Hugh Matthews (abt. 1660 - abt. 1730)

Husband of Mary (Emerson) Matthews — married 28 Aug 1683 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Died about 1730 at about age 70 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Hugh Matthew married, 28 August 1683 in Newbury, Mary Emerson.

Children, born in Newbury:

1. _____ (dau.), b. ____; d. 22 August 1684.
2. _____ (dau.), b. 18 July 1685; d. 2 August 1685.
3. John, b. 26 February 1687/88.
4. Judith, b. "Apr. ult. 1689."
5. Joana, b. 10 April 1690.
6. Hugh, b. 15 May 1691.
7. Hugh, b. 19 May 1696.
8. Mary, bapt. 18 May 1701.
9. Elizabeth, m. John Short.

20 April 1728, Hugh Matthews of Newbury, yeoman, and Mary his wife, sell to Alexander Lovell, Jr., of Ipswich, cordwainer, all their right, title, etc., unto the common right or share in the common that was entered to their grandfather, Theophilus Willson, late of Ipswich, deceased, together with all the shares and divisions of common land lately laid out to the right of said Theophilus Willson, that is, in Jeffries Neck division, thatch division, wood division and the eighth division. Ack. same day. (Essex Deeds, Vol. L)

18 April 1734, complaint having been made that her husband had been dead more than four years, the court ordered Mary Matthews, relict of Hew, to appear and take administration on his estate. She declined, saying there was nothing to administer, Hugh never having had title to the house and land (twenty rods) where he lived.^[1] This land was sold by John and Elizabeth (Matthews) Short in 1739.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.): https://www.americanancestors.org/DB515/i/13788/18020-co1/0.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89ZZ-BCD1?cc=2106411&wc=MCBG-V2Q%3A361613201%2C361935301 : 22 May 2014), Essex > Deeds 1738-1739 vol 77-78 > image 435 of 586; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts.

• Pope, Charles Henry. The Haverhill Emersons (Murray & Emery, Boston, 1913) Page 20.