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major, West Battalion, Caroline County Militia,
elected January 8, 1776; ensign, 4th Maryland
Battalion of the Flying Camp, July-December 1776;
2nd lieutenant, 7th Regiment, Maryland Line,
May 10, 1777; 1st lieutenant, April 17, 1779; cap-
tain-lieutenant, May 22, 1779; captain, June 8,
1779; transferred to 2nd Regiment, Maryland Line,
January 1, 1781, retired January 1, 1783; major,
Caroline County Militia, 1794-1799. For his mil-
itary service Mason was granted 400 acres in Al-
legany County by the state. He received addi-
tional western lands from the national government.
WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. PERSONAL PROPERTY:
assessed value £190.0.0, including 3 slaves, 1783;
8 slaves, 1790; 11 slaves, 1798; 13 slaves, 1800.
LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: 454 acres in Caroline
County (patented 171 acres, probably inherited
283 acres). SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND BE-
TWEEN FIRST ELECTION AND DEATH: acquired 729
acres in Caroline and Allegany counties, 1788-
1799, plus a grant of western land (acreage un-
known) that he received from the national gov-
ernment in 1792; sold 102 acres in Caroline County,
1792-1796. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: between
October 4 and November 5, 1802, in Caroline
County. PERSON AL PROPERTY: TEV, £1,027.13.4
current money (including law books, a sword, and
14 slaves); FB, estate overpaid £27.11.2. LAND:
1,081 acres in Caroline and Allegany counties,
plus an unknown amount of western land.
MATHEWS, THOMAS (ca. 1622-1675/76). BORN:
ca. 1622, probably in England. IMMIGRATED: in
1637 as a free adult. RESIDED: in St. Mary's County;
in Charles County by 1663. MARRIED first, Hester,
who transported herself ca. 1644. MARRIED sec-
ond, Jane, daughter of John Cockshutt and wife
Jane (1612-?), stepdaughter of both Nicholas
Causine (ca. 1608-by 1658) and Robert Clarke
(ca. 1611-1664). Her half brother was Ignatius
Causine (ca. 1642-1695). Her sister was Mary,
who married Henry Adams (?-1686). Jane Cock-
shutt Matthews subsequently married John Bread.
CHILDREN. SONS: Thomas (?-1676/77), who mar-
ried Sarah, daughter of William Boreman (ca. 1630-
1709); Ignatius, who married Mary, daughter of
Joshua Doyne; and William (1674-1725).
DAUGHTERS: Anne, who married first, Thomas
Mudd, and second, Philip Hoskins (ca. 1650-1718);
Jane, who married Joshua Doyne; Victoria, who
married William Thompson; and Mary, who mar-
ried William Boreman (ca. 1630-1709). PRIVATE
CAREER. EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILI-
ATION: Catholic. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES:
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arrived with four servants; served as attorney for
Thomas Copley. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: doc-
tor; planter. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERV-
ICE: Lower House, St. Inigoe's Hundred, St.
Mary's County, 1650 (dismissed from the 1st ses-
sion of the 1650-1650/51 Assembly for failure to
take the oath of secrecy), St. Mary's County, 1661.
LOCAL OFFICES: justice, St. Mary's County, by
1658-1662 (quorum, 1661-1662), Charles County,
1667-1675/76; sheriff, Charles County, 1666-1667.
STANDS ON PUBLIC/PRIVATE ISSUES: Supported the
Jesuits in their struggle with proprietary officials.
WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND: 800 acres by 1661.
WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: will probated on March
11, 1675/76. PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV, 71,085
pounds of tobacco (including 4 servants, 3 slaves,
and 200 books); FB, 31,114 pounds of tobacco.
LAND: ca. 1,955 acres.
MATTHEWS, JOHN (1714-1783). BORN: on June
26, 1714, in St. George's Parish, Baltimore County;
eldest son. NATIVE: third generation. RESIDED:
on "Matthew's Enlargement," St. George's Par-
ish, Spesutia Lower Hundred, Baltimore (later
became Harford) County. FAMILY BACKGROUND.
FATHER: Roger Matthews (ca. 1685-1740).
MOTHER: Mary Carvile (?-1718). STEPMOTHER:
after 1726 Elizabeth Garrett (?-ca. 1748/49).
BROTHER: Roger (1718-?). HALFBROTHERS: James
(1727-1760); Aquila (ca. 1733-1742); Levin
(1736-?); and Bennett (ca. 1739-?). SISTER:
Hannah (1711-1782), who married third, John
Hall (1701-1774). HALF SISTERS: Amelia (1729-
?); Ann (1731-?). NEPHEWS John Hall, Jr. (1737-
1770); Benedict Edward Hall (ca. 1744-1822); and
Josias Carvil Hall (1746-1814). NIECES: Martha
Hall (1735-?), who married second, John Rumsey
(ca. 1742-1828); Mary Hall (1740-?), who mar-
ried Benjamin Ramsey (1734-1808). MARRIED first,
on April 18, 1737, Ann (?-1744), daughter of
James Maxwell (1662-1727/28). Her brothers or
half brothers were James, the elder (?-1732);
Robert (?-1718/19); Aseal (Asabel) (?-1729);
and James, the younger (ca. 1711-?). MARRIED
second, on February 23, ca. 1748, Milcah (ca.
1721-1795), daughter of Robert Lusby (?-1733)
of Anne Arundel County, planter, and his wife
Mary Baldwin. Milcah was the niece of John Bald-
win (?-1752). Her brothers were Robert, who
married Mary; Jacob, who married Betty; Zach-
ary; Draper (?-1770), of Kent County; Henry;
and Joseph (?-1764), of Baltimore County. Her
sisters were Mary, who married (first name un-
known) Turpin; Hannah, who married in 1722
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