John MAST, Jr.^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]}

1754 - 1832  (78 years)

• Name	John MAST
  Suffix	Jr.
  Born	24 Feb 1754	Randolph, North Carolina   [8]
  Gender	Male
  Died	12 Sep 1832	West Milton, Miami, Ohio, USA
  Buried	Aft 12 Sep 1832	West Branch Quaker Burial Grounds, Union Twp., Miami, OH, USA   [1, 8]
  Person ID	I432	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	John MAST, Sr.,   b. 1730, Bern, Switzerland ,   d. Abt 1800, , Randolph, NC, USA  (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Barbara Catherine HARMON,   b. Bef 1740, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States ,   d. 1780, , Randolph, NC, USA  (Age ~ 40 years)
  Married	1753	Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
  Family ID	F3395	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Susanna HOOVER,   b. 1763, Mirey Springs, Carroll, MD ,   d. 1 Nov 1813, , Miami, OH, USA  (Age 50 years)
  Married	Abt 1775	, , NC   [1]
  Children	1. Mary MAST,   b. 7 Nov 1779, , Randolph, NC, USA ,   d. 8 Oct 1859, , Miami, OH, USA  (Age 79 years)   2. Elizabeth MAST,   d. Aft 1832
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2022
  Family ID	F5972	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		dna thru lines (1).png (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)
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• Notes

  His birth date in some sources is given as 1762 in some sources but as 1754 on his gravestone. Since he is listed as having children starting in 1775, the gravestone could be the accurate date. (C-458, p. 1918, C-671, 1431) In 1798, he, brother - David Hoover, Martin Davenport and Benjamin Iddings went on a land hunting expedition from North Carolina to evaluate Miami Valley in Ohio as a new territory for their families to live in. John Jr. remained in Miami Co. while the others returned to NC to bring their families. He was literally the first settler in what became known as West Branch, Miami Co., Ohio. On Sep. 3, 1802 he bought land in SEction 28, Township 8, Range 4 which is what is now known as Newton Twp. His brothers Jacob and David, and all his seven sisters and their husbands proceeded to move to the Stillwater River Valley on adjoining properties in Miami and Montgomery counties in Ohio on their return trip in 1801. By 1801, John had built a flour mill (grist mill) known as Cedar Branch Mill that stood until a 1955 fire occurred in Miami Co., Ohio. The quality of the flour from his mill was listed as "superfine". He also ran a gunsmith shop. (C-2215c, 2537) John was not a member of the Quaker church, although his wife was. After his wife died in 1813, several of his grandchildren lived with him at his home by his Grist Mill. "He was a little under medium in size, fair skinned and blue eyes, quiet and unobtrusive and loved hunting. He attended religious meetings occasionally but never made an open profession." (Mote, "A Walk in a Country Churchyard.) This John was taxed in Miami Co., Ohio in 1810 and 1816. He was in the deed records for Union Twp., Miami Co., Ohio in 1813, 1817, 1824, 1826, 1827,1828, 1830, 1831, and 1832. He is listed in the Census of 1827 for Union Twp., Miami Co., Ohio. He had his will probated in Miami Co., Ohio 1832. Henry Hoover, his wife's nephew, was one of his executors. Henry was the gr.gr. uncle of President Hoover. (C-1025, 2172) John's stone is no longer visible in the West Milton Cemetery, but there is at least one picture of it when it was still barely visible taken by a descendant, Lois Mast.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2568] Ireton, Judith, Beside the Stillwater (Biweekly feature published in "The Independent" around 1978). [S2902] Alan D. Shearer to Linda Coate Dudick Letter dated 23 Jan 1996 at 185 Katy Lane, Englewood, OH 45322 In possession of Dudick at 648 Ulverston Dr., Gahanna, OH 43230. [S2919] Glen Gallagher to Linda Coate Dudick Letter dated 1984 at P.O. Box 1592, Decatur, AL 35602 In L. Dudick files (C-205). [S528] John Jr. Mast Will written on Aug 5, 1832. [S2931] Elizabeth Coppock's and Lucile Coppock Pansing's DAR Application circa 1931, In possession of Barbara Brown Castrodale and Linda Coate files. [S2457] Mote, Luke Smith, A Walk in a Country Churchyard (Manuscript published at http://www.tdn-net.com/genealogy/cemetery/w_branc2.htm, originally written in the autumn of 1880). [S3266] Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), 1,1030::0., Ancestry Family Tree (Reliability: 0). [S2913] West Branch Quaker Burial Grounds, Union Twp., West Milton, Miami Co., OH (This cemetery is located off Harden Rd.? south of West Milton, OH to the west. It was the first church and cemetery location in this region of Ohio.).