George Mason I (1629 - abt. 1686)

Born 5 Jun 1629 in Pershore, Worcestershire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (French) Mason — married 1658 in Colony of Virginia

Husband of Margaret (Allerton) Mason — married about 1661 in Stafford County, Virginia

Husband of Frances (Norgrave) Matheny — married 1664 in Stafford County, Virginia

Descendants

Died about 1686 at about age 56 in Pasbytanzy, Colony of Virginia

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Biography

George Mason I is a Qualifying Ancestor of the Jamestowne Society

George Mason I was a Virginia colonist.

George is known as the progenitor of the prominent American landholding and political Mason family. Mason was the great-grandfather of George Mason IV, a Founding Father of the United States.

George Mason^[1] was born in Pershore, Worcestershire, England on 5 June 1629, the third of seven children of yeoman farmer Thomas Mason and his wife Ann French. George Mason was christened at Pershore Abbey, Holy Cross Church, Pershore, Worcestershire, on 10 June 1629.^[2][3]

George married Mary French in 1658. He and Mary had one son:

1. George Mason II (1660–1716)

He married secondly to Margaret Allerton in Stafford County, Virginia in 1661. They had 3 sons:

1. Isaac Mason (1661-1689)
2. Richard Mason (1662-1693)
3. William Mason (1663-1686)

He married thirdly to Frances Norgrave in 1669 in Stafford County, Virginia. They had one daughter:

1. Sarah E. Mason, born in 1672.

George died in 1686 Pasbytanzy, Virginia and was buried at Accokeek, Stafford Co, Virginia

Immigration

1652: (probably) Norfolk, VA on the Assurance^[4]

Occupation

Virginia House of Burgesses representative from Stafford County in 1676 ^[5] and 1680-1684. ^[6]

Stafford Co. second sheriff^[4]

Justice of the Peace^[4]

vestryman^[4]

Stafford Co. militia^[7]

Property

George Mason was granted property which became Accokeek Plantation.

Sources

1. ↑ Mason, George I - A9738; born 1629, died 1686, Stafford Co.: 1676, 1680, 1684 (Burgess). accessed 5 October 2021
2. ↑ Wikipedia: "George Mason I
3. ↑ Gunstonhall.org
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3}

   Wikipedia: George Mason I

5. ↑ Stanard, William G. and Mary Newton Stanard. The Colonial Virginia Register. Albany, N. Y.: Joel Munsell's Sons, Publishers. 1902. Page 81
6. ↑ McIlwaine, H. R. and J. P. Kennedy, Editors. Journals of the House of Burgesses of Virginia. 13 Volumes. Richmond, Virginia, 1905-1915. Editors: vols. 1-9, H. R. McIlwaine; v. 10-13, J. P. Kennedy. Vol. 2, 1659/60-1693 (1914)
7. ↑

   rank: colonel

• French Family Association (2008). "Children of Dennis French, A.2"
• The James Family in America since 1650
• Wikipedia: George Mason I
• Gunstonhall.org
• The Five George Masons, by Pamela C. Copeland and Richard K. McMaster; University of Virginia Press; USA; 2016.