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Genealogy Research Associates, Inc.
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family histories.
February
26, 2001
Lynn Hopewell
82 Erin Drive
Warrenton, VA 20186
Research Report on the Marriage of Lodowick Mathews
and Barbary Smith
We have completed this short
research segment looking for the marriage of Lodowick Mathews and Barbary Smith
(Smyth), who married 9 March 1814 in the Norfolk, Virginia area. Their marriage date was located in a family
bible, which included Barbary’s birth date as well, 13 September 1794. The goal of this research segment was to
search the Norfolk City and County area of Virginia and surrounding counties in
Virginia and North Carolina for the marriage.
The results for each location searched in this research block are as
follows:
Statewide Marriage Indexes
We first searched two
statewide marriage indexes that included Virginia and North Carolina for the
time period in question (one covered 1624 to 1915, the other 1728 to
1850). The only Lodowick Mathews entry
in either index was for the marriage of a Lodowick to a Lavisa Foster on 15
January 1806 in Gates County, North Carolina.
According to previous research done on this family, this marriage had
already been found. It was determined
that this was not the correct Lodowick Mathews who would marry Barbary Smith.
Norfolk City and County,
Virginia
The county was formed in 1691
from Lower Norfolk County. Parts of it
were incorporated with the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth. It became extinct in 1963 when it was
consolidated with the city of South Norfolk to form the independent city of
Chesapeake. Because of this, records
for Norfolk County were listed under the independent cities of Chesapeake,
Norfolk, and Portsmouth.
The following marriage
records for the Norfolk area were searched: The Lower Norfolk County
Virginia antiquary; Marriage bonds of Norfolk County, Virginia from
October 5, 1706 to December 31, 1850; Marriage bonds, 1706-1819
(Norfolk County Clerk); Marriage record books, 1782-1854 (Norfolk County
Clerk); Marriage of Norfolk County, Virginia (volume 2, 1788,
1793-1817); Marriage bonds, 1803-1850 (Clerk of the Hustings Court for
Norfolk County); and Marriage bonds, licenses, etc., 1797-1900 (Clerk of
the Corporation Court for Norfolk County).
None of these records included a Mathews-Smith/Smyth marriage.
Nansemond City and County,
Virginia
Nansemond County was
established in 1637 as Upper Norfolk County and the name Nansemond was adopted
in 1646. It became the independent city
of Nansemond in 1972 and merged with the independent city of Suffolk in 1974. The entire area is now known as Suffolk. Because of this, records for Nansemond are
included under the city of Suffolk.