16-407: Samuel Mathews or Matthews may refer to: Samuel Mathews (colonial Virginia governor) (1630–1660), colonial governor of Virginia Samuel Matthews (captain) (died 1657), Virginia planter, political figure, and the father of governor Samuel Mathews Sam Matthews (Samuel Lloyd Matthews, born 1997), English footballer Samuel Matthews (hermit) or
32-465: Is now within the city limits of Newport News ). The elder Samuel Mathews was the first of the Mathews family to emigrate from England to Virginia, arriving at Jamestown by 1619. He eventually had several other land holdings, including one near Henricus and another at Old Point Comfort . Known as Colonel Mathews, the elder Samuel became one of the most prominent men in the colony. He was a member of
48-631: The Governor's Council and was actively involved in conflicts with the Native Americans . In 1635, Mathews Sr. was one of the leaders of the popular mutiny that ousted Royal Governor Sir John Harvey . Upon returning to England, the elder Mathews was eventually cleared of any charges; upon returning to Virginia, he resumed service on the Governor's Council until 1644. His father was his mother's third husband. Frances Mary Grenville or Greville
64-485: The 1960s supervised archeological studied on the site of Mathews Manor , now located within the independent city of Newport News, Virginia . Although little remains but the foundation outline in a small park, Denbigh is on the National Park Service 's National Register of Historic Places . John Harvey (Virginia governor) Sir John Harvey (died 1646) was a Crown Governor of Virginia . He
80-463: The Dulwich Hermit (died 1802), London hermit known for his unresolved murder Sam Mathews, founder of esports organization Fnatic See also [ edit ] Governor Mathews (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
96-783: The English Colony of Virginia , was a member of the House of Burgesses , the Governor's Council , and served as Commonwealth Governor of Virginia from 1656 until he died in office in January 1660 ( 1659 A.S. ). 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 on March 13, 1660. Samuel Mathews (Jr.)
112-510: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Samuel_Mathews&oldid=1093967320 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Samuel Mathews (colonial Virginia governor) Lt. Col. Samuel Mathews (1630–1660), Commonwealth Governor of Virginia, of Warwick County in
128-456: The ship that transported the governor to Virginia in 1635 sued in Admiralty court for their pay. His government has been described as tyrannical and Harvey himself has been called "an obnoxious ruler" and was generally held to be unpopular. In 1639, Harvey was replaced as governor by Sir Francis Wyatt . He owned Boldrup Plantation . This article about a Virginia politician
144-575: Was appointed to the position on 26 March 1628 by Charles I of England . In 1635 he was suspended and impeached by the Council of Virginia (who named John West as a temporary replacement), and he returned to England. He claimed a conspiracy to change the charter of the colony by John Wolstenholme was the reason for the failures of his administration. Charles I restored him to his post in 1636. He returned to Virginia in January 1637 and served until November 1639. The captain, officers, and sailors of
160-570: Was appointed to the upper house, the Governor's Council , and later that year when his predecessor Edward Digges traveled to England, became the Commonwealth Governor of Virginia, a position held until his death in January 1660. In April 1658, mainly to signal their displeasure with Oliver Cromwell , the Burgesses ceremonially dismissed him and reelected him in a single Act. Because of his loyalty, as governor, to Cromwell, he
176-654: Was his guardian. In January 1660, shortly before the English Restoration, Matthews died in office. The Burgesses at that point simply reinstated the former Royalist Governor, William Berkeley by unanimous vote. Thus, in the view of historian Robert Beverley, Jr. writing in 1705, Virginia colony "was the last of all the King's Dominions that submitted to the Usurpation, and afterwards the first that cast it off." Colonial Williamsburg 's Ivor Noel Hume in
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#1732780449060192-420: Was known as Lt. or later Lt. Colonel Samuel Mathews, reflecting his standing in the local militia. In 1652, Warwick County voters elected him one of their representatives in the House of Burgesses , which was the lower house of the legislature, alongside veteran William Whittbye, and re-elected the pair in 1653 and 1654. In 1656, shortly before his father's death and with the consent of London authorities, Mathews
208-570: Was often assumed to be a Puritan himself, although in fact he had been known as a persecutor of the Puritan sect in Virginia in the days before Cromwell. Governor Mathews married about 1655, but little is known about his wife, other than some sources state she was of the Cole-Digges family. They had one son, John (b. 1659 – May 1, 1706) who married Elizabeth Tavernor on March 24, 1684. John
224-811: Was one of four women who arrived at Jamestown from Bristol, England in September 1620 aboard the ship, Supply . She first married Captain Nathaniel West, brother of Thomas West, the third Lord Delaware , who had been governor of Virginia beginning in 1610. After West died several years later, Grenville married Abraham Peirsey, a wealthy man who had purchased Sir George Yeardley 's Flowerdew Hundred Plantation after his death. Peirsey died several years later. Twice widowed, but with considerable legacies, she next married Samuel Mathews St. She bore at least two boys, and this man's brother Francis Mathews (1632-1673) outlived him. The younger Samuel Mathews, as an adult,
240-534: Was the elder son of Samuel Matthews (Sr.) (1572-1657) and Frances Grevill West Peirsey Mathews (1590-1635). He was born at his father's plantation Mathews Manor , (later known as Denbigh), which was located on the north side of the James River at the confluence of the Warwick River and Deep Creek (about 2 miles north of Blunt Poynt ) in the area which later became Warwick County, Virginia (and which
256-655: Was underage when his father died, but he initially made the Denbigh Plantation in Warwick County his home, before patenting 2944 acres on Deep Creek and building a plantation known at Blunt Poynt , then also representing Warwick County in the House of Burgesses. His initial guardians were Mr. Bullock, Col. Peter Jennings and Major John Smith, with Colonel Pritchard replacing Bullock, then in June 1679 William Cole
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