Mary (Mason) Walton (abt. 1657 - 1757)

Born about 1657 in Norfolk, Colony of Virginia, America

Ancestors

Wife of Walter Cocke — married 15 Jul 1693 in Norfolk, Virginia

Descendants

Died 1757 at about age 100 in Southwark, Surry, Colony of Virginia, America

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Biography

Walter and Mary relocated to Surry County where they issued a deed in 1695 to his brother Thomas Cocke of Princess Anne County. Another brother was William Cocke. Walter names two sons, Thomas and John Cocke in his 1738 will and daughter Anne Hamlin. Thomas Cocke married Hannah Hamlin the daughter of John Hamlin and Elizabeth Taylor. (Baltimore Sun: Mary Mason, at the writing of her father’s will, was the wife of Mr. Walter Gee. If the copying of the mother’s (will) made no mistake, she was mentioned as Mary Cocke, and thus would end all further concern regarding her matrimonial adventures, but for an entry on the pages of an old bible. In the handwriting of Col. George Blow, it is set forth therein that the grandparents of his mother were Matthew Phripp and Mary Mason. Mary Mason Wright was moreover a sister of Mrs. Blow. They could only have been great-grandparents, because the grandparents were Mr. John Phripp and Frances, above mentioned. Still, all great-grandparents are grandparents, and if we go back a generation Mary Gee was old enough to have made an earlier marriage and to have been the mother of one or two Phripp children.) Based on the dates of the wills, Lemuel’s was written in 1695 and filed in 1702, while his wife’s was filed in 1705. It is recorded that Thomas Willoughby of Lower Norfolk County transported Thomas Gee in 1654.

Boddie in Historical Southern Families, Vol III states the first husband of Mary was a Walton.

Sources

• http://arlisherring.com/tng/getperson.php?personID=I030276
• Kathryn Gearhart, "Masons South of James River," Kathryn Gearhart. Alied Families, 11/27/2010. (https://alliedfamilies.wordpress.com/masons-south-of-the-james-river/: 2022)
• John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5: Families G-P Volume II. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004); digital image: (https://www.google.com/books/edition/Adventurers_of_Purse_and_Person_Virginia/tcM40zgdAZgC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Adventurers+of+Purse+and+Person,+Virginia,+1607-1624/5:+Families+G-P&printsec=):