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Francis Matthews 1598–1648 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1598

Birth Location: Ottery St Mary, Devon, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 10 May 1648

Death Location: Oyster River, York, Maine, USA

Father: Samuel Mathews

Mother: Mary Hinton

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Francis Matthews was born in 1598 in Ottery St Mary, Devon, England, United Kingdom, the child of Samuel H Mathews And Mary Francis Hinton. Francis Matthews passed away in 1648 in Oyster River, York, Maine, USA.

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Biography

  • Francis Matthews was born in 1598 in Ottery St Mary, Devon, England, United Kingdom, the child of Samuel H Mathews And Mary Francis Hinton.
  • Francis Matthews passed away in 1648 in Oyster River, York, Maine, USA.

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Francis Matthews's Ancestors

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Francis Matthews
1598–1648
Birth Place: Ottery St Mary, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Samuel H Mathews
1570–1660
Devon, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Mary (Francis) Hinton
1578–1675
Chilton Foliat, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Sir (Tobias Mathews, 56th Archbishop of) York
1546–1628
Bristol, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Lady (Lucy Frances of David Pembrokeshire) Barlow
1550–1629
St David, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, Wales, United Kingdom
Anthony Hinton
1532–1598
Earlscote, Wanborough, Wiltshire, England
Martha Warnford
1532–1638
Sevenhampton, Wiltshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Lady Moreton
1505–1555
William Barlow
1485–1568
Lady Wellsborne
1505–1595
Sir Hinton
1510–1568
Lady Hinton
1512–1612
Sir Warneford
1510–1548
Susanna Lady
1509–1583
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Mathew
1465–1535
Alice Thomas
1469–1520
Humphrey Wellsborne
1480–1499
Margery Harcourt
1471–1500
John Hinton
1488–1550
Joan Francklyn
1488–1559
John Goddard
1510–1545
Elizabeth Berenger
1500–1564
Sir Sevenhampton
1490–1538
Katherine Reynolds**
1494–1538

Francis Matthews's Timeline

2 Records

1598
1598
Birth of Francis Matthews in Ottery St Mary, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Ottery St Mary, Devon, England, United Kingdom
1648
10 May 1648
Age 50
Death of Francis Matthews in Oyster River, York, Maine, USA
Oyster River, York, Maine, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1598
    Event Place: Ottery St Mary, Devon, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 May 1648
    Event Place: Oyster River, York, Maine, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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