John Mathews (1580 - abt. 1652)

Born 6 Dec 1580 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England

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Died about 1652 at about age 71 in Newgate, London, England

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Biography

John Mathew was born at Oxford in Christ Church on 6 December 1580.^[1][2]

John, second son of Archbishop of York Tobias Mathew and his wife Frances Barlow,^[1] married Jane Toothby.^[3] In her 1628 will, Frances names John and his daughters Frannces and Dorcus, who were unmarried and not yet 21. Also named are grandsons Josias and John Mathew, who are likely John's sons (Frances names her son Sir Toby Mathew knt in her will, but he apparently died childless). She also names her grandson John's wife Barberie and, in a codicil dated 15 May 1629, speaks of "the Child he now hath by Barbera his wyffe" (her granddaughters are still unmarried and under 21).^[1]

John passed away about 1652.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} GenForum: "Captain Samuel Matthews of early Virginia (And sources for Tobias Matthew)", posted by S W Edmondson on 10 May 2009 (accessed 8 August 2021).
2. ↑ https://exhibitions.lib.cam.ac.uk/reformation/artifacts/the-birth-of-all-my-children-frances-matthews-family-notes/
3. ↑ Arnold Harris Mathew, The Life of Sir Tobie Matthew: Bacon's Alter Ego (1908)
4. ↑ Source will be added by Carla Linford by 10 Jun 2018.