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
Blackwell, Jr.
Jun 20, 1743, Thomas Mask purchased land from Joseph Peace inGoochland C o., VA.
May 8, 1744, Thomas Mask purchased additional land from Joseph Peacein G oochland Co., VA.
Virginia Gazette, 28 N 55:31
1755, William Mask, executor, in obedience to a decree of HanoverCourt a dvertises for sale 224 acres with a plantation on the head ofAllen's C reek in Goochland Co. This land belonged to Thomas Mask,late, of Hanov er Co., dec'd, and is now sold to pay his debts. Thisis the land that T homas Mask bought from Joseph Peace on Jun 20, 1743and May 8, 1744.
From Lou Poole's posting at Genealogy.com:
"But it is a fact that in 1755, Thomas Mask died leaving a will inHano ver County in which he named William Mask (who I think is the onewho w ent to NC with brother John) as his executor. This is found in adeed d ated 25 Feb 1756 in which William Mask "surviving Executor ofthe last W ill and Testament of Thomas Mask late of the county ofHanover Deceased o f the one part..." sold land to William Joyner. Inthe same deed it ref ers to "...a Suit in Chancery then thereDepending between Mary Mask, a nd [sic] Infant, and William neeves andChristian his Wife complainants a nd the sd. William Mask survivingExecutor of the last Will and Testame nt of the sd. Thomas MaskDecd..."
