Family/Spouse: Richard Pugh GRIFFITH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hoskyn married Jane Ferch Howel Rhys GWILIM. Jane was born about 1409 in Rhys, Gwillim. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./
The Mathews (Mathes) Family in America - Denver Public Library - with additions from Samuel Mathews

Lineage of the Mathews in America beginning in Wales

1. GWAETHFOED, 1st Lord of Cardigan, Wales m. MORVYDD daughter & heir of OWAIN, Lord of Cardigan
2. AYDAN
3. GWILIM
4. SITSYLT
5. JEVAN
6. MEYRIC
7. JEVAN
8. CARADOC
9. MEYRIC
10. MADOC
11. GRIFFITH GETHYN
12. SIR EVAN m. CECIL dau. of ?
13. SIR MATHEW m. JANET, dau. of RICHARD FLEMING and had 3 sons, ROBERT, Lewis and Sir David (the eldest).
SIR MATHEW was knighted by Richard II in 1386 and is the source of the Mathews surname.
(Sir David Mathews was "Grand Standard Bearer to Henry VI" and was one of the most distinguished men of his time.)
14. ROBERT MATHEWS, the 2nd son of SIR MATHEW, of Castle-Mynech, Wales
15. WILLIAM MATHEWS
16. ROBERT MATHEWS
17. JOHN MATHEWS
[Note: Tobias Mathews, Archbishop of York m. FRANCES BARLOW was, most probably, not related to the below Samuel Mathews. (Sam Elswick, July 2001)]
18. SAMUEL MATHEWS (1592/3? - Mar 1660) m.1(?) FRANCES HINTON. Samuel m.2(?) Frances Greville West Peirsley, her (m.3) She imm. Jan. 29, 1620/1 on the ship Supply. Recent information from Linda Lawhorn indicates that Samuel Mathews "may" have been married previously in England, and that his son, the governor, was by that wife (Samuel's 1st of 3 wives).
SAMUEL MATHEWS was sent to VA ca 1615 (bef. 1619) by King James I.
19. LT. COL. SAMUEL MATHEWS, jr (1718/19? bef. 1629 - 1660) He was Governor of the Colony of VA from 1656 until his death in 1660.
20. JOHN MATHEWS m. ELIZABETH TAVENOR - ca 1674? She was the dau. of MICHAEL TAVENOR & (?).
21. CAPT. SAMUEL MATHEWS (m.1) MISS PAULIN (she d. bef. 1706), of King George Co. VA She was the dau. of COL. THOMAS & ELIZABETH PAULIN.
22. ELIZABETH MATHEWS (ca 1695 - 1751) m. ROBERT TALIAFERRO - ca 1720 (ca 1688 - Feb 1, 1728)

NOTE 2./
Source: History of Greenbrier County
J.R. Cole
Lewisburg, WV
1917
p. 67-72

THE MATHEWS FAMILY

The name of Mathews, in any of its Anglo-Saxon variants, was adopted by the sons of Sir Mathew ap Jevan ap Griffyth Gethyn, tenth in lineal descent from Gwaettfoed, Prince of Cardigan, Wales, whose descendants were long deemed feudal barons of Llandaff, County Glamorgan, Wales. Sir Mathew was knighted in 1386 by Richard II, and his descendants took the name of Mathew or Mathews instead of the Welsh "ap" or "son of," the addition of the "S" signifying to the English the same thing as the Welsh "ap," the Irish "0" and the Scotch "Mac."

The armorial bearings of the Mathews are numerous, Burke, in his General Armoury, devoting over two and one-half pages to the arms, crests and mottoes. In nearly all.the lion is an important figure, and it is said the lion was used as a distinctive device by the descendants of Gwaettfoed, Prince of Cardigan, long before the dawn of heraldry. The bearings used by the Mathews of Virginia and West Virginia are described as follows: Arms: Gyronny of eight, sable and gules, a lion rampant, or. Crest: A demi lion rampant, or. Motto: Heb-d-Dhuw Heb-d-dim a-d-Dhuw a-digon. (Without God nothing, with God enough.)

Sir Mathew ap levan married Jenet, daughter of Richard Fleming, and had three sons: David, Robert and Lewis. The oldest, Sir David, was one of the most distinguished men of his time, having been made grand standard bearer of England by Edward IV, as a reward for saving his life at the battle of
Towton, Palm Sunday 1461. Sir Davis died about 1480 and his tomb, ornamented with his full length figure in full armor. is still in existence in the cathedral in Llandaff, Wales.

The second son, Robert, of Castell-y-Mynach, Wales, was the progenitor of the Mathews family in Virginia. His great-great-grandson was Tobias Mathew, archbishop of York, who married Frances Barlow, and whose son, Samuel Mathews, was horn in 1592 and was sent to Virginia by James I in 1622 as one
of five commissioners "to make particular and diligent inquiry concern-mg the present state of the colony." In 1623 he was commissioned captain of a company to go against the Tanx Powhatan Indians. in 1625 he was appointed one of the king's council in Virginia, Sir Francis Wyatt being governor. He
remained a member of that body until 1644. In December, 1656, he was elected to the council again, this time to that place nearest the governor, and on March 13, 1657, was elected governor of the colony by the House of Burgesses, and remained in office till his death in i660. He owned several plantations,
one of which was first called "Mathews Manour," but afterwards known as "Denbeigh," and it is from the latter that the county seat of Warwick county takes its name, it being located upon that plantation. He also owned "Fleur de Hundred," near Point Comfort. He married the daughter of Sir Thomas Hinton and had by her two sons, Samuel and Francis.

Sir married Jonet FLEMING about 1406. Jonet (daughter of Richard Jenkyn FLEMING and Unknown RAYNE) was born in 1365 in Penelyne, Ogmore, Glamorgan, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Note 1./ Notes from site of Barry L Matthews : <>

THE MARRIAGE OF THE FIRST MATHEW, VIZ, MATHEW AP EVAN, TO JANET FLEMING, WHO WAS WHAT WE PRESUME WOULD NOW BE STYLED A "LADY IN HER OWN RIGHT", BEING THE DAU. AND SOLE HEIRESS OF ONE OF THE GREAT FEUDAL BARONS OF GLAMORGAN, GAVE THE STATUS OF BARONS OF GLAMORGAN TO THE ELDEST LINE OF THE MATHEW CLAN FOR FOUR GENERATIONS. JENKIN FLEMING AT THE TIME OF HIS DAUGHTER'S MARRIAGE SEEMS TO HAVE RESIDED IN LLANDAFF, AND HER HUSBAND, MATHEW AP EVAN, WAS PROBABLY THE FIRST OF HIS FAMILY WHO REALLY DWELT WITHIN THE LITTLE CITY, FROM WHICH THE ANCIENT FAMILY SEAT OF CASTELL-Y-MYNACH WAS FIVE MILES DISTANT

Notes:

NOTE 1./
Taken from Meuric -- Sir Mathew: <>

Sir Knight Ieuan was born abt. 1346 in Castell Kibwr, Of Oriel College, Oxford of Brynwith, Glamorgan, Wales, married Crisli ferch Gawdyn ap Llywelyn ap Cynwrig of Radur ap Hywel of Meisgyn ap Madog ap Iestyn ap Gwrgan ap Ithel ap Idwallon ap Morgan Mawr (Hen) ap Owain (who married Nest ferch Rhodri Mawr) ap Hywel ap Rhys King of Glywysing who died about 886. Just a update note on Sir Ieuan. ** Please NOTE ** Thanks to Jim Holloway who so kindly e-mailed me information on Sir Ieuan's marriage to Cecilia dau. of Robert de Clare confirming the Mathew tie to the de Clare family line. He states: "I thought you'd like to know, from Harleian's "Visitation of Sussex - 1562" that proof exists confirming the Mathew tie to the Clare family, specifically from Sir Jevan ap Griffith's marriage to Robert de Clare's dau., Cecillia. On page 171 are the Arms of "Richard Mathew of Stansted in Sussex descended out of Glamorganshire". It is a quarterly of nine, with the 7th quarter being "or", three chevronels engrailed gules", i.e. a gold shield with 3 red chevrons engrailed (CLARE). This Richard married Elizabeth Campion of Campion's Hall in com. Essex. The other quarters were: 1. Mathew, 2. Campion, 3. Knotford, 4. Knightley, 5. Mountford, 7. Clare, 9. Skinnerton"". ""The Genealogical Magazine", reports that the Matthews lineage from Gwaithfoed throught Sir David ap Mathew, knight is recorded and approved as a manuscript in the British Records Office."
* Mathew, next
* Elen, married Hywel Button
* Evan, whence Edwards of Swansea

THE MATHEW CLAN BEGINS with Sir Mathew's sons

PRELUDE:

Some Ancient History of the Distinguished Surname of Mathew

From the beautiful Welsh mountain ranges comes this distinguished surname of Mathew. Wales is a land of soft spoken, music-loving poets, a people famous for their bards, Eisteddfods (Music Festivals) and their choral groups.

After the Romans vacated the British Isles at the end of the 4th century, the Welsh or Ancient Britons were left in sole possession of all of England, all the way north to the banks of the Clyde. Their most distinguished leaders were Ambrosious, and later in the 5th century, King Arthur of the Round Table. The Saxons forced them westward into the mountains of what is now Wales, north to Cumberland and southern Scotland, and into Cornwall to the south. The first recorded King of Wales was Rhodri Mawr, or Roderick the Great who ruled from his seat in Anglesey. He died in 893. On his death, he gave Wales to his three sons, Anarawd became King of North Wales, Cadalh became King of South Wales and Mervyn became King of Powys, or mid Wales.

The ancient history of the name Mathew also emerged from these same Welsh chronicles, woven into the prosaic tapestry of the ancient Welsh heritage. It was first found in Glamorganshire where they were seated from early times and their first records appeared on the early census rolls taken by the early Kings of Britain to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects.

Researchers reviewing various manuscripts such as the Domesday Book, the Pipe Rolls, Hearth Rolls, the Black Book of the Exchequer, the Curia Regis Rolls, finding that the name Mathew was found in many different forms. Althought the surname Mathew occurred in many references, from time to time the surname was spelt Mathews, Mathew, Matthews, Mathewes, and many of these versions are still in use today. These changes in spelling frequently occurred, even between father and son. It was not uncommon for a person in his or her own lifetime to be born with one spelling, marry with another, and have still another on the headstone in his or her resting place.

The Norman Conquest of Wales was a disaster. A testimony to the indomitable Welsh fighting spirit is that there are more castles, or ruins of castles, to the square mile in Wales than anywhere else in the world. Border warfare against the Normans and their successors continued unabated until the end of the 14th centruy. The Welsh tactic was to thrust, then retire to their bleak mountain homes to plan their next attack. As peace gradually returned to theis picturesque country, the Welsh, attracted by the economic opportunities, moved eastward into the English cities. Hence, we now find Welsh surnames such as Mathew, Jones, Price, Edwards, Phillips, Evans, Pritchard, Morgan, Williams, Roberts, Davis and so on, to be amoungst the most populous families in England at this time.

In this background of mountain greenery the Welsh family name Mathew emerged as a notable family name in Glamorgan where recorded as a family of great antiquity seated with manor and estates in that shire. This distinguished Welsh family claim descent from Yvorc, (Elvorach) or (Ivor bach), Lord of Torkelyn, in Anglesey, who came to the assistance of Jystyn Ap Gurgant, Prince of Glamorgan and received large grants of land in that county. Sir David Mathew of Llandaff became Grand Standard Bearer to King Henry VI and the name flourished in England by many branches, including the Mathews of Stanstead, Mathews of Tresunder in Cornwall, St. Kew in Cornwall, in Herefordshire, in Essex and Middlesex. However, the senior line remained at Castle Menych. They became the Earls of Llandaff. Prominent amongst the family name during the late middle ages was Earls of Llandaff

NOTE 2./
Sir Knight Ieuan ap Griffith Gethyn: Taken from <>

Mathew Ieuan Gruffydd, and his Grandson, David Mathew, introduced the surname which never ceased for twelve generations. They intermarried with the Flemings of Flemingston, Morgans of Tredegar, Gamages of Coity, Stradlings of St. Donats, and branched off at early periods into the vigorous families of Mathew of Castell Menych (Monk's Castle) and Mathew of Radir, Mathew of Aberaman and Mathew of Sweldom and Llancalach, all of whom are now extinct.

Knight married Crisli Verch GAWDYN. Crisli (daughter of Gawdyn Ap LLYWELYN and Verch RHYS) was born about 1344 in Meisgyn, Penychen, Glamorgan, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richard married Unknown RAYNE. Unknown was born about 1348 in Brocostell, Ewenni, Glamorgan, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]