Accokeek (plantation)


Accokeek was a 17th-century plantation on Accokeek Creek in Stafford County, Virginia, United States. Accokeek was the first seat of the prominent Mason political family in Virginia.

History

In 1653, the tract of land that would become Accokeek was granted to John Withers, who then sold it to Colonel Valentine Peyton. In 1662, Peyton sold the tract, along with granted to Peyton, to Captain George Mason I. George Mason I, the progenitor of the prominent American landholding and political Mason family, made his permanent residence along Accokeek Creek on a hill between present-day State Routes 608 and 621 in Stafford County, Virginia. He christened his plantation "Accokeek," which was later renamed "Rose Hill." Mason's Accokeek plantation began with approximately and eventually increased in size to.
George Mason I's son George Mason II was born in 1660 at Accokeek. George Mason II sold Accokeek after his father's death and relocated to Chopawamsic plantation on Chopawamsic Creek.