Lady Ellisha Mathew

[Crauford]

I have just come into the posession of a number of legal documents relating to George Mathew of Thomastown, dated 1650's onward, relating to land transfers, loans and the like. These are amongst several hundred documents of all sorts dating from 1603 up until 1890's of many different surnames, I am still going through them but some relate to the Duke of Ormond, some relate to George Mathew in Llandaff, and as I have only just discovered this site it seems they may be of interest to you all. I will be trying to catalogue as many as I can over the next few weeks, but some are quite difficult to read. I will try to get them in some sort of date order.

[sbwelsh]

How very exciting!

[ChrisPage]

Thanks for letting us know. Look forward to seeing anything you can post on here.

Christine

 

[Crauford]

Sorry i'm so slow with information, too many other things to do! This is one of the documents I mentioned in my first post. Education was not cheap even then! The top paragraph reads "An acc't of What money has been Expended on the Education & Maintenance of Francis Mathew, Son of Thomas Mathew Esq: from June 1752 being the time of his going into England in Company with the Right Hon'ble the Lord Viscount Fitzwilliam, to the year 1760, No Charge being made here for his Maintenance Clothing and Education from May 1746 to June 1752 during which time he was maintained, Clothed and Educated by Richard Mathew Esq his Grand Father"
The total sum was for £436.1s.7d. This included a sum of 10s 4d, 6 months wages to Ball Carrol for his attendance on Francis, I assume he was a servant.

[mathewsr]

Greetings All, I've finally registered myself. I'm Rachel Mathews-McKay, 2nd of 3 granddaughters of the late and great Rev. RBP Mathews, more commonly known as Ronnie,( Ronald Beresford Peel). Please find attached a photo of him and his wife (also sadly passed away) Rosetta Florence Walter Mathews.
I have a few bits and bobs passed on to me from him, but not that much. wyseass posted a copy of the ordination papers my grandpa left me that belonged to Rev.Robert and I do have a signet ring with the emblem on it. It's not Grandpa's original one that he got when he was 21 but a copy he had made, I do wear it. I also found a photocopy of a picture of Annie Henry last night, i'll post it once scanned. I have to say the picture of the Mathews clan that cmathews posted had me all watery-eyed.

[cmathews]

Thank you so much for this, it is wonderful stuff.

-- Chris

[mathewsr]

I have to say my signet ring is nowhere near as beautiful as some of the ones posted, just plain gold but I also have the seal so I could have one made.

My grandfather was most definitely one of my favourite people on this earth, he was a good man, kind, generous, funny, deeply philosophical (also Theosophical) and has left a long legacy of what matters. Most notably his work for the Leprosy Mission. I would be very keen to find more connections with his Indian roots. I know he had an emotional tie linked to his father being posted there in his years of army service, Altie and Miriam were married in Mumbai, formerly Bombay and I do have a copy of their wedding cert. I shall post that too. And perhaps it is that that drew him to giving so much of his life to visiting India annually for 2 months and working for the Leprosy Mission for 17 years.

I should somewhere have a photo too of Granny Olive, the much loved (by Ronnie anyhow) nanny.

"In every conceivable manner, the family is the link to our past, the bridge to our future." -- Alex Haley (1921-1992), internationally acclaimed speaker, writer and author of Roots

[Broomfield]

Hi, I was looking for Lady Ellisha when I came across you message, I bought a copy of her portrait in B/W very old It has a history on the back handwritten where it mentions a son son Louis and the address 1 Rue Beaujon Paris as his address. I have taken some pics as it is at times difficult to read for the untrained eye.Hope it is of help, may need to send to your email address as I dont see how to upload pics here.
 Lynda
Files are too big will have to send one at a time

[ChrisPage]

Hi Lynda,
I have a great interest in Lady Ellisha and would love to see the portrait and history on the back.
I think I am right in saying I cannot send you a message about emailing them until you have made 3 posts.
If you can reply to this and  then send another post with just a smilie on it that would enable me to PM you.
I hope others on here interested in Ellisha will see your post.

regards Christine