Rebeckah (Sharp) Mason (1765 - 1812)

Born 2 Mar 1765 in Redstone, Fayette County, Pennsylvania

Wife of William I. Mason — married 9 Jan 1786 (to 21 Mar 1812) in Monmouth, New Jersey

Descendants

Died 2 Mar 1812 at age 47 in Adams County, Washington, Ohio

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Biography

Rebecca was born in 1765 to unknown parents, most likely in Pennsylvania.

On around January 9, 1786, Rebecca married William Mason, the son of Jacob and Rachel (Tewksbury) Mason, in Phildelphia, Pennsylvania. The young couple initially settled in Redstone, Pennsylvania, and had their oldest two children. In around 1790 William relocated his family to Washington County, Ohio, where the rest of their children were born. Following is a list of their children:

Mary "Polly" (Mason) Sprague/Starling/Chidester (1786-1850)

Rachel (Mason) Starling (1788-1815)

Jane (Mason) Sprague (1792-1827)

James Mason (1793-1848)

William Mason Jr. (1796-1884)

Elizabeth (Mason) Morris (1799-1865)

John Starling Mason (1802-1851)

Nancy (Mason) McAtee (1804-1848)

William Mason was a veteran of the Revolutionary War. He worked as a farmer to support his family. Rebecca kept their home and raised their children. She passed away on March 2, 1812, at the age of 47 years. William would live on and marry again. He had a second family by that marriage. William died in 1826 at around 62 years of age. Both Rebecca and William's bodies are buried in the Greenlawn Cemetery, Adams Township, Washington, Ohio.

Sources

• Sprague Families in America, by Warren Vincent Sprague, 1873- Publication date 1913. Page 205. [1]

• Sprague Family Database: [2]

• "New Jersey, Marriages, 1670-1980," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q283-4FVL : 22 July 2021), William Mason and Rebeckah Sharp, 09 Jan 1786; citing Marriage, New Jersey, United States, Division of Archives and Record Management, New Jersey Department of State, Trenton; FHL microfilm 007719784.

• Find A Grave Memorial for Rebecca J. Mason [3]

See Also:

• "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:SPF8-F59 : accessed 22 November 2018), entry for Rebecca /Sharp/; file (2:2:2:MMSV-62Q)