The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-29
Miss Eva Martin.
 Secretary. Auburn, Ala, March 9. 1908.

Miss Eva Martin,
 Secretary. Auburn, Ala, March 9. 1908. The March meeting of the Martha Wayles Jefferson Chapter was held at the residence of the Regent Mrs. J. L. Cowan, on Tuesday afternoon. The literary program was the one prepared for Washington's birthday. but was post poned because of unfavorable weather.
 Mrs. l.. B. Whitfield, delegate from the Chapter to the Continental Congress, recently held in Washington, D. C., gave very interesting report of the proceed ings from a business and social stand point. An article on Washington as Lover and Husband" was read by Mrs. Stowe. Little Miss Cowan delighted all with recitation A beautiful tribute to Washington was read by Mrs. F. D. Lowe.
 The hostess then gave each member present a cunning little hatchet tied with red, white and blue ribbon, on the | back of which was written a question re- l lating to Washington As each read her question the answers were written in | booklets beautifully painted in punches | of cherries The prize, a bon-bon box, made of, a chip from the famous cherry | tree CD with a cluster of cherries and | hatchet tied on with crimson ribbons and filled with crystalized cherries, was | drawn for by Mrs, Whitfield and Mrs. fStowe-the latter being the winner. Deliicous refreshments were served, af- | ter which the Chapter adjourned to meet March 27th with Mrs. L. B. Whitfield. Mrs. I. N. Stowe, Secretary. The Lewis Chapter D. A. R.. was de- lightfully. entertained at their regular ! monthly meeting Wednesday afternoon, March 4th, by Mrs. Edward T. Long. Mrs. l.. Y. Dean, Regent. presided. Af ter the business before the Chapter had | been attended to- a delightful program | was rendered. Mrs, Wharton's paper on Virginia Planters was of special interest and the Reading from Miles Standish, | by Mrs. E. B. Weedon, was thoroughly | enjoyed. After the meeting adjourned | refreshments, dainty and delicious. were served. Mrs. Long, throughout the af | ternoon, sustained her we'll established reputation for ease and grace in enter | tainfng.
 This Chapter is constantly adding to it's numbers, and is rapidly gaining in strength and influence, thereby making for themselves a place among Alabama's 1 best.
 Genealogical
 MASON-The following notes may he 1 appreciated by Query 422 (B. NJ. H.) She is perhaps a descendant of thls Mason" family cold churches and families of Virginia by Bishop Meade. p. 299.) The | first of the Maron family who came to Virginia was Colonel George Mason. who was a member of the British Parliament | in the reign of Charles I. In Parliament | Colonel George Mason opposed with great l eloquence the arbitrary measures of the | King, but when the Civil War commenc | ed he drew his sword on the side of the l King, and was an officer in Charles H's army and commanded a regiment of | horse. When the Kings army was de- | feated at Worchester by Oliver Cromwell in 1851, he disguised himself and was con- | cealed by some peasants until he got an opportunity to embark for America. He was born in Staffordshire, England. younger brother. William Mason embark ed with him. They arrived and landed in Norfolk, Va. William Mason married and died at o- near Norfolk, Va, (who aid he marry? Also would like to know names of his chidrenO He left son l who went to Boston and settled. His female descendants married among tha | Thoroughgoods, and the family was long time in Princes Anne"
 George Mason" went up the Poto- mac and settled at Accatank near Pasby- tanzy, where he died and was buried. He called the county Stafford after his native county in England.
 | The Mason family intermarried with the Brents, Fitzhughs and Thomson at an early age and afterwards with the Me Cartys. Branaughs and Grahams In 17N. Colonel George Mason of Gunston Hall in Stafford County, Va. married Miss Annie l.. Thomson (daughter of Stevens L. Thomson and his wife Dorothea) George Mason the famous author of the Virginia Bill of Rights and 1 first State Constitution was their son. T Stevens Thomson was a son of William Thomson CWilliam and Mary Vol. X No 2 D. 149-141) He (Stevens(O Thomson) succeeded Benjamin Harrison in March Il 1703-O4 The Lords of Trade recommend II ed Stevens Thomson with a salary of one hundred pounds. payable out of her ma ajesty's revenue in Virginia. He was educated at the university, and studied law in the Middle Temple On the 10th of August 1704 he waited on the Board of Trade at whitehall, and they gave him letter recommending him to the Governors protection and encouragement in the execution of the Attorney Generals office. He arrived in Virginia not long after He brought with him to Virginia his wife Dorothea, who died in Williams burg July l2, 1713. and five children Mary Elizabeth, who died in Williamsburg July 14, 1713, William, Ann and Stevens He had a son born later in Virginia named Taunton. All the children died without issue except Annie, who be came her fathers sole heir, and in 172l, married Colonel George Mason" of Gun ston Hall in Stafford County. George Mason. the famous author of the Vir- | ginit Bill of Rights and first State Con- stitution. was her son. George Mason, son of Colonel George Mason of stafford | Virginia and David Mason (son of Cap | tain John Mason gent of Surry County, Virginia were two of the committee who framed the Declaration of Rights and State Constitution in 1775.
 "Captain John Mason gent Of Surrey" first appearance in the records ln4. when he was plaintiff in a suit and must have been of age then. Sheriff in TIPS. His estate was appraised at s30 pounds in 115o
 This gives the date of his death Septem- ber Srd, 1775 in Sussex County, Virginia q would like to know which one of the l two brothers, Colonel George Mason of , Stafford, Va. or William Mason of Nor folk, Va, is the ancestor of Captain John Mason gent of Surrey, and would like to know who he married.) His children | Tax.os QNoaon rOarripd Mary. had