Samuel Matthews (abt. 1729 - bef. 1788)

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Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Research Notes 1.2 Research Notes 2 Sources

Biography

Penobscot Association Loyalists _ Just prior to British evacuation of Castine [Bagaduce], Samuel Mathews is at Fort George [Castine] 14 January 1784, trying to receive compensation as a Loyalist, for destruction of his property at Castine [Bagaduce], " ... Americans Burn't his Dwelling house, Barn ..."

On the of 10 June 1784, his family is still living in the District of Passamaquoddy, New Brunswick.

On 13th of July, 1784, Samuel Mathews family of 12 is residing at [Castine] Bagaduce on a 100 acre lot. Return of Men, Women and Children of the Penobscot Loyalists settled in the district of Passamaquoddy

Research Notes

Noted: Date of Birth as 15 Feb 1729 [no source] in the Boombridge Genealogy _ Using this date for Search purposes.

Date of Death given as 7 November 1788 [Castine, Lincoln, Massachusetts Bay Colony] No Source given https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/G3RJ-153

Samuel Mathews _ wife Abigail Unknown _ is given as Abigail Chesley _ with no source in the Boombridge Genealogy https://boombridgegenealogy.com/getperson.php?personID=I59307&tree=4Februry2018 NOTED: Find a Grave information for her family appears to be in error, this bringing her Last Name at Birth as Chesley into Question.

Mathews Family in Penobscot Loyalists Census/Return of Men, Women and Children of the Penobscot Loyalists Settled in the District of Passamaquoddy the 10th of June 1784 https://carensecord.ca/locations/NewBrunswick/Lists/PenobscotGroupSorted.html

Deer Isle ... William Swain was the first settler upon the lot of land adjoining that of Captain Gray on the southeast, on the southwest side of the island. He was a native of Scotland, and came with the British army to Bagaduce in 1779. He was a master-mariner, and in former years a man of enterprise. He was at one time worth considerable property. His wife was a daughter [Miriam MATTHEWS ] of Mr. Samuel Matthews, of what is now Castine, whose farm, a valuable one, was afterward owned by Mr. Jonathan Hatch, and occupied by him at the time of his death. ... page 183 History of Deer Isle by Hosmer

Petition at Bagaduce ... Dated at Majabragadoose October ye 3d 1763 We whose Names are underwritten Do Sign the Within written Petition. ... Samuel Matthews ... page 316 Volume 13 Documentary history of the state of Maine .. by Maine Historical Society https://archive.org/details/documentaryhisto13main/page/316/mode/2up?q=Matthews Also https://archive.org/details/bangorhistoricalv3bang/page/n231/mode/2up?q=Matthews

Bagaduce Petition _ Secondary Source dated 3 Feb 1763 https://archive.org/details/mainehistoricalm1893bang/page/n29/mode/2up?q=Matthews

Samuel Mathews with Date of Settlement 1762 & 12 persons living on Said lot at present time _ A state of the Settlement Known by the name of Majorbiguaduce. The men's names,* the Am't of land claimed by each, name of person taking up said lot & date of Settlement of said lot & No. of persons living on Said lot at present time (13th of July, 1784). Taking by a vote of the Majority of said Inhabitants. page 55 VOLUME VIII. Early Settlers Lots at Bagaduce _ The Maine historical magazine Publication date 1891 https://archive.org/details/mainehistoricalm1893bang/page/n125/mode/2up?q=Matthews

Samuel was born in 1740.

Heirs named in estate file:^[1]

• Samuel Mathews, son
• Marian Swain (w/o Wm. Swain), dau
• Hannah Stimpson, dau
• Betsy Mathews, dau
• Harvey? Mathews, son
• Joseph Mathews, son
• Walter Mathews, son
• Charlotte Mathews, dau
• Avis Mathews, dau
• George Mathews, son

Research Notes

Death of Abigail Matthews_" a Stranger from Castine, Maine" . Not from, not born in Massachusetts. Added by: Adrian Thierry on 19 Dec 2022 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13626009/abigail-matthews#view-photo=264019406

Find a grave Photo Abigail Matthews Added by: Kenny Lingren on 06 Mar 2017 https://images.findagrave.com/photos/2017/64/13626009_1488830980.jpg

Samuel Matthews of Penobscot [pages] 149-150 Loyalist Letters "...an inhabitant at Penobscot near twenty years...he Joyned [the British] in Erecting the Fort there and in Supplying the Troops with every necessary in his power...the Americans Burn't his Dwelling house, Barn & c as pr paper anexed, and Sustained a loss of allmost all he is worth..." His claim, dated 14 January 1784 at Fort George, Penobscot, was for 194 5 - [AO 13/91 f 395-6] [588/791 indexed as John Calef] Penobscot Loyalists: A Bicentennial Tribute Robert C. Brooks [PO Box 30 Sandy Point ME 04981] https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~aek740/genealogy/penobscot_loyalists.htm

In January 1784, the British Officer in command at Castine directed his men to fire the barracks and destroy whatever else they could, prior to evacuating. https://www.fishermensvoice.com/archives/0809historiccastinepart2.html

Penobscot loyalists, and Lieutenant Colonel Stewart and party, besides two small companies, one in the District of Passamaquoddy and the other on the River Magaguadavic. https://ia801606.us.archive.org/20/items/exodusofloyalist00sieb/exodusofloyalist00sieb.pdf

Sources

• Volume 1 Folio 324 Docket No. 12 _ Maine, Hancock County, probate records, estate files, 1790-1915 Statement of Responsibility: Maine, Hancock County

1. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-D83Q-Y1S?i=543&cat=1445121

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/K8MX-NBB

• "United States Census, 1790", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKK-TVC : Sun Mar 10 17:44:02 UTC 2024), Entry for Abigail Mathews, 1790.

• Plan of Penobscot, Hancock County, in 1794 https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:2227nq107

• Lot Description https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-D83Q-TLB?i=546&cat=1445121