Daniel Byam Mathew (1756 - 1838)

Born 1756 in St Marylebone, Middlesex, England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Dering) Mathew — married 1784 in Lambeth, Surrey, England

Descendants

Died 1838 at about age 82 in England

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Biography

Daniel Mathew was born in Middlesex, England.

Daniel, son of Daniel Matthew and Mary Matthew, was baptised on 10 April 1756 in St Marylebone, Westminster, Middlesex, England.^[1]

In September 1784 he married Elizabeth Dering. The newspaper announcement stated At Lambeth, Daniel Byam Mathew, Esq; to Miss Eliz Dering, second daughter of Sir Edward Dering. ^[2]

He passed away in 1838. The monumental Inscription in St Peter's church, St Christopher (St Kitts) states Sacred to the memory of Daniel Byam Mathew Esq., of Cavon and Pennitenny, in this island who departed this life April 26 AD 1838 aetatis suae 82. Son of Daniel Mathew of Felix Hall, in Essex, Esq., & grandson of General Mathew, Governor of the Leeward Islands. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Edward Dering of Surrenden-Dering in Kent Bart., by whom he had issue Daniel Dering and Mary Elizabeth, who married William Thomas Roe Esq., Commissioner of the Customs, also High Steward of the Savoy &c &c &c,. who died April 25 AD 1834. This tablet is erected to his memory by his only daughter, the above Mary Elizabeth Roe of Withdran, in the county of Sussex, and his sister Louisa widow of the RT Honble. James Lord Gambier (1756-1833) of Ivon Grove in the county of Bucks, Admiral of the fleet, who died April 19, AD 1833 ^[3]

Involvement in Slavery

Daniel owned slave plantations in the west Indies. On 6th June 1777 Daniel Byam Mathew Esqr. sold to Mr. Coulthard a Lease for a Year for Cupids Garden or Penitinny plantation, on the Island of St Kitts, West Indies. ^[4]

On 9 August 1798 a mortgage was agreed between Daniel Byam Mathew of Harley Street in the Parish of St. Mary in the County of Middlesex son of Daniel Matthew; Thomas Boddington of Clapham in the Parish of St. John in the County of Middlesex; Samuel Boddington of Mark Lane in the City of London Merchant and Benjamin Boddington of Mark Lane in the City of London Merchant for securing £3,329-6s.11d relating to the plantation or sugar works known as Cupids Garden and Penitinney on the island of St. Christopher (St Kitts, West Indies) ^[5]

The plantation reverted to Daniel who was the owner again by 1817.^[6]

When the British government abolished the ownership of slaves in 1833, Daniel claimed compensation from the government for
The Whim plantation, Nevis, £1749, 106 enslaved people, claim successful
Pennitenny plantation, St Kitts £2910, 182 enslaved people, claim unsuccessful
Mathews, Cayon estates, St Kitts, £4968, 299 enslaved people, claim successful
^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism: "London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812"
   London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; London Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: P89/MRY1/004
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 1624 #3367991 (accessed 15 April 2024)
   Daniel Biam Matthew baptism on 10 Apr 1756, son of Daniel Matthew & Mary Matthew, in St Marylebone, Westminster, Middlesex, England.
2. ↑ Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette - Thursday 30 September 1784 Accessed from the British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000221/17840930/004/0004 Accessed by Trevor Pickup on 15th April 2024
3. ↑ Lawrence-Archer, J. H. (1875). Monumental Inscriptions of the British West Indies from the Earliest Date: With Genealogical and Historical Annotations, from Origina[l], Local, and Other Sources, Illustrative of the Histories and Genealogies of the Seventeenth Century, the Calendars of State Papers, Peerages and Baronetages; with Engravings of the Arms of the Principal Families. United Kingdom: Chatto and Windus page 419 Google Books https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Monumental_Inscriptions_of_the_British_W/P5Y6AQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 Accessed by Trevor Pickup on 15th April 2024
4. ↑ Hamilton College Library, Clinton, New York, United States. (1777). Daniel Byam Mathew Esqr. to Mr. Coulthard } Lease for a Year. (docket title), 6 June 1777 / (tied with) b) Danl. Byam Mathew Esqr to Mr Coulthard } Deed to bar Intails in the Cupids Garden or penitinny plantation. (docket title), 10 June 1777. Digital Collections, Hamilton College Library. https://litsdigital.hamilton.edu/do/50a31eb4-2b9a-4813-984d-df2e5d1ab233 Accessed by Trevor Pickup on 15th April 2024
5. ↑ http://catalogue.hullhistorycentre.org.uk/files/c-ddi.pdf Accessed by Trevor Pickup on 16th April 2024
6. ↑ https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/estate/view/3477
7. ↑ Centre for the study of the legacies of British Slavery https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146634576 Accessed by Trevor Pickup on 16th April 2024

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