John had two (2) brothers - Samuel and Edward
Following found under "Micmac-Montagmais Families and their Hunting Territories in Newfoundland.- Beothuk and Micmac Newfoundland/Indian Notes and Monographs." Page/section 133:
Following found on Grand Bank Genealogy under "Newfoundland's South Coast - MATTHEWS" . It is an excerpt from "Early Instances: Burgeo-LaPoile - Cited from Small's Diary of Burgeo": "There was in 1860 another family of Matthews but they do not seem to b of this family (Remainder of article about Uncle John Matthews who settled on Small's Island and was married to Sarah Bagg.) Their (the other Matthews family) names were Samuel, Edward and John." This information has been accepted as accurate by the Qalipu band.
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