7. | Barbara Catherine HARMON was born before 1740 in Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States (daughter of Johan George Adam HARMON \ HERMAN and MARY MARGARET WILEY); died in 1780 in , Randolph, NC, USA. Notes:
We know that John's wife's first name is Barbara from the John Waginer family bible and from George Harmon's will, but there has never been any proof found that she was the daughter of George or a Harmon herself. Her Thru-Line matches are great (from 8 cM - 57 cM as of 5/2022) and indicates she is a full sibling of the other children of George Harmon and Mary Margaret Wiley. If so, she was born before any dates they were supposedly married. This simply indicates to me that they don't have her parents marriage date figured out. The Twentieth Centuries published histories of this family state that Barbara's surname was probably Harmon. According to Brad Bahler (bahler1@netzero.net), however, researcher "Terry Harmon of Boone, North Carolina wrote a massive Harmon genealogy. He (was...) twice a Mast descendant. He informed me that no North Carolina researcher in the old days (he was fortunate to have some very old genealogies) ever identified Barbara as a Harmon. In his opinion this stared with researchers in Ohio, who incorrectly remembered her as a Harmon, confusing her with John Mast and Susan Harmon." This Harmon theory pervades many published documents. It has been stated in various sources that she was the daughter of Cutliffe and Susan Pfoutz Harmon. (C-205) This has proved to be an error in confusion as a Susan or Sarah, d. of Cutliffe did marry a John Mast. However, they were a full generation younger. Cutliffe and Susan were almost peers of our Barbara. Others have stated that she was the daughter of George Harmon (one of the 7 brothers that went to the Shenendoah Valley in the 1740's). This was based upon the fact that the administrator for his will was John Mast, called a "family friend" , and husband to Barbara. However, again there is no evidence that this Barbara is the daughter of George. 1) There seem to be no Barbara's in the naming of this families siblings in this or any close time period 2) If her husband, John Mast, was a son-in-law, wouldn't John have been called that, like son-in-law Daniel was in the will? and 3) Barbara is not named as his daughter in the will. (C-1458) Brad Bahler does not believe she is a Harmon at all. Some researchers suspect she is a Lopp/Lapp by surname instead. This Lapp surname was a common one on the Amish Mennonite church of which Jacob and John Mast were members, whereas Harmon is not. Harmon was Mennonite and not Amish. There was a great rift between these two groups and it was extremely unusual for them to mix or marry in Pennsylvania. By the time these groups moved to places like North Carolina, as the Amish died out, they joined with the Mennonites and as the Mennonites became scarce, they joined with the Dunkards.
Children:
- John MAST, Jr. was born on 24 Feb 1754 in Randolph, North Carolina; died on 12 Sep 1832 in West Milton, Miami, Ohio, USA; was buried after 12 Sep 1832 in West Branch Quaker Burial Grounds, Union Twp., Miami, OH, USA.
- Nancy MAST was born about 1757 in , Augusta, VA; died about 1859 in , Montgomery, Oh?.
- Elizabeth MAST was born in 1758 in Randolph County, North Carolina; died on 13 Jan 1831 in Hamilton County, Indiana, USA.
- David MAST was born in 1761 in Randolph County, North Carolina; died in Aug 1836 in Union, Montgomery, OH, USA; was buried in Aug 1836 in West Branch Quaker Burial Grounds, Union Twp., Miami, OH, USA.
- Joseph MAST was born on 25 Feb 1764 in , What Is Now Randolph, NC, USA; died after 11 Oct 1809 in , Randolph, NC, USA.
- Hannah MAST was born about 1766 in Wharri River, Randolph, NC, USA; died in Dec 1856 in Montgomery, Ohio, United States.
- Mary MAST was born about 1769 in Randolph County, North Carolina; died on 30 Dec 1806 in Montgomery, Hamilton, Ohio, USA.
- Jacob MAST was born about 1770 in , , NC; died about Oct 1809 in , Ashe, NC, USA.
- Catherine MAST was born in 1771 in Randolph County, North Carolina; died in Nov 1809 in , Miami, OH, USA.
- 3. Mary Magdalena "Mollie" MAST was born on 21 Mar 1772 in , Randolph, NC, USA; died on 27 Nov 1850 in , Miami, OH, USA; was buried about 30 Nov 1850 in , Miami, OH, USA.
- Susanna MAST was born on 30 Nov 1774 in Tabernacle Twp., Randolph, NC, USA; died on 24 Jul 1830 in , Miami, OH, USA; was buried in West Branch Quaker Burial Grounds, Union Twp., Miami, OH, USA.
- Stephen MAST was born before 1780 in , , NC; died after 1833 in Baltimore, Baltimore, Md?.
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