Nathaniel Masterson1

#3491, (1628 - 24 January 1691/92)

Family

Elizabeth Cogswell d. 1691/92
Child 1.Sarah Masterson+1 (c 1670 - 1703)
Birth*1628He was born in 1628 at Leyden, Netherlands.1 
Marriage*say 1665He married Elizabeth Cogswell say 1665.1 
Inventory2 October 1678He took the inventory of the estate of Arthur Bragdon on 2 October 1678; The homestead at Bass Cove apparently remained in possession of his youngest son Samuel and his branch, and the usual family litigation regarding the title based upon the blanket deed of 1678 came into court in 1727, nearly fifty years later. A new administration on the estate was granted that year and a new appraisal valued the property at £504 16s. (Banks).2,3 
Death*24 January 1691/92He died on 24 January 1691/92 at York, York Co., MaineG; Candlemas Day raid.1 

Citations

  1. [S172] Charles Edward Banks, History of York, Maine: Successively known as Bristol (1632), Agamenticus (1641), Gorgeana (1642), and York (1652) (Boston: Calkins Press, 1931–1935).
  2. [S161] George Thomas Little, editor, Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing, 1909), four volumes, 2:732: "His administrator filed an inventory October 2, 1678 (Part I, fol. 36, vol. V, York Deeds). Among the articles mentioned was : 'One hatt 5s, too ould coats & one peyre of briches, 30s.'" The inventory was signed by Nathaniel Masterson and Arthur Came, attested to by Thomas Bragdon.
  3. [S172] Charles Edward Banks, History of York Maine (Banks), I:106–107. "The homestead at Bass Cove apparently remained in possession of his youngest son Samuel and his branch, and the usual family litigation regarding the title based upon the blanket deed of 1678 came into court in 1727, nearly fifty years later. A new administration on the estate was granted that year and a new appraisal valued the property at £504 16s."