Daniel Mathena(y) is generally considered the Progenitor of the Mathena, Matheny, Metheny, Metteney, and other adaptations and spellings of the name. He was the first to come to America. He was born 1638 in Canterbury, County of Kent, England, son of William and Elizabeth Mathena. Daniel Mathena our first ancestor in the Virginia Colonies, came to Jamestown and then Charles Co.,MD in about 1660. He was a tobacco farmer on the western shore of Maryland near the Mattawoman Creek. He had several farms: Mathena's Folly, Cowlands, and one or two others. He and several other Protestant farmers got into trouble along with Lt.Gov. Josiah Fendall of Maryland when they revolted in about 1681 against Lenonard Calvert, Lord Baltimore. Daniel was exiled to Virginia and ended up in Stafford County on the Aquia Creek near Hope Springs. He owned 500 acres on the Aquia Creek near Giles Brent's place. He died there on 14 Oct 1685 and his tombstone currently in the parish house of Aquia Episcopal Church, Overwharton Parish where He and his family were members. They were there during the flamboyant ministry of Pastor John Waugh. His tombstone is pictured below.

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