Mattawoman (plantation)

Mattawoman was an 18th-century plantation on Mattawoman Creek in Charles County, Maryland, United States.

History

Mattawoman was the country estate of Colonel William Eilbeck, a wealthy planter and merchant, and his wife Sarah Edgar.^[1] On 4 April 1750, Colonel Eilbeck's only child, 16-year-old Ann, married George Mason at Mattawoman.^[2][3] Mason's father's plantation, where Mason spent several years of his childhood, adjoined Mattawoman.^[1][2]

George Mason bequeathed Mattawoman and all his lands upon Chicamuxen and Mattawoman creeks to his son William Mason.^[4] At age 23 in 1780, Mason inherited Mattawoman from his maternal grandmother, Sarah Eilbeck.^[5] Mason inherited his father's properties upon his death in 1792.^[4]

Events

• John Mason (4 April 1766–19 March 1849), son of George Mason and Ann Eilbeck, was born at Mattawoman.^[6][7][8][9]
• George Mason of Hollin Hall (11 November 1797–25 March 1870), son of William Mason and Ann Stuart, was born at Mattawoman.^[5]
• Mary Elizabeth Mason (1810–2 February 1885), daughter of William Mason and Ann Stuart, married Enoch Mason, Jr. on 5 May 1831 at Mattawoman.^[10]
• Edgar Eilbeck Mason (1807–8 January 1835), son of William Mason and Ann Stuart, died at Mattawoman.^[11]
• William Mason (22 October 1757–7 February 1818), son of George Mason and Ann Eilbeck, died at Mattawoman.^[12]

External links

• Inventory and Appraisement of the Goods & Chattels of William Eilbeck of Charles County

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Rowland, Kate Mason (1892). The Life of George Mason, 1725-1792. G.P. Putnam's Sons. http://books.google.com/books?id=F0F6TuWe_LwC. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Broadwater, Jeff (2006). George Mason, Forgotten Founder: Forgotten Founder. University of North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 0807830534. http://books.google.com/books?id=6ytmlWkpukAC. 
3. ^ Gunston Hall. "George Mason IV". Gunston Hall. http://www.gunstonhall.org/library/masonweb/p1.htm#i4. Retrieved 2009-03-22. 
4. ^ ^{a b} virginia1774.org. "The Last Will And Testament of George Mason". virginia1774.org. http://www.virginia1774.org/GeorgeMasonWill.html. Retrieved 2009-03-22. 
5. ^ ^{a b} Gunston Hall. "George Mason". Gunston Hall. http://www.gunstonhall.org/library/masonweb/p3.htm#i140. Retrieved 2009-03-22. 
6. ^ Gunston Hall. "John Mason". Gunston Hall. http://www.gunstonhall.org/library/masonweb/p1.htm#i9. Retrieved 2009-03-22. 
7. ^ Gunston Hall. "Children of George Mason of Gunston Hall". Gunston Hall. http://www.gunstonhall.org/georgemason/mason_family/john_mason.html. Retrieved 2009-03-22. 
8. ^ Virginia1774.org. "George Mason's Progeny: John Mason". The Legal Research Site on The Right to A Well Regulated Militia & the Right to Keep and Bear Arms in Virginia. http://www.virginia1774.org/MiscellaneousMason.html. Retrieved 2009-03-22. 
9. ^ arlisherring.com (09 Feb 2008). "Gen. John Mason". arlisherring.com. http://arlisherring.com/tng/getperson.php?personID=I047363&tree=Herring. Retrieved 2009-03-22. 
10. ^ Gunston Hall. "Mary Eliza Mason". Gunston Hall. http://www.gunstonhall.org/library/masonweb/p3.htm#i142. Retrieved 2009-03-22. 
11. ^ Gunston Hall. "Edgar Eilbeck Mason". Gunston Hall. http://www.gunstonhall.org/library/masonweb/p3.htm#i143. Retrieved 2009-03-22. 
12. ^ Gunston Hall. "William Mason". Gunston Hall. http://www.gunstonhall.org/library/masonweb/p26.htm#i1270. Retrieved 2009-03-22.