William Masson b.1774
LEIPER MASSON

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Descendants
 of
William Masson & Elspet Lees
Generation No. 1
 

1. WILLIAM3 MASSON (ALEXANDER2, ALEXANDER1) was born 1774 in Skateraw, Kincardinshire, Scotland1, and died January 01, 1849 in Skateraw, Kincardinshire, Scotland2.  He married (1) ELSPET LEES. She was born Abt. 1776, and died April 11, 18303.  He married (2) DAISY MARSHALL February 19, 1837 in St. Ternan's Episcopal Church at Muchalls4.  She was born Abt. November 1796, and died November 18, 1846 in Skateraw, Kincardine, Scotland5.
More About WILLIAM MASSON:
       Burial: St Mary of the Storms Churchyard6
     Christening: November 20, 1774, Fetteresso, Kincardine, Scotland7

More About ELSPET LEES:
       Burial: St. Mary of the Storms Churchyard8
More About DAISY MARSHALL:
       Burial: November 18, 18469

Children of WILLIAM MASSON and ELSPET LEES are:

    • i. WILLIAM4 MASSON, b. February 13, 1803, Skateraw, Kincardine, Scotland.10; d. October 24, 1846, Skateraw,  Kincardine, Scotland.; m. CHRISTIAN MASSON, November 28, 1829, St. Ternan's Episcopal Church, Muchalls, Scotland11; b. January 08, 1804, Skateraw,  Kincardine, Scotland.12; d. January 17, 1890, Skateraw, Kincardine, Scotland..
      More About WILLIAM MASSON:
           Burial: October 26, 1846, Cowie Cemetery, Stonehaven, Kincardine, Scotland13
    • ii. GEORGE MASSON14, b. Abt. January 17, 1805, Skateraw, Kincardinshire, Scotland15;      d. October 31, 1873, Skateraw, Kincardine, Scotland.16; m. JANET MASSON, December 23, 1832, In St. Ternan's Church, Muchalls17; b. Abt. 1812, Skateraw,  Kincardine, Scotland..
      More About GEORGE MASSON:
           Baptism: January 17, 1805, Skateraw, Kincardinshire, Scotland
           Burial: November 03, 1873, Cowie Cemetery, Fetteresso, Kincardine, Scotland18
    • iii. JEAN MASSON, b. Abt. December 25, 1807, Skateraw, Kincardinshire, Scotland19; m. JOHN CHRISTIE, April 17, 1831, St. Ternan's Episcopal Church, Muchalls, Scotland20;  b. August 21, 1802, Fetteresso, Kincardine, Scotland.
      More About JEAN MASSON:
           Baptism: Abt. December 25, 1807, St Ternan's Episcopal Church, Muchalls, Kincardine,  Scotland21
    • iv. ALEXANDER MASSON, b. Abt. April 08, 1809, Skateraw, Kincardinshire, Scotland22; d. January 16, 1880, #5 Skaterow, Cookney, Kincardine, Scotland23; m. HELEN WOOD, December 17, 1837, Chapel of Muchalls, Fetteresso, Kincardine, Scotland24; b. Bet. 1815 - 1817, Banchory Devenick or Portlethen25,26; d. December 30, 1888, Stonehaven, Kincardine, Scotland26.
      More About ALEXANDER MASSON:
           Baptism: April 08, 1809, Skateraw, Kincardinshire, Scotland
           Occupation: Whitefisher
    • v. MARY MASSON, b. Abt. June 20, 1811, Skateraw, Kincardinshire, Scotland27; d. December 03, 1875, Skateraw, Kincardine, Scotland.28; m. JAMES STEPHEN, November 27, 1836, St. Ternan's Episcopal Church, Muchalls, Scotland29.
      More About MARY MASSON:
           Baptism: June 20, 1811, Skateraw, Kincardinshire, Scotland
           Burial: December 07, 1874, Cowie Cemetery, Fetteresso, Kincardine, Scotland30
    • vi. JAMES MASSON, b. August 03, 1814, Skateraw, Kincardinshire, Scotland31; d. May 24, 1857, Skateraw,  Kincardine, Scotland.32; m. CHRISTIAN MASSON, November 19, 1837, St. Ternan's Episcopal Church, Muchalls, Scotland33; b. October 26, 1816, 12 Skateraw,  Kincardine, Scotland.34; d. January 12, 1874, Skaterow, Kincardine, Scotland35.
      More About JAMES MASSON:
           Baptism: August 03, 1814, Skateraw, Kincardinshire, Scotland
           Burial: May 27, 1857, Cowie Cemetery, Fetteresso, Kincardine, Scotland36,37
      More About CHRISTIAN MASSON:
           Burial: January 16, 1874, Cowie Churchyard, Kincardine Scotland38,39

      Endnotes
      1. Church of Scotland, Parish Church of Fetteresso (Main Author, Old Parish Registers of Scotland.
      2. Tombstone.
      3. St. Ternan's Episcopal Church, Muchalls: Register of Baptisms, Burials, and Marriages, CD, Page 173.
      4. St. Ternan's Episcopal Church, Muchalls: Register of Baptisms, Burials, and Marriages, CD, Page 218.
      5. St. Ternan's Episcopal Church, Muchalls: Register of Baptisms, Burials, and Marriages, CD, Page 179.
      6. Gravestone Inscription, Cowie Churchyard, Gravestone Inscription #13.
      7. Church of Scotland, Parish Church of Fetteresso (Main Author), Old Parish Registers of Scotland:                 Parish registers, 1620-1854,  (Baptisms and marriages v. 1 1620-1643 Baptisms v. 2 1716-1795 Marriages        v. 2 1716-1717,1819).
      8.   Gravestone Inscription.
      9.   St. Ternan's Episcopal Church, Muchalls: Register of Baptisms, Burials, and Marriages, CD, Page 179.
      10.  Church of Scotland, Parish Church of Fetteresso (Main Author), Old Parish Registers of Scotland:                Parish registers, 1620-1854,  (Baptisms and marriages v. 1 1620-1643 Baptisms v. 2 1716-1795 Marriages        v. 2 1716-1717,1819).
      11.  St Ternan's Episcopal Church, Muchalls: Register of Baptisms, Burials and Marriages, CD, Page 216.
      12.  Church of Scotland, Parish Church of Fetteresso (Main Author), Old Parish Registers of Scotland:                Parish registers, 1620-1854,  (Baptisms and marriages v. 1 1620-1643 Baptisms v. 2 1716-1795 Marriages        v. 2 1716-1717,1819), FHL British Film 993314.
      13.  St. Ternan's Episcopal Church, Muchalls: Register of Baptisms, Burials, and Marriages, CD, Page 179
      14.  Birth and/or Christening Records, Fetteresso, Kincardine County, Scotland 1620-1854.
      15.  Register of Baptisms in the Parish of Fetteressoe from the first day of October One thousand seven              hundred & eighty three.
      16.  St. Ternan's Episcopal Church, Muchalls: Register of Baptisms, Burials, and Marriages, CD, Page 197.
      17.  St. Ternan's Episcopal Church, Muchalls: Register of Baptisms, Burials, and Marriages, CD, Page 218.
      18.  St. Ternan's Episcopal Church, Muchalls: Register of Baptisms, Burials, and Marriages, CD, Page 197.
      19.  Register of Baptisms in the Parish of Fetteressoe from the first day of October One thousand seven              hundred & eighty three, Page 121.
      20.  St. Ternan's Episcopal Church, Muchalls: Register of Baptisms, Burials, and Marriages, CD, Page 217.
      21.  Register of Baptisms in the Parish of Fetteressoe from the first day of October One thousand seven              hundred & eighty three, Page 121.
      22.  Register of Baptisms in the Parish of Fetteressoe from the first day of October One thousand seven              hundred & eighty three, Page 121.
      23.  Register of Deaths, District of Cookney, Kincardine, Scotland, Extract #16135619.
      24.  St. Ternan's Episcopal Church, Muchalls: Register of Baptisms, Burials, and Marriages, CD, Page 219.
      25.  1841 British Census, June 7.
      26.  Register of Deaths for the Parish of Dunnottar, Kincardine, Scotland.
      27.  Register of Baptisms in the Parish of Fetteressoe from the first day of October One thousand seven              hundred & eighty three, Page 121.
      28.  St. Ternan's Episcopal Church, Muchalls: Register of Baptisms, Burials, and Marriages, CD, 198.
      29.  St. Ternan's Episcopal Church, Muchalls: Register of Baptisms, Burials, and Marriages, CD, Page 218.
      30.  St. Ternan's Episcopal Church, Muchalls: Register of Baptisms, Burials, and Marriages, CD, Page 198.
      31.  Register of Baptisms in the Parish of Fetteressoe from the first day of October One thousand seven              hundred & eighty three, Page 121.
      32.  St. Ternan's Episcopal Church, Muchalls: Register of Baptisms, Burials, and Marriages, CD, Page 184.
      33.  St. Ternan's Episcopal Church, Muchalls: Register of Baptisms, Burials, and Marriages, CD, Page 219.
      34.  Family Search IGI, C112586..
      35.  St. Ternan's Episcopal Church, Muchalls: Register of Baptisms, Burials, and Marriages, CD, Page 198.
      36.  St. Ternan's Episcopal Church, Muchalls: Register of Baptisms, Burials, and Marriages, CD, Page 184.
      37.  Kincardineshire (the Mearns) Monumental Inscriptions pre 1855, Page 168,
      38.  St. Ternan's Episcopal Church, Muchalls: Register of Baptisms, Burials, and Marriages, CD, Page 198.
      39.  Kincardineshire (the Mearns) Monumental Inscriptions pre 1855, Page 168,

COWIE CEMETARY
St. Mary of the Storms
William Masson Gravestone - West Side
#13 on the Graveyard Plot Map

COWIE CEMETARY
St. Mary of the Storms
William Masson Gravestone - East Side
# 13 on the Graveyard Plot Map

*** The photographs and inscriptions were graciously
     provided by Colin Milne.

Gravestone Inscription (West Side)
1830
WMEL
In memory of
WILLIAM MASSON seaman Skate-
raw, who died 1st January 1849
aged 74 years.
And ELSPET LEES his spouse
who died 11th April 1830 in the 55th
year of her age.
And of their children ALEXANDER
who died in infancy.
Here lies the body of WILLIAM MASSON,
who died the 24th. October 1846 aged 43 years.
Also of his son, who died the 1st January 1837
in infancy.

NOTE: The date of birth of Alexander who died in infancy is not known, but he was not the Alexander Masson b.1809 who in fact lived until 1880

Gravestone Inscription (East side)
In memory of WILLIAM MASSON,
who died 4th May 1873, aged 35 years.
And of his children
WILLIAM,
who died 30th December 1865 aged 1 year and 2 months.
WILLIAM,
who died 26th December 1867 aged 1 year and 5 months.
Also his wife
ELSPET STEPHEN
who died 12th June 1920 aged 85 years.
Also
MARGARET MAIN wife of JAMES MASSON,
who died 27th April 1881, aged 37 years.
And their daughter ELIZABETH, who died in infancy.