John Masterton (1824-1878)
Seaman, Grocer and Bankrupt
John Masterton, grocer and spirit dealer in Kinghorn, was declared bankrupt in 1864. He had previously been a mariner.
Genealogy
John Masterton was the third child and only son of John Masterton and Jean Greig. His father was a master mariner and shipbuilder and a member of the family of Mastertons from in and around Inverkeithing in Fife, Scotland . A fuller genealogy of the extended family of John Masterton can be found at this link.
At Kinghorn, on the 9th inst., Mrs John Masterton, of a daughter.
Dundee Perth and Cupar Advertiser
Friday 15th April, 1864
(From the Edinburgh Gazette of Tuesday evening.)
SEQUESTRATIONS.
JOHN MASTERTON, grocer and spirit-dealer in Kinghorn - Creditors meet in National Hotel, Kirkcaldy, ?th October, at two o'clock. - John Walls, S.S.C., 33 ?? Row, Edinburgh, agent.
The Scotsman
5th October, 1864
Sequestrations
John Masterton, grocer and spirit dealer in Kinghorn - Creditors meet in National Hotel, Kirkcaldy, 14th October at two o'clock - John Walls, SSC, 33 Heriot Row, Edinburgh, agent.
Dundee Perth and Cupar Advertiser
Friday 7th October, 1864