Barbara Jean Mathews

Background

Mathews, Barbara Jean was born on March 11, 1949 in Derby, Connecticut, United States. Daughter of Charles Pons and Barbara Louise (Anderson) Mathews.

Education

Bachelor in Physics, U. Connecticut, 1971;

Master in Human Services Management, Brandeis U., 1981.

Career

Technical Writer, Data General Corporation, Westborough, Massachusetts, 1973-1976; Transitron, Wakefield, 1977; Principal Technical Writer, Wang, Lawrence, 1982-1984; Henco, Waltham, 1984-1986; Technical Documentation Manager, InterSystems, Boston, 1985-1987; Director of Corporate Communications, DataTree, Waltham, 1988-1991. Consultant media relations M Technology Association, Silver Spring, Maryland., 1987-1991.

Social Worker and Staff Supervisor, Elizabeth Stone House, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, 1976-1980; Intern, Office for Children, Boston, 1981; Consultant, Department of Social Services (now Department of Children and Families), Boston, 1981-3.

Freelance genealogist, Lexington, Massachusetts, 1991-2016; consultant editor, Newbury St. Press, Boston, 1996-2000. Verifying genealogist National Society Colonial Dames American, Boston, 1993-2016.

Achievements

• Certified Genealogist®, Board for Certification of Genealogists.

Works

• book

  • The descendants of Thomas Lamkin of the Northern Neck of Virginia

    (The descendants of Thomas Lamkin of the Northern Neck of ...)

    2001
  • Philo Hodge (1756-1842) of Roxbury, Connecticut

    (Philo Hodge was an apprentice at the outbreak of the Amer...)

  • The Descendants of Governor Thomas Welles of Connecticut and His Wife Alice Tomes, Volume 1, 3rd Edition

    (Gov. Thomas Welles came to New England in 1635, settling ...)

    2016
  • The Descendants of Governor Thomas Welles of Connecticut and His Wife Alice Tomes, Volume 2, Part a

    (Gov. Thomas Welles came to New England in 1635, settling ...)

    2015
  • The Descendants of Governor Thomas Welles of Connecticut and His Wife Alice Tomes, Volume 2, Part B

    (Gov. Thomas Welles came to New England in 1635, settling ...)

    2015
  • The Descendants of Governor Thomas Welles of Connecticut and His Wife Alice Tomes, Volume 3, Part C

    (Gov. Thomas Welles came to New England in 1635, settling ...)

    2016

• Other Work

  • Author: Philo Hodge (1756-1842) of Roxbury, CT, 1992.

Membership

Member Association Professional Genealogists (trustee1997-1999), Connecticut Professional Genealogists Council (secretary-treasurer 1993-1995), Connecticut Society Genealogists (member of the Board of Governors 1992-1995), Massachusetts Society Genealogists, Welles Family Association (vice president 1993-1997, secretary 1997-1999, president 1999-2003, secretary 2017-present), Descendants of Founders of Ancient Windsor (membership secretary 1989-1993), Massachusetts Genealogical Council (president).

Connections

Married Kent Harold Hoult, September 8, 1984. 1 child, Adelaide Marie.

Father:

Charles Pons Mathews

Mother:

Barbara Louise (Anderson) Mathews

child:

Adelaide Marie Mathews

former spouse:

Kent Harold Hoult

References

• Congratulations to Barbara Mathews, CG, FASG "The Board for Certification of Genealogists extends its heartiest congratulations to Board-certified genealogist Barbara Jean Mathews of Massachusetts on her election as a Fellow of the American Society of Genealogists (ASG)."
  2014
• New Fellows: Michael F. Dwyer and Barbara Jean Mathews | American Society of Genealogists "The Fellows of the American Society of Genealogists held their annual meeting on Saturday, October 11, 2014, in Salt Lake City. Michael F. Dwyer of Pittsford, Vermont, and Barbara Jean Mathews, CG, of Lexington, Massachusetts, were elected to the Society as its 162nd and 163rd members, respectively."
  2014
• Descendants of Governor Thomas Welles wins 2014 Jacobus Award | American Society of Genealogists "At its meeting in Salt Lake City on October 11, 2014, the Fellows of the American Society of Genealogists voted to give the Donald Lines Jacobus Award to Descendants of Governor Thomas Welles of Connecticut, Volume 1, 2nd ed. "
  2014