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MASTIN, William Groom
1828 - 1855 (26 years) Has 8 ancestors and 3 descendants in this family tree.
1802 - 1874 (71 years)-
Name MASTIN, William Groom Birth 2 Sep 1828 Frampton, Lincolnshire, England 
Christening 7 Sep 1828 Frampton, Lincolnshire, England Gender Male Death 1855 Frampton, Lincolnshire, England Burial 21 Oct 1855 Frampton, Lincolnshire, England Person ID I6538 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Father MASTIN, John Chantry, b. 1802, Boston, Lincolnshire, England d. 1844, Frampton, Lincolnshire, England (Age 42 years) Relationship natural Mother ROBERTS, Christiana, b. 26 Dec 1802, Wyberton, Lincolnshire, England d. 10 Feb 1874, Frampton, Lincolnshire, England (Age 71 years) Relationship natural Marriage 2 Oct 1827 Frampton, Lincolnshire, England Family ID F2491 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family EDGOOSE, Sarah Lawson, b. Between 1832 and 1833, Newport, Shropshire, England d. 27 Mar 1874, Kirton In Holland, Lincolnshire (Age 42 years) Marriage No Marriage Information Children 1. EDGOOSE, William Groom (Mastin), b. 7 Aug 1855, Kirton, Lincolnshire d. 8 Mar 1900, Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia (Age 44 years)Family ID F418 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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WILLIAM GROOM MASTIN circa 1829-1855
William Groom MASTIN, son of John Chantry MASTIN and his wife Christiana, was born on 2 September 1828 and baptised at Frampton, Lincolnshire, on 7 September 1828. His father's occupation was a farmer of Frampton West End.
(FreeReg)
From the 1851 census of Silvertoft Hill, Frampton, Lincolnshire:
Christiana MASTIN, head, widow, farmer occupying 20 acres, born at Wyberton, Lincolnshire;
*William MASTIN, son, unmarried, aged 22, farmer's son occupying 20 acres, born at Frampton, Lincolnshire;
Charlotte MASTIN, daughter, unmarried, aged 20, farmer's daughter, born at Frampton, Lincolnshire;
Sarah Ann MASTIN, daughter, aged 18, dressmaker, born at Frampton, Lincolnshire;
Frederick MASTIN, son, aged 9, scholar, born at Frampton, Lincolnshire;
Robert DICKINSON, servant, aged 10, errand boy, born at Frampton, Lincolnshire.
(HO107/2098/164/10)
William, son of William MASTIN, farmer, and Sarah MASTIN formerly EDGOOSE, was born at Kirton, Lincolnshire, on 7 August 1855. His mother Sarah MASTIN of Kirton made her mark.
(GRO September Q 1855 Boston 7a 329)
William Groom MASTIN of Kirton, Lincolnshire, was buried at Frampton, Lincolnshire, on 21 October 1855 aged 26.
(LFHS)
NOTES & QUERIES:
1) It has been proved conclusively that William Groom MASTIN (1829-1855) was the father of the William Groom MASTIN (1855-1900) who married Rose Ann Amy SMITH in New South Wales, Australia in 1886.
3) Although William Groom MASTIN died in October 1855 this does not preclude him from being the father of a William Groom MASTIN aged 5 at the time of the 1861 census taken on 7 April. If he had been born in July/August/September 1855 (or betwtween May 1855 and March 1856) he would have been aged 0 in April 1856, 1 in April 1857, 2 in April 1858, 3 in April 1859, 4 in April 1860, and 5 in April 1861. He could therefore have been conceived as early as August 1854. His birth certificate shows him to have been born on 7 August 1855, just ten weeks before his father died.
4) The census return gives his age as 5 in 1861 and 15 in 1871. His grandmother and her children with whom he was living would have known when he was born and the circumstances surrounding his birth. In 1881, when he was said to 23 years old, he was not living with any member of his family, his grandmother had died and, without a birth certificate (he did not know his date of birth when he married on 11 January 1886), might have been unsure of his age.
(revised 03.12.2011)