Oliver Matthews (1667 - abt. 1708)

Born 1667 in England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Thomas) Matthews — married 1683 in Centre,New Castle,Delaware

Descendants

Died about 1708 at about age 41 in Christiana Hundred, Centre, New Castle County, Delaware

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Biography

Oliver was born about 1667. Oliver Matthews ... He passed away about 1708.

Name

Name: Oliver /Matthews/^[1]

Birth

Date: 1667

Place: New, , Cumberland, England^[1]

Death

Date: 15 Sep 1708

Place: Center, New Castle, Delaware^[1]

Family

A few Friends had settled in Christiana Hundred at the time of the great influx of Quaker settlers in the 1682 period ... Oliver and Elizabeth Matthews and Oliver's father, Thomas Matthews, were other early settlers at Centre. Oliver Matthews was born in the north of England and was described as a "public Friend" (minister). There were at least three sons -Thomas, John, and William - and probably a fourth son, George. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} One World Tree (Ancestry.com. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc.)
2. ↑ Standing, Herbert pp. 132, 133

• Cowan, Terry, and Harry Shetrone. A Matthews History: The Family of Thomas Matthews (ca. 1631) of Hall Comb : with Particular Emphasis on the Descendants of Walter Matthews (ca. 1702-Ca. 1783) of New Garden, Guilford County, North Carolina (Wolfe City, Tex: Henington Industries, 2002. Print)
• Standing, Herbert, Quakers in Delaware in the Time of William Penn, in Delaware History, Wilmington, Del., v. 20, no. 2, Fall-Winter 1982, p. 123-147. Available online at: William's Cyber Niche and at New Castle, Delaware Community History and Archaeology Project

Acknowledgements

• Oliver Matthews profile started by Norman Perry, Aug 9, 2011
• WikiTree profile Matthews-1684 created through the import of Thompson Family Tree.ged on Sep 1, 2012 by Wilson Thompson.