Thomas MASON^{[1, 2]}

1689 - 1740  (48 years)

• Name	Thomas MASON
  Birth	After Jan 1689
  Gender	Male
  Death	Between 25 May 1737 and 3 Nov 1740  [3, 4]
  	Thomas died after 25 May 1737, when he and wife Mary sold a 250 acre plantation in Norfolk County to John Ellegood, but before 3 November 1740, when "Mary Mason of the Borough of Norfolk, Widow" sold Norfolk Town property just west of the Court House to Jacob Johnson Wishart. Both of these properties, and several others, had descended to Mary as the sole heir of Nathaniel Newton. Newton had purchased the Norfolk Town lot, sold by his daughter Mary to Wishart in 1740, from Carey Heslett in 1715.
  Person ID	I51551	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	George MASON   d. 1711
  Mother	Phillis HOBSON   d. Abt 1760
  Marriage	1,  [5, 6, 7]
  	He represented Norfolk County in the House of Burgesses during 1705-1706.
  Family ID	F2789	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary NEWTON   d. After 4 Nov 1740
  Marriage	by 1733  [4, 8]
  	By the time that the 1733 Norfolk County tithable list was taken, Thomas owned twelve of the seventeen slaves who had been charged to Major Nathaniel Newton in 1731. Major Newton was not counted in the 1733 list. This suggests that at the death of his father-in-law, Thomas received the slaves as part of his wife Mary's inheritance.
  Children	1. Nathaniel Newton MASON
  Family ID	F2837	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S169] Charles Fleming McIntosh, compiler, McIntosh, Brief Abstracts of Norfolk County Wills 1710 - 1753, ((1922, Rpt. Easley, SC: Southern Historical Press, 1982)), ISBN 0-89308-324-0. p. 9. George Mason will. [S4510] George Mason to John Ellegood, Norfolk Co, VA deeds (1733). [S4521] Mary Mason to Jacob Johnson Wishart deeds (1740), Norfolk Co, VA Wills & Deeds Book 1, pp. 106-108. [S4643] Thomas Mason et ux to John Ellegood, Norfolk Co, VA deeds [1737]. [S1] Charles Fleming McIntosh, McIntosh, Lower Norfolk County & Norfolk County Wills 1637-1710, ((1914, Rpt. Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, n.d.)). p. 164: Peter Hobson will. [S4678] deed / Rogers to Ellegood [1729], Norfolk Co, VA. [S4680] petition / Newton v. Mason Estate, Norfolk Co, VA. [S2920] Elizabeth B. Wingo and W. Bruce Wingo, compilers, Wingo & Wingo, Norfolk County, Virginia, Tithables 1730 - 1750, (Norfolk, VA: by the compilers, 1979). pp. 45, 104,119 &151.