Richard
Metters
aka Matter
Born about in Bere Ferrers, Devon, England
Ancestors 
Son of Richard Matters
and Patience (Pike) Matters
Brother of
William Metters, Mary (Metters) Courtis, Samuel Metters, Bettsey (Metters) Dawe, Joseph Metters, Honour (Metters) Borley and Joseph Matters
Husband of
Elizabeth Norrish
— married
17 May 1819 in Beer Ferrers, Devon, England
Father of
Ann (Matters) Borrowman
Died about
at about age 79
in Parish of Bere Ferrers, Buckland Monachorum, Devon, England
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Oct 2011
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Biography
Richard was born about 1789 to Richard Matters and Patience Pike. He died in 1869
Baptized between 2nd and 11th Apr 1789 Bere Ferrers, Devon, England [1]
Died 1869 Dist of Buckland Monachorum, Par. of Beer Ferris, Devon, England [2]
Family
- Husband: Richard Metters
- Wife: Elizabeth Norrish
Married 17 May 1819 Bere Ferrers, Devon, England
Children: (recorded variously as Matters / Metters)
- Richard
- Mary
- Ann
- John
- William Norrish
Census
1851 Woolacombe Farm, Bere Ferrers, Devon, Englan
- METTERS: Richard farmer of 80 acres b. Beerferris, employ 1 lab, Elizabeth, wife, 55 b. Tavistock. Children (all b Beerferris): Richard 22, unm, no occupation stated; Mary CHANNON, mar, 27, dressmaker; Ann BORROWMAN, marr, 25, no occup; John METTERS, 22; William METTERS, 16. Grdson: Sampson C METTERS, 10, b Beerferris; Grddtr: Fanny Barford METTERS, 3, b Devonport, DEV. [3]
1861 Woolacombe Farm, Bere Ferrers, Devon, Englan
- MATTERS (all b Beer Ferris): Richard, head 71 farmer 63 ac; wife Elizabeth 68; Son Richard unm 40; Dtr Ann BORROWMAN 36 ship carpenter's wife b Beer Ferris; Grdchildren (BORROWMAN): Fanny 13 scholar b Devonport; John 9 scholar b Beer Ferris; Margaret 2 b Devonport; Servant William FUGE 15 carter b Beer Ferris [4]
Sources
- ↑ Richard s/o Richard & Patience MATTER, Bere Ferrers Parish registers, fiche held
- ↑ Dth 1869 Richard MATTERS, reg. Tavistock Dec qtr aged 79 5b/271, index available Ancestry/FMP/FreeBMD
- ↑ 1851 Census: Beerferris, Dist of Tavistock, HO/107/1883 Folio 80 p 21 FHL Film 0221032, hsehold of Richard & Elizabeth METTERS
- ↑ 1861 Census: 1861 DEVON: RG9/1457 Buckland Monachorum Par. of Beer Ferris, EnumDist 3c, Folio 53 Page 5 schedule #21, transcript available FreeCen
- WikiTree profile Metters-4 created through the import of HENDERSONLornaAncestorsPlus1Desc4WikiTree.ged on Oct 18, 2011 by L Henderson. (Reference: 19878)
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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
+
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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