Mat(t)hew(s) Family of Maryland

Mathew ap Jevan (Sir Knight). abt 1368 - Aft 1419 in Castel Kibwr, Brynwith, Glamorgan, Wales. married Jenet Fleming of
Glamorgan, Wales. (4) sons (1) dau.
Dafydd Mathew (first to use the surname of Mathew)
b. abt 1400 in LLandaff Court, Glamorgan, Wales m. 1430 d. 1484.
buried St. Mary's, LLandaff court, Glamorgan, Wales. GGGGson of
Louis VI of France. owned 2,232 acres of land from Henry VI in
St. Fagan's and Pentyrch, Wales. Saved the life of King Edward
IV at the battle of Towton, on Palm Sunday in 1461 and made Grand
Standard Bearer of England. (sons) John; Rimron; Robert; William;
Thomas; Thomas I.; David; Jenkyn; William Lleia; (daus) Katharine;
Ellen; Margred; Jane; Joan.

Robert Mathew b. 1404 in LLandaff Court, Glamorgan, Wales
m. Alice Thomas (heiress of Castell-y-Mynach). (sons) William;
Morgan; Howel; William; Thomas; Morgan; (daus) Elizabeth; wenllian;
Felice.

Lewis Mathew b. 1409 in LLandaff Court, Glamorgan, Wales
m. Joan Griffith of Carnllwyd. (daus) Joan; Katherine.

Hoskyn Mathew b. 1411 in LLandaff Court, Glamorgan, Wales
m. Jane Howel & Miss Rees. (son) Llewelyn (daus) Jenet; Alice.

First in my direct line to America (as far as I can tell) was
William Matthews b. 1756 RevWar 1777 m. 1786 to Elizabeth Shorter
at St. Paul's in Baltimore, Md. d. 1819 in Northern Balti. Co. Md.
(possible brother of my line Edward Matthews below)
Edward Matthews b. 1761 first record in Maryland was marriage in
1782 of Sarah Tracey at St. Paul's in Baltimore, Md. d. 1837
in Northern Baltimore Co. Md.

These two brother's family records have been placed on the family
tree maker internet for anyone to see and respond to.

I have compiled over 10,000 Mat(t)hew(s) names from the British
Isles and U.S. in a database. These cover mostly pre 1800 but I
also have a large number up to mid to late 1800's. Mostly from the
records of the Family History Center IGI. I have also traced the
Mathew line back to around 300 A.D. using various sources but this
is and on going project. Most Mathew stayed in Wales until about
mid 1500's then branched out all parts of the British Isles and
beyond. One source says that a Mathew in early to mid 1400's
was the first to discover America.

The Mathews families in Virginia started around 1620 and in Maryland
around 1650. I have traced at least 5 seperate Mathews family lines
in Maryland before 1800. Would like to share my research with
others who are interested and willing to share theirs.

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