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Frances Sayer (Mason)

Also Known As: "widow Newton"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Lower Norfolk, Virginia
Death: 1720 (58-59)
Norfolk, Virginia
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Col. Lemuel Mason and Ann Mason
Wife of George (Twin) Newton, Sr. and Francis Sayer
Mother of Col. George Newton, Jr.; Lemuel Newton; Nathaniel Newton; Thomas Newton and Margaret Newton
Sister of Lemuel George Mason, Jr; Elizabeth Cocke; Thomas Mason; Capt. George Col. George Mason; Frances Rose Mason and 8 others

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About Frances Sayer

Frances Mason (daughter of Samuel Mason and Anne Sewell) was born 1661, and died 1707.

Married

  • (1) George Newton, son of Thomas Newton and Mary Laycocke.
  • (2) Francis Sayer on Bef. 1705.

Children

  1. +Nathaniel Newton, b. 1680, Norfolk, Norfolk, VA, USA9, d. 1767.
  2. George Newton, b. 1678, d. 20 Jun 1762.
  3. Lemuel Newton, b. 1682, Norfolk, Norfolk, VA, USA9, d. 17 Nov 1721, Norfolk, Norfolk, VA, USA9.
  4. Thomas Newton, b. 1681, Norfolk, Norfolk, VA, USA9, d. 1716, Barbados9.
  5. Elizabeth Newton

notes

Still another will from the New England Register, Volume 42, throws light on these daughters of Lemuel Mason - that of Mrs. Margaret Cheeseman in 1679, when only Frances, the eldest, could have reached marriageable age. She is not named, having doubtless received the share to be given to each "on marriage or age of 21." The others are Alice, Elizabeth, Anne, Abigail, Mary and Dinah. Margaret Mason, who lives with -, godmother, we suppose to be the daughter Margaret of Colonel Lemuel, named by him, ...

Origins

Lemuel Mason’s will was dated June 17, 1695, and probated seven years later. He names his three sons, Thomas, Lemuel and George; daughters, Frances, wife of Mr. George Newton; Alice, wife of Samuel Boush, and widow of William Porter; Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Cocke; Margaret, wife of [paper torn], in England; Anne, wife of Mr. Cron [or something like this, but the paper here is also mutilated]; Mary, wife of Walter Gee, and Dinah.

Mrs. Mason's will is also recorded, of date 1704. It recites Frances Sayer, Alice Boush, Mary Cocke, Dinah Thoroughgood.


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Frances Sayer's Timeline

1661
1661
Lower Norfolk, Virginia
1675
1675
Norfolk, Virginia, United States
1678
1678
Norfolk, VA, United States
1682
1682
Lower Norfolk County , Province of Virginia, Colonial America
1720
1720
Age 59
Norfolk, Virginia
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