The Family of Thomas Masterman, Dorset
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1. Thomas MASTERMAN.
He married Mary ?.
Children:
2. i John b. 1760.
Second Generation
2. John MASTERMAN, born 1760, buried 18 Nov 1827 in Shapwick Churchyard.
He married Elizabeth ?, born 1763 in Shapwick Dorset, buried 4 Jan 1831 in Shapwick
Churchyard.
Children:
i Lucy
MASTERMAN, born 1787.
3. ii James b. c1790.
4. iii William b. 1792.
5. iv Margaret b. c1796.(possible daughter)
v George
MASTERMAN, born 1797.
6. vi John.
7. vii Ann b. c1800.
Third Generation
3. James MASTERMAN, born c1790 in Shapwick Dorset.
He married Elizabeth ?, born c1790 in Shapwick Dorset.
Children:
i John
MASTERMAN, born 1809.
8. ii William b. 1811.
iii Thomas
MASTERMAN, born 1813.
9. iv Henry b. c1816.
10. v George b. 1820.
vi Jemima
MASTERMAN, born 1823.
11. vii Job b. c1830.
12. viii Margaret Lucy b. c1831.
ix Lucy
Jane MASTERMAN, born 1842.
4. William MASTERMAN, born 1792.
He married Elizabeth ?.
Children:
i Charles
MASTERMAN, born 1816.
5. Margaret MASTERMAN, born c1796, died 1875 in Shapwick Dorset, buried 5 Nov 1875 in
Shapwick Dorset.
She married John BENNETT, 15 Apr 1817 in Tarrant Keynston Dorset, born c1785 in Shapwick
Dorset, (son of William BENNETT and Betty READ) died 1872 in Shapwick Dorset, buried 19 Jul 1872 in Shapwick
Dorset.
Children:
i Elizabeth
Mary BENNETT, born c1820.
ii Ann
BENNETT, born c1822.
13. iii Charles b. c1825.
14. iv William b. c1827.
15. v John b. 6 Feb 1829.
16. vi Henry b. 24 Apr 1834.
6. John MASTERMAN.
He married Harriett COX, 27 Nov 1826 in Shapwick, Dorset.
Children:
17. i Cornelius b. 1827.
ii Helena
MASTERMAN, born 1829.
7. Ann MASTERMAN, born c1800 in Shapwick Dorset, died 6 Jan 1878 in Shapwick Dorset.
She married James KERLEY, 29 Apr 1829 in Shapwick Dorset, born c1800, (son of Pennel KERLEY and Elizabeth DOWN) died c1876 in Shapwick Dorset, buried 4 Mar 1876 in Shapwick
Dorset.
Children:
18. i Edwin b. 1831.
ii John
KERLEY, born 10 Feb 1833 in Shapwick Dorset.
19. iii Martin b. c1835.
iv Julianna
KERLEY, born 1842.
Fourth Generation
8. William MASTERMAN, born 1811.
He married Priscilla PIKE, 1 May 1836 in Shapwick, Dorset.
Children:
i Charles
Pike MASTERMAN, born 1837.
ii Pharaoh
Frederick MASTERMAN, born 1847.
iii Walter
William MASTERMAN, born 1853.
9. Henry MASTERMAN, born c1816 in Shapwick Dorset, occupation 1881 Farm Servant,
occupation 1891 General Labourer.
He married Louisa ?, c1840, born c1819 in Shapwick Dorset.
Children:
i Henry
MASTERMAN, born c1841 in Shapwick Dorset, occupation 1881 Farm Servant.
He married Ellen?, born 1848 in Ibberton, Dorset.
ii Ann
MASTERMAN, born c1844 in Shapwick Dorset.
iii Charles
MASTERMAN, born c1847 in Shapwick Dorset, occupation 1881 Farm Servant,
occupation 1891 Agricultural Labourer.
He married Cornelia
?, born 1829 in Shapwick Dorset.
iv Jane
MASTERMAN, born 1851.
v Ellen
MASTERMAN, born 1854.
vi Lydia
Mary MASTERMAN, born 1857.
10. George MASTERMAN, born 1820 in Shapwick, Dorset, occupation 1881 Agricultural
Labourer, occupation 1891 Agricultural Labourer.
He married (1) Sarah BOYT, 2 Mar 1848 in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset, born 1825, (daughter
of William BOYT and Ann Harris) died 1860, buried 19 Feb 1860 in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset.
Children:
i William
J MASTERMAN, born c1849, died 1852, buried 3 Feb 1852 in St Marys, Sturminster
Marshall, Dorset.
ii Sarah
Ann MASTERMAN, born 1851.
iii William
George MASTERMAN, born 1854, died 1874, buried 25 Jun 1874 in St Marys, Sturminster
Marshall, Dorset.
iv John
Philip MASTERMAN, born 1856 in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset, occupation 1881
Agricultural Labourer.
He married Isabella
Augusta PROUDLEY, in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset, born 1857 in Lytchett Matravers,
Dorset, (daughter of John PROUDLEY and Sophia CRUTCHER).
v Tom
MASTERMAN, born 1859, died 1860, buried 26 Mar 1860 in St Marys, Sturminster
Marshall, Dorset.
He married (2) Charlotte LANNING, died 1880, buried 12 Oct 1880 in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset.
Children:
vi Alice
MASTERMAN, born 1865 in Spetisbury Dorset.
vii Annie
Elizabeth MASTERMAN, born c1868 in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset.
She married Walter
Tom SIBLEY, 20 Oct 1888 at St Marys, Sturminster Marshall, Dorset, born 1866
in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset, (son of Tom SIBLEY and Fanny ?) occupation 1881 Agricultural Labourer.
viii Frederick
MASTERMAN, born 1870, died 1871, buried 21 Apr 1871 in St Marys, Sturminster
Marshall, Dorset.
ix Ellen
MASTERMAN, born 1874 in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset.
x Edith
MASTERMAN, born 1879 in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset.
11. Job MASTERMAN, born c1830 in Shapwick Dorset, died bef 1881.
He married Fanny FRAMPTON, born 1828 in Shapwick Dorset, (daughter of Robert FRAMPTON and Susanna
KERLEY) occupation Needlewomen.
Children:
i Mary
Ann MASTERMAN, born 1858.
ii Charles
Frampton MASTERMAN, born 1859.
iii Elizabeth
MASTERMAN, born 1862 in Shapwick Dorset, occupation 1881 School Pupil
Teacher.
iv Sarah
MASTERMAN, born 1863 in Shapwick Dorset.
v Fanny
MASTERMAN, born 1865 in Shapwick Dorset.
vi Annie
MASTERMAN, born 1868 in Shapwick Dorset.
12. Margaret Lucy MASTERMAN, born c1831, died bef 1881.
She married Phineas FRAMPTON, born 1831 in Shapwick Dorset, (son of Robert FRAMPTON and Susanna
KERLEY) died 1903, occupation Woods Labourer.
Children:
i George
FRAMPTON, born 1853 in Shapwick Dorset, occupation Farm Servant.
ii Susan
FRAMPTON, born 1855 in Shapwick Dorset, occupation Domestic Servant.
iii Jane
FRAMPTON, born 1857 in Shapwick Dorset, occupation Housekeeper.
iv Rosanna
FRAMPTON, born 1859 in Shapwick Dorset.
v James
FRAMPTON, born 1862 in Shapwick Dorset.
vi Walter
FRAMPTON, born 1862 in Shapwick Dorset, occupation Farm Servant.
vii William
FRAMPTON, born c1867 in Shapwick Dorset.
viii Francis
FRAMPTON, born 1869 in Shapwick Dorset.
ix Ellen
Elizabeth FRAMPTON, born 1871.
13. Charles BENNETT, born c1825 in Kryston Dorset, died 5 Jan 1900 in Lodge Farm
Kingston Lacy.
He married Louisa CUFF, 0 May 1846 in Shapwick Dorset, born 1823 in Shapwick Dorset,
(daughter of Martin CUFF and Sarah CLARK) died 6 Aug 1891 in Lodge Farm Wimborne Dorset.
Children:
i Charles
Henry BENNETT, born c1850 in Shapwick Dorset, occupation Shoeing Smith Servant.
He married Mary Ann
DYOTT, 0 Jan 1874 in Shapwick Dorset, born c1850 in Shapwick Dorset.
ii Anne
Mary BENNETT, born c1852 in Shapwick Dorset.
iii Emma
BENNETT, born c1854 in Shapwick Dorset.
iv Mary
Clark BENNETT, born c1857 in Shapwick Dorset.
v Sarah
Ann BENNETT, born c1860 in Shapwick Dorset, occupation Servant.
vi Frederick
John BENNETT, born c1860 in Shapwick Dorset, died 7 Sep 1876 in Shapwick Dorset.
14. William BENNETT, born c1827 in Tarrant Keyston Dorset, occupation Farm Labourer,
occupation 1851 Labourer, occupation 1875 Labourer.
He married (1) Jemima Anne SHORT, 22 Mar 1851 in Shapwick Dorset, born c1831 in Lytchett Matravers
Dorset, (daughter of Unknown and Anne SHORT) died 4 Oct 1855 in Shapwick Dorset.
Children:
i Jemima
Ann BENNETT, born 25 Apr 1851 in Shapwick Dorset, died 29 Apr 1927, buried in
Sopley Cemetery Hampshire.
She married (2)
Frederick Charles SHORT, 23 Jan 1875 in The Parish Church Shapwick Dorset, born 11 Apr 1852
in Lytchett Matravers Dorset, (son of James SHORT and Ann
TOOMER) died 19 Feb 1935, buried 1935 in Sopley Cemetery Hampshire,
occupation 1878 Farm Labourer, occupation 1875 Labourer, occupation 1909
Carter.
ii Selina
Mary BENNETT, born 12 Nov 1852 in Shapwick Dorset, died 1926, buried 19 Feb 1926
in Shapwick Dorset.
She married Robert Goodchild CUFF, 20 Mar 1875 in Shapwick Dorset, born 24 May 1851 in Shapwick
Dorset, (son of Charles CUFF and
Betsy Goodchild KERLEY) died 1913, buried 10 May 1913 in Shapwick Dorset, occupation Farm
Servant.
iii Mary
Ann BENNETT, born 1854, died 1856 in Shapwick Dorset, buried 16 Mar 1856 in
Shapwick Dorset.
He married (2) Sarah ALLEN, 0 Mar 1857 in Shapwick Dorset, born 1825 in Sturminster Marshall
Dorset.
Children:
iv Mary
Ann BENNETT, born 1859 in Shapwick Dorset, occupation General Servant.
v Elizabeth
Jane BENNETT, born 1864 in Shapwick Dorset.
15. John BENNETT, born 6 Feb 1829 in Keynston Dorset, died 19 Dec 1859 in Shapwick
Dorset.
He married Caroline JAMES, 0 Oct 1851 in Shapwick Dorset, born 1832 in Shapwick Dorset,
(daughter of Robert JAMES and Mary
CHAFFEY).
Children:
i Robert
John BENNETT, born c1851 in Shapwick Dorset, died 2 Feb 1852 in Shapwick Dorset.
16. Henry BENNETT, born 24 Apr 1834 in Tarrant Keynston Dorset.
He married (1) Peggy KERLEY, 14 Feb 1857 in Shapwick, Dorset, born c1837, (daughter of Richard
KERLEY and Mary ?) died 21 Dec 1872 in Shapwick Dorset.
Children:
i Alice
Mary BENNETT, born c1858 in Shapwick Dorset.
She married John
Short RANDELL, 0 May 1878 in Shapwick Dorset, born 1857 in Sturminster
Marshall/Wimborne Minster Do, (son of Henry RANDALL and Elizabeth BURT) occupation Farm Servant.
ii John
BENNETT, born c1861 in Shapwick Dorset, died 1863 in Shapwick Dorset,
buried 13 Jun 1863 in Shapwick Dorset.
iii Mary
Goodchild BENNETT, born c1863 in Shapwick Dorset, occupation General Servant.
iv Harry
R BENNETT, born c1864 in Shapwick Dorset.
v Henry
BENNETT, born c1866 in Shapwick Dorset.
vi Annie
BENNETT, born c1869 in Shapwick Dorset, died 25 Nov 1869 in Shapwick
Dorset.
vii Charles
BENNETT, born c1870 in Shapwick Dorset, died 18 Dec 1948 in Bournemouth
Hampshire, occupation Engine Driver/Sportsman.
He married Lena
LEWIS, born 1874 in Wiveliscombe, Somerset, died 18 Feb 1950.
viii Peggy
BENNETT, born c1872 in Shapwick Dorset, died Jun 1873 in Shapwick Dorset,
buried 26 Jun 1873 in Shapwick Dorset.
ix Richard
BENNETT, born c1872 in Shapwick Dorset.
He married (2) Selina ?, born c1848 in Tarrant Gunvil Dorset.
17. Cornelius MASTERMAN, born 1827.
He married Harriet ?.
Children:
i George
Henry MASTERMAN, born 1858.
ii Walter
MASTERMAN, born 1865.
iii Charles
MASTERMAN, born 1868.
iv Lydia
MASTERMAN, born 1873.
18. Edwin KERLEY, born 1831, died 1881.
He married Elizabeth SINGLETON, 26 Oct 1867, born 1831 in Sturminster Marshall Dorset, occupation
Farm Servant.
Children:
i Julianna
KERLEY, born 1868 in Shapwick Dorset.
She married William
CARTER, 26 Sep 1892 in Sturminster Marshall Dorset.
ii Edwin
KERLEY, born 1871 in Shapwick Dorset, died 14 Jan 1903.
He married
Elizabeth Lydia SQUIRES, 26 Jun 1895 in Sturminster Marshall Dorset, born 1870.
iii Lavinia
M KERLEY, born 1880? in Sturminster Marshall Dorset.
19. Martin KERLEY, born c1835 in Shapwick Dorset.
He married Ann ?, born c1841 in Sturminster Marshall Dorset, died bef 1891.
Children:
i Henry
KERLEY, born 1862.
ii John
KERLEY, born c1863 in Shapwick Dorset, died 1948, buried 7 Dec 1948 in
Shapwick Dorset.
iii Letitia
KERLEY, born 1865.
iv Charles
KERLEY, born c1867 in Shapwick Dorset.
v Jennett
KERLEY, born 1869 in Shapwick Dorset.
vi Annie
KERLEY, born 1871 in Shapwick Dorset.
vii Harry
KERLEY, born 1874 in Shapwick Dorset.
viii Charles
KERLEY, born 1876 in Shapwick Dorset.
ix Frances
KERLEY, born 1878 in Shapwick Dorset.
x Walter
KERLEY, born c1879 in Shapwick Dorset, died 27 Jul 1960.
He married Annie ?, born 1881, died 5 May 1969.
xi Sydney
KERLEY, born 1882.
xii Maggie
KERLEY, born 1884.
xiii Ernest
KERLEY, born 1889.
