial, Edmund 11, Edmund 111, John, Rice, James, Thomas,
                     Lazarus, Zacheus, Harmon, Sarah, Tomzan, Mary Ann, Elizabeth,
                 Jemima, Edah, Annie, Ester, Olive, Sabra, infant, infant

gen 3     Rice Mathis
             b. abt 1754 in Duplin/Sampson Co, NC
             m. Civility Goff in Sampson Co, NC  abt 1773
             d. 1792/93 in Sampson Co, NC
             c. Edmund, John, James, 3 daughters names unknown

gen 4     James Mathis Sr
             b. 1786 in Sampson Co, NC
             m. Rhoda Monk in Bulloch Co, GA    July 7, 1810
             d. June 17, 1859 in Lowndes Co, GA
             c. Wealthy, Mary, Elizabeth, Phoebe, John, Mahlon, James Jr, Dory

gen 5     James Mathis Jr
             b. Jan 10, 1832 in Lowndes Co, GA
             m. 1st Mary Ann Williams in Columbia Co, FL   abt 1856
                  2cd Sarah "Sally" Williams in Manatee Co, FL   Sept 10, 1866
             d. July 6, 1895 in Centerhill, Sumter Co, FL   (in question)
             c. 1st Emily, Margaret
                     2cd Henrietta, Rhoda, George, Martha, Edna, James, John, Henry,
                       Blanche, Willie Agnes, Laura, Walter, Reuben, Eugene

gen 6     John Mahlon Mathis
             b. Feb 10, 1877 in Desoto Co, FL
             m. Ida Smith in Arcadia, Desoto Co, FL
             d. Apr 14, 1953 in Sarasota, Sarasota Co, FL
             c. Nolan, Verdie, Laster, Lorena, John, Arzelia, Neoma, James

gen 7     Nolan Shafter Mathis
             b. Feb 27, 1902 in Nocatee, Desoto Co, FL
             m. Hazel McClenithan in Punta Gorda, Charlotte Co, FL   Jan 26, 1932
             d. Sept 22, 1981 in Fort Myers, Lee Co, FL
             c. Jean, Robert, Phyllis, Donald

gen 8     Phyllis Mathis Sunman Borden - Private 

gen 9     Janine Sunman Rickner - Private
 

gen 1     John Goff Sr
             b. abt 1717 in NC
             m. unknown in NC
             d. 1809 in Duplin Co, NC
             c. John Jr, Thomas, Arrabicah, Civility, William

gen 2     Civility Goff
             b. abt 1758 in Duplin Co, NC
             m. 1st Rice Mathis abt 1773 in Duplin Co, NC
                  2cd James ?
             d. unknown possibly in GA or MS
             c. Edmund, John, James, 3 girls names unknown

gen 3     James Mathis Sr
             b. 1786 in Sampson Co, NC
             m. Rhoda Monk in Bulloch Co, GA  July 7, 1810
             d. June 17, 1859 in Lowndes Co, GA
             c. Wealthy, Mary, Elizabeth, Phoebe, John, Mahlon, James Jr, Dory

gen 4     James Mathis Jr
             b. Jan 10, 1832 in Lowndes Co, GA
             m. 1st Mary Ann Williams in Columbia Co, FL  abt 1856
                      2cd Sarah Jane Williams in Manatee Co, FL  Sept 10, 1866
             d. July 6, 1895 in Centerhill, Sumter Co, FL  (in question)
             c. 1st Emily, Margaret
                     2cd Henrietta, Rhoda, George, Martha, Edna, James, John, Henry,
                       Blanche, Willie Agnes, Laura, Walter, Reuben, Eugene

gen 5     John Mahlon Mathis
             b. Feb 10, 1877 in Desoto Co, FL
             m. Ida Smith in Arcadia, Desoto Co, FL  Feb 27, 1901
             d. Apr 14, 1953 in Sarasota, Sarasota Co, FL
             c. Nolan, Verdie, Laster, Lorena, John, Arzelia, Neoma, James

gen 6     Nolan Shafter Mathis
             b. Feb 27, 1902 in Nocatee, Desoto Co, FL
             m. Hazel McClenithan in Punta Gorda, Charlotte Co, FL  Jan 26, 1932
             d. Sept 22, 1881 in Fort Myers, Lee Co, FL
             c. Jean, Robert, Phyllis, Donald

gen 7     Phyllis Mathis Sunman Borden - Private

gen 8     Janine Sunman Rickner - Private