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About Dr. Thomas Mathews
MATHEWS, THOMAS (ca. 1622-1675/76).
BORN: ca. 1622, probably in England.
IMMIGRATED: in 1637 as a free adult.
RESIDED: in St. Mary's County; in Charles County by 1663.
MARRIED first, Hester, who transported herself ca. 1644.
MARRIED second, Jane, daughter of John Cockshutt and wife Jane (1612-?), stepdaughter of both Nicholas Causine (ca. 1608-by 1658) and Robert Clarke (ca. 1611-1664). Her half brother was Ignatius Causine (ca. 1642-1695). Her sister was Mary, who married Henry Adams (?-1686). Jane Cock- shutt Matthews subsequently married John Bread.
CHILDREN.
SONS: Thomas (?-1676/77), who married Sarah, daughter of William Boreman (ca. 1630- 1709); Ignatius, who married Mary, daughter of Joshua Doyne; and William (1674-1725).
DAUGHTERS: Anne, who married first, Thomas Mudd, and second, Philip Hoskins (ca. 1650-1718); Jane, who married Joshua Doyne; Victoria, who married William Thompson; and Mary, who married William Boreman (ca. 1630-1709). PRIVATE
CAREER.
EDUCATION: literate.
RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Catholic.
SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES:
arrived with four servants; served as attorney for Thomas Copley.
OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: doctor; planter.
PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House, St. Inigoe's Hundred, St. Mary's County, 1650 (dismissed from the 1st session of the 1650-1650/51 Assembly for failure to take the oath of secrecy), St. Mary's County, 1661.
LOCAL OFFICES: justice, St. Mary's County, by 1658-1662 (quorum, 1661-1662), Charles County, 1667-1675/76; sheriff, Charles County, 1666-1667.
STANDS ON PUBLIC/PRIVATE ISSUES: Supported the Jesuits in their struggle with proprietary officials.
WEALTH DURING LIFETIME.
LAND: 800 acres by 1661.
WEALTH AT DEATH.
DIED: will probated on March
11, 1675/76.
PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV, 71,085
pounds of tobacco (including 4 servants, 3 slaves, and 200 books); FB, 31,114 pounds of tobacco.
LAND: ca. 1,955 acres.
Source: http://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/0...
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Dr. Thomas Mathews's Timeline
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1622
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Yorkshire, England
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| 1648 |
1648
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St. Mary's County, Maryland
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1660
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St. Mary's County, Maryland
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1660
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St Mary's County, Province of Maryland
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1662
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Charles, Maryland, USA
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1662
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England
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1664
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Charles County, Province of Maryland
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1674
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St. Mary's County, Maryland
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| 1677 |
March 11, 1677
Age 55
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Charles County, Maryland
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