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Mason Bennett and his brother William are referenced in the tobacco tenders for Overwharton Parish in 1724. Mason was 13 at the time and William was either 10 or 11. Brothers William and Mason both patented land in Prince william Co. in 1742. A John Bennett patented land in the same year. I am certain that John is related to William and Mason but don’t know exactly how. It seems most likely that he is a younger brother of William and Mason. The 1724 tobacco tenders do not list children under 10, so that could explain why he is not mentioned. The land patented by John Bennett somehow ended up in the hands of Mason Bennett. I have deed records showing that the parcel of land patented by John Bennett was divided and later sold by Mason Bennett to two different buyers. Although John Bennett is not mentioned in these deeds, you can verify that it is the same property he patented by the land descriptions. Because Prince William is a burned county., many of the deed records are lost, so I do not know how the land passed from John Bennett to Mason Bennett.
25 March 1750. Mason Bennett grants 136 acres in Dettingin Parish, which is part of land taken up by William Bennett dec’d, to Edward Bennett. (Prince William co. Deed Book M, pp. 149-152).
26 July 1762. Francis Purnel sold slaves, livestock, and chattels to William Bennett for 48 pounds 9 shillings and 9 pence. 9 shillings 8 pence to be paid to children of Mary Bennett, wife of Mason Bennett as they become of age to be equally divided between them, except Barnaby Cannon, who already received his share. (Prince William Co. Deed Book M, pg. 264-265).
10 April 1764. Mason Bennett sold to Allen Macrae slaves, livestock, and chattels for 250 Va. currency. (Prince William Co. Deed Book Q, pp. 194-95).
7 August 1765. John Leewright grants 290 acre tract to William Carr and Thomas Chapman, which Leewright purchased from Mason Bennett and is lower part of 590 tract joining land of Swan Jones, Francis Jackson, and John Farrow on Chapawamsick. (Deed Book Q, pg. 312-316) This was part of the 590 acre tract patented by John Bennett tin 1742.
5 Nov. 1765. Mason Bennett and Mary his wife sold 350 acres of land to Allan Macrae. Land was devised by Abraham Farrow to his daughter-in-law Margaret Bennett, the then wife of William Bennett. Witnessed by William Bennett. (Deed Book Q, pg. 353-356)
4 March 1766. Anthony Buckner Kelley and Amy his wife sold 300 acre tract to Francis Jackson, being upper part of 590 acre tract joining land of Swan Jones, dec'd, Francis Jackson, and John Farrow on Chapawamsick conveyed by Mason Bennett to Buckner Kelly by Deed of Feoffment 23 June 1760. (Deed Book Q, pg. 366-368). This was part of 590 acre tract patented by John Bennett in 1742
In 1779, Mason BENNETT owned 480 acres in Prince William County. He was 19 years in arrears of paying his quit rents. [Magazine of Va. Genealogy, v. 32, Aug. 1994, p. 193]
Mason BENNETT is missing from the 1782 personal property tax list for Prince William County, but a Mrs. BENNETT, with 13 slaves, 2 horses, 13 cattle is shown [Burr Harrison's district, (near Dumfries) p. 6] Could this be the widow Mary BENNETT? If so, Mason perhaps died between 1779 and 1782. No probate for him is on file in Prince William County.
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