Mattawoman

Mattawoman was an eighteenth-century plantation and country estate located on Mattawoman Creek in Charles County, Maryland, United States. It was associated with Colonel William Eilbeck, a wealthy planter and merchant, and his wife, Sarah Edgar. The property is documented primarily through its connections to the Eilbeck and Mason families rather than as a commercial brand or operating enterprise in the modern sense. A notable event in the estate's history occurred on 4 April 1750, when Ann Eilbeck, the only child of William Eilbeck and Sarah Edgar, married George Mason at Mattawoman. George Mason later became a prominent Virginia statesman and landowner. His family's properties adjoined or were connected with the Mattawoman estate, linking the plantation to a wider network of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century landholdings around Mattawoman and Chicamuxen creeks. The estate subsequently passed through the Mason family. George Mason bequeathed Mattawoman and his lands along Chicamuxen and Mattawoman creeks to his son William Mason. In 1780, when he was 23, George Mason V inherited Mattawoman from his maternal grandmother, Sarah Eilbeck. Following the death of his father in 1792, George Mason V also inherited his father's properties. Mattawoman is associated with several family births, deaths, marriages, and residences. John Mason, the son of George Mason and Ann Eilbeck, was born there in 1766. George Mason of Hollin Hall, the son of William Mason and Ann Stuart, was born there in 1797. Mary Elizabeth Mason married Enoch Mason Jr. at Mattawoman in 1831. Edgar Eilbeck Mason died there in 1835, and William Mason died there in 1818. Because the authoritative subject is a historical plantation rather than a consumer, corporate, or service brand, there are no known products, commercial offerings, brand campaigns, executives, financial disclosures, or operating markets to document. The supplied industry classification has therefore been retained only as a generic fallback, and this record requires review if it is intended for a commercial-brand database.

Mattawoman was an eighteenth-century plantation on Mattawoman Creek in Charles County, Maryland. The estate was associated with Colonel William Eilbeck, a prosperous planter and merchant, and his wife, Sarah Edgar. Their only child, Ann Eilbeck, married George Mason at Mattawoman on 4 April 1750, making the property an important location in the family history of the Mason and Eilbeck families. George Mason's family had neighboring or closely connected landholdings in the region. He later left Mattawoman and lands situated along Chicamuxen and Mattawoman creeks to his son William Mason. In 1780, at the age of 23, George Mason V inherited Mattawoman from his maternal grandmother, Sarah Eilbeck. When his father died in 1792, George Mason V also received his father's properties. The plantation appears in records as a family residence and estate rather than as a branded commercial concern. Several events connected with the Mason family took place there. John Mason, born on 4 April 1766, was the son of George Mason and Ann Eilbeck. George Mason of Hollin Hall was born at Mattawoman on 11 November 1797 to William Mason and Ann Stuart. Mary Elizabeth Mason, another child of William Mason and Ann Stuart, married Enoch Mason Jr. at the estate on 5 May 1831. Edgar Eilbeck Mason died at Mattawoman in 1835, while William Mason died there in 1818. The historical record also includes an inventory and appraisement of the goods and chattels of William Eilbeck of Charles County. These materials help document the estate's ownership and domestic context, although the available reference material does not establish a complete chronology of the plantation's construction, agricultural operations, later disposition, or physical survival.

• 1831

  Marriage of Mary Elizabeth Mason

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  Mary Elizabeth Mason married Enoch Mason Jr. at Mattawoman on 5 May 1831.

• 1797

  Birth of George Mason of Hollin Hall

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  George Mason of Hollin Hall, the son of William Mason and Ann Stuart, was born at Mattawoman on 11 November 1797.

• 1792

  Mason family succession

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  After the death of his father, George Mason V inherited his father's additional properties.

• 1780

  George Mason V inherits Mattawoman

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  At age 23, George Mason V inherited Mattawoman from his maternal grandmother, Sarah Eilbeck.

• 1766

  Birth of John Mason

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  John Mason, the son of George Mason and Ann Eilbeck, was born at Mattawoman on 4 April 1766.

• 1750

  Ann Eilbeck marries George Mason at Mattawoman

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  On 4 April 1750, Ann Eilbeck, the only child of William Eilbeck and Sarah Edgar, married George Mason at the plantation.

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