Mason (Masonbrook)

The early generations of this family, Robert Mason and his sons, George and Robert of Loughrea, are documented in the Westport Papers. Robert Mason was an agent for Colonel John Browne of Westport in the early 1690s. In 1703 he bought part of the forfeited estate of Thomas Burke in the barony of Leitrim. Some genealogists suggest that there is a link between these Masons and those of Waterford and of Ballymacelligott, county Kerry. Melvin writes that the Mason family sold Masonbrook to the Dalys of Dalyston in the 18th century.

Associated Families

Houses

Name	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Masonbrook	Masonbrook	Loughrea	Loughrea	Kilteskill 125	Loughrea	Galway	OSI Ref: M656142 OS Sheet: 105 Discovery map: 52

Archival sources

Joyce, Mackie & Lougheed, auctioneers, deeds & estate papers of Mason of Masonbrook, 1727-1786. M.6949; National Archives of Ireland
Westport Estate Papers, Collection List 78; National Library of Ireland
Lease from Sir John Parker to Robert Mason of lands in Co Westmeath and Lugboy, Tullyquarter etc in barony of Ballintober, Co Roscommon, 18 Feb 1695. D 8767; National Library of Ireland

Contemporary printed sources

PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix III. Abstracts of the conveyances from the trustees of the Forfeited Estates and Interests in Ireland in 1688'.: 360

Modern printed sources

''The Irish Genealogist'': MELVIN, Patrick. The composition of the Galway gentry. VII No. 1(1986), 91