Index to Moravian Church records : baptisms, 1744-1890 / compiled by Thelma E. Smith, 1991.

First Moravian Church (New York, N.Y.)

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Smith, Thelma E.

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William Matthews, the son of Peter and Margaret Ross Matthews, was a bookbinder and a prominent member of the Brooklyn community during the 19th century. Born in 1822 in Scotland, he and his family moved to London after the death of his father, where he spent the majority of his early life. In 1833 he was enrolled in the London Orphan Asylum, and after leaving the Asylum, he worked as an apprentice for the London bookbinding firm of Remnant and Edmonds, where he acquired a wide brea...