MATTHEWS, Benjamin William^[1]

1830 - 1901  (71 years)

• Name	MATTHEWS, Benjamin William
  Birth	Jan 1830	Connecticut, USA   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Military	29 Aug 1863	New Haven, New Haven, CT USA   [4]
  	Union Army, Private, Connecticut Company G, 6th Infantry, New Haven, Mustered out 21 Aug 1865
  Census	2 Jun 1880	Newtown, Fairfield, CT, USA
  	Benjamin Matthews / Hired Man / White / Male / Age 50 / Occu Hired Man / Single / Born Connecticut / F Born Connecticut / M Born Connecticut
  Census	21 Jun 1900	Newtown, Fairfield, CT, USA   [5]
  	Benjamin Matthews / Servant / White / Male / Jan 1830 / Age 70 / Single / Born Connecticut / F Born Connecticut / M Born Connecticut / Occu Farm Laborer / Can read, write, speak English
  Obituary	From the Newtown Bee, 11 Jan 1901: BENJAMIN MATTHEWS Benjamin Matthews, who for a number of years has made his home at William Hawley's, died on Wednesday morning, aged 70 years. He was a Grand Army man and was pleasantly known in the north end of the town. The funeral will be held on Friday afternoon from the home of William Hawley.  [6]
  Death	9 Jan 1901	Newtown, Fairfield, CT, USA   [6]
  Burial	11 Jan 1901	Newtown Village Cemetery, Newtown, Fairfield, CT, USA   [7, 8, 9]
  	Also listed on Soldiers Monument in Newtown
  Notes	Living as a servant/hired man in the household of William Hawley in June 1880 , and still there in June, 1900. Hawley is listed as a farmer, and Benjamin lists his occupation as hired man / farm laborer. [10]
  Person ID	I1726	Hugh Byrne and Nanette Asimov Lines
  Last Modified	23 Nov 2025

  
  

  Father	MATTHEWS, William,   b. Connecticut, USA
  Mother	WILLIAMS, Joanna,   b. 1792, Connecticut, USA d. 7 Feb 1847, Newtown, Fairfield, CT, USA (Age 55 years)
  Marriage	31 Oct 1825	Danbury, CT   [11, 12]
  	Married by Rev. John G Lowe
  Family ID	F667	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Jan 1830 - Connecticut, USA Military - 29 Aug 1863 - New Haven, New Haven, CT USA Census - 2 Jun 1880 - Newtown, Fairfield, CT, USA Census - 21 Jun 1900 - Newtown, Fairfield, CT, USA Death - 9 Jan 1901 - Newtown, Fairfield, CT, USA Burial - 11 Jan 1901 - Newtown Village Cemetery, Newtown, Fairfield, CT, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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  [S49] Edna Sarah Valentine, Edna Valentine Bruce Notes on Barteau, Valentine, Coles, Trapnell, and other family lines, (Unpublished). [S13] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004), Benjamin Matthews / Servant / White / Male / Jan 1830 / Age 70 / Single / Born Connecticut / F Born Connecticut / M Born Connecticut / Occu Farm Laborer / Can read, write, speak English. [S11] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005), Benjamin Matthews / Hired Man / White / Male / Age 50 / Occu Hired Man / Single / Born Connecticut / F Born Connecticut / M Born Connecticut. [S1716] Benjamin W Matthews-in the U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865. [S1724] 1900 United States Federal Census for Benjamin Matthews. [S1715] Benjamin Matthews. [S1715] Benjamin Matthews, The funeral will be held on Friday afternoon from the home of William Hawley. [S1717] Hale, Benjamin W Matthews-in the Connecticut, U.S., Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934. [S1718] Benjamin W Matthews. [S13] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004). [S49] Edna Sarah Valentine, Edna Valentine Bruce Notes on Barteau, Valentine, Coles, Trapnell, and other family lines, (Unpublished), Williams Family of Fairfield Redding CT. [S1533] Connecticut, U.S., Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) for William Matthews.