MATHIAS AND MARGARET (SHATSWELL) CORWIN AND FAMILY

The Shatswells and Corwins emigrated together from Sibbertoft, Northamptonshire, England in 1633. They landed at Ipswich, Massachusetts. In December 1634,  Mathias and six others received 4 acres of meadow and marsh. Later, Mathias bought fifty acres of land in Salem, Massachusetts where he and his immediate family lived until 1640. Their next home was in Southold, Suffolk, New York on Long Island. The following children were born to this couple:

1632 Martha
1633 John
1634 Theophilus, our ancestor

While I was preparing this blog about the Corwins, I found the following surprising accounts from Barbara Fricke, researcher, Copyright 1998.  Source: http://ntgen.tripod.com/bw/corw_origins.html and researcher, Gary Boyd Roberts about our possible links to royalty via the Corwin/Shatswell marriage. I'll let you readers make of it what you will....
"Duncan II, King of Scotland descent to Matthias Corwin married Margaret Shatswell with references to allied families of Lucy, Lowther, Croft, Huddleston, Pennington, Whale
Citation: The royal descents of 600 immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States : who were themselves notable or left descendants notable in American history, by Gary Boyd Roberts, Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Pub. Co., 2008 URL: https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/1462474?availability=Family%20History%20Library

Source text: pp. 517-518 Duncan II, King of Scotland descent to Matthias Corwin married Margaret Shatswell with references to allied families of Lucy, Lowther, Croft, Huddleston, Pennington, Whale
Reason attached to person: Reference to Matthias Corwin married Margaret Shatswell." 
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"Royal Ancestry Bible - Ancestral lineage of Malcom II, King of Scotland and descent to Corwin and allied families of Pennington, Lowther, Strickland, Huddleston, Whale, DeLucy,FitzWilliam
Citation: The Royal Ancestry Bible (3-Volume set), by Michel L. Call, published in 2005, is a 3,400 pedigree chart compilation (plus index and appendix) containing royal ancestors of 300 colonial American families who are themselves ancestors of 70 million Americans. LDS catalog: https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/1261938?availability=Family%20History%20Library Volume 1 https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE7616356 Volume 2 https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE8697050 Volume 3 https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE9507188

Source text: Malcom II, King of Scotland Descent to Corwin and allied families Record includes Malcom II, King of Scotland ancestral lineage to House of Alpin. Matthias Corwin married Margaret Shatswell RAB volume 1 chart 379; volume 2 charts 1146, 1147, 1148, 1149; volume 1 chart 193#6 (Thomas of Workington), 194; *volume 2 chart 1682 #2 and #3: *Maldred, Lord of Alderdale*1682#2 continue on charts 1711 #4 Duncan, Lord of Atholl; and Volume 2 chart 1711 #6 Malcom II, King of Scotland continue on charts 1830#1, 1922#1, 1922#1, 2008#1, 2066#1, 2080#1; volume 1 293#1 House of Alpin Allied families of Pennington, Lowther, Strickland, Huddleston, Whale, DeLucy, FitzWilliam RAB volume 2 charts #1146-1151; and RAB volume 1 charts #198,199 (De Lucy , etc." [Malcomb was Duncan's father.]
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Meanwhile, back to Long Island, Mathias was an early settler in Southold and was a prominent land holder and responsible citizen there as a selectman in December 1656, at age 59. He died two years later and was buried at the First Presbyterian's Old Burying Ground in Southold.


MATTHIAS CORWIN
BORN: abt. 1592 in Sibbertoft, Northamptonshire, England
MARRIED: 1627 in Sibbertoft, Northamptonshire, England
DIED: 31 Aug 1658 in Southold, Suffolk, New York

MARGARET SHATSWELL
BORN: abt 1597/8 in Sibbertoft, Northamptonshire, England
DIED: abt.1658 in Southold, Suffolk, New York
BURIED: First Prebyterian's Old Burying Ground in Southold, Suffolk, NY
SOURCES: Matthias' will from FamilySearch.org. (Southold Records, Lib. B, p. 11, on new Book, Lib. B, p. 127.); Corwin Genealogy, Edward Tanjore Corwin, Millstone, New Jersey, 1872, pp 161-2