Richard Matchett and Alice Baxter are my great great great grandparents. Richard Matchett's name is listed on the attached copy of his daughter Sarah Ann Matchett's marriage certificate. I have a certified copy as well. Here is an excerpt from my short story entitled, "The Allen's and Barnett's of the Merrimack River Valley of Massachusetts":
"Richard Matchett (b. 1805, d. 1873) and Alice Baxter (b. 1804, d. 1874) also had strong connections to Scotland. Mr. and Mrs. Richard and Alice Matchett moved to Dundee, Angus, Scotland on the east coast of Scotland at left in the 1860s. Evidence in the genealogical record show the Matchett’s move to Dundee, Scotland was one of employment and economic interest. At that time, Dundee was the world’s center for textile processing for hundreds of years, including the second half of the 1800s and was known as the world capital for jute processing and manufacturing. Jute is a long, soft, shiny bast fiber that can be spun into coarse, strong threads. It is produced from flowering plants in the genus Corchorus, which is in the mallow family Malvaceae and used to produce textile products such as jute rugs. Matchett relatives during the era of the late 1800s have been traced to specific addresses in Dundee, all located on either 7, 13 or 15 Seafield Lane - in very close proximity to the waterfront where work in the jute industry took place."
