Marriage Record: Hannah Lemasters to Ruben Claton, Shelby County, Ohio, 1851

"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-1997," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XZZQ-85C : accessed 17 Nov 2014), Ruben Claton and Hannah Lemasters, 01 Jun 1851; citing Shelby, Ohio, United States, reference vo13 p261 No3; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 562858.

The State of Ohio, Shelby County, S.S.

I certify that I have this day solemnized the marriage of Ruben Claton with Hannah Lemasters.

Witness my hand this 1 day of June A.D. 1851.

V. Guerin, Minister.

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Located this marriage record of Hannah Lemasters and Ruben Claton (Clayton?) on June 1, 1851 in Shelby County, Ohio.  This was one of the various Lemaster marriage records found in the county on FamilySearch.

I believe that this Hannah is the widow of Lemuel Quin Lemasters, who died in June 1843 in Shelby County.  Lemuel was the son of Jacob and Hannah (---) Lemasters.  I believe Ruben's surname is Clayton.  

I've been doing some digging in probate records in Shelby County, and am pretty sure that this is Lemuel's widow based on the records I've found.  More to come.

Surname Saturday : Bennett

The BENNETT surname is in my maternal line.  The origins of the surname are English.  There is much to learn about this line.

Stories and history : 

Ahnentafel # 1669 : Mary Bennett (1675-aft1718).  Mary was born December 10, 1675 in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.  She married before 1697 to John Field (1673-1718).  John was born December 8, 1673 in Deerfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts and died February 17, 1718 in Coventry, Windham County, Connecticut.  They raised a family of 6 children in Deerfield.  They were victims of the Indian attack at Deerfield in 1704, where Mary and their daughter Mary and son John were taken captive, while ten month old daughter Sarah was murdered.  Mary was later ransomed back, she was living at the time of John's will.

Ahnentafel # 3338 : James Bennett (1652-1675). James was born February 14, 1652 in Tenterden, Kent, England.  He married February 16, 1675 in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts to Mary Broughton (1654-1689).  Mary was born February 18, 1654 in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts and died August 2, 1689 in Deerfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.  James died May 19, 1676 at Northapmton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts in a fight with the Indians.

Related blog posts :

• Today in my database : Mary Bennett (b. December 10, 1675)

• James Bennett (b. Febraury 14, 1651/52)

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Lemaster Marriage Records, Shelby County, Ohio

After locating the information about the marriage Newman Smith and Martha Lemaster in Shelby County, Ohio, I searched the FamilySearch database to see if there might be other marriage records in the county for my relatives. 

Because the surname is sometimes spelled with an 'a' or with an extra 's' at the end, I did a wildcard search for L*master* marriages in Shelby County, Ohio, and this is what I found in the indices of their databases:

S.S. Leymaster married Sarah E. Mills on 4 October 1877.

Martha Lemaster married Newman H. Smith on 25 August 1861.

Lemuel Lemasters married Hannah Allbright on 24 May 1832.

Hannah Lemaster married Joel Brandenburg on 5 June 1853.

Luman W. Lemasters married Nancy Young on 19 January 1832.

Martha Lamaster married Newman H. Smith on 25 August 1861.

Hannah Limasters married Joel Brandenburg on 5 June 1853.

S.S Leymaster married Sarah E. Mills on 4 October 1877.

Roscoe Leymaster married Harriet J. Hetzler on 4 October 1900.

Hannah Lemasters married Ruben Claton on 1 June 1851.

Elvira Lemasters married Lewis Clayton on 6 March 1855.

Jane Lemasters married Thomas Mcvay on 15 March 1831.

Luman W. Lemaster married Nancy Young on 19 January 1832.

Martha Lamaster married Newman H. Smith on 25 August 1861.


Some of these are obviously the same marriage record, though in separate databases and in some cases, indexed with different spellings of the surname.

Know relatives in this mix are my 3rd-great grandparents, Luman W. Lemasters and Nancy Young.   The Lemuel Lemasters who married Hannah Albright is Luman's brother, and the Jane who married Thomas McVay is a sister.

I have some theories as to the identities of the others in the county I will be exploring in future posts.