Hugh Matthews, Sr.

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Brief Life History of Hugh

Hugh Mathews married Mary Emerson on 28 August 1683, in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He died before 1730, in Essex, Massachusetts, United States.

Spouse and Children

Hugh Mathews
Male
–1730

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Male

Mary Emerson
Female
1660–1734

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Female

Marriage
28 August 1683
Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Children (3)

Judith Judeth Mathew
Female
1688–Deceased

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Female

Hugh Matthews
Male
1691–1691

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Male

Mary Matthews
Female
1701–Deceased

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Female

Biography

Hugh Matthew married, 28 August 1683 in Newbury, Mary Emerson.

Children, born in Newbury:

_____ (dau.), b. ____; d. 22 August 1684.
_____ (dau.), b. 18 July 1685; d. 2 August 1685.
John, b. 26 February 1687/88.
Judith, b. "Apr. ult. 1689."
Joana, b. 10 April 1690.
Hugh, b. 15 May 1691.
Hugh, b. 19 May 1696.
Mary, bapt. 18 May 1701.
Elizabeth, m. John Short.

20 April 1728, Hugh Matthews of Newbury, yeoman, and Mary his wife, sell to Alexander Lovell, Jr., of Ipswich, cordwainer, all their right, title, etc., unto the common right or share in the common that was entered to their grandfather, Theophilus Willson, late of Ipswich, deceased, together with all the shares and divisions of common land lately laid out to the right of said Theophilus Willson, that is, in Jeffries Neck division, thatch division, wood division and the eighth division. Ack. same day. (Essex Deeds, Vol. L)

18 April 1734, complaint having been made that her husband had been dead more than four years, the court ordered Mary Matthews, relict of Hew, to appear and take administration on his estate. She declined, saying there was nothing to administer, Hugh never having had title to the house and land (twenty rods) where he lived.[1] This land was sold by John and Elizabeth (Matthews) Short in 1739.[2]

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Hugh Matthews (abt. 1660 - abt. 1730)

Hugh Matthews

Born about 1660 [location unknown]

Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

[sibling%28s%29 unknown]

Husband of Mary (Emerson) Matthews — married 28 Aug 1683 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Father of Unknown Matthews, Judith Matthews, Hugh Matthews and Mary Matthews

Died about 1730 at about age 70 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Profile last modified 20 May 2022 | Created 17 May 2013

The Birth Date is a rough estimate. See the text for details.

Sources

↑ Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.): https://www.americanancestors.org/DB515/i/13788/18020-co1/0.
↑ "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89ZZ-BCD1?cc=2106411&w... : 22 May 2014), Essex > Deeds 1738-1739 vol 77-78 > image 435 of 586; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts.
Pope, Charles Henry. The Haverhill Emersons (Murray & Emery, Boston, 1913) Page 20.