Family Tree of Abednego Matthew

The first Mathew in the West Indies was Abednego Mathew, of Pennetenny and St. Kew, co. Cornwall, born in 1629.

Abednego was a colonel in the army, and emigrated 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, governor, he honourably filled until his death, 18 April, 1681.

Abednego married a Miss Susannah Sparrow, a West Indian heiress, by whom he left issue two sons – 1, 2, 3,

Part I  – The family tree of Abednego Matthew – source Mathew Family History Files

Tegid ap Iago also sometimes known as Tacitus – 1,

  • Aeturnus ?
    • Padarn Peisrudd possible son of Tegid ap Iago also sometimes known as Tacitus – 1,
      • Cunedda, Gwledig or the first Celtic over king of Britain after the Roman leave, c. 410 or 146 years before Maelgwn. Court at Carlise – 1, 2, 3,
        • Teilion, King of Cardigan after brother Keredig – 1,
          • Merion
            • Cadwalladr
              • Cynyr
                • Klydno
                  • Gwyiddno Garanhir
                    • Elphin ?
                      • Gwaethfoed –1047 (Great Prince or King of Cardigan)
                        + Morfydd d. of Ynir, Lord of Gwent (paternally descended from
                        Cadwalader Vondigail, King of all Britan)
  • Gwaethfoed –1047 (Great Prince or King of Cardigan)
    + Morfydd d. of Ynir, Lord of Gwent (paternally descended from
    Cadwalader Vondigail, King of all Britan)
  • Cedrych, Lord of Gwynfai and Cardigan
    • Addean (early 12th, Lord of Grosmont Castle, Monmouthshire) – Gwent c. 1187
      + Anne Russell d and h of Sr. John Russell
    • Gwillian of Gwent and Cardigan, 3rd Lord of Cardigan
      + Gwenlian d. of Howel of Caerlen

      • Sitsilt, 4th Lord of Cardigan (Cecil)
        + Nome _
      • Jevan, Knight of the Sepulchre, 5th Lord of Cardigan
        + Ann d. of Meuric ap Meredith…Ynir
      • Meyric or Meuric, 6th Lord of Cardigan
        + Eve d. of Ythel gam ap Meredith
      • Ievan or Jevan (John), 7th Lord of Cardigan
        + Cecil d. of Sr. Robert Clark
      • Caradoc, 8th Lord of Cardigan (from Caractacus/Craddock?)
        + Alice Welsh or Alice d. of Meyric
      • Meyric, 9th Lord of Cardigan
        + Gwellian d. of Madoc ap Gwillin by a d. of Jenkin ap Payn Turberville of Coyty
      • Madoc, 10th Lord of Cardigan
        + Gwelian d. of Griffith Gouch
      • Griffith Gethyn, knighted in Ireland, 11th Lord of Cardigan, knighted by Richard II
        + Crisly (Grisleyd) d. of Rhun ap Griffith
      • Sir Evan of Oriel Coll. Oxford, 12th Lord of Cardigan
        + Cecil d. of Aydan ap Llewlyn, heiress of Radyr and descendent of Jestran ap Gwrgan

      • Sr Mathew ap. Ievan of Llandaff, 13th Lord of Cardigan

        + Jenet Fleming

        • Sr. David MATHEW of Llandaff 1390 or 1400–1484 (Standard Bearer, Edw IV at Towton, 1461) + Gwellian HERBERT

          • Reyborn Mathew – Llandaff Mathew line

          • Thomas Mathew – Radyr Mathew Line

        • Robert MATHEW of Monks Castle + Gladys FYCHEN [or Margaret Llen] (see below)

Part 2 – The family tree of Abednego Matthew – source Mathew Family History Files

Sr Mathew ap. Ievan (or Evan) of Llandaff, 13th Lord of Cardigan
+ Jenet Fleming

  • Sir David Dafydd Mathew had a grant of 2,232 acres of land from Henry VI, the reversion of Caneton, and from William, Earl of Pembroke lands at St Fagans and at Pentyrch. He was a zealous supporter of the Yorkist cause, whose extraordinary prowess and daring in the field, even at a very advanced age, were used on behalf of the White Rose of York. At the Battle of Towton, on Palm Sunday, 29 March 1461, although by then about sixty years old, he saved the life of Edward IV and was rewarded by his grateful monarch with the honour of Grand Standard Bearer of England . Sir David was killed by the Turbervilles of Coity Castle, Glamorgan. Coity castle itself was abandoned around the 17th century and the castle ruins are now in the care of Cadw.- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 
    • David Mathew married Anne Myddleton –  David was the founder of the “Mathews” American line, which would eventually arrive in the new world with Thomas Mathews (b. 1660) Thomas arrived in Halifax, Virginia, circa 1700.
      • Jenkyn Mathew married Lucia Starkey
        • John Mathew married Margaret A Gamage – Gamage family of Coity Castle – 1, 2, 3,
          • John Mathew married Margery
            • William Mathew married Emline Rouse
              • Nicholas Mathew married Jane/Joan Randall
                • William Mathew married Susannah Parson
                  • Abednego Mathew married Miss Susannah Sparrow (continued)

Abednego Mathew married Miss Susannah Sparrow – continued

  • Charles Mathew married Miss Dashwood
  • Sir William Mathew married Katharine Remee Baroness van Leemput (The Cornish in the Caribbean by Sue Appleby) who was claimed to have accompanied Mary II  Queen, monarch and wife of William III., to England as one of her maids of honour –1, 2, . However the Glorious Revolution occurred in 1688 – 1689, and Katharine and William had already married in London in 1682. There is no information on the source of Katharine being a Baroness from the Netherlands, unless it relates to a title on her marriage, although the wife of a Baronet has the title of “Lady” rather than Baroness. Also the name of “van Leemput” has not been found to be associated with Dutch Barons.  Though there are questions as to where this claim originally came from – although it was contained in the book Antigua and the Antiguans, which was only published in 1844. Note – Katharine’s origins are unclear. There are differences as to Katharine’s places of birth and marriage ie in England or Utrecht Netherlands.  Some also claim that Katharine was a daughter of Jan Jacob van Leemput and Catherine de Berhes; while others claim that she was a daughter of  Charles van Leemput, a son of the Antwerp born Flemish artist Remigius van Leemput, known as Remee, who died in London in c.1675/1680. Remigius became part of the Guild of St. Luke there in 1628–9, and came to England in Charles I’s reign. However, Charles reputedly died in London in 1651, whereas Katharine was reputedly born in 1665, well after Charles’ death. There are further claims that Katharine was a descendant of Remee aka Remigius. See Wikipedia article on Remee aka Remigius – which indicates that Remigius had two children “His son Giovanni Remigio,1, later became a copyist in Rome, and his daughter Mary also became an artist and married Thomas Streater, the brother of the artist Robert Streater“. However there is no mention of a son named Charles Remee van Leemput.  There are also claims that Remigius may have been connected to the family of Dutch heroine Trijn van Leemput nee Voorn, wife of Jan Jacob van Leemput of the 16th Century.
    • Abednego Mathew married Miss William
      • Susan Mathew
      • Louisa Mathew
    • Edward Mathew
    • William Mathew married Miss Anne Smith
      • William Mathew – died young
      • Daniel Mathew (1715 – 1777) of Felix Hall Kelvedon West Essex – 1, 2, married Mary Byam (1730 Antigua West Indies – 1814 Felix Hall Kelvedon West Essex)
        • Louisa Mathew (1753 – 1845) married Admiral Lord James Gambier
        • Daniel Byam Mathew (1756 London – 1838 St Kitts West Indies ) – Elizabeth Dering (1765 – 1812) – 1, 2, 3,
          • Daniel Byam Mathew
            • Daniel Dering Mathew
        • Ann Mathew (1757 – 1841) married Thomas Humphrey (1748 – 1843)
          • Elizabeth Humphrey married Tyhurst – speculative
        • William Mathew (1758 – ) – no issue identified
        • Elizabeth Eliza Mathew (1759  – 1801) married Robert Monckton Arundell Viscount Galway (1758 – 1810)
        • Mary Mathew (1760 – 1845) – no issue identified
        • George B Mathew (1760 – 1846) married Euphemia Hamilton  – 1
        • Susannah Mathew (1762- ) – no issue identified
        • Jane Mathew (1765? – 1853 married Samuel Gambier (1752 – 1813)
      • Edward Mathew married Lady Jane Bertie
        • Mathew Mathew
        • Jane Mathew married Thomas Maitland
          • 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.
      • Abednego Mathew married Jennet Buckley (daughter and heir of William Buckley of St Kitts;) – Buckleys Estate – 1,

Part 3 – Other branches of the Mathew Family Tree include the lines of Reyborn (Llandaf line) and Thomas (Radyr line)

Sir David Dafydd Mathew 

  • Reyborn (or “Reinborn, Rimbron,” etc.) (d.1470),  founder of the Llandaf line of Mathew – Isabella (or Elizabeth) Denys, daughter of Maurice Denys(d.1466)
    • Sir Christopher Mathew(d.1528), whose effigy is one of three surviving Mathew effigies in Llandaf Cathedral.
  • Thomas (1438–1470)  married Catherine ferch Morgan (1436–1468), daughter of Welsh nobleman Morgan ap Llewellyn, and founded the Radyr line of Mathew – ie  the family of the Earls Landaff in the peerage of Ireland. The seat of the Mathew family was Thomastown Castle, County Tipperary which is now long since abandoned. The extant ruins form a notable landmark.  – 1, 2, 3,
    • William Mathew (1460–1528), who was knighted by King Henry VII at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485. Sir William accompanied King Henry VIII to the Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520.
      • Sir George Mathew (1486–1557) who became the MP for Glamorgan constituency and in 1545 Sheriff of Glamorgan. married Barbara Brett
        • Edmund Mathew
          • James Mathew
            • Hugh Mathew
              • Hugh Mathew
                • Thomas Anthony Mathew
                  • Simon Mathew (immigrant in 1710 to Bucks County Pennsylvania)
                    • Edward Mathew
                      • Nancy Mathew
                        • Mary Sparks
                          • John Jones
                            • William Henry Jones
          • Captain George Mathew(s) – Immigrant to Ireland
            • Theobald Mathew(s) of Thurles Castle Tipperary
              •  Peter Neville Mathew(s) – Immigrant from Ireland to England
                • Theobald Mathew(s)
                  • Sarah Mathew
                    • Mary Pinnell – Immigrant to Maryland?
                      • Jervis Spencer
                        • Isaac Spencer
                          • Isaac Spencer
                            • John Spencer
                              • Mary Cox Spencer
              • Francis Mathew – Immigrant to Augusta Virginia from Ireland by 1700
                • John Mathews
                  • Elizabeth Mathews
                    • Reece Boan Murray
                      • Augustus Ward Murray
                        • Willmore M Murray
                          • Samuel Newton Murray
                            • William L Murray
        • Catherine Mathew, (Radyr Mathew line),  married Miles Matthew (Monks Castle Mathew line), son of William Matthew & Alice Ragland – William was son of Robert Mathew son of Robert Mathew of Monks Castle whilst Alice was a daughter of Thomas Ragland
          • Catherine Matthew of Monks Castle and Radyr lines of Mathew family 
            • Edmund Lewis immigrant to Lynn Essex County Massachusetts married Mary Cary immigrant to Lynn Essex County Massachusetts
              • Thomas Lewis married Hannah Baker
                • Joseph Lewis
                  • John Lewis
                    • Abner Lewis
                      • Richard Lewis
                        • James Lewis
                          • Harry Lewis
                            • Richard Lewis
    • David Mathew (- 1504 Radyr) married Alice Heiress of Viell
      • Katherine verch David Mathew (1451 Wales – 1512 Wales) married Sir Henry Wogan of Pendergast
        • Lady Margery Wogan (1470 – 1494) married Sir Richard Waldron
          • Grace Waldron (1494 – 1530) married John Hewes/Hughes
            • Alice Hewes (1516 – ) married John Burne
              • Thomas Burne (1540 – 1575) married Agnes Wood
                • Nicholas Browne(Burne) married Ellen Webster
                  • John Brown married Jenet Kellet
                    • David Brown
                      • Wiliam Broun/Brown
                        • Mary Broun (1665 – ) married Alexander Laing
                          • 9 further generations to Barbara Henderson
    • Janet Mathew ( – 1535) married Thomas Stradling ( – 1480) 
      • Edward Stradling ( – 1535) married Elizabeth Arundel
      • Jane Stradling ( 1480 – 1520) married William Griffith (1476 – 1531) – this is possibly the ancestral line for a 9 cms Mathew-connected DNA match with B Christian
  • David Mathew married Anne Myddleton – Abednego Mathew – Susannah Sparrow’s line

Robert Mathew of Monk’s Castle, brother of Sir David Mathew of Llandaff – sons of Sr Mathew ap. Ievan (or Evan) of Llandaff, 13th Lord of Cardigan + Jenet Fleming

  • William Mathew of Monks Castle
    • Alice Mathew
      • John Lewis Ragland
        • Thomas Ragland
          • Thomas Ragland
            • Evan Ragland – immigrant to Virginia by 1680
              • Stephen Ragland
                • Agnes Ragland
                  • Frances Langston
                    • Sarah Roberts
                      • Frances Waggoner
                        • Sarah Ann Guy
                          • William Garrison
                            • Maude Garrison
  • Robert Mathew married Alice Ap John
    • William Mathew married Alice Ragland daughter of Thomas Ragland (1510 – )(was he related to the Robert Ragland (1506 – ) who married Alice Mathew?)
      • Miles Mathew of Monks Castle Mathew line married Catherine Mathew – daughter of Sir George Mathew (1486–1557) of the Radyr line of Mathew & who became the MP for Glamorgan constituency and in 1545 Sheriff of Glamorgan. married Barbara Brett
        • Catherine Matthew of both Monks Castle and Radyr lines of the Mathew family 
          • Edmund Lewis immigrant to Lynn Essex County Massachusetts married Mary Cary immigrant to Lynn Essex County Massachusetts
            • Thomas Lewis married Hannah Baker
              • Joseph Lewis
                • John Lewis
                  • Abner Lewis
                    • Richard Lewis
                      • James Lewis
                        • Harry Lewis
                          • Richard Lewis