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Richard Matthews 1808–1893 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 26 March 1808

Birth Location: Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 11 December 1893

Death Location: Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Samuel Matthews

Mother: Sabra Sears

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Richard Matthews was born in 1808 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Samuel Matthews And Sabra Sears. Richard Matthews passed away in 1893 in Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.

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Biography

  • Richard Matthews was born in 1808 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Samuel Matthews And Sabra Sears.
  • Richard Matthews passed away in 1893 in Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.

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Richard Matthews's Ancestors

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Richard Matthews
1808–1893
Birth Place: Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
Samuel Matthews
1775–1846
Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts, USA
Sabra Sears
1777–1859
Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Grandparents
Joshua Matthews
1742–1813
Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts, USA
Rebekah Howes
1743–1813
Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Eleazar Sears
1739–1824
Yarmouth, Barnstable, MA
Bethiah Godfrey
1737–1800
Chatham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Great-Grandparents
Samuel Matthews
1710–
Mary Vincent
1712–1764
Nathaniel Howes
1711–1759
Thankful Hall
1719–1795
Thomas Sears
1697–1785
Patience Nickerson
1705–1783
Samuel Godfrey
1703–1768
Thankful (Godfrey)
1705–1779
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Benjamin Matthews
1668–1741
Hannah Ryder
1675–1750
Nathaniel Howes
1671–1745
Esther Rider
1689–1763
Ebenezer Hall
1680–1747
Mehitable Eldridge
1686–1748
John Nickerson
1664–1745
Elizabeth Nickerson
1675–1765
Moses Godfrey
1667–1743
Deborah Cooke
1679–1743
Richard Knowles
1688–1769
Thankful Higgins
1692–1712

Richard Matthews's Timeline

2 Records

1808
26 March 1808
Birth of Richard Matthews in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
1893
11 December 1893
Age 85
Death of Richard Matthews in Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 26 March 1808
    Event Place: Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 December 1893
    Event Place: Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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