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John Matthews

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  • Name John Matthews
    Birth Abt May 1859  Glastonbury, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Registered as John Henry Matthews, no mother’s maiden name (illegitimate); the only John Matthews birth in Wells district 1858-1862. Aged 1 in 1861 and 13 in 1871.
    Census 7 Apr 1861  Glastonbury, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Age: 1 
    1861 Census: Glastonbury, Somerset    		 1861 Census: Glastonbury, Somerset
    Christening 3 Apr 1864  St John the Baptist’s Church, Glastonbury, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Baptismal Record: Eliza, John and Joseph Matthews (1864)    		 Baptismal Record: Eliza, John and Joseph Matthews (1864)
    Gender Male
    Census 2 Apr 1871  Glastonbury, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Age: 13 
    • Entered as John King, son, agricultural labourer, aged 13 (11 expected).
    1871 Census: Glastonbury, Somerset (John King)    		 1871 Census: Glastonbury, Somerset (John King)
    Person ID I1654  Cocks/Baker
    Last Modified 3 Nov 2026

    Father John King,   b. Abt 1836, Street, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt Sep 1899, Glastonbury, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
    Relationship Putative
    Mother Eliza Matthews,   b. Bef 27 Sep 1826, West Horrington, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt Jan 1906, Glastonbury, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 79 years)
    Marriage 7 Apr 1867  St Benedict’s Church, Glastonbury, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Marriage Record: John King and Eliza Matthews (1867)    		 Marriage Record: John King and Eliza Matthews (1867)
    Notes 
    • Eliza Matthews’s children before her marriage were baptised as Matthews with no father named: George (Wells, 1850, born in the workhouse), Eliza (I1578), Elizabeth (1862), and John and Joseph (both 1864). John King was head of her household by 1861, so he may be the father of John, Elizabeth and Joseph (marked putative); in 1871 and 1881 they are entered as Kings.
    Family ID F549  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt May 1859 - Glastonbury, Somerset, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Age: 1 - 7 Apr 1861 - Glastonbury, Somerset, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristening - 3 Apr 1864 - St John the Baptist’s Church, Glastonbury, Somerset, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Age: 13 - 2 Apr 1871 - Glastonbury, Somerset, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S7] GRO Index, 1859 Q2, Wells, Vol 5c, pg 650 (Reliability: 2).
      MATTHEWS, JOHN HENRY; -

    2. [S42] 1861 Census, RG 9/1666, f. 107, p. 15 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S1442] Baptismal Record: Eliza, John and Joseph Matthews (1864), Glastonbury St John baptisms 1855-1868, p. 196, no. 1561 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S46] 1871 Census, RG 10/2450, f. 56, p. 13 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S1382] Marriage Record: John King and Eliza Matthews (1867), Glastonbury St Benedict marriages 1838-1914, p. 69, no. 138, D\P\Gla.B/2/1/10. (Reliability: 3).