Richard
Matters
Born about in Bere Ferrers, Devon, England
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Patience (Pike) Matters
— married
17 Jul 1783 in Bere Ferrers, Devon, England
Descendants 
Father of
William Metters, Mary (Metters) Courtis, Samuel Metters, Richard Metters, Bettsey (Metters) Dawe, Joseph Metters, Honour (Metters) Borley and Joseph Matters
Died
at about age 73
in Beer Alston, Devon, England
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Oct 2011
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Biography
Richard Matters or Metters
Born abt 1757 [1] prob. at Bere Ferrers, Devon, England
- (but not immediately obvious in Bere Ferrers Parish Register 1751 to 1763 Henderson-2297
Buried 14 Jan 1830 Bere Ferrers, Devon, England
- aged 73 resid. Beer Alston [1]
Links
Disambiguation
- This is not the Richard Matters/Metters who married Joanne Bickel/Beckel baptizing a daughter Mary in Virginstow, Cornwall in 1787, which Mary married Nathaniel Hawke and is often confused in trees with Mary baptized 1786 in Bere Ferrers, the daughter of Richard and Patience who married Thomas Courtis.
Research notes
Baptism
- Richard is possibly the baptism in 1757, Werrlington, Devon to William Metters and Penelope Row
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Burial 14 Jan 1830 Richard METTERS, aged 73, resid. Beer Alston, from Devon Parish registers
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 03 January 2021, 23:01), entry for Richard Metters (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LXSF-Q75 ); contributed by various users.
- WikiTree profile Matters-3 created through the import of HENDERSONLornaAncestorsPlus1Desc4WikiTree.ged on Oct 18, 2011 by L Henderson.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Richard by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Richard:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Richard by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Richard:
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~3.12%
~6.25%
G Andrews 
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch ML047054C1 [compare]
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~3.12%
Max Rowe :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T103470 [compare]
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Ruth Andrews :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T989771 [compare]
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Living Bennett :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T317067 [compare]
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~3.12%
Living Daw :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T613557 [compare]
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Lorna Henderson :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member LornaHenNZ
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch PY346656C1 [compare]
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Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch PY346656C1 [compare]
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~1.56%
A M Rowe :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A002631 [compare]
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Tania (Duval) Senn-Moore :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A414913 [compare], Ancestry member kimybear2000
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Carole Withey :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T128827 [compare]
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~1.56%
~3.12%
A (Hickford) Coombe :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T069436 [compare]
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