Dear Sue, Quick off the mark! I suppose you are at home holed up by the snow as I am? Many thanks for the information on John Matson's baptism in Canterbury: it rounds off his life nicely for the Kent book trade directory that I'm compiling. Now over to D. R. Warner to look at his possible Matson connections. Richard Goulden In a message dated 13/01/2010 11:11:20 GMT Standard Time, sue.slater11@btinternet.com writes: Hi Richard According to the Canterbury PR Index there is a John MATSON bap St Mildred's, Canterbury 8 Feb 1795 to parents John & Ann MATSON. There are other children baptised as follows: Mary Ann 19 Sep 1790 St Mildred (bur St Mildred 11 Apr 1804 aged 14Y) Sarah 14 Oct 1792 St Mildred (bur St Mildred 9 Sep 1793 aged 11M) Sarah 15 Oct 1797 St Mildred (bur St Mildred 14 Apr 1799 aged 1.7Y) Thomas Bazely 12 Nov 1800 St Mildred - Has a query on surname but looks likely. William 7 Jun 1801 St Mildred (poss bur at St Mildred 19 Jun 1832 aged 31Y) There is a marriage between John MATSON and Ann BENNEFIELD at St Mildred on 8 Oct 1789. I'm afraid I don't have any more details on that. There is a John MATSON bur 3 Mar 1842 at St Mildred -Age 78 Yrs residing Wincheap and an Ann MATSON bur 8 Jul 1837 at St Mildred - Age 73 Yrs residing Wincheap. Regards Sue -----Original Message----- From: kent-eng-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:kent-eng-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of crgoulden@aol.com Sent: 13 January 2010 10:37 To: kent-eng@rootsweb.com Subject: [KENT-ENG] MATSON D. R. Warner, The 'Matson' probably from a family surname: Matson. Possible relatives could be (a) Henry MATSON. Linen draper of Sandwich, married Jane HOILE in 1776 there. Appears to have become a general shopkeeper selling books in 1779 and 1783 and licences for waggons and carts in 1783. (b) John MATSON born c.1794 in Canterbury; died 1865 in Ashford. Music seller and professor of music, with a music selling partnership in Maidstone with Richard FOWLER dissolved in 1837. Married Elizabeth MILLER hailing from Yarmouth, Norfolk. (c) W. MATSON as bookseller selling a book in 1782. He was of Ashford then. Karen Cook, what would you know of John Matson's baptism in Canterbury around 1794? His parents might be of interest to D. R. Warner and certainly of much interest to me ... Richard Goulden ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to KENT-ENG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message