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Origin Displayed: Welsh

Origins Available: English, Scottish, Welsh

Spelling variations of this family name include: Mathews, Mathew, Matthew, Matthews, Mathewes and others.

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.

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Samuel Matthews, who came to Virginia from London in about 1618 and established a plantation at the mouth of the Warwick River; John Mathew, who settled in Virginia in 1639.

(From www.HouseOfNames.com Archives copyright © 2000 - 2009)

Motto Translated: What God wills, will be.


Suggested Readings for the name Matthews
The Mat(t)hews Family by John R. Boots, A Matthews (also Mathews) Trail from Wales to West Virginia by Nelson Elbert Matthews, Mathews Family History by Nathan Mathews.

Some noteworthy people of the name Matthews
  • Joseph W Matthews (1812-1862), American politician, Governor of Mississippi from 1848 to 1850
  • James Brander Matthews (1852-1929), American writer
  • Herbert Matthews (1900-1977), foreign correspondent and editorialist for the New York Times
  • Cerys Matthews (b. 1969), Welsh singer
  • Albert Edward Matthews (1873-1949), Canadian Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 1937 to 1946
  • David Matthews (b. 1943), English composer of classical music
  • Sir Stanley Matthews CBE (1915-2000), English football player who was knighted in 1965
  • Alfred Edward Matthews (1869-1960), English actor
  • Major General Albert Bruce Matthews CBE, DSO, ED (1909-1991), Canadian commander of the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division during the Second World War
  • Drummond Hoyle Matthews (1931-1997), British marine geologist and geophysicist and a key contributor to the theory of plate tectonics

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Matthews, sept of the Clan Matheson

Is your family of Scottish descent? If so, you can proudly display the Matheson Clan Badge. This clan badge is used by all septs of that clan.


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