Arch. Cant., Vol. XXXII.
   On page 254 of the above-quoted book was found a copy of a letter written by Isaac Minet (1660-1745) the Huguenot refugee who fled to England in 1686, and presently settled in Dover to become a successful merchant and banker and an outstanding citizen of character and merit. My notes are to the effect that the letter dealt with an affair of pressgangs and included a reference to "Mr. Gay Matson, Deputy Mayor ". This particular passage has since been inspected in a copy of the book.
   Genealogy-and with special reference to the Dover Branch of my family-has been a hobby of my later advancing years; and at once my curiosity was aroused over this strange person. I have since arrived at the conclusion that no such man existed in the history of Dover, and that a definite error in nomenclature was committed- probably by the author. I do not think that Isaac himself would have made this mistake, for he was well acquainted with members of the Matson family in Dover. "The Huguenot Family of Minet" by the same author contains a

number of references to them.
   The evidence on which I have based my opinion is as follows. The name "Gay Matson" has not been found in the Dover Corporation Records, or in any history of the Town and Port. On the other hand we find Goddard Gay as Mayor in 1730 and again in 1739; and John Matson is noted as Mayor in 1735-the years stated being those of election. In 1736 the former was acting as Clerk of the Cheque and Director-Overseer of the Workes of Dover Harbour; and the latter was Agent Victualler with his residence at Maison Dieu House. It is suggested that the incorrect name was a careless unison of the surnames of those two men.
   On page 280 of the same "Extracts" is another extract from a letter or diary entry of Isaac Minet, with regard to the election as Mayor of John Dalgliesh in 1738. The comment is "cela fait plaisir à John Matson ", on account of the relationship between those two men as brothers-in-law. Dalgliesh was a Captain of a Naval Packet