Person:Samuel Mathews (7)

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Gov. Samuel Mathews, Commonwealth Governor of Virginia
b.Abt 1630 Virginia, United States
d.Bef 9 Mar 1660 Virginia, United States
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m. Abt 1628
  1. Gov. Samuel Mathews, Commonwealth Governor of VirginiaAbt 1630 - Bef 1660
  2. Capt. Francis MathewsAbt 1632 - 1673/74
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Name[1][2] Gov. Samuel Mathews, Commonwealth Governor of Virginia
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] Abt 1630 Virginia, United StatesMathews Manor
Death[2] Bef 9 Mar 1660 Virginia, United Statessee evidence
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Commonwealth Governor of Virginia, 1657-1660

There was no Royal Governorship at the time of the "Protectorate", and the Governor technically answered to the Cromwellian Parliament, although Royalist sentiment was prevalent in the colony of Virginia at this time. The former Royalist governor Berkeley arrived to replace him March 13, 1660.

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Additional Resources

  • see Samuel Mathews for an in depth analysis of evidence surrounding the life of Samuel Mathews, Jr. and proof that it was him, rather than his father, that was the Commonwealth Gov. of Virginia
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Family of Samuel Mathews and Francis Grevill, in Palmer, Jerry M. Descendants of Samuel Mathews website.

    [last accessed 9 Nov 2012]
    ... We know that Samuel Mathews Sr. had two children and it is reasonable to deduce that both were the product of his first marriage to Frances Grevill, for the first was christened Samuel and the second Francis. Many people who have written about the Mathews family, have inexplicably hitched the name of Frances Grevill to Mary Hinton, an assumption for which there was not a shred of proof. ...

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Samuel Mathews, in Palmer, Jerry M. Descendants of Samuel Mathews website.

    [last accessed 9 Nov 2012]

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