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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