Samuel
Matthews
Born about in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Plymouth
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Son of James Matthews
and [mother unknown]
Brother of
Thomas Matthews, Sarah (Matthews) Rider [half], Esther (Mathews) Hall [half] and Mehitable (Matthews) Hall [half]
Husband of
Elizabeth (Crowell) Matthews
— married
before Jan 1672 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Plymouth
Father of
Thomas Matthews and Sarah (Matthews) Rider
Died about
at about age 31
in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Plymouth [uncertain]
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Contents |
Biography
Samuel was born in 1647. He is the son of James Matthews. He married Elizabeth Crowell about 1671. He died after 1679.
Children
- Thomas b. Jan 1672
- Esther b. Abt. 1674
- William b. Abt. 1676
- Sarah Matthews b. Abt. 1678
Research Notes
- Marriage record is worn with portions of the page missing.
- Many books of reference state that most records for Yarmouth, MA prior to about 1676 were lost in a fire.
Sources
- New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635 https://search.ancestry.com/collections/2496/records/39491
- "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-8979-96R4?cc=2061550&wc=Q4DW-7MD%3A353349701%2C353437801%2C353437802 : 20 May 2014), Barnstable > Yarmouth > Births, marriages, deaths 1657-1823 > image 11 of 538; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.
- Cape Cod Library of Local History and Genealogy, Vol. II
- WikiTree profile Matthews-1056 created through the import of Putnam2-1_2010-01-02_2011-02-16_2011-10-11.ged on Oct 12, 2011 by John Putnam. See the Changes page for the details of edits by John and others.
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Rejected matches › Samuel Matthews Sr. (abt.1693-1778) › Samuel Matthews Jr. (1718-1778) › Samuel Matthews (abt.1775-1853)
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There certainly was a Samuel Mathews in Cape May, a contemporary of the Crowells of Cape May:
12 3mo. 1686: witness in court (a Thomas Mathews also mentioned); also appointed constable
30 Dec 1693: Samuel Mathews, Sr., executor and legatee of John Else of Cape May
20 March 1693/94: grand juror
12 May 1695: coroner
20 December 1699: justice
May 1700: justice
May 1701: sheriff
1705: captain of militia and assessor
6 June 1710: witness to will of Ezkiel Eldridge of New England Township; inv. by Yelverton Crowell and others
1713: ensign
A Samuel of Cape May made will 4 Feb 1715-5, pro. 9 May 1715.
edited by Patrick Griffith