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Research and writing about Virginia genealogy and family history." <[log in to unmask]>
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 yes I do I have what a cousin has gone and gotten, how do you want me to send it and do you want my family with it.
 

> Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:40:47 -0400
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: A MASON FAMILY ACCORDING TO DNA
> To: [log in to unmask]
> 
> Bernice,
> 
> I have Betty, I also have she had 4 children. Have you been able to 
> locate John's parents? My husbands line is through John Atwood Mason and Lula 
> Moring Mason's dau. Eva Octavia Mason who married George Johns, Sr.
> 
> Pat
> 
> 
> In a message dated 8/25/2011 9:43:07 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
> [log in to unmask] writes:
> 
> A Betty Mason is my great gandmother, her parents is John Mason and Martha 
> Gilliam dont know much more can you help from there. Betty married a 
> Ranson and I have all of that if you want to see it. Thanks Bernice
> 
> 
> > Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:40:15 -0400
> > From: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: A MASON FAMILY ACCORDING TO DNA
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > 
> > I have a Mason line in Virginia. John M. Mason b. 1806 d. 1886 married 
> > Martha Gilliam in 1842. Do any of you know who his parents were? They 
> were 
> > in Buckingham Co., Va. 1840-1880.
> > 
> > Pat C. Johns in Va.
> > 
> > 
> > In a message dated 8/24/2011 9:07:48 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
> > [log in to unmask] writes:
> > 
> > Karen -
> > 
> > I am looking for information on a Larkin B. (prob. Blake) Mason b. 29 
> Oct 
> > 1801 in Georgia - d. 9 Jun 1892 Henry County, Georgia
> > married:
> > Rachel Harriet Price b. 29 Mar 1815 Virginia - d. 19 Feb 1897 Henry 
> > County, 
> > Georgia
> > 
> > Children:
> > Mary E. 'Matilda' Mason m. Capt. William Thomas York CSA
> > Jasper Mason
> > Elizabeth A. 'Betsy'Mason m. 2nd Lt. Larkin Blake York CSA (State Guard)
> > John Mason
> > William Mason
> > Lucinda Virginia 'Lucie' Mason m. Pvt. Josiah Cowan York, Jr., CSA
> > Frank B. Mason
> > Larkin Mason 'Lark'
> > Andreas J. Mason
> > Francis Mason
> > 
> > I know they had an aunt in Paulding or Polk County, and that is where 
> they 
> > probably met the York boys - but no one seems to know the origins of 
> their 
> > father, Larkin B. Mason. Any assistance would be more than helpful and 
> > appreciated.
> > Diane S Sanfilippo
> > [log in to unmask]
> > 
> > 
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "KAREN DALE" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Monday, August 22, 2011 6:32 PM
> > Subject: [VA-ROOTS] A MASON FAMILY ACCORDING TO DNA
> > 
> > 
> > Descendants of the following Mason men have tested E1b1b1 on the YDNA 
> test 
> > (see results at http://www.ncroots.com/DNA-Mason-Worldwide/) and the 
> > matches are close enough that they are all one family. Evidence suggests 
> > the family was in the Northern Neck of Virginia—probably Stafford—by 
> the 
> > late 1600s, but with a dearth of records it is difficult to determine 
> how 
> > these Mason lines might be connected. I am posting this list for several 
> > reasons—the most important being that I’m stuck. Hearing from anyone 
> > with 
> > additional information on any of them would be thrilling!
> > 
> > The other reason is that many of these men have been falsely attached to 
> > various Mason families where they don’t belong. I’ve found so many 
> > different 
> > versions of their origins on various websites that it is difficult to 
> keep 
> > in focus. One file at Ancestry has William (#3) as the son of John Mason 
> > (#1) and Mary Nelson and having the children of both their son William 
> (a 
> > Baptist minister who lived and died in Culpeper Co. VA—never was in KY) 
> > and 
> > the William Mason who lived in Lincoln Co. KY. The ONLY one of these 
> > Mason 
> > men there is any proof of parentage for is John (#1) whose probable 
> father 
> > William left ample evidence of his existence in Stafford Co. VA. Stated 
> > parents for any of the rest are simply guesses—and often wrong. I can 
> > prove 
> > those guesses were wrong—in short who their parents were NOT—but I 
> cannot 
> > prove who the father of any of them (except John #1) was.
> > 
> > I am posting this on a number of boards and mail lists, hoping those of 
> > you 
> > interested in any of these Mason lines will join me in finding facts and 
> > not 
> > relying on someone else’s earlier guess work. And if your family has 
> Mason 
> > male, PLEASE do the DNA test. It’s the only way we’ll ever sort out the 
> > many 
> > Mason lines in Virginia. ~Karen Dale
> > 
> > 1. John Mason-1722-1797--Stafford Co. VA. Married Mary Nelson in 
> > Stafford/Overwharton Parish, 27 Nov 1747. Some of the Masons listed in 
> > Overwharton records are their children (and others are probably John’s 
> > siblings, but I can’t prove that yet). This line has been thoroughly 
> > researched by a number of people. DNA matches in the E1b1b1 group 
> include 
> > descendants of his sons Lewis (lived in Stafford) and William (lived in 
> > Culpeper). His father was probably the William Mason who died in 
> Stafford 
> > ca. 1745. Ten years later, John Mason was living and paying taxes on the 
> > same 100 acres William Mason inherited from his stepfather, William 
> > Wentworth Matheny. William’s mother was Frances, but she was NOT Frances 
> > Norsworthy as many family trees on Ancestry and other sites claim. 
> William’
> > s 
> > wife when he died was named Jane, but she may not have been the mother 
> of 
> > his older children—or any of his children for that matter.
> > 
> > 2. James Mason, b. ca 1740; died in Culpeper Co.VA ca. 1779. Married 
> > Mary Broderick, daughter of Sarah Hammett and Christopher Broderick. A 
> > 1769 
> > deed for land in Culpeper says he was “of Stafford Co.” and a 1772 deed 
> > in 
> > Culpeper says “of this county.” This line has been thoroughly 
> researched 
> > from James to the present, but still no indication of parents for James. 
> > It 
> > is possible he’s a younger brother or half-brother to John Mason (above) 
> > but 
> > no evidence for that has been found. .
> > 3. William Mason, born ca. 1740, married Sarah, lived in Greenbrier 
> > VA 
> > (daughter Jane married John McCandless in Greenbrier 5 Apr 1785) 
> > during/after the Revolution; moved to Lincoln Co. KY ca. 1786. He was 
> too 
> > old to be the son of John Mason of Augusta/Botetourt as many claim. 
> > According to baptismal records, John’s second son, William, was born no 
> > earlier than 1750, but William of Lincoln Co. KY had a daughter, Jane, 
> who 
> > was born May 3, 1764--and she was probably his second child. He could 
> not 
> > possibly be the son of John Mason of Augusta/Botetourt unless he married 
> > at 
> > 12! Also no evidence that William Mason’s wife Sarah was a McKeachy. Her 
> > name probably started with Mc—but no indication what the full name was. 
> > McKeachy was a guess/hearsay.
> > 
> > 4. Gilbert Mason born ca. 1740, died Bedford Co. VA 1781. In 1762, he 
> > witnessed a deed in Fauquier Co. VA. Married Elizabeth Dale, probably in 
> > Bedford Co. VA, probably about 1764. DNA evidence from a line descended 
> > from a William Mason of Elbert Co, GA who was married to a Jane Pollard. 
> > According to a record in GA, both were born in VA. Gilbert and Elizabeth 
> > had a son William and this appears to be he. William of GA named one son 
> > Gilbert and another Reuben (also a son of Gilbert Mason, named after the 
> 
> > Dale line). It would help if another line—perhaps from Gilbert’s sons 
> > Reuben 
> > or Lewis—would do the DNA test.
> > 
> > 5. Gerard Alexander Mason, married 1818 in Effingham GA:
> > Mason, Jarred A. married Treutlen [Maiden name Wisenbaker—married first 
> a 
> > Tribner?], Ann Mary 02/04/1818; one child, Richard Alexander Thaddeus 
> > Mason 
> > born 28 Dec 1818.
> > Mary Ann Mason married Benjamin Kennedy 3/27/1824 in Effingham.
> > Mary Ann Kennedy left a will dated 1828 in which she says her first 
> > husband, 
> > Gerrard Alexander Mason, was deceased and that he was “of North Carolina.
> ”
> > 
> > There is no evidence at all that this Gerard Alexander Mason was the 
> > grandson of George Mason of Gunston Hall as many (including Gunston Hall 
> > genealogists) have claimed. The scion of Gunston Hall was ten years 
> > younger 
> > than Mary Ann Wisenbaker and he appears on Prince William VA tax rolls 
> > until 
> > his death in 1849. He left a will which names only his brother and a 
> > nephew—no mention of a son in GA (or by that time in SC).
> > 
> > 6. James Mason born 1810/11, perhaps in Fauquier Co. VA; died 1865. 
> > Married in Fauquier Co. VA Frances Latham and Leona Hewitt and appears 
> in 
> > the Fauquier census through 1860. Many family files claim he was the son 
> > of 
> > Colbert Mason and Margaret Rogers; however, census records for Colbert 
> > never 
> > include a male born ca. 1810/11. The only James Mason in Fauquier tax 
> > records shows up first in 1830—a notation calls him the son of George.
> > 
> > 7. John Mason, born about 1821 in VA; married Emeline Millner in 
> > Roanoke Co. VA Feb. 18, 1840. I had guessed that he was a grandson of 
> > Martin Mason of Bedford/Botetourt largely because that’s the only Mason 
> > family in Roanoke in that time period and because he associated with 
> > them—paid taxes at the same time as several; married a girl who was an 
> > immediate neighbor of Martin’s grandson Washington Mason, etc. However, 
> > a 
> > DNA test by a descendant of Washington did not match the E1b1b1 group. 
> > Much 
> > more work needs to be done on the Martin Mason family and on this John 
> > Mason.
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