The register of St. Peter's Parish contains the following entries:
"Judith Daughter of John Mask born ye 14th April and baptz. ye 19th ofJ uly 1698.
"Mary Daughter of John Mask bapt. ye 31st Mae 1700.
"William Son of John Mask Borne ye 6th Mae 1701.
"Timothy Son of John Mask Borne ye 20th June 1702.
"Thomas Mask deceased ye 15th d of February 1687/8."
Residences & events:
1689 St Peter's Parish, New Kent Co, VA. John and Peter Mask werepro cessioners there.
Processioning Records, St. Peter’s Parish Vestry Book
The lands of John Mask, John Peace and Robert Harman are among thosena med.
VA Land Grants and Patents, Patent 9, pg. 503
Oct 28, 1702, a patent for 531 acres was issued to John Maske andGabri el Hill, for transporting persons to VA. The land was describedas bein g in the Pamunkey Neck in King William County, late part ofKing and Qu een County, VA.
Land Office Patents No. 9, 1697-1706 (v.1 & 2 p.1-742), p. 503 (Reel9)
Oct 28, 1702, A land Patent was issued to Grantees, John Maske andGabr iel Hill in King William Co., VA for 531 acres in Pamunkey Neckbeginni ng &c. on Pacosamaco Creek at twenty eight poles up from themouth ther eof.
1704 Parish of St. Peters and St. Paul, New Kent Co., VA where hisname i s listed on the tax list.
1704, John Mask, Gentleman, was trustee of a school.
1704, John Mask paid rent on 411 acres, New Kent Co., St. Peter'sParis h.
1704, John Mask was vestryman in St Paul's Parish.
At a meeting Capt. Rich'd Littlepage, Capt. Jno. Scott, Jno.Lightfoot, E sq'r, Mr. Tho. Butts, Gen't in trust for St. Peter'sParish & Mr. David C raford, Maj'r Nicho. Merriwether, Mr. HenryChiles. Capt. Rob't Allders on & Mr. Jno. Moss, Gen't in truste forSaint paul's pr'sh at ye Brick C hurch in St. Peter's pr'sh ye 29thAug't, 1704.....(the list of parishi oners and assessmentsfollowed".....
Whereas we, the Subscribers, were apointed by both parishes to adjust& S ettle all accts. between ye S'd parishes & having this day mettp'suant t o ye Same, doe find ye pr'sh debt to amount to Twenty NineThou'd five h und'r & three pounds of Tobo. w'ch being divided by 947ye Number of Ti thables for this pr sent year amounts to 35 lbs. Tobo.p polo, Saving 1 46 lbs. Tobo. to be paid by both p'rish's to yeColect'r next year, eac h Tithable in both ye S'd pr'shs for Derrayingye afores'd Charge upon y e division of ye plate & all other ornamentsthere is due to St. Paul's p 'rishes five Shill's, & if there shouldhappen to be any mistake or Err or of either Side to be EquallyRectified.
John Lightfoot, Thos. Butts, Nicho. Meriwether, David Craford, Rich'dL ittlepage, Jno. Scott, Henry Chiles, Robt. Anderson, jun'r, JohnMask.
Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Volume II, King and Queen Co., VA
Records Concerning 18th Century Persons, 4th Collection, Page 293
Sep 20, 1705, Deed of Partition, Gabriel Hill of King William Co., andJ ohn Mask of New Kent Co., having patented jointly 531 acres "beingin K ing William Co., late part of King and Queen Co.," Oct 28, 1702,agree t o a division. Bounds described as "beginning at an ash in themouth of a b ranch upon Pamunkey River near the place where SamuelArnal built his s hip", etc. Signed Gabriel Hill, John Mask. Wit: JohnBaylor, John Walle r, Thomas Derry. Rec. in King William Co., Oct 10,1705.
VA Historical Magazine, Vol 24, pg. 390
1705 Deed, King Williams Co., VA, John Mask to John Monroe.
1708, John Mask, and John Mask, JR were vestrymen in St. Paul'sParish.
1708-9 Processioning Records, St. Paul's Parish Vestry Book, pg. 162
Precinct 1: The lands of James Blackwell Sr, John Mask, JamesBlackwell J r, Reese Hughes, John Ussery, Josias Simmons, RobertHarmon, Richard Us sery, Thomas Francis, John Glin (Glenn), CharlesWilford, George Meride th, and Samuel Merideth lying and adjacent toeach other being made one p recinct which the said James Blackwell Sr.and John Mask were required b y an Order of Vestry to see processionedand make return according to l aw. These may certificate that we thesubscribers have according to an O rder of vestry dated ye 24th ofSeptember, Anno Domini 1708 for process ioning of lands, have inobedience to that order; fulfilled it, and hav e peaceably and quietlyprocessioned each man's land in our precinct th e last day ofNovember...and for Robt Harmon by his order John Mask Jun r, JohnBlackwell, these we testifie to have seen done as witnesss our h ands.Subscribed, James Blackwell and John Mask.
1711 Processioning Records, St. Paul's Parish Vestry Book
The lands of John Mask, Robt Harman and John Peece are among thosebein g made one precinct. There is a note in the next Precinct whichdescrib es the process: "Beginning at a corner Tree Standing upon theriver Ban k dividing betwixt John Mask and James Blackwell Junr, JohnMask being i n our Company so far as his land joined our precinct, andalso the said M ask at the request of Charles Willsford, was with usas far as the said W illfords Land joined upon our precinct..."
1713 John Mask was a vestryman in St Paul's Parish.
1715 Processioning Records, St. Paul's Parish Vestry Book
The lands of Jno Mask and Widdow Peace are among those being oneprecin ct. In obedience to the within order we met to Procession: JohnStroud, T hos Francis John Gunton Henry Crisp, Jonas Reynolds, GabrielHeath, Tho mas Maske & Joseph Peace, and we procession'd the withinLands. The rep ort was made by John Mask. In the next precinct theprocessioning began a t the tree on the river bank dividing betweenJohn Mask and James Black well, Jr.
1724 Processioning Records, St. Paul's Parish Vestry Book, pg. 97
At a Vestry held for the Lower Church ye 12th of June 1724. Present:Mr J ohn Mask is among those named.
1731 Processioning Records, St. Paul's Parish Vestry Book
Oct 5, 1731, John Mask was among those who attended the St. Paul'sVest ry meeting.
1732 Processioning Records, St. Paul's Parish Vestry Book
Precinct 15: (previously Precinct 5) Joseph Peace, John Maske, JohnUss ery and Samuel Peace are among those named. On Apr 11, 1732 twovestry m en were elected to replace Col. John Syme and Mr. John Mask,deceased.
11 Apr 1732 Processioning Records, St Paul's Parish:
Two vestrymen were elected to replace Col. John Syme and Mr. JohnMask, D ec'd.
