Nathaniel Mastick & Lydia Caryl (Parents of Lovina)

Nathaniel Mastick and Abijah Caryl

Nathaniel Mastick and Abijah Carryl, from Vermont, with their families, were really the first to break the forest in that direction. They arrived on the seventeenth of November, 1822, and took up their farms, put up shanties, and went to work with a will, taking jobs at chopping wood to support their families, filling up the balance of the time clearing their own farms. His sons, Owen and Nathaniel, then large enough and willing enough to put in for their share of telling blows; like most to the Green Mountain boys, they had the bone, muscle and will. Some one enquired of the old man “why he came to Ohio?” He replied that he had “cleared up all Vermont that was worth clearing, and now he purposed to help clear up the rest of Ohio.”

Online source: Ohio County and Family Histories, 1780-1970, Geauga Co., Claridon Township, (pg 397); Copyright MyFamily.com, Inc., Oct 4, 2005Note: Nathanial Mastick married Lydia Caryl, sister of Abijah and daughter of Asa Caryl & Lydia Chaddock

Owen Mastick, brother of Lovina Mastick

Owen Mastick was born in Grafton, Vt., Dec. 20, 1802; married Jan. 3, 1830, Harriet, daughter of Ephraim and Susannah Cook. He died in Tampa, Florida, Dec. 20, 1884. Son of Nathaniel Mastick and Lydia (Caryl) Mastick: Nathaniel was born in Norfolk County, Mass., July 8, 1772. His wife, Lydia Caryl, was born in Norfolk, Mass., Feb. 22, 1773, and died in 1857. He (Nathaniel) was a leader in his county and the first to import Morgan and Black Hawk horses and Durham cattle into Ohio. For seven years he was justice of the peace, ten years township trustee, a school director and militia captain.

Online source: HISTORY OF ERIE COUNTY, (pg 764)

Connecticut Western Reserve

The Connecticut Western Reserve was an area in the Northwest Territory held, sold and distributed by the State of Connecticut in the years after the American Revolution.Connecticut was one of several states that had land claims in the Ohio Country going back to the colonial period. Connecticut gave up most of its claims to the federal government so that the Northwest Territory could be created. However, it reserved the northeast corner of the territory for itself. This area came to be known as the Connecticut Western Reserve.

The Western Reserve had two parts. The western part of the region was known as the Fire Lands. The state gave plots of land in this area to people who had lost their property in the American Revolution. The Connecticut government sold the eastern portion of the reserve to the Connecticut Land Company in 1795. The $1.2 million earned through the land sale was spent on public education in the state of Connecticut.

The Connecticut Land Company sent General Moses Cleaveland to survey the territory and lay out townships. In federal surveys such as the Seven Ranges, townships were 36 square miles. Cleaveland created townships of 25 square miles. One of the earliest towns established in this region was named Cleveland in his honor. Many people moved into the Western Reserve because it was accessible from Lake Erie. In the early years of settlement, many people from New England came to the Western Reserve.Source: Ohio History Central: An Online Encyclopedia of Ohio History

Email regarding the Connecticut Western Reserve

Dear Catherine,It is interesting that your “ancient” (by US standards, anyway) ancestors emigrated here from Massachusetts; this part of the country in Ohio is also known as the “Connecticut Western Reserve” and whole sections of it was given to families of Revolutionary War Veterans by the new US Government in lieu of cash reparations. (You can trace the north and south latitudes of the CT state boundaries westward and find perfect intersection here in Ohio with respect to the areas settled by these brave pioneers.)

Regards, GeoffreyAug 14, 2009: Geoffrey Krug (Find A Grave Contributor), Mentor, Lake County, Ohio

“Connecticut ceded land claims in 1786 and was given this section of Ohio.”
Photo & quote source: Http://lib.oh.us/evolution/regions/ctwr.html

OHIO HISTORY, The Scholarly Journal of the Ohio Historical Society Land and Community in Rural Nineteenth Century America

Claridon Township, 1810-1870In 1812 Horace Taylor of Hartland, Connecticut, traveled to Ohio to buy and settle lands in the Western Reserve of Connecticut on the Trans-Appalachian frontier. He chose a relatively new township in the heart of the Reserve later called Claridon in Geauga County. There in the western portion he located his farm, helped found the Congregational church, and established one of the backbone families of the township. Ten years later Nathaniel Mastick arrived from Vermont and started a farm in Claridon’s eastern portion. His family also became one of the backbone families of the township.

In some ways these two settlers were typical of the two major migrant groups who peopled the northern portion of the Trans-Appalachian frontier. Initially, most settlers came to northern Ohio directly from their ancestral homes in New England just as Taylor had done, and for a number of years these pioneers attracted other family members and associates to their new settlements. As this group declined after 1820, a new group, part of what Malcolm Rohrbough has called the “first great migration” of the Trans-Appalachian frontier, increased the volume of pioneers.

Many of them had moved from old New England after the Revolutionary War and established new homes in frontier areas of Vermont, New Hampshire, and New York. Some, like the Masticks who moved from Connecticut to Vermont, became disenchanted with these homesteads, saw opportunity further west in an area settled by New Englanders, and moved again to Ohio. Both groups mingled throughout northern portions of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. Both Taylor and Mastick were also typical because they brought with them a set of regional values characterized by their Yankee-Puritan heritage.

The township they settled was typical of the northern frontier in superficial demographic and economic ways, and its gradual integration into regional and national contexts can be precisely traced. The picture painted by these indicators implies that a homogenous, cohesive New England-New Connecticut society developed in Claridon township. But closer analysis of land records, maps, church records, and especially diaries, reveals a hidden and significant division in neighborhood patterns and social networks. These layers meant that the Taylors and the Masticks and the groups they symbolize became part of separate subcultures within Claridon which rarely mixed.Source: www.ohiohistory.org. Ohio History, The Scholarly Journal of the Ohio Historical Society by
Robert A. Wheeler, Associate Professor of History, Cleveland State University, Vol 97, pg 101, 102

OHIO TOWNSHIPS

Auburn 1817

Bainbridge 1817

Burton 1806

Chardon 1812

Chester 1816

Claridon – Created as Burlington in 1817

Hambden 1811

Huntsburg 1821

GEAUGA MUNICIPALITIES

Aquilla Village 1880

Burton Village 1895

Chardon Village 1851

Middlefield Village 1901

South Russell Village 1923

Middlefield 1817

Montville 1822

Munson 1821

Newbury 1817

Parkman 1817

Russell 1827

Thompson 1817

Troy – Created as Welshfield in March 1820; renamed Troy Dec 31, 1834

Township: a unit of local government administered by three elected trustees with specific legal powers; an area of surveyed public land generally equal to 25 square miles

Village: an incorporated town with a population of less than 5,000 inhabitants; governed by an elected council in proportion to the population

City: an incorporated town with definite boundaries and legal powers with a population of more than 5,000 inhabitants; governed by an elected council in proportion to population

Municipality: a political unit such as a village, town, or city incorporated

1820: Federal Census for Westminster Township, Windham County, Vermont:

Nathaniel Mastick: 1 adult male, 1 adult female, 5 male children, 2 female children

1830: Federal Census for Claridon Township, Geauga County, Ohio:

Nathaniel Mastick: 1 male bet 20 & 30, 1 male bet 50 & 60, 1 female bet 20 & 30, 1 female bet 50 & 60

Memorial of Inhabitants of Geauga County

Jun 16, 1834: Memorial of inhabitants of Geauga County, Ohio (pg 2 & 3):23rd Congress, 1st Session [ Doc. No. 452. ] Ho of Reps. 85

OHIO MEMORIAL

of

INHABITANTS OF GEAUGA COUNTY,

Asking a restoration of the Public Deposits to the Bank of the United States

June 16, 1834.

Ordered to lie on the table.

To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in Congress assembled:
The undersigned, inhabitants of the county of Geauga, in the State of Ohio,

RESPECTFULLY REPRESENT:

That, previous to the removal of the public deposites from the United States Bank, our country was prosperous, and pecuniary embarrassments almost unknown. The effects of the removal of the deposites, first felt in the Atlantic States, already begin to extend themselves over our section of the country, bringing in their train uncertainty, depression, and embarrassment. This was the more unexpected of your memorialists, as they had always supposed that the representatives of the people, and not the Executive, held the strings of the people’s purse.

Your memorialists believe that, in matter and manner, a more unfortunate measure could scarcely have been adopted than the removal of the public deposites, which ought to be restored, and to Congress alone they look for relief.

Your memorialists will say nothing at this time about the propriety of rechartering the United State Bank, believing that, long before the expiration of its present charter, the good sense of the nation will enforce it.

As duty bound, &c.

330 men signed the above, including Nathaniel Mastick (age 61), his son-in-law Isaac Chatfield (age 47), and an Abijah Calwell (note: possibly Abijah Caryl, age 64).Online source: GenealogyBank.com

1840: Federal Census for Claridon Township, Geauga County, Ohio:

Nathaniel Mastick: 1 male bet 60 & 70, 1 female bet 60 & 70

Jul 6, 1850: Federal Census for Chardon Township, Geauga County, Ohio:

Teed, J.B.: age 57, male, Cabinet Maker, Value of Real Estate $900, born Connecticut (note: John Benjamin)Teed, Sarah C: age 52, female, born Vermont

Teed, Julian C.: age 23, male, laborer, born Ohio

Teed, Sarah A.: age 20, female, born Ohio

Teed, Ellen J.: age 15, female, born Ohio, attended school within the yearNote: Sarah C. (Mastick) Teed is 2nd child of Nathaniel Mastick & Lydia Caryl; Teed is incorrectly indexed as Leed.

Jul 24, 1850: Federal Census for Claridon, Geauga County, Ohio:

Mastick, Nathaniel: age 42, male, Farmer, born Vermont, Value of Real Estate $2,000, born VermontMastick, Louisa: age 36, female, born Ohio

Mastick, Warren: age 14, male, born Ohio, attended school within the year

Mastick, Herman: age 11, male, born Ohio, attended school within the year

Mastick, Byron: age 7, male, born Ohio, attended school within the year

Mastick, Horton: age 5, male, born Ohio, attended school within the year

Mastick, E.: age 2, male, born Ohio (note: son Elbern)

Whitney, Electa: age 20, female, born Ohio

Mastick, Lydia: age 73, female, born Massachusetts (note: Lydia Caryl, mother of Nathaniel)Note: Nathaniel Mastick is the 6th child of Nathaniel Mastick & Lydia Caryl

Jul 26, 1850: Federal Census for Claridon Township, Geauga County, Ohio:

Mastick, Owen: age 47, male, Farmer, born Vermont, Value of Real Estate $2,800, born VermontMastick, Harriet: age 45, female, born Connecticut

Mastick, Eliza: age 19, female, born Ohio

Mastick, M.: age 16, female, born Ohio, attended school within the year (note: daughter Melissa Marietta)

Mastick, Julius: age 14, male, born Ohio, attended school within the year

Mastick, Lavinnia: age 11, female, born Ohio, attended school within the year

Mastick, B.: age 6, male, born Ohio, attended school within the year (note: son Owen Burdell)

Dow, P.: age 22, male, Farmer, born New YorkNote: Owen Mastick is the 4th child of Nathaniel Mastick & Lydia Caryl

Jul 19, 1860: Federal Census for Troy, Geauga County, Ohio:

Farr, Abel: age 65, male, Value of Real Estate $1,300, Value of Personal Estate $1,500, born VermontFarr, Betsy: age 64, female, born Vermont

Farr, Luthara: age 27, male, born Ohio

Farr, Oren S: age 26, male, born Ohio

Farr, Mary A: age 24, female, born Ohio

Farr, Eri M: age 20, male, born Ohio, attended school within the yearNote: Betsy (Mastick) Farr is the 1st child of Nathaniel Mastick & Lydia Caryl

Jul 20, 1860: Federal Census for Claridon, Geauga County, Ohio:

Mastic, Nathaniel: age 52, Farmer, Value of Real Estate $3,920, Value of Personal Estate $1,500, born VermontMastic, Louissa: age 46, born Ohio

Mastic, Byron: age 16, born Ohio, attended school within the year

Mastic, Horton: age 14, born Ohio, attended school within the year

Mastic, Elbern: age 12, born Ohio, attended school within the yearNote: Nathaniel Mastick is the 6th child of Nathaniel Mastick & Lydia Caryl

Mar 22, 1870: Federal Census for Claridon Township, Geauga County, Ohio:

Mastick, Owen: age 68, male, Farmer, Value of Real Estate $5,000, Value of Personal Estate $1,200, born VermontMastic, Harriet: age 65, female, Keeping house, born Connecticut

Cuscaden, Mariette: age 34, female, Teaching school, born Ohio (note: daughter Melissa Marietta)

Cuscaden, Arthur W.: age 10, male, born Ohio, attended school within the year

Cuscaden, Mary L.: age 8, female, born Ohio, attended school within the yearNote: Owen Mastick is the 4th child of Nathaniel Mastick & Lydia Caryl

Mar 22, 1870: Federal Census for Claridon, Geauga County, Ohio:

Mastick, Nathl: age 63, male, Farmer, Value of Real Estate $5,000, Value of Personal Estate $2,000, born VermontMastick, Luisa: age 57, female, Keeping House, born Ohio

Mastick, Ermon E: age 31, male, Farmer, Value of Real Estate $800, born Ohio

Mastick, Frances C: age 25, female, Keeping house, born New York

Mastick, Allen: one month, male, born Ohio, born May

Ticknor, Lydia: age 53, female, Tailoress, born New YorkNote: Nathaniel Mastick is the 6th child of Nathaniel Mastick & Lydia Caryl

Jun 29, 1870: Federal Census for Claridon, Geauga County, Ohio:

Mastick, Nathaniel: age 63, male, Farmer, Value of Real Estate $5,000, Value of Personal Estate $600, born VermontMastick, Louisa: age 56, female, Keeping House, born Ohio

Fletcher, Salista: age 17, female, Domestic Servant, born OhioNote: Nathaniel Mastick is the 6th child of Nathaniel Mastick & Lydia Caryl. Nathaniel and his wife Louisa are listed twice in the 1870 census; in the first (Mar 22), next door to his brother Owen, in the second (Jun 29) next door to his son Ermon.

Jun 9, 1880: Federal Census for Claridon, Geauga County, Ohio:

Mastick, Nathaniel: male, age 75, Farmer, married, born Vermont, father born Massachusetts, mother born MassachusettsMastick, Louisa: female, age 66, wife, married, Keeping House, born Ohio, father born Pennsylvania, mother born Ohio

Mastick, Ermon: male, age 41, son, married, Farmer, born Ohio, father born Vermont, mother born Ohio

Mastick, Francis: female, age 36, daughter-in-law, married, Keeping House, born New York, father born New York, mother born New York

Mastick, Elbern: male, age 32, son, single, Farmer, born Ohio, father born Vermont, mother born Ohio

Mastick, Allen: male, age 10, grandson, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born New York

Mastick, DeWitt: male, age 7, grandson, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born New YorkNote: Nathaniel Mastick is the 6th child of Nathaniel Mastick & Lydia Caryl

Jun 10, 1880: Federal Census for Claridon Township, Geauga County, Ohio:

Mastick, Owens: age 79, male, married, Farmer, born Vermont, father born Vermont, mother born VermontMastick, Harriet: age 76, female, Wife, married, Keeping house, born Connecticut, father born Connecticut, mother born Connecticut

Mastick, Julius: age 43, male, son, married, Farmer, born Ohio, father born Vermont, mother born Connecticut

Mastick, Katharine: age 34, female, daughter-in-law, married, Keeping house, born Canada, father born England, mother born England

Mastick, Eliza: age 15, female, granddaughter, single, attending school, born Pennsylvania, father born Pennsylvania, mother born Canada

Mastick, Mary: age 7, female, granddaughter, attending school, born Pennsylvania, father born Ohio, mother born Canada

Mastick, Harriet: age 3, female, granddaughter, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Canada

Mastick, Ellen: age 33, female, married, daughter-in-law, Keeping house, born Ohio, father born Vermont, mother born Connecticut

Mastick, Owen: age 2, male, grandson, born Illinois, father born Ohio, mother born OhioNote: Owen Mastick is the 4th child of Nathaniel Mastick & Lydia Caryl