William MASTERTON

Bef 1792 - 1858  (> 66 years)

• Name	William MASTERTON  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Birth	Bef 13 May 1792	Inverarity, Angus, Scotland   [2, 8]
  Christening	13 May 1792	Inverarity (and Methy), Angus, Scotland   [2]
  	scotlandspeople index has william father and Alexander son -error?
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Weaver (1858, 1867), Sacking Weaver (1871 ref), Handloom Weaver (1911 ref)  [1, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10]
  Census	1841	Midd Wynd, Dundee, Angus, Scotland   [2, 10]
  	aged 49, possible "Masterson"
  Census	1851	58 Watson's Close, Hawkhill, Dundee, Angus, Scotland   [2]
  	aged 59, possible
  Cause of Death	Quasarea as cert by D Grieg MD  [2]
  Death	30 Nov 1858	Watson's Close, Dundee, Scotland   [2, 9]
  	aged 66
  Burial	Aft 30 Nov 1858	Western Burying Ground, Dundee   [9]
  Person ID	I131	Mastertons from Forfar
  Last Modified	30 Aug 2024

  
  

  Father	Alexander MASTERTON,   b. Bef 27 Dec 1762   d. 2 Aug 1833 (Age > 70 years)
  Mother	Margaret THOM,   b. 1764   d. 1836 (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	1 Jun 1782	Forfar, Angus, Scotland   [2, 11]
  Family ID	F2	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Elizabeth (?) MACHAR,   b. Abt 1790   d. 1860, Forfar, Angus, Scotland (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	13 Oct 1813	Forfar, Angus, Scotland   [2]
  	also 17 10 1813 St Vigeans, Arbroath, Scotland
  Notes	Rev. James Headrick, parish micter of Dunnichen, Forfar
  Family ID	F671	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2021

  
  

  Family 2	Ann WALKER,   b. Abt 1790   d. 27 May 1835, Dundee, Angus, Scotland (Age 45 years)
  Marriage	15 Sep 1821	Aberdeen, Scotland   [2]
  Notes	Rev. Robert Doig, minister, Aberdeen
  Children	1. Margaret MASTERTON,   b. 1822, Stonehaven, Kincardine, Scotland d. 1891, St Peter, Angus, Scotland (Age 69 years)   2. John MASTERTON,   b. Bef 12 Dec 1826, Stonehaven, Aberdeen, Scotland d. 12 Dec 1867, High Street, Lochee, Dundee, Forfar, Scotland (Age > 41 years)   3. David MASTERTON,   b. 1828   4. Janet MASTERTON,   b. 1831   d. 21 Aug 1892, 30 Larch Street, Dundee, Angus, Scotland (Age 61 years)   5. Thomas MASTERTON,   b. 1834, Mid Wynd, Dundee, Scotland d. 28 Oct 1863, Dundee & Newtyle Railway, Auchterhouse, Angus, Scotland (Age 29 years)   6. Ann MASTERTON   d. 23 May 1835, Dundee, Angus, Scotland
  Family ID	F307	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2021

  
  

  Family 3	Catherine BURNET,   b. 1811   d. 17 Nov 1871, Watson's Close, 68 Hawkhill, Dundee, Scotland (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	21 Jun 1836	Midwynd, Hawkhill, Dundee, Angus, Scotland   [2, 12]
  Notes	Rev. Robert Thompson, Wesleyan minister
  Children	1. Agnes MASTERTON,   b. 1837   d. 15 Mar 1911, Parochial Hospital, Dundee, Angus, Scotland (Age 74 years)   2. Ann MASTERTON,   b. 1839
  Family ID	F232	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2021

  
  

• Notes

  mother named as Elizabeth Thom in death certificate On trial for bigamy - 1837 More information in https://masterton.one-name-mwp1.net/william-masterton-bigamist.html

  
  

• Sources

  [S163] Thomas Masterton death certificate. [S3] General Registers of Scotland, scotlandspeople. [S324] scotlandspeople, Agnes Johnston death, (17 Mar 1911). [S339] scotlandspeople, Janet Masterton death, (22 Aug 1892). [S43] Catherine Masterton death certificate. [S44] John Masterton death certificate. [S50] Thomas Masterton and Ann Pearson marriage certificate. [S69] Isabel Norrie, Alexander Masterton and Elizabeth Watson descendant file. [S26] William Masterton death certificate. [S92] 1841 Scotland Census. [S2] David Masterton, New Jersey, Charts 2 and 14. [S166] Archibald Swinton Esq., Advocate, Reports of Cases before the High Court, etc, Scotland, (Thomas Clark, Edinburgh).