Francis Masters

1623 - 1690  (66 years)

• Name	Francis Masters  [1, 2]
  Born	19 Oct 1623	Cuxton, Kent County, England   [1, 2]
  Christened	19 Oct 1623	Cuxton, Kent County, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	29 Sep 1664	Virginia   [1]
  	from England
  Passenger and Immigration Lists Index	1667	New Jersey
  Passenger and Immigration Lists Index	1667	New Jersey
  Will Proved	24 Aug 1684	Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey   [1]
  Name	Francois LeMaistre  [1]
  Name	Francois Masters
  Died	9 Feb 1679 or 1690	Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I7206	Jerry Milo Johnson
  Last Modified	29 Mar 2015

  
  

  Father	Francis Masters,   b. 30 Apr 1599, Canterbury, Kent County, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Relationship	Natural
  Family ID	F2446	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary,   d. Abt 1690, Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey
  Married	1642	France   [1]
  Children	1. Mary Masters,   b. Abt 1646,   d. Yes, date unknown  [Natural]   2. Pauline Masters,   b. Abt 1648,   d. Yes, date unknown  [Natural]   3. John Cobas Vogden Masters,   b. Abt 1642,   d. Yes, date unknown  [Natural]   4. Clement Masters,   b. Abt 1650, Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey ,   d. Bef 21 Oct 1713, Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey  (Age ~ 63 years)  [Natural]
  Family ID	F2445	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 19 Oct 1623 - Cuxton, Kent County, England Christened - 19 Oct 1623 - Cuxton, Kent County, England Married - 1642 - France Immigration - from England - 29 Sep 1664 - Virginia Passenger and Immigration Lists Index - 1667 - New Jersey Passenger and Immigration Lists Index - 1667 - New Jersey Will Proved - 24 Aug 1684 - Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey Died - 9 Feb 1679 or 1690 - Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  (Medical):\par His will was proven in Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co, NJ on 24 Aug 1684. He´uª0 ´uª0 named his´uª ´uªwife´uª0´uª ´uª0 and children in the will. His will is found in DOCUMENTS RELATING´uª0 ´uª0 TO´uª ´uªCOLONIAL´uª0´uª ´uª0 HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, 1664-1703, Vol. XXI, by´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uªWilliam Nelson, 1899.´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uªThe book contains wills, deeds, etc. ´uª0 The IGI file does not list him as a son of Francis Masters; however, circumstantial´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uªevidence´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uªindicates he was a son of Francis who was born in 1599. Francis, presumed´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uªson of Francis, was´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uªchristened on 19 Oct 1629 in Custon, Kent Co, Eng. ´uª0 Francis is the first documented Masters in this family. It is documented that he had a´uª0 ´uª0 ´uªson´uª0´uª ´uª0´uª ´uªClement. Clement is believed to be the father of Richard Masters since Richard´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uªnamed a son´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uªClement who migrated with other sons of Richard from NJ to PA. Records´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uªon only two Clement´uª0´uª ´uª0 Masters have been found in New Jersey, which supports the´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uªbelief that Richard named a son´uª0´uª ´uª0 after his father. ´uª0 A Francis Masters was born in Kent Co., England (IGI File) at about the right time to be´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uªthis´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uªFrancis Masters. A Francis Masters was transported to America from England by´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uªFrancis´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uªEngland and arrived in Virginia on 29 Sept 1664. He was one of twenty-six´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uªpassengers on the´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uªship (DOCUMENTS relating to COLONIAL HISTORY of the STATE´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uªOF NEW JERSEY, Calendar´uª0´uª ´uª0 of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State 1664-1703,´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uªVol. XXI, by William Nelson, 1899;´uª0´uª ´uª0 Patent Bk 5, . 402). ´uª0 England gained control of East Jersey at the time he arrived in America. Francis´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uªapparently´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uªmoved to East Jersey very soon after arriving. He took the oath of allegiance´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uªto the King of´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uªEngland and fidelity to the Lords Proprietors in 1668 in Monmouth´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uªcounty. In 1670, Francis´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uªwas one of many named as "township men" in Monmouth´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uªcounty because they were´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uªconsidered first purchasers of land and had been there for´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uªsome years. The year was not´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uªrecorded for the earliest land warrants issued in East´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uªJersey, but many were issued in 1675 to´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uªsettlers who had lived there for a number of´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uªyears. Francis "Le Maistre" was issued a warrant´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uªfor 240 acres in 1675. His son´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uªClement and daughter Pauline were each given warrants for 120´uª0´uª ´uª0 acres the same year.´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uª(HISTORY OF MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES by Edwin Salter,´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uª1890, pp. 28, 29,´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uª360). William S. Horner stated in THIS OLD MONMOUTH COUNTY OF OURS´uª0´uª ´uª0 (p. 201)´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uªthat early records show that Francis Le Maistre was known to have been of French´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uªextraction. I do not believe he was from France and that Le Maistre was an error made´uª0 ´uª0 ´uªwhile´uª0´uª ´uª0´uª ´uªcopying the original record. I have a photo copy of Francis' will and looked at´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uªmicrofilm copies of´uª0´uª ´uª0 the original in the New Jersey Archives, and they are very difficult´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uªto read. The writing was´uª0´uª ´uª0 not easy to read, and the record is over 300 years old. If he´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uªwere from France, I don't believe he´uª0´uª ´uª0 would be arriving in America on an English ship´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uªand would not be taking an oath of allegiance´uª0´uª ´uª0 to the King of England. I also believe that´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uª"Poolemah" is a copying error. The name is´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uªPauline. ´uª0 Francis Masters's will was proven at Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., NJ on 24 Aug 1684.´uª0 ´uª0 He´uª0´uª ´uª0´uª ´uªnamed his wife, Mary, and children Clement, Poolemah (Pauline), Mary and (John)´uª0 ´uª0 ´uªCobas´uª0´uª ´uª0´uª ´uªVogden. His wife was named as executor and Joseph Parker and Abiah Edwards´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uªwere´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uªwitnesses. The will was written on 24 July 1684. Letters of administration on the´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uªestate were´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uªgranted to Mary Masters and Clement Masters on 24 Aug 1684. Letters of´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uªadministration were´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uªgranted to Mary Masters of Shrewsbury and William Whitelock of´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uªMiddletown the same day. ´uª0 Mary Masters, widow of Francis Masters, of Shrewsbury purchased 1/64 of 1/2 of 1/12´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uªshares of´uª0´uª ´uª0 East Jersey from Robert Turner of Philadelphia on 22 July 1685. Robert´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uªTurner had purchased´uª0´uª ´uª0 the shares from Thomas Rudyard on 23/24 Aug 1682. Mary sold´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uª1/2 of the 1/64 of 1/24 shares of´uª0´uª ´uª0 East Jersey purchased from Robert Turner to "Garret´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uªWale" (Jarrat Wall) on 27 Mar 1690. She´uª0´uª ´uª0 sold the other half to John Whitelock the same´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uªday. Mary apparently was an astute business´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uªlady and knew how to deal in land. While´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uª1/64 of 1/2 of 1/12 of the land in East Jersey (eastern´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uªpart of present New Jersey) may´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uªnot sound like much land, it would be a sizable amount of´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uªland. During this time in´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uªour nations's history, what is now New Jersey was West Jersey and´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uªEast Jersey. A line´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uªgenerally drawn north-south through present-day New Jersey was the´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uªboundary´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uªbetween West Jersey and East Jersey. ´uª0 More About FRANCIS MASTERS (FRANCOIS LEMAISTRE): ´uª0 Baptism (LDS): 19 Oct 1623, Cuxton, Kent Co, Eng ´uª0 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL RECORDS Vol 21 ´uª0 http://files.usgwarchives.org/nj/statewide/history/colrec/vol21/v21-02.txt ´uª0 1681-2 Feb. 9. Last Will and Testament of Francis MASTERS of ´uª0 Shrewsbury. Wife Mary, children Clemens, Poolemah, Mary, Cobas ´uª0 VOGDEN. The wife, Joseph PARKER, and Abiah EDWARDS executors ´uª0 and the last two witnesses. Proved July 24, 1684. 140 ´uª0 ´uª0 1684 Aug. 24. Letters of administration on the estate of Francis ´uª0 MASTERS granted to Mary and Clemens MASTERS. 141 ´uª0 ´uª0 1684 Aug. 24. Administrators' Bond signed by Mary MASTERS of ´uª0 Shrewsbury and William WHITELOCKE of Middletown. 141´/uª (Research):\par Immigration: A Francis Masters was transported to America from England by Francis´uª0 ´uª0´uª ´uªEngland and´uª0´uª ´uª0 arrived in Virginia on 29 Sept 1664. He was one of twenty-six´uª ´uªpassengers´uª0 ´uª0 on the ship´uª0´uª ´uª0 (DOCUMENTS relating to COLONIAL HISTORY of the´uª ´uªSTATE OF NEW´uª0 ´uª0 JERSEY,´uª ´uªCalendar´uª0 ´uª0 of Records in the Office of the Secretary of´uª ´uªState 1664-1703, Vol. XXI,´uª0 ´uª0 by´uª ´uªWilliam Nelson,´uª0 ´uª0 1899; Patent Bk 5, . 402).\par´/uª Passenger and Immigration Lists Index: Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s about Francis ´uª0 Masters ´uª0 Name:´tabª´uª0 Francis Masters ´uª0 Year:´tabª´uª0 1667 ´uª0 Place:´tabª´uª0 New Jersey ´uª0 Source Publication Code:´tabª´uª0 9228.50 ´uª0 Primary Immigrant:´tabª´uª0 Masters, Francis ´uª0 Annotation:´tabª´uª0 Date and port of arrival, date and place of marriage, or´uª0 ´uª0 date and place of first´uª0 ´uª0 mention of residence in the New World. Names were´uª0 ´uª0 only indexed if birth overseas was specifically´uª0 ´uª0 stated in source. An A´uª0 ´uª0 following the page number indicates entry appears in ´uª0 Source Bibliography:´tabª´uª0 TURK, MARION G. The Quiet Adventurers in´uª0 ´uª0 North America. Parts 1 and 2.´uª0 ´uª0 Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1993. 670p. ´uª0 Page:´tabª´uª0 358´/uª Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s about Francois´uª0 ´uª0 Masters ´uª0 Name:´tabª´uª0 Francois Masters ´uª0 Year:´tabª´uª0 1667 ´uª0 Place:´tabª´uª0 New Jersey ´uª0 Source Publication Code:´tabª´uª0 714 ´uª0 Primary Immigrant:´tabª´uª0 Masters, Francois ´uª0 Annotation:´tabª´uª0 Contains passenger listings mentioned in Lancour, A´uª0 ´uª0 Bibliography of Ship´uª0 ´uª0 Passenger Lists, 1538-1825 (1963), nos. 72-76, 78B,´uª0 ´uª0 79, 81-83, 83 note, 85, 87A, 88, 89, 98(1), 100,´uª0 ´uª0 102(1A), 104-106, 107A,´uª0 ´uª0 110-111, 111 corr., 112-114. Includes index to ship names, place names,´uª0 ´uª0 and´uª0 ´uª0 about 10,000 personal names, with variant surname spellings. Tepper,´uª0 ´uª0 in nos. 9120, 9135, 9143,´uª0 ´uª0 9144, and 9151, has similar lists. ´uª0 Source Bibliography:´tabª´uª0 BOYER, CARL, 3RD, editor Ship Passenger´uª0 ´uª0 Lists, New York and New Jersey´uª0 ´uª0 (1600-1825). Newhall, CA: the editor,´uª0 ´uª0 1978. 333p. 4th pr. 1986. Reprint. Family Line Publications,´uª0 ´uª0 Westminster,´uª0 ´uª0 MD, 1992. ´uª0 Page:´tabª´uª0 228´/uª Will Proved: He named his wife and children in the will. His will is found in DOCUMENTS RELATING TO COLONIAL HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, 1664-1703, Vol. XXI, by William Nelson, 1899. The book contains wills, deeds, etc.

  
  

• Sources

  [S283] Footprints in the Sand, Garland Lively, http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=garlandlively&id=I091504 (Reliability: 3). [S345] Jerry Thompson's Geneaology Site, Jerry Thompson, (Name: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~thompsongenealogy/p4.htm#i370;).