Capt James Mason & Abigail Arbuckle

Abigail Mason (1829) was also the daughter of Ole Willie Arbuckle and Mary Vincent and she married Capt James Mason, the son of Thomas Mason & Anna 'Nancy' Hirtle.  They had 11 children together including the infamous 'Matrimonial Gang'! 

 

The Evening Mail, Wednesday, 18 December 1905, p. 9.(New Glasgow Chronicle)

courtesy of Jody Marie MacKeil

The death occurred at a late hour Friday night (November 24th) of Mrs. Abigail Mason, widow of Captain James Mason and daughter of the late Wm. Arbuckle, of Ponds, Merigomish. Mrs. Mason had not been in good health for some time and three weeks ago she underwent a surgical operation from which she recovered sufficiently to leave her bed, but on Thursday was taken with a relapse and gradually grew worse. Mrs. Mason was 75 years old and is survived by eight sons and three daughters to mourn their loss of a kind and loving mother.

Capt. James Mason was a native of Halifax county and for many years was interested in the merchant service, plying between Halifax and West Indies, being captain and owner of several vessels. The death of Mrs. Mason is also mourned in the United States, where six of her children reside none of whom were able to reach Merigomish in time for the funeral. One of them arrived after the internment, bringing with him a memorial wreath from New York.