Brief Life History of John
When Lt. John Mason was born on 1 September 1743, in Spotsylvania, Virginia, British Colonial America, his father, William Mason, was 26 and his mother, Anne Dilbeck Armstrong, was 23. He married Anna Marie Elizabeth Shirley on 16 November 1768, in Spotsylvania, Virginia, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He registered for military service in 1777. He died on 11 April 1831, in Fayette, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Bryans Station Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States.
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- Virginia Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850
- John Mason, "Find A Grave Index"
- American Genealogical Biographical Index (AGBI)
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1758 · Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon Plantation was the home of George Washington. It started off as 2,000 acres and was later expanded to 8,000 acres. The house itself started off as a six room building then got extended to twenty-one rooms.
1775
Historical Boundaries - 1775: Fincastle, Virginia Colony, United States; 1776: Fincastle, Virginia, United States; 1776: Kentucky, Virginia, United States; 1780: Fayette, Virginia, United States; 1792: Fayette, Kentucky, United States
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name from Middle English masoun ‘mason, stone worker, builder in stone’ (Old Central French maçon, masson). A Middle English form machun (derived from Old French machun) gives rise to Machin and its variants. See also Mayson . Stonemasonry was a hugely important craft in the Middle Ages.
Italian (Veneto): variant of Masone .
Altered form of French Masson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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