Benjamin
Matthews
Born about [location unknown]
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Jane (Unknown) Matthews
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Benjamin Matthews, Joseph Matthews, Elizabeth (Matthews) Bingham, William Matthews, Charles Matthews, John Matthews, Mary Matthews, Thomas Matthews and Jane Matthews
Died about
at about age 50
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Aug 2019
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Biography
There is some indication that the family was part of a circus travelling through France, Germany and Prussia during the 1820 - this has not yet been confirmed.
Sources below Benjamin Matthews appears on the 1841 census with children confirmed by previous census. Benjamin Matthews is noted on the marriage record of his son John Matthews as per source below.
Sources
Source Citation Class: HO107; Piece: 979; Book: 5; Civil Parish: Darlaston; County: Staffordshire; Enumeration District: 10; Folio: 31; Page: 16; Line: 24; GSU roll: 474615
Source Information Ancestry.com. 1841 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.
Source Citation - for Benjamin Matthews as father of John Matthews
"England, Staffordshire, Church Records, 1538-1944," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL76-6KNJ : 8 July 2020), Hannah Knowles and John Matthews, 26 Jun 1859; citing Marriage Banns, Moxley, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, Staffordshire & Stoke on Trent Archive Service, Stafford; FHL microfilm 7,605,011..
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benjamin by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Benjamin:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benjamin by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Benjamin:
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~3.12%
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- Travelling circuses in Europe in the 1820s and 1830s Feb 2, 2022.
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