Edward MASON

- Bef 1690

• Name	Edward MASON
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	3976
  Will	28 Feb 1690	Stafford County, Virginia   [1]
  	STAFFORD COUNTY VA DEED & WILL BOOK 1689 - 1693; THE ANTIENT PRESS pp. 165a--166 IN THE NAME OF GOD Amen I EDWARD MASON of Stafford County beinge Sicke in body but of pfect and Sounde Memory doe make this my Last Will & Testament in manner and forme followeing Viz. Imprimis I committ my Soule to Aiimighte God in full assurance through ye merritts of my blessed Saviour Jesus Christ to have a blessed resurreccen as for my worldly Goods I doe dispose of as followeth I give and bequeath to my Eldest Son GEORGE MASON Three hundred and fifty acres of land bee ye same more or lesse together with all ye houseing fenceinge and outhouses thereunto belonginge unto him & his heires for ever. the said three hundred and fifty acres of land being ye same 1 now live on and my will is that my said Sonne GEORGE MASON to bee at age to enjoy possession of his Land att. ye age of Sixteen yeares lttem I give my lands called by ye name of 'MERRYFIELD' by estimacon one thousand three hundred & seventie acres & & lyein ge beinge upon ye South side of the South Runne of QUANTICOTT in Stafford Countie ye said land to be equally divided betweene my Sonne GEORGE MASON and my Daughter MARGARITE MASON ANNE (Written over) MASON and their heires for ever Item it is my will that in case my Sonne GEORGE MASON should die before ye age of Six-teen yeares my Will is that my dear & Loveinge Wife MARGARETT MASON shall have one hundred and fifty acres of lande out of ye three hundred and fifty acres of land within specified that l gave to my Sonne GEORGE MASON to her & her heires for ever wth ye house I now live in wth all outhouses orchards fencinge thereunto belonginge and as for ye rest of my worldly Estate after my Debts are satisfied and paid to be divided equally betweene my leverage Wife &Children. Ittem I appoint my loveinge Wife to bee Sole Extrx. of this my Last Will and Testament desireing a decent & Christian like Burial and I doe utterly revoke all former Wills by me made. In Wittness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seale this 28th day of February 1690 In presence of GEORGE MASON, EDWD. MASON GEORGE BRENT. EDW . THOMASON This Will was sufficiently proved in ye County Court of Stafford by ye Oathes of Capta GEORGE MASON & Capta. GEORGE BRENT Wittnesses to ye said Will subscribed on ye 10th day of September 1690 and was then recorded
  Died	Bef 10 Sep 1690	Stafford County, Virginia   [1]
  	Edward's will was proven on 10 Sep 1690.
  Person ID	I3976	Bennetts of Pittsylvania County
  Last Modified	22 Aug 2015

  
  

  Family	MARGARET
  Event-Misc	07 Apr 1691
  	Inventory of Estate of Edward Mason STAFFORD COUNTY VA DEED & WILL BOOK 1689 - 1693; THE ANTIENT PRESS p. 197a An Inventorie of ye Estate of (torn) .. this 25th day of December .. Order of Court valued and apprai... Subscribed to ye best of our judgment ... Imprimis Two cows one calfe & a yearlinge, one old feather bed .. one old Lorne flocke bed, foure old leather chaires, one old chest, one old Saddle. one halfe houre Glasse, one Darke Lanthorne, two old guns wthout locks & one Musquett, pair Milliards, one old Spade, a little pott, pewter, a skillet, one old Tubb, Bucket', a little Churne, to one brande marke Total 3120 Wittness or hande ye day & yeare above said THOMAS BARTON (On Margin: Inventory of EDWARD MASON) WM. MANSBRIDGE Aprill 7th 1691. MRS. MARGARETT FARROW ye Relict of Mr. EDWARD MASON deced made oath before mee ye above Inventory is all ye Estate that is come to her knowledge MATTHEW THOMPSON
  Children	1. Margaret MASON Married: William BENNETT   2. Mary Ann MASON   3. George MASON,   b. Aft 1674
  Family ID	F1005	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  The will of Edward Mason was witnessed by Capt. George Mason (George Mason II). For this reason, some have theorized that Edward Mason was a brother of George Mason II. However, in 1691, Frances Maddock, the widow of George Mason I, surrendered her interest in the estate of her deceased husband to "Capt. George Mason, the only son and heir of Col. George Mason." Edward Mason lived in the same area as the more famous Masons, and they appear in legal documents together so it is reasonable to presume that there is some relationship. However, that exact nature of that relationship is not known. (Note: George Mason II is the grandfather of the author of the Bill of Rights). STAFFORD COUNTY VA DEED & WILL BOOK 1689 - 1693; THE ANTIENT PRESS p.209 KNOW ALL MEN by these presents that I FRANCES MADDOCKES ye Wife of EDWARD MADDOCKES of Stafford County Gentl. and late ye Widdow & relict of Coll. GEORGE MASON of Stafford County aforesaid deced Gentl. doe for ever relinquish all my right & interest I have to ye full thirds of ye reall Estate of ye said Coll. GEORGE MASON deced dureinge my life and ye full third of ye psonall Estate of the said Coll. GEORGE MASON for ever and doe appoint JAMES HEARSE of Stafford Countie my true and Lawfull Atturney to acknowledge att ye next Court to be held for Stafford County afore-said unto Capt. GEORGE MASON ye onley Sone & heir of Coll. GEORGE MASON Gent. late of Stafford Countie deced all my right &interest that I have to ye full thirds of all & singular ye Estate both reall & personall of the aforesaid Coll. GEORGE MASON deced granting unto my said Atturney full power to in and about the premises as if I my selfe were personally present. In Wittness I the said FRANCES MADDOCKE have sett my hande & my Seale ye 19th day of June 1691 In presence of JAMES REED, FRANCES MADDOCK EDWARD MADDOCK This Letter of Atturney was acknowledged by JAMES HEARSE Atturney for ye aforesaid FRANCES MADDOCK in ye County Court of Stafford on the 12th day of August 1691 and was then recorded [2] Estate of Edward Mason Abraham Farrow who married the widow and relique of Mr. Edward Mason late of this county deced humbly sheweth that the Will of Edward Mason being proved in this Court by Capt. George Mason in bahalf of the children of Edward Mason for and concerning the land but as yet no administration of the said Estate of Edward mason deced granted therefore your Petrs humbly prayes letters of administration of the said Masons Estate he beiong ready to give Security as the Law directs and the court having considered the Justice and Equitablenesse thereof being as yet noe administrator granted do accordingly order. Therefore tis ordered that Abraham Farrow shall have letters of admr granted him of the Estate of Edward Mason deced he giving good security and with them to enter into bonde to perform what the law directs touching the said estate. Source: Stafford Co, VA, Order Book, 8 October 1691, Stafford Co, VA

  
  

• Sources

  [S679] Stafford County Will Book 1689-1693, Sporacia, Ruth, (Antient Press, Springfield, Virginia, 1989), p. 165-166. [S679] Stafford County Will Book 1689-1693, Sporacia, Ruth, (Antient Press, Springfield, Virginia, 1989), p. 209.