Ralph Mason II (abt. 1698)

Born about 1698 in Swift Creek, Edgecombe, North Carolina

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Died [date unknown] in Edgecombe, North Carolina

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Biography

On 21 August 1753, William Wilder sold 100 acres adjacent to the widow Culpepper and the widow Mason and the south side of Fishing Creek. Witnesses were Thomas Mann, Benjamin Culpepper (B was his mark) and Nathaniel Powell (N was his mark). (Edgecombe Pct. Deeds by Margaret M. Hofmann, Deed Book 4, page 531) This land had been a grant to William Wilder on 2 May 1752. (Granville Grants Vol. I, by Hofmann, #1292 in her book, from Patent Book 11, page 304) From the description of the land, we can see that it bounded Joseph Culpepper's original Fishing Creek property on the west.

The widow Mason, just mentioned, was probably Hannah, widow of Ralph Mason. (Estate Records of Edgecombe County, NC, by Joseph W. Watson, page 175) Later deeds show Ralph Masons son Mark living adjacent to the Culpepper farm, so Hannah must have been deceased by then. (Granville Grants, Vol. I, by Hofmann, # 999 in her book, from Patent Book 11, page 237 -- see also #863 and #1292 in this book) Ralphs son, Foster Mason, also lived in this area, and his wife Elizabeth was a widow by this time as well.[1]

Children of RALPH JR. and HANNA PRICE are:

1. RALPH MASON III, b. Abt. 1737, Robertson Co., Tennessee; d. 1808, Robertson Co., Tennessee.
2. SARAH MASON, b. Abt. 1731.
3. SUSAN MASON, b. Abt. 1733.
4. WILLIAM MASON, b. Abt. 1729 d. 1757, Edgecombe Co., North Carolina. Notes for WILLIAM MASON: Estate Records of William Mason 15 November 1757 Thomas Tatum Security.
5. MARY MASON, b. Abt. 1735.
6. ELIZABETH "BETTY" MASON, b. Abt. 1737.
7. WINIFRED MASON, b. Abt. 1739.
8. MARK THOMAS MASON SR., b. Bef. 1725, Edgecombe Co., North Carolina; d. Abt. 1793, Nash Co., Halifax District,North Carolina.
9. JOHN T. MASON, b. Bef. 1727, Nash Co.North Carolina; d. Aft. 1790, Cumberland Co., North Carolina.

Sources

• Data in this entry, and in others for members of the Mason family before 1800, are almost entirely from compiled family trees, thus highly suspect and in need of verification through reliable documentary sources.