She was born in London, England to Ann Constant Strange and Richard Mathew (1765–1839).
[1] She had two sisters and two brothers, including George Felton Mathew, a friend of the poet John Keats.
Her exact birth date is unknown, but she was baptised in 1805.
On 21 January 1832 she married her cousin, Felton Mathew in Sydney, Australia.
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