Samuel Matthews (captain)

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Captain Samuel Mathews (c. 1580 – November 30, 1657) was a Virginia planter, political figure, and the father of Governor

Samuel Mathews (Colonial Virginia governor)
.

Biography

Born in England, Mathews was the first of the family to emigrate from England to The New World, arriving at

James River at the confluence of the Warwick and the James rivers in the area which later became Warwick County, Virginia (and which is now within the city limits of Newport News
). He eventually had several other land holdings, including one near
Native Americans. In 1635, he was one of the leaders of the popular mutiny that ousted Royal Governor Sir John Harvey. In the spring of 1637 Mathews and three others were sent home to England to stand trial for treason in the Court of Star Chamber, but the charges were eventually dropped and Mathews returned to Virginia in 1639.[1] Upon returning to England, the elder Mathews was eventually cleared of any charges; upon returning to Virginia, he resumed service on the Governor's Council until 1644.[2]

Frances Grevill was one of four women who arrived at Jamestown from

Lord Delaware, who had been governor of Virginia beginning in 1610. After West's death several years later, Grevill married Abraham Peirsey, a wealthy man who had purchased Sir George Yeardley's Flowerdew Hundred Plantation
after his death. Peirsey died several years later. Twice widowed, but with considerable legacies, she next married Samuel Mathews.

They had two sons Samuel, and Francis (1632–1673). Francis, a tobacco planter had a large estate of some two thousand acres in Northumberland County.

Mathews served in London as the Colony's representative in handling disputes, particularly in the matter of establishing the border with Maryland.[3] Much of his influence has been attributed to his second marriage to the daughter of Sir Thomas Hinton whose son was a gentleman of the king's Privy Chamber.[1] Mathews died in London, England on November 30, 1657.

As a member of the House of Burgesses, Mathews was viewed as an "honest, energetic and faithful servant of the Colony" whose death was "universally lamented."[4]

Mathews Manor

Main article: Denbigh Plantation Site

Captain Mathews built the Manor around 1626.[5] The site of Mathews Manor, located within the

Ivor Noel Hume in the 1960s, and was placed on the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places.[6]

See also

References

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  3. ^ Cook, Minnie G., "Governor Samuel Mathews, Junior", The William and Mary Quarterly 14.2 (1934): 105–113
  4. ^ Waters, Henry Fitz-Gilbert (1885). Genealogical Gleanings in England. New England Historic Genealogical Society. pp. 101.
  5. ^ "Denbigh Plantation Site", James River Plantations
  6. ^ "Denbigh Plantation Site (Mathews Manor)--James River Plantations: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary". Archived from the original on 2007-12-17.
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