Dear List Members, I would like to ask whether any of you have information about 1700s men named Mason, in Prince George and other counties. That is, men who were given the baptismal name Mason. I have collected Mason Bishop and Mason Phillips, both alive in mid-1700s. But I'd be grateful for any others. Thanks, Mary Jane Phillips-Matz

Hi, Are you a Virginian or a Southerner? It is an old tradition in the South to give children "family" names as a first name. My first name is Deane (pronounced Dean) which was my grandmother's maiden name (read: family name). I know tons of people (male and female) with first names like Mason, Warren, Meade, etc. who have those names because they are family names. In fact, that is how certain names got worked into the popular culture. Names like Stuart, Ashley, Lindsay, Taylor...... are used by many people as first names but were chosen just because the parents happened to like that particular name. I would imagine that Mason was just that: a family name. deane Mills York County Va > Dear List Members, > I would like to ask whether any of you have information about 1700s men named Mason, in Prince George and other counties. That is, men who were given the baptismal name Mason. I have collected Mason Bishop and Mason Phillips, both alive in mid-1700s. But I'd be grateful for any others. Thanks, Mary Jane Phillips-Matz > > > ==== VA-SOUTHSIDE Mailing List ==== > USGenWeb Archives Census Project > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/census/ > > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp >