William Hewetson Mathew 1804-1889

[KDD]

Somewhere I have a transcript of Elizabeth Dawson's will (and I think her husband's) and can look it out if you think it will throw added light on the matter.

Keith Dawson.

[aghadowey]

Elizabeth Dawson's Will has been transcribed in the Will book and available to read online at www.proni.gov.uk

[WHMaxwell]

I now have William and Anna's marriage certificate. Unfortunately I have not heard of the witnesses before, but it does say that William's father was another William and that he had been a Lieutenant in the 99th Regt of Infantry. I  know William Jnr was born in Tipperary and i have found that a 99th regt of foot was raised in that county but was disbanded. The 99th seem to have been appeared and disappeared several times. I can't find anything on Ancestry nor on the Imperial War Museum site, which says a lot of early service records were destroyed during WW2. I'm guessing that William senior would have been serving around the time of his son's birth and maybe up to Waterloo.

[hallmark]

Thank you.

I'm mystified as to why none of the references I have from people who knew William Mathew failed to record a second marriage or any mention of Anna Sophia and why Mathew's gravestone, which is in the Annagh parish church yard, Belturbet, bears the inscription,

In loving memory of William Hewetson Mathew, Late Sub Inspector Royal Irish Constabulary who died June 17 1889 aged 86 years. Erected by his affectionate grandchildren.

Photo here..  http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/cavan/photos/tombstones/belturbet-coi/target22.html

[WHMaxwell]

What a fantastic surprise, I had never seen William's gravestone before, thank you very much Hallmark.