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- Sir Francis Mason came over to Jamestown VA from England in 1620 on the ship "Furtherance" with an indentured servant named William Stafford, who eventually married his daughter, Frances
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Immigrated on "John & Francis" in 1613 with wife Anne and daugher Anne
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http://lvaimage.lib.va.us/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=816&last=&g_p=P1&collec tion=LO Patent
Title Mason, Francis.
Publication 31 August 1642.
Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41.
Note Location: County location not given.
Description: 1250 acres beg.g at a point called the hogg-pen point, which lyeth on the south west side of the Creeke.
Source: Land Office Patents No. 1, 1623-1643 (v.1 & 2), p. 816 (Reel 1).
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http://lvaimage.lib.va.us/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=88&last=&g_p=P2&collect ion=LO Patent
Title Mason, Francis, Lt.
Publication 22 March 1645.
Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41.
Note Location: Lower Norfolk County.
Description: 200 acres 150 acres lying in Lynhaven in the lower county of New Norfolk at a small creek to the westward of John Holmes’ house.
Source: Land Office Patents No. 2, 1643-1651, p. 88 (Reel 2).
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AGES OF LOWER NORFOLK COUNTY PEOPLE
By CHARLES F. McINTOSH
Abstracted from Depositions found in Books A, B, C and
D (1637-1665) in the Norfolk County Clerk's Office. The ages
in almost all instances are followed by the words "thereabouts."
Mason ffrancis aged 42 years 1637
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1637-1643 Cavaliers and Pioneers, Patent Book No. 1, Part 2; [Nell Marion Nugent]; Page 134
LIEUT. FRANCIS MASON, 1,250 acs. Last of August, 1642, Page 816. Beg. at Hoggpen Point, near land of Capt. Thomas Willoughbye, "near the howse of Marrace" & adj. land of Downeman, now in the tenure of said Mason. Trans. of 25 pers: Francis Mason, Mary Mason his wife, Ann Mason, Alice Gany, Margery Gun, Tho. Walters, Metra Willow, Marke Lineer, Antho. Ribone, Jon. Johnson, Marke Provose, Jon. Kingsbury, Nich. Knowles, James Rabbish, Elias Harris, Richd. Martin, John Midleton, Alice Jenkins, Richd. Morris, Woodham Tuck, Hen. Jackson, Jon. Shaw, Edward Wheeler, Jon. Arris, Robert Hall.
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1637-1643 Cavaliers and Pioneers, Patent Book No. 1, Part 2; [Nell Marion Nugent]; Page 151
LT. FRANCIS MASON, 200 acs. Low. New Norf. Co., Sept. 29, 1643, Page 945. (Record partially destroyed). Mentions Jno. Holmes howse, towards Gyles Collings. Trans. of 4 pers: Tho. Ward, Robert Penn (?), Oliver Craftt, Joyce Wiser.
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1643-1651 Cavaliers and Pioneers, Patent Book No. 2; [Nell Marion Nugent]; Page 166
LIEUT. FRANCIS MASON, 200 acs. Low. Co. of New Norf., Mar. 22, 1645, Page 88. 150 acs. in Linn haven at a cr. to the W. of John Holmes' house, adj. Giles Collinns, & 50 acs. being 3 smaller hammocks of land joined together upon Hogg Island in Little Cr. in Linn haven. Due by former patent & trans. of 4 pers.*
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1666-1679 Cavaliers and Pioneers, Patent Book No. 6; [Nell Marion Nugent]; Page 195
COL. LEMUELL MASON, 1250 acs., 24 Apr. 1679, p. 674. Beg. at the Hog- pen point on SW side of Cr. deviding this & land of Mr. Tho. Willoughby, near the house of Marrace; to a Gr. Pinie Sw; to land of Downeman, in the tenure of Lt. Fra. Mason; &c. Granted to Lt. Fra. Mason,' his father, last of August 1642, & now new pattented.
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Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties
1595 - 1648 (53 years)