Editing Timothy Matlack (section)

==Early life and education==
Matlack was born in [[Haddonfield, New Jersey]], on March 28, 1736, to Elizabeth Martha Burr Haines and Timothy Matlack. His grandparents were William Matlack and Mary Hancock, and Henry Burr and Elizabeth Hudson. His siblings were Sybil, Elizabeth, Titus, Seth, Josiah, and [[White Matlack]]; his half-siblings were [[Reuben Haines]] and Mary Haines. His first cousin was a Quaker abolitionist [[John Woolman]].<ref>Coelho, Chris ''Timothy Matlack: Scribe of the Declaration of Independence''. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2013, p.185.</ref> 

In 1738, the family moved to [[Philadelphia]], and he was apprenticed to the prosperous [[Quakers|Quaker]] merchant John Reynell in 1749. At the end of his term, he married Ellen Yarnall, the daughter of Quaker minister Mordecai Yarnall, and their children were William, Mordecai, Sibyl, Catharine, and Martha.{{fact|date=December 2023}}