My great-great-grandfather, William Mason (1836 – 1887), like his father, married twice.  His first wife Jean (Jane) Clark was born in Donegal, Ireland in 1831. William and Jane were married at St  Quivox, Ayr  in November 1855. They had three children, including my great-grandmother, Jane:

  1. Mary Mason born 23 July 1856, Wallacetown, St Quivox.
  2. Elizabeth Mason born 15 June 1858, Wallacetown, St Quivox. Died 1868, New Cumnock.
  3. Jane Mason born 12 November 1860, Wallacetown, St Quivox.

William re-married in 1861, again at Wallacetown, St Quivox.

There were seven children of this marriage:

  1. William Mason born 26 March 1863, St Quivox;
  2. John Boyd Mason  born 4 January 1865, St Quivox.
  3. Jessie Mason born 1867, New Cumnock.
  4. Julia Mason born 1869, New Cumnock
  5. Elizabeth Mason born 1871, New Cumnock
  6. Robert Mason born 28 June 1872, Connelpark, New Cumnock.
  7. Samuel Campbell Mason born 10 September 1874, Connel Park, New Cumnock