John MAST, Sr.^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14]}

1730 - Abt 1800  (70 years)

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• Name	John MAST  [15, 16]
  Suffix	Sr.
  Born	1730	Bern, Switzerland   [15, 16]
  Gender	Male
  Died	Abt 1800	, Randolph, NC, USA   [15]
  Person ID	I442	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	Johannes MAST, Sr.,   b. 2 Sep 1698,   d. 1750, Penn Twp, Berks County, Pennsylvania  (Age 51 years)
  Mother	Barbara \ Elizabeth A RISSER, Thru Lines - Double the # of DNA cousins as husband,   b. 1710, , , , Switzerland (Che) ,   d. 1750, Fayette, Georgia, United States  (Age 40 years)
  Married	1730	Europe
  Family ID	F4212	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Barbara Catherine HARMON,   b. Bef 1740, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States ,   d. 1780, , Randolph, NC, USA  (Age ~ 40 years)
  Married	1753	Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
  Children	1. John MAST, Jr.,   b. 24 Feb 1754, Randolph, North Carolina ,   d. 12 Sep 1832, West Milton, Miami, Ohio, USA  (Age 78 years)   2. Nancy MAST,   b. Abt 1757, , Augusta, VA ,   d. Abt 1859, , Montgomery, Oh?  (Age ~ 102 years)   3. Elizabeth MAST,   b. 1758, Randolph County, North Carolina ,   d. 13 Jan 1831, Hamilton County, Indiana, USA  (Age 73 years)   4. David MAST,   b. 1761, Randolph County, North Carolina ,   d. Aug 1836, Union, Montgomery, OH, USA  (Age 75 years)   5. Joseph MAST,   b. 25 Feb 1764, , What Is Now Randolph, NC, USA ,   d. Aft 11 Oct 1809, , Randolph, NC, USA  (Age 45 years)   6. Hannah MAST,   b. Abt 1766, Wharri River, Randolph, NC, USA ,   d. Dec 1856, Montgomery, Ohio, United States  (Age ~ 90 years)   7. Mary MAST,   b. Abt 1769, Randolph County, North Carolina ,   d. 30 Dec 1806, Montgomery, Hamilton, Ohio, USA  (Age ~ 37 years)   8. Jacob MAST,   b. Abt 1770, , , NC ,   d. Abt Oct 1809, , Ashe, NC, USA  (Age ~ 39 years)   9. Catherine MAST,   b. 1771, Randolph County, North Carolina ,   d. Nov 1809, , Miami, OH, USA  (Age 38 years)   10. Mary Magdalena "Mollie" MAST,   b. 21 Mar 1772, , Randolph, NC, USA ,   d. 27 Nov 1850, , Miami, OH, USA  (Age 78 years)   11. Susanna MAST,   b. 30 Nov 1774, Tabernacle Twp., Randolph, NC, USA ,   d. 24 Jul 1830, , Miami, OH, USA  (Age 55 years)   12. Stephen MAST,   b. Bef 1780, , , NC ,   d. Aft 1833, Baltimore, Baltimore, Md?  (Age ~ 54 years)
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2022
  Family ID	F3395	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  "John Mast, Sr. was born in Switzerland in 1740 and died in Randolph Co., N.C. in 1800. Orphaned John, brother, Jacob Mast, and 4 sisters immigrated to the Schuykill River in Pennsylvania under the care of their uncle, Johannes Mast" on the ship Brotherhood, John Thompson, Captain which arrived in Philadelphia from Rotterdam on Nov. 3, 1750." This account from a 2nd hand history, although the best info we have, has not yet been supported by first hand records. Supposedly the only copy of the passengers from this ship's arrival included 119 persons out of the 300 who were on board, and no Masts are on it to verify the data above. According to Professor Daniel Mast in an August 30, 1978 letter to the editor on the Englewood Independent newspaper, they were Amish Menonites from the Palitinate in the 1700's. They and the Amish Mennonites in the ship they came on settled around Heidelberg and Bern, Pennsylvania. Due to Indian uprisings, around 1760 they moved into the Conestoga Valley and purchased land in Berks and Chester Co., Pennsylvania. It is here that his brother Jacob Mast became a Bishop of the Mennonite Church. Although Jacob is usually listed as the older brother, there is no first hand evidence of this. Brother John married and had several children before Jacob began having children and could easily be the older brother. Before 1763 and probably around 1760, John Mast, Sr. drifted on foot from what is now Elverson located west of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in what appears to be the border of Chester Co., PA and Bucks Co. It was the home of his brother Jacob. He traveled through Virginia to what is now Randolph Co., North Carolina. (C-205) In one account, he moved south because he and his brother had a falling out. In one published account, he and his family of wife and about 4 children migrated with the Beiler and Fisher families leaving Malvern, Chester Co., PA to go to Watuaga Co., NC and then to Rowan County, North Carolina. Malvern was not settled by Amish Mennonites (as opposed to just the Mennonites with whom they rarely associated) until 1768, so it is somewhat unlikely that this account is accurate due to the fact that John and several Fouts and Hoover families bought land on Feb. 17, 1763 in Rowan Co., North Carolina. It became part of Guilford County, NC when Guilford Co. was formed and is currently a part of Randolph County, North Carolina. John's sister, Magdalena moved to what became Randolph Co., North Carolina also in one account. However, I suspect this is not true, as in 1810 she appears to move to Holmes Co., Ohio with her son John from Somerset Co., Pennsylvania. Their other three sisters are supposed to have died unmarried back in Berks Co., PA being buried near their brother, Jacob. C-270g, E) John Mast, Sr. is often listed as a Revolutionary War soldier. This is based on the fact that John Mast Sr. with his son John Mast, Jr. supposedly appear in the records of the Siege of Charleston in the 1797 Yearbook of the City of Charleston, SC on pg. 405. However, when the original records are checked the names are definitely for a family of Mash's, not Masts. I've included a copy of the orginal book sent by Jordan Sutton, jordan65@peoplepc.com. Note the 8th and 9th name down on the right for Jhn Mash Senr and John Mash and compare this to other names ending in h or t on the page. It definitely belongs to a Mash family also in South Carolina at the time and not our John Masts. It makes sense that John Mast Sr. and relatives were not a part of the Revolutionary War because John Mast, along with Andrew Fouts, Jacob Fouts, Frederick Waymire and Andrew Hoover, are shown on the 1779 Randolph Co, NC tax lists of William Cole as having refused to take the Oath of Allegiance because they were pacifists. The other families listed in this group were Quakers suggesting that Jacob Mast had similar feelings. (C-1058, 2251e, E) John Mast Sr. and Barbara had 12 children, ten of whom came to Ohio, seven daughters and son's David, John and Jacob, in 1801. They settled in Miami and Montgomery counties. Many of their children attended Quaker meetings and married Quaker spouses although they were never official members of the Quaker church. This info. is from Brien's Vol. I of Quaker Genealogies, a section entitled: The Mast Family. (C-205) Items in ( ) are added from other sources: HISTORY OF WATAUGA CO., NC, p.330. (C-270b) and info. from Mrs. McIntosh (C-270g) (*NOTE: The dates on this family group sheet should be taken as opinion only. They are often contradicted between sources, especially birth dates. Birth order of John and Barbara Mast's children has not been the same in any two records I've seen.)

  
  

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