Name |
William Mason |
Birth |
Abt 1644 |
Gender |
Male |
Biography |
1666 |
- The names of four men, who could have been brothers or a father with three sons, appear in the list of headrights given by David Williamson, when he was granted a patent for 6000 acres in Accomack County on 16 February 1666 (Deeds & Wills 1663 - 1666, p. 115). They were William Marfson, Edward (Edmund) Mafson, John Mafon, and Richard Mafsons. Although each of their last names were spelled slightly different, there seems little doubt but that they were all Masons. The land that David Williamson patented in 1666 was bound on the north by Crooked Creek (present-day Bullbegger Creek) and on the south by Messongo Creek (Nugent I, p. 554). It was near the land William Mason's son bought in 1713.
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Anecdote |
27 Sep 1692 |
Accomack County, Virginia, USA |
- On 27 September 1692, William Mason gave a deposition in Accomack County Court, in which his age was given as 48 years "or thereabout", showing he was born circa 1644 (Orders 1690 - 1697, p. 42). He would have been 22 years of age when his name was listed as a headright in 1666. It is likely he had married when his name first appeared on the Accomack County list of tithables in 1681 (Acco. Co. Tithables (Tax List) 1663 - 1695, p. 27). While no record has been found as proof, it appears his wife and the mother of his children was Sarah Bennet. Thomas Crippen, who died testate in 1735, had a daughter who had married Thomas Bennet (Deeds & Wills 1729 - 1737, p. 411). The Crippen name appeared many times in the settling of the estates of the Kegotank Masons, indicating some family relation. Thomas Bennet was a headright for Edmund Scarburgh in 1664 (Certificates and Rights, p. 15). He could have had a daughter, Sarah Bennet, who married William Mason, in addition to the son who married Elizabeth Crippen.
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Was Living |
28 Nov 1695 |
Pungoteague Creek, Accomack Co, Virginia |
- William Mason was a ship carpenter, who was living near Pungoteague Creek on 28 November 1695. This is shown by a document he had recorded on that date, stating he had paid John Revell "a valuable consideration" to move a shallop he had built "on a Plantation in the woods near Pungoteague and having no way whereby to convey and Carry down the Said Shallop from the place where it is built to ye water side to Launch but over the land of Mr. John Revell". The boat was built for Col. Charles Scarburgh (Wills & C Orders 1682 - 1697, p. 270).
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Land - they sold land |
6 May 1707 |
Accomack County, Virginia, USA |
- On 6 May 1707, Edmund and wife Elizabeth Scarburgh sold 121 acres to William, Mason for 4000 pounds of tobacco and cask (Wills & Etc. 1692 - 1715, part II, p. 235). This land was at "ye head of Little Matompkin alias Burton Branch" and was inland from Pungoteague Creek.
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Death |
Bef 1 Aug 1710 |
Accomack County, Virginia, USA [1] |
- William Mason and wife Sarah had both died intestate when the administration of their estates was granted to their son, William Mason, on 1 August 1710 (Orders 1710 - 1714, p. 7).
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Administration of estate - Administration of their estate was recorded |
1 Aug 1710 |
Accomack County, Virginia, USA [1] |
- It was on this date that William Mason was named to settle the estates of his parents William & Sarah Mason. On 21 August 1710, the inventory and appraisal of "all ye Estate of William and Sarah Mason brought before us" was presented by John Warrington and John Wylie, two of the appraisers, and recorded (Wills & Etc. 1692-1715, part III, p. l). Transcript of Inventory of William and Sarah Mason: one tabble and bedstead; 3 cowes & one yearling & one five year old; 2 old blankets; one pro of Gloves and two pare of slippers; one peaberat (?) & a hackle made of nailes; 2 earthen potts and sum small Triffles; one small trunk & some small triffles; an apron and a small piece of Rope; one Lining wheal; 2 matts y one of them old; 1 old Wig(?)l old Psalm book; 1 spit & 1 flesh pork; a peas of Cane; 2 peases of Leather and a powder home; 2 par of wool cords one old; one par of beads(?); 10 pound of Cole (?); 1 old bed ye wate 31 (?); an old wheale and 2 old Chests; an old Runlet (?) & hackle; an earthen pot &. Gimlet; an old hat It a fire piece(?); one book &. one tub; 2 old wheales; an old stock lock 2 pair of Knitting needles and thimble; one needle Case and thimble both silver; an old petticoat Linen; 7 pd of soape; one par of Cotton Gloves; 1 virginia Cloath percale (?); 2 blue aprons, 1 sifter; 8 yards ½ of bagging; 1 bocat (bonnet?); one yard ½ of Linen; 1 Vial and 5 glafs bottles; 1 pound of Cotton yarne one pound ½ of Cotton; 3 pds of woolen yame; 3 womans Cape and 2 toualls (?); 4 pound ½ of pewter; 2 pocket knives and 2 small iron wedges; 1 Iron pot; an old earthen pot 2; pieces of Rope; an Earthen Stien; 22 pd of old iron; for a mare which I have sold for 6 hundred pds of Toba ffor 3 pd sowshead (?) which I have used and about a pound and halfe of sugar and about a pint of Rum and pint Molasses which I have made use of.
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Anecdote |
- Besides the known son, William Mason, and one daughter, other children of William and Sarah Mason can only be deduced. The fact that William Mason could have had brothers nearby complicates this. The name of Richard Mason does not appear after he was named as a headright in 1666. Edmund Mason got in trouble with the law in 1706 for "keeping an unlawfull Tipling house" (Orders 1703-1709, p. 83a). After this date, his name does not appear in the records. John Mason was listed as a tithable in 1692,1693,1694 and in 1695 (Acco. Co. Tithables (Tax List) 1663-1695, pp. 54, 55, 58 and 61). No record of his death has been found. Taking these facts, and the prevalence of similar given names, into consideration, the next generation of Masons in Accomack County are deemed to be the children of William Mason and his wife Sarah.
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Reference Identifier |
#-@ |
Record ID |
48689 |
Origins  |
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Person ID |
I48689 |
MilesFiles23 |
Last Modified |
11 May 2021 |
Family |
Sarah Bennett, b. Abt 1667, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 1 Aug 1710, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age < 43 years)
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Marriage |
Abt 1685 |
Children |
+ | 1. William Mason, b. Abt 1685, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 28 Nov 1759, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age < 74 years) |
| 2. Katherine Mason, b. Abt 1687, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown |
| 3. Abraham Mason, b. Abt 1690, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown |
+ | 4. Bennett Mason, b. Abt 1695, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 30 Dec 1766, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age < 71 years) |
+ | 5. John (of Wm) Mason, b. Abt 1700, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 5 Sep 1738 (Age < 38 years) |
| 6. Edmund Mason, b. Bef Aug 1710, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown |
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Last Modified |
13 Mar 2023 |
Family ID |
F15188 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |