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]

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References

  1. 1 2 Rowland, Kate Mason (1892). The Life of George Mason, 1725-1792. G.P. Putnam's Sons.
  2. 1 2 Broadwater, Jeff (2006). George Mason, Forgotten Founder: Forgotten Founder. University of North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 0-8078-3053-4.
  3. Gunston Hall. "George Mason IV". Gunston Hall. Retrieved 2009-03-22. External link in |publisher= (help)
  4. 1 2 virginia1774.org. "The Last Will And Testament of George Mason". virginia1774.org. Retrieved 2009-03-22. External link in |publisher= (help)
  5. 1 2 Gunston Hall. "George Mason". Gunston Hall. Retrieved 2009-03-22. External link in |publisher= (help)
  6. Gunston Hall. "John Mason". Gunston Hall. Retrieved 2009-03-22. External link in |publisher= (help)
  7. Gunston Hall. "Children of George Mason of Gunston Hall". Gunston Hall. Retrieved 2009-03-22. External link in |publisher= (help)
  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. Retrieved 2009-03-22. External link in |publisher= (help)
  9. arlisherring.com (9 Feb 2008). "Gen. John Mason". arlisherring.com. Retrieved 2009-03-22. External link in |publisher= (help)
  10. Gunston Hall. "Mary Eliza Mason". Gunston Hall. Retrieved 2009-03-22. External link in |publisher= (help)
  11. Gunston Hall. "Edgar Eilbeck Mason". Gunston Hall. Retrieved 2009-03-22. External link in |publisher= (help)
  12. Gunston Hall. "William Mason". Gunston Hall. Retrieved 2009-03-22. External link in |publisher= (help)

Coordinates: 38°33′20″N 77°11′18″W / 38.55556°N 77.18833°W / 38.55556; -77.18833

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