From Memorial Record of Counties of Delaware, Union, and Morrow, Lewis
Publishing Co., Chicago, 1895:
William A. McMaster, a prominent farmer of Brown Township, was
born in Champaign county, Ohio, September 8, 1823, a son of Benjamin
and Aminda (Humphrey) McMaster, the latter a native of Liberty
Township, Delaware county, Ohio. The father was a native of Oswego
county, New York, and came to Ohio in 1811, and his death occurred at
the age of ninety-three years. He was the son of Robert McMaster, a
native of Scotland. William A. McMaster, the subject of this sketch, owns
a good farm of 103 acres in Bown Township, Delaware County, Ohio,
which contains a comfortable residence, barns, and all other necessary
farm improvements. He is one of the most prominent and successfulmen
of his township, and is respected by all for his honest dealings and
sterling worth. Mr. McMaster was married in this county at the age of
twenty-three years, to Margaret Eaton, a native of Morrow County, Ohio,
and a daughter of David and Elizabeth Eaton. They came to Delaware
County Ohio, in 1821. Our subject and his wife have the following
children: Aminda Norris, A.L., Amelia McDonald, Nettie Perry (deceased),
and Stella. A.L.McMaster was born November 10, 1848. In 1873, he
married Ellen Moore, a daughter of George Moore. At her death she left
two children, Maurice E. and Nellie M. In 1889 A.L.McMaster masrried
Jennie R. Forbes. Mrs. William A. McMaster died July 13, 1887, at the age
of sixty-one years. Our subject afterward married Louisa Gardner,
widow of Joel Gardner.

1. Aminda Clementine MCMASTER b. 1 Oct 1846; d. 29 Jan 1932.
2. Alburn Larue MCMASTER b. 10 Nov 1848; d. 1920.
3. 1. Amelia Eaton MCMASTER b. 23 Mar 1851.
4. Nettie Elmina MCMASTER b. 3 May 1858, Delaware County,Oh; d. 1886.
5. Stella MCMASTER b. 24 Apr 1864.

Fron History of delaware County, by James R. Lytle, 1908:
The McMaster familyhas long been one of prominence in Delaware
County. Benjamin McMaster was bornwas born September 24, I795,
Ontario County, New York, and was the third in afamily of four children.
He was quite young when his father died,and in 1813located in Scioto
County, Ohio. There he operated the first saw-mill in the county, and
sawed the lumber used in the old State House in Columbus. In 1814 he
moved to the village of Worthington and lived in part of the house in
whichColonel Kilbourne kept tavern. In the latter part of the same year,
he came toDelaware County and cleared twenty acres for Dr. Warren. In
1817 he went to Champaign County, and the next year married a daughter
oE Lemuel G. Humphrey, of Liberty Township, Deleeare County, who lived
but a few years. Shortly afterward he again came to Delaware County and
bought 100 acres of land on Elm Creek, upon which he built a cabin of the
pioneer pattern, moving into it about teno'clock one cold December
night, when about fifteen inches of snow covered the ground. This is a
little evidence of the hardships of the pioneer days. Hisworldly
possessions at that time were one yoke of steers, one heifer, ten headof
young hogs, a dog, a small supply of household goods and provisions, and
fifty dollars in money. He cleared his farm, which was considered in
those days the finest improved and richest in Brown Township, it being
bottom land, which before the days of extensive drainage was not
subject to frequent inundation as at present. Benjamin McMaster resided
on this farm until 1851, when he moved to Ashley and erected a
warehouse and forming a business partnership, he continued in this
business until his death in 1888. By his first marriage, Benjamin had
three children, namely: Robert, Horace, who in 1852 bought the farm
settled on by his father, and William. His second marriage was with
Electa Perry, widow of William Perry, who had three children-Alvin,
Elmina, and PhilemonPerry. The children of Benjamin's second union
were Geore, Esther, Hiram, andEloisa. This hardy old pioneer treated his
own and the Perry children with the same kindness and consideration,
and assisted each to an excellent start inlife.

From Land Records of Delaware County:
Benjamin McMaster
This early pioneer of Delaware County was born in Pwego, New York,
September 24, 1795. hewas the third child in a family of four, whose
names wer David, Catherine, Benjamin, and Hugh. After the birth of
Benjamin his father, Robert McMaster, moved to Ontario County, New
York, where he soon died. Benjamin was at that time about five years old.
After her husband's death, Mrs. McMasters was twice married, to Messrs.
Curtice and Noble, respectively, by whom she had three children, whose
names wee Lewis and Louisa Curtice and Moses Noble. Before she left the
state she buried both her husbands.
In August, 1811, the family, with the exception of David, came West,
and located at Marietta, where they remained twoyears. Mr. B. McMaster
then removed to the Scioto River, five miles north ofthe little town of
Franklin, and worked for a time in a saw-mill, the first one built on the
river. In the spring of 1814 he moved to the village of Worhington. Aty
this place he assisted in putting in the dam for the Wortington
Manufacturing Company. In the fall of the same year he moved to
Delaware County, and in 1817 to Goshen Township, Champaign County. On
February 12, 1818, Mr. McMaster married Arminda, daughter of Lemuel G.
Humphrey, of Liberty Township, who emigrated from the state of
Connecticut in September, 1823. Mrs. McMaster died, leaving three
children, the oldest not quite five years old. After his wife's death, Mr.
McMaster returned to Delaware County, taking the children to their
mother's relatives. The mother of Mr. McMaster lived with him nearly a
year after his marriage; she then married, moving t

1. Robert MCMASTER b. 23 Dec 1818, Goshen,Champaign County,Oh; d. 23 Feb 1873.
2. Horace Plumb MCMASTER b. 20 Dec 1821, Goshen,Champaign County,Oh; d. 1900.
3. 2. William Ambrose MCMASTER b. 8 Sep 1823, Goshen,Champaign County,Ohio; d. 1895.

Any Errors or conflicts are inevitable, due to the
many sources compiled here.Most are contributed by
family members personal recolections plus findings at
the Salt Lake Family History Library Records. All
contacts are welcome. TheEarly Bryants data end in
Florida,but are alleged to emanate from Georgia .The
Sherrards start in Lawrence Miss.

Ancestral File Number: 1XNP-4MJ

_STATMARRIED

1. 5. Aminda HUMPHREY b. 25 May 1792, West Simsbury,Ct; d. 9 Sep 1823, Goshen,Champaign County,Oh; bur. Greenwood Cty.,Kilbourne,Brown Twp.,Oh.
2. Lemuel Gordon HUMPHREY b. 9 Sep 1794.
3. Laura HUMPHREY b. 9 Feb 1797.
4. Aaron Case HUMPHREY b. 2 Feb 1799.
5. Lurenda HUMPHREY b. 4 Sep 1801, Simsbury,Hartford,Connecticut; d. 31 Aug 1872, Tipton,Cedar,Iowa.
6. Eliza HUMPHREY b. 19 Sep 1803.
7. Eber HUMPHREY b. 4 Aug 1810.
8. Sarah HUMPHREY b. 10 Sep 1813, Nj.