Samuel Matthews

Samuel Matthews

Captain Samuel Matthewscite book |last=Cooke |first=John Esten |authorlink=John Esten Cooke |title=Virginia: A History of the People |publisher=Houghton, Mifflin and Co. |date=1883 |pages=205 |isbn=] (died January 1659)cite book |last=Bruce |first=Philip Alexander |authorlink= |title=The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography |publisher=Virginia Historical Society |date=1893 |pages=91 |isbn=] was a British Colonial Governor of Virginia. Matthews came to Virginia in 1622 and was chosen as governor by the House of Burgesses in 1656 and again in March 1658. [cite book |last=Arthur |first=Timothy Shay |authorlink=Timothy Shay Arthur |title=The History of Virginia: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time |publisher=Lippincott, Grambo & Co. |date=1852 |pages=14 |isbn=] As a member of the House of Burgesses, Matthews was viewed as an "honest, energetic and faithful servant of the Colony" whose death was "universally lamented." [cite book |last=Waters |first=Henry Fitz-Gilbert |authorlink= |title=Genealogical Gleanings in England |publisher=New England Historic Genealogical Society |date=1885 |pages=101 |isbn=] However, he has been criticized for his persecution of the Puritans.

ee also

*Colony of Virginia
*Governor's Palace
*List of colonial governors of Virginia
*History of Virginia

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