Elizabeth MASON^{[1, 2]}

- c.1708

• Name	Elizabeth MASON
  Birth	Virginia Colony
  Gender	Female
  Will	12 May 1702	Elizabeth River Parish, Norfolk Co, Virginia Colony   [3]
  	Elizabeth's will appointed her "son Francis Thelaball my whole & Sole Executor". She signed her will on 12 May 1702. Her signature and seal were witnessed by George Mason, Richard Sayer and Lemuel Newton.
  Will Recorded	15 Mar 1707/8	Norfolk Co, Virginia Colony   [3]
  	Elizabeth's will was proved by the oaths of Richard Sayer and Capt. George Mason before the Norfolk County Court on 15 Mar 1707/8, and ordered to be recorded.
  Death	c.1708
  Person ID	I11135	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Lieut. Francis MASON,   b. c.1584/5, England d. Between 16 Aug 1648 and 7 Nov 1648 (Age 164 years)
  Mother	Alice GANEY,   b. c. 1599, England d. After 17 Nov 1653 (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	Before 7 Feb 1624/5  [2, 4]
  	The couple had married prior to 7 February 1624/5, when they were listed as Francis Mason and Alice Mason in the "Muster of the Inhabitants of the Virginia Colony". Margaret Ganey Cheesman's January 1679/80 will lends substantial evidence to support the marriage of her sister Alice Ganey to Francis Mason.
  Family ID	F579	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	James THELABALL,   b. France d. c. 1693
  Marriage	Before 7 Nov 1648  [5]
  	The couple had married prior to 7 November 1648, when James entered into an agreement with Alice Mason and her son, Lemuel Mason, concerning the disposition of certain properties and goods that would fall to Thelaball as the son-in-law of Francis Mason, deceased.
  Children	1. Francis THELABALL   d. Abt 1705   2. Lemuel THELABALL   d. Before 9 Apr 1691   3. James THELABALL,   b. Virginia Colony d. c. 1711   4. Margaret THELABALL   d. Between 9 Apr 1691 and 12 May 1702   5. Elizabeth THELABALL,   b. Aug 1660   d. 19 Nov 1738 (Age 78 years)   6. Mary THELABALL   d. 1714
  Family ID	F531	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Charles Fleming McIntosh, McIntosh, Lower Norfolk County & Norfolk County Wills 1637-1710, ((1914, Rpt. Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, n.d.)). p. 182: Lemuel Mason will. [S4378] Margaret Cheesman will (1680), London, England, PCC (PROB 11/363 [92 Bath]). [S202] Edward Wilson James, editor, James, The Lower Norfolk County Virginia Antiquary, ((1895 - 1906, Rpt. New York: P. Smith, 1951)). Vol 3, pp. 144-146: Elizabeth Thelaball will. [S4361] John Camden Hotten, editor, Hotten, The Original Lists of Persons of Quality, Who Went From Great Britain To The American Plantations 1600 - 1700, ((1874, Rpt. Baltimore: GPC, 1986)). p. 251. [S1816] Alice Mason & Lemuel Mason - James Thelaball, estate agreement (1651/2), Norfolk Co, VA Wills & Deeds "C", f. 1.