Family Chart No:  0680-0020



 






 






Husband: Benjamin Masters





Born: ca 1756-62 

Place: Sussex County, NJ 





Died: 15 July, 1835

Place, Tully Twp., Marion Co., OH





Father: Willaim Masters, Sr.





Mother: Elizabeth      
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1st Married: 

Place: Sussex Co. NJ






 






 






1st Wife: Hannah McPeek





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Children:



 






Child 1: 

 Elizabeth (Betsy) Polly Masters

Sex: 

 F 

Born: 

 





Child 2 

Robert Masters 

Sex: 

 M 

Born: 

Sussex, Co. NJ, died 1830 





Child 3 

Thomas Masters 

Sex: 

 M

Born: 

1794, Sussex Co. NJ.





Child 4 

James Masters 

Sex: 

 M 

Born: 

1796, Sussex, Co., NJ 





Child 5:  

 William Masters

Sex: 

 M 

Born: 

2 Mar. 1798, Sussex Co. NJ 





Child 6: 

 Richard Masters

Sex: 

 M

Born: 

NJ, death, ca 1843, 





Child 7: 

Joseph Masters 

Sex: 

 M

Born: 

1801,Sussex, NJ, died, 1850's
Monroe Co. OH 





Child 8: 

Nancy Masters 

Sex: 

 F

Born: 

OH 






 



 






2nd Married: 

Place: OH 






 






 






2nd Wife: Rachel Adduddle





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Child 9: 

 Rachel Masters

Sex:

 F

Born:







Child 10: 

 Eleanore Masters

Sex:

 F

Born:








 



 






3rd Married:

Place: OH 






 






 






Wife: Catherine Crawford Stutts





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Child 11: 

 Hannah Masters

Sex:

 F

Born:







Child 12: 

 Phebe Masters

Sex:

 F

Born:







Child 13: 

 John Masters

Sex:

 M

Born:







Child 14: 

 Mary Ann Masters

Sex:

 F

Born:







Child 15: 

 George Masters

Sex:

 M

Born:







Child 16: 

 Benjamin Masters

Sex:

 M

Born:








 






 



Biography:

 Benjamin Masters served in the Revolutionary
War  (Record Cert. # 328, Voucher # 161, Sussex County, Militia) until
1 May 1784, in Joseph Gaston & Capt. Hill's Co's as a Pvt.

 

    In 1781, Benjamin's father William Sr. and probably
all of his brothers moved to Washington and Bedford Counties in PA. Benjamin
remained in New Jersey.  He was still in NJ. when brothers, William
Jr. and Richard returned to dispose of their father's property in 1792. 
Benjamin, Richard and William Jr. were all on the 1793 Sussex Co. NJ Military
Census.  Benjamin joined his brother Richard in a move to Ohio, in
1802-4.

 

    According to OHIO RECORDS & PIONEER FAMILIES,
V. IX. p. 36, Benjamin moved from Sussex Co. NJ, to Oxford Twp. Guernsey
Co, OH in 1802, he settled in a location 3 miles north of Zane's Trace
...he moved to the center of the farm and built a log house.

 

    In 1823, Benjamin moved to Marion Co. OH and settled
in a cabin in Tully Twp. the area was thinly populated and woves killed
all his sheep, even though they were in a pen beside the cabin, so he moved
back to Guernsey Co. He later returned to Marion Co.

 

    By 1827 , it became obvious to Benjamin that Zanes
Trace ( a wilderness trail) would be built between Wheeling, West Virginia,
and Zansville, OH.  Benjamin secured land about midway between Zansville
and Wheeling and laid out a town of Middlebourne or Middletown.

 

    After the children were grown Benjamin placed his
Guernsey OH property iln a trust and made his son Thomas executor. Benjamin
and wife Catherine moved to Marion Co. Oh where he died in July, 1835.

 

    The 1850 census shows Catherine Masters, widow age
64, Benjamin, age 24, farmer, Mary Ann, age22, George, age 20, farmer,
and her motherless granddaughters: Catherine Masters, age 4, and Sarah
Rake age 5,.

 






 



Credits & Sources:



 1. Elaine Bristol's Research
Notes



2. Ohio Records and Pioneers, V. IX, p. 36,



3. Masters, by Erma Lee Masters, Helen Manuel, & Betty Masters
Campbell, 1983



4. Rev. War Service Record



5. Footprints West, by Doyle Fenn, c.1990



 



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