No. 10.

GENEALOGY OF THE MATHEW FAMILY.

The family of the Mathews originally came from Glamorganshire, (where they were one with the Mathews, Earls of Llandaff,) emigrated to the West Indies, from Cornwall, in the Heraldic Visitation for which county, in 1622, they are mentioned. The lineal descent of the present branch of the family, from the first settler of the name, may be traced in the following manner—viz.,

Abednego Mathew, of Pennetenny and St. Kew, co. Cornwall, born in 1629, was a colonel in the army, and emigrating to the West Indies, obtained grants of land, first in Antigua, and afterwards in St Christopher’s, of which island he became governor, through the interest (it is supposed) of his second cousin, George, Duke of Albemarle, and Sir Richard Grenville, and which situation he honourably filled until his death, 18 April, 1681. He m. a Miss Sparrow, a West Indian heiress, by whom he left issue two sons,

i. Charles, colonel in the army, m. Miss Dashwood. His arms, impaled with those of Dashwood, are given in a General Atlas, published in 1721, to which work he was a subscriber.

ii. William, Knt.

Sir William Mathew was one of the brightest luminaries the West Indies produced: a brave soldier—an accomplished gentleman—a true friend—and a good governor. He was colonel of Monk’s own regiment, the Coldstream-guards, and highly distinguished himself by his gallant bearing and true martial glory, at the siege of Namur, Neerwinden, &c., under William III. In 1702, he was nominated brigadier-general of her Majesty’s Guards; and in 1704, appointed captain-general and governor-in-chief of the Leeward Caribbee Islands, and sailing from England at the beginning of June, in a squadron consisting of five men-of-war, and six transports, arrived at Antigua, the seat of his government, 14 July, 1704, where he died 4th Dec following. Sir William Mathew m. Katharine, Baroness Van Leempat, an heiress of the celebrated family of that name in Holland, and who accompanied Mary, Queen of William III., to England as one of the maids of honour. The nuptials were celebrated at Kingston, co. Surrey. The Baroness accompanied her husband to the West Indies, where she surviving him nineteen years, died at St Christopher’s, 26 March, 1723. Sir William left issue by his lady,

i. Abednego. ii. Edward. iii. William, of whom hereafter. i. Susan. ii. Louisa.

William (third son of Sir William Mathew) was another distinguished officer in her Majesty’s service, brigadier-general, and colonel in the Coldstream-guards, and served as second in command under Lord Peterborough, in the Peninsular wars. General Mathew acted as lieut.-governor of the Leeward Islands in 1730; and 13 Sept. 1752, was appointed captain-general, and commander-in-chief. He m. 1st, Anne, dau. of General Thomas Hill, Governor of Nevis, who died s. p.; and 2ndly, ——, dau. of the Hon. Daniel Smith, President, and sometime governor of Nevis, a great heiress, possessing estates in St. Kitts, Nevis, and Antigua, by whom he had issue four sons,

i. William, died young.

ii. Daniel, of Antigua, and Felix Hall, co. Essex, Esq., sometime high-sheriff for that co. He m. at Antigua, 10 May, 1750, Mary, dau. of George Byam, and grandson of Governor Edward Byam, by whom he had issue,

1. Daniel-Byam, of Felix Hall, and Antigua, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Edward Deering, Bart., (by whom issue.)

2. George, m. Euphemia, dau. of John Hamilton, Esq., by whom he had issue a son, George, captain in the Coldstream-guards, and late M.P. for Shaftesbury, m. in 1835, the dau. and heir of the celebrated antiquary, Sir Richard-Colt Hoare, Bart., and has issue a son, born 5 March, 1839.

1. Mary, m. to James, Lord Gambier, K.C.B., admiral.

2. Jane, m. to Samuel Gambier, commissioner in the navy.

3. Elizabeth, m. in 1779, to Robert-Monckton Arundel, Viscount Galway, by whom, among other issue, she had William-George, the present viscount, born in 1782.

iii. Edward, major-general in the army, and governor of Grenada, and sometime equerry to the Queen’s household, m. 31 March, 1743; Lady Jane Bertie, dau. of the third Duke of Ancaster,^[[84]] and by her (who died 21 July, 1793) had issue, 1. Mathew, born 11 Sept. 1762, 2. Jane, m. 30 Aug. 1776, Thomas Maitland, of Herts, Esq.

iv. Abednego, m. ——, and had issue two daus., the second of which, Mary-Buckly, m. Hugh, Viscount Carlton.

[[84]] The three only daus. of this third Duke of Ancaster m. West Indians: Lady Mary-Bertie, the eldest, was united to Samuel Greathead, Esq. of Guy’s Cliff, and M.P. for Coventry, and died 13 May, 1774; Albemia, the second dau. of his Grace, m. Frances Beckford, Esq., and died 12 Feb. 1754; and Jane, (as already seen,) m. Major-Gen. Edward Mathew, and had issue a son, Brownlow-Bertie Mathew, who assumed the name and arms of Bertie, in accordance with the will of his maternal uncle, Brownlow, last Duke of Ancaster, and Marquess of Lindsey.

No. 11.

List of the Members of the House of Assembly at the time of the death of Governor Parke, copied from the Original Returns.

Returns made by John Gamble, Esq.	Dr. Daniel Mackinnon. Mr. Edward Chester. Col. John Gamble. Mr. William Granodle.	St. John’s Town.
By Richard Oliver, Esq.	Col. Thomas Williams. Major John Tomlinson.	St. John’s Division.
By Edward Byam, Esq.	Captain John Pigott. Captain John Painter.	New North Sound Division.
By S. Watkins, Esq.	Mr. Jacob Morgan Samuel Watkins, Esq.	Dickenson Bay Division.
By Charles Lloyd, Esq.	Richard Cockran, Esq. Charles Lloyd.	Nonsuch Division.
By Thomas Osterman, Esq.	Col. John Ffrye. Captain John Roe.	Old Road and Bermudian Valley Div.
By John Haddon, Esq.	Mr. Andrew Murry.	Five Islands.
By John Kerr, Esq.	Mr. John Elliot. John Kerr, jun.	Belfast.
By John Horsford, Esq.	Edward Warner, Esq. Isaac Horsford, Esq.	Falmouth and Rendezvous Bay.
By Nathaniel Crump, Esq.	Mr. Samuel Phillips. Nathaniel Crump.	Old North Sound Division.
By G. Lucas, Esq.	Mr. Baptist Looby. G. Lucas.	Willoughby Bay Division.
By Francis Rogers, Esq.	Mr. Francis Carlisle. Mr. William Hamilton.	Popeshead Division.