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genealogical materials have been compiled by Ann
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The Mat(t)hews Family, a huge book compiled by John R. Boots, Jr, 1970. Another source is James Alonzo Matthews' "Pearce, Bartlett, Matthews, Smart, and allied families," 1983. This particular article does not agree on all counts with Boots, however. Sir Tobias Mathewe,archbishop of Durham, -29 Mar 1628. Mathewe, Samuel, of Middlesex, b. 1563-4. cler. fil. MAGDALEN HALL, matric. entry under date 25 Feb., 1580-1, aged 17; B.A. from ST. EDMUND HALL, 13 May 1585 (s. Toby, bishop of Durham); buried in St. Mary Minor, Cambridge, 17 June, 1601; brother of Sir Toby (1577-1655) and John (1580-). Captain Samuel Mathews (1590/2-by 3/1657-8) & (Mary) Frances Hinton (1601-by 1633?)Samuel Mathews came to VA before 1618 as servant to Sheriff Johnson of London. In 4/1622 he was in England, returning in the Southampton in Dec. 1622. He was sent to serve King James I as commissioner examining conditions in the Colony. He was, however, a Puritan and an early convert to the Parliamentary Cause.Samuel had two land grants, Flowerdew Hundred lying on the south side of James River (which he later gave up in a land dispute) and another at Blunt Point on the north side at the mouth of Warwick River where he located his plantation, "Denbigh," described in 1648 as a "miniature village." By 1625 he was named to the Council; he was commissioned to build the fort at Old Point in 1629 and was authorized "sole trade in the Bay a year" in 1626 as partial payment. This became a lucrative business in furs. He was shrewd and industrious, establishing a large plantation with forty slaves trained as artisans. He was elected Governor in 1656, and reelected in 1657, dying in office. He was active in the controversies over Governor Harvey's governing, later named by Harvey as a "prime actor in the late Mutenye in Virginia." He represented Virginia in England in obtaining ratification of the articles of agreement; he remained and probably died in England. There
is some controversy about Frances Hinton, based largely on Mathews' suit for Flowerdew
Hundred after Abraham Piersey died and questions about the dates of their marriage
and birthdates of Samuel and Francis. John Boots (The Mat(t)hews Family, 1970)
and others suggest that the widowed Frances Hinton Greville came to Virginia in
1620 with the Percy family on the "Supply" and was married by 1621 to Nathaniel
West (-1624), then Abraham Piersey (-1628) before marrying Mathews. Mary Frances
Hinton was the daughter of Thomas Hinton (1574-1635) and Catherine Palmer (-1609),
shareholder in the London Company and from the illustrious Hynton family, descended
from Robert de Hyton of Hynton-Brackley, who received the manor of Hynton-Woodford
in Northampton from Henry II in 1187. And here's another note, from Linda Lawhorn:
"The records are extant in Virginia to Children:
Francis Mathews (before 1638-16/2/1674-5) & --- Baldwin (-ca. 1675 England)Francis served as captain of militia and justice of York Co. Children:
Baldwin Mathews (ca. 1670-28/2/1737) & Mary Digges (or Hannah Bushrod)Baldwin Mathews served as justice of York Co. 1694-, was captain of militia, and held 1300 acres there in 1704. In the Virginia Gazette of 1/4/1737, it is reported: "Captain Baldwin Mathews of York Co., found dead in his chair with a large wound in his head. A negro suspected. In his 68th year."Children:
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