Benjamin (Lemasters) LeMasters (1756 - 1837)

Born 15 Jun 1756 in Charles County, Maryland

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Died 16 Dec 1837 at age 81 in Gilboa, Nicholas County, (West) Virginia

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• Isaac Lemaster. Born abt 1728 in Charles County, Maryland. Isaac died in Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia, on 4 Feb 1797; he was 69.

In 1748 when Isaac was 20, he married Nancy Anne Scott, daughter of Rev. Robert Scott & Elizabeth Maddox, in Charles County, Maryland. Born in 1728 in Chaptico, Maryland. Nancy Anne died in 1797; she was 69. They had the following children:       #Joseph (1758-1826)      #Thomas Andrew (1749-1836)          #Charity. Born abt 1765         #Benjamin (1756-1837)          #Catharine. Born on 20 Nov 1754

Benjamin Lemasters. ^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}

Born 15 JUN 1756. Charles County, Maryland. ^[8][9]

Died Bucks Garden, Nicholas County, Virginia. 16 DEC 1837. Gilboa, Nicholas County, West Virginia. ^[10][11] 16 DEC 1837. Bucks Garden, Nicholas County, Virginia. Found multiple copies of death date. Using 16 DEC 1837

Military Service: Virginia^[12]

Residence Virginia, United States. ^[13] 1833 Virginia^[14] 1830 Nicholas, Virginia, USA. ^[15] 1820 Nicholas, Virginia, United States. ^[16] 1810 Kanawha, Kanawha, Virginia, United States. ^[17]

Buried Gilboa, Nicholas County, West Virginia. ^[18]

Note: #N54.

Notes

Note N54Benjamin Lemasters enlisted in the Continental Army in 1776 and served as a sergeant in Berkeley County, Virginia. He received a pension for service as private in Capt. William Lewis' Company; Col. Richard Parker's Regiment, Virginia troops. DAR ID Numbers 112741; 150467; and, 162490. Pension Roll of 1835, Volume III, Virginia, Page 815, Statement, etc. of Nicholas County, Virginia shows Benjamin Lemasters receiving an allowance of .00 per year, having received 0.00 for service as a private in the Virginia Continental line. He was 78 years old when the pension was allowed 16 October 1833. (S18490) Benjamin Lemasters was born in Charles County, Maryland 15 June 1756. Benjamin died 16 December 1837 in Buck's Garden Creek, Nicholas County, Virginia, at 81 years of age. He married Rebecca Ann Martin in Morgantown, November 1779. Spent formative years at his father's home in Monongalia County, Virginia, on the site of present-day Morgantown. Rebecca was born 1758. She was the daughter of John Martin and Elizabeth Goldsborough. Rebecca died 14 February 1844 in Buck's Garden Creek, Nicholas County, Virginia. "West Virginians in the Revolution" p. 169 lists Benjamin who enlisted in Berkeley County, Virginia in 1777 but was living at that time in Monongalia county. Served until 1780 as private and sergeant under Captain Lewis and Lieutenant Culk in Continental establishment in the First Virginia Regiment of the line. Fought at Monmoth, Princeton, Germantown, Brandywine, and Fort Mifflin. Was wounded in the ankle in battle of Princeton, and was carried on Major Flemming's horse to the hospital at Philadelphia. Pension granted to soldier in Nicholas County, in 1833. Following the Revolution, Benjamin moved to Greenbrier County, eventually ending up in Kanawha County, Now Nicholas County, in 1791. He lived on Buck's Garden Creek where he died. [Hardway and others.] Sutton's "History of Braxton County and Central West Virginia," (Parsons, WV: McClain Printing, Reprint 1997), p. 90, states: "One of the very early settlers of the territory now embraced in Nicholas county was Benjamin Lemasters, born in 1751, died in 1837. He was a Revolutionary soldier and his wife, Rebecca Martin Lemasters, was born in 1759 and died in 1844; they were married in 1778 or '79, and lived together for 59 years. Their children were Jennie, who married Charles Boggs, Polly, married James Boggs, Nancy, married John Boggs, Catherine, married David Given, Agnus, married ___ Frame; Betsy, married James Robinson, Charity, married John Stephenson, Kasiah, married Abraham Campbell, Rebecca, married Joseph Rader. Thus we see this large family of girls married into prominent and respectable families. They reared large families from whom are many descendants of prominence.".

Benjamin Lemasters enlisted in the Continental Army in 1776 and served as a sergeant in Berkeley County, Virginia. He received a pension for service as private in Capt. William Lewis' Company; Col. Richard Parker's Regiment, Virginia troops. DAR ID Numbers 112741; 150467; and, 162490. 1

Pension Roll of 1835, Volume III, Virginia, Page 815, Statement, etc. of Nicholas County, Virginia shows Benjamin Lemasters receiving an allowance of .00 per year, having received 0.00 for service as a private in the Virginia Continental line. He was 78 years old when the pension was allowed 16 October 1833. (S18490). 1

Benjamin Lemasters was born in Charles County, Maryland 15 June 1756. Benjamin died 16 December 1837 in Buck's Garden Creek, Nicholas County, Virginia, at 81 years of age. He married Rebecca Ann Martin in Morgantown, November 1779. Spent formative years at his father's home in Monongalia County, Virginia, on the site of present-day Morgantown. Rebecca was born 1758. She was the daughter of John Martin and Elizabeth Goldsborough. Rebecca died 14 February 1844 in Buck's Garden Creek, Nicholas County, Virginia. "West Virginians in the Revolution" p. 169 lists Benjamin who enlisted in Berkeley County, Virginia in 1777 but was living at that time in Monongalia county. Served until 1780 as private and sergeant under Captain Lewis and Lieutenant Culk in Continental establishment in the First Virginia Regiment of the line. Fought at Monmoth, Princeton, Germantown, Brandywine, and Fort Mifflin. Was wounded in the ankle in battle of Princeton, and was carried on Major Flemming's horse to the hospital at Philadelphia. Pension granted to soldier in Nicholas County, in 1833. Following the Revolution, Benjamin moved to Greenbrier County, eventually ending up in Kanawha County, Now Nicholas County, in 1791. He lived on Buck's Garden Creek where he died. [Hardway and others.]. 1

Sutton's "History of Braxton County and Central West Virginia," (Parsons, WV: McClain Printing, Reprint 1997), p. 90, states:

"One of the very early settlers of the territory now embraced in Nicholas county was Benjamin Lemasters, born in 1751, died in 1837. He was a Revolutionary soldier and his wife, Rebecca Martin Lemasters, was born in 1759 and died in 1844; they were married in 1778 or '79, and lived together for 59 years. Their children were Jennie, who married Charles Boggs, Polly, married James Boggs, Nancy, married John Boggs, Catherine, married David Given, Agnus, married ___ Frame; Betsy, married James Robinson, Charity, married John Stephenson, Kasiah, married Abraham Campbell, Rebecca, married Joseph Rader. Thus we see this large family of girls married into prominent and respectable families. They reared large families from whom are many descendants of prominence.".

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S408
2. ↑ Source: #S977 Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 139 : 1918
3. ↑ Source: #S587 Year: 1810; Census Place: Kanawha, Kanawha, Virginia; Roll: 69; Page: 129; Image: 00405; Family History Library Film: 0181429
4. ↑ Source: #S668 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Nicholas, Virginia; Page: 205; NARA Roll: M33_130; Image: 388
5. ↑ Source: #S694
6. ↑ Source: #S677
7. ↑ Source: #S469 1830; Census Place: Nicholas, Virginia; Series: M19; Roll: 198; Page: 182; Family History Library Film: 0029677
8. ↑ Source: #S408
9. ↑ Source: #S977 Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 139 : 1918
10. ↑ Source: #S408
11. ↑ Source: #S977 Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 139 : 1918
12. ↑ Source: #S694
13. ↑ Source: #S677
14. ↑ Source: #S677
15. ↑ Source: #S469 1830; Census Place: Nicholas, Virginia; Series: M19; Roll: 198; Page: 182; Family History Library Film: 0029677
16. ↑ Source: #S668 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Nicholas, Virginia; Page: 205; NARA Roll: M33_130; Image: 388
17. ↑ Source: #S587 Year: 1810; Census Place: Kanawha, Kanawha, Virginia; Roll: 69; Page: 129; Image: 00405; Family History Library Film: 0181429
18. ↑ Source: #S408

• The Autobiography of Charles F. Gill
• Pension Application - Rev. War Patriot-Rank of SGT, Wounded in Battle
• Source: S408 Ancestry.com U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012; Repository: #R5
• Repository: R5 Ancestry.com
• Source: S469 Ancestry.com 1830 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010; Repository: #R5
• Source: S587 Ancestry.com 1810 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010; NOTEThird Census of the United States, 1810. (NARA microfilm publication M252, 71 rolls). Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
• Source: S668 Ancestry.com 1820 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010; Repository: #R12
• Repository: R12 Ancestry.com
• Source: S677 Ancestry.com U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010; Repository: #R12
• Source: S694 Ancestry.com U.S., Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007; Repository: #R12
• Source: S977 Ancestry.com North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2016;
• http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=1034466&pid=-917971070

Acknowledgments

• This person was created through the import of Conley - Dye,_2010-11-16.ged on 24 May 2011.
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