Richard Masterson
d. 1633 · probably, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Parents
- Father: Edmund Masterson
- Mother: Joan Bechyng
Events
- Birth
- · from, Sandwich, England
- Christening
- 11 Sep 1580 · Ashford, Kent, England
- Death
- 1633 · probably, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Family
Spouse: Mary Goodall (1600–1650) · m. 26 Nov 1619 · Leyden, Holland
Children:
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Nathaniel Masterson (AFTER 1619–)
m. Elizabeth Cogswell · 31 Jul 1657 · Ipswich, Massachusetts
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Sarah Masterson (AFTER 1619–1702)
m. John Wood (1612–BEFORE 7 Mar 1676) · BEFORE 1643Children: John Atwood (1650–1676); Nathaniel Wood (1652–1724); Isaac Atwood (1654–1685); Sarah Atwood (–1685); Abigail Atwood (1656–1698); Mercy Atwood (1656–1685); Elizabeth Atwood (1665–); Hannah Atwood (1676–1718); Mary Wood (1637–1715)
Notes
He came over in 1629 on the second Mayflower. He lived in Plymouth.
He was in Leyden as early as 1611, and was a woolcomber from Sandwich, England.
!Marriage: "The Marriages of Forefathers that were Registered at the Stadhuis, or City Hall, Leyden, between 1611 and 1621" printed in "The Story of The Pilgrim Fathers, 1606-1623 A.D.; as told by Themselves, their Friends and their Enemies" ed. by Edward Arber: Warn and Downey Limited, Houghton, Mifflin & Co., London: 1897, pg. 166. The marriage record reads: 1619. November 8, November 26 --- Richard Masterson, Wool Carder, Young Man [means not previously married] of Sandwich, in England; accompanied by William Talbot and John Ellis his brother in law, with Mary Goodall, Maid, of Leicester, in England; accompanied by Elizabeth Kibbel [Keble?] and Mary Finch.
Occupation: Wool Carder.
He caught an "infectious fever of which many fell very sick an dupwards of 20 persons died" in Plymouth.
!Birth-Parentage: from Ernest Flagg, "The Founding of New England" 1926, p.344-5. (courtesy of Robert L. Ward (rlward1@sirlius.alpha.ncsc.mil).