Elizabeth Mason
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Relationship=6th great-grandmother of Constance Murray Chappell.
Relationship=6th great-grandmother of James Shelton Horne.
Last Edited=27 Jul 2009
Elizabeth Mason was born. She was the daughter of John Mason and Elisabeth Rives. The marriage document read as follows:
Elizabeth Mason married Christopher Rives on 2 July 1759 at Sussex County, Virginia, USA. Her parents were listed as John Mason and Elisabeth Rives. Albemarle Parish Register:
Married Elizabeth Briggs Mason, daughter of Major John Mason and Elizabeth Rives, daughter of James Chappell and his wife Elizabeth Briggs, on June 2,1759.1
Elizabeth Mason died.
Original Marriage bond on file
We Christopher Rives and John Mason both of Albemarle Parish and Sussex County are held and firmly bound unto our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britian France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, in 50 pounds current money of VA to be paid to our said Lord the King his Heirs and Successors. To the which pairment will and truly to be made. We bind ourselves our Heirs, Extrx, and admtrx. Sealed with our seals and dated 2 July 1759.
Whereas there is a Marriage suddenly itended to be Solomnized between the above bound Christopher Rives and Elizabeth Mason, Spinister. The condition of this present obligation is such that if there be no lawful cause to obstruct the same then this obligation to be Voided else to Remain in full force.
Signed by Christopher Rives, Jno. Mason
Witness: A. Claiborne
1 We Christopher Rives and John Mason both of Albemarle Parish and Sussex County are held and firmly bound unto our Sovereign Lord George the Second by the Grace of God of Great Britian France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, in 50 pounds current money of VA to be paid to our said Lord the King his Heirs and Successors. To the which pairment will and truly to be made. We bind ourselves our Heirs, Extrx, and admtrx. Sealed with our seals and dated 2 July 1759.
Whereas there is a Marriage suddenly itended to be Solomnized between the above bound Christopher Rives and Elizabeth Mason, Spinister. The condition of this present obligation is such that if there be no lawful cause to obstruct the same then this obligation to be Voided else to Remain in full force.
Signed by Christopher Rives, Jno. Mason
Witness: A. Claiborne
Elizabeth Mason married Christopher Rives on 2 July 1759 at Sussex County, Virginia, USA. Her parents were listed as John Mason and Elisabeth Rives. Albemarle Parish Register:
Married Elizabeth Briggs Mason, daughter of Major John Mason and Elizabeth Rives, daughter of James Chappell and his wife Elizabeth Briggs, on June 2,1759.1
Elizabeth Mason died.
Child of Elizabeth Mason and Christopher Rives
- Elisabeth Rives+ b. 25 Feb 1761, d. b 1 Jan 1825
Citations
- [S227] Early Marriage Records of Sussex County VA (1754-1850): 2 July 1759, Marriage Bond of Christopher Rives to Elizabeth Mason, Sussex County, Sussex County, Virginia, USA. Hereinafter cited as Sussex County Early Marriage Records.
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