Maj. John Mason

Mason was born in Ravensthorpe,[1] Northamptonshire,[2] England. John Mason's baptism is recorded in the St. Deny's church records on October 5, 1600 and lists his father as Richard Mason, who was married on May 23, 1600 in Ravensthorpe to Alis Burlyn - Burlyn is probably an error for Butlyn because Alis Butlyn was baptized in Ravensthorpe on September 9. 1576. Alis could be the phonetic version of Alice.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Mason_(c._1600%E2%80%931672)

not-so-brief biography

From Lincoln's History of Hingham:

Capt. John, who finsihed up the Pequod War in 1637, being then in chief command, afts. major-general, etc., was prob. a resident of Hing. for awhile subsequent to that eventful period of our early New Eng. history. Several yrs. later he resided at Windsor, at Saybrook, and lastly, at Norwich, where he d. 30 Jan. 1671-72, aet. 72 yrs. Whether he was twice m. or not is uncertain; but his marriage to ____ Peck (prob. dau. of Robert Peck of Hing.) is recorded in Hobart's Journal, under dated of July, 1639. In Suffolk Deeds, vol. i. p. 82, is the following.:

Capt. John Mason of Windsor granted vnto Thomas Thaxter of Hingham his house and land in Hingham weh formerly was Mr Robert Pecks wth all the priviledges thereto belonging and this was by an absolute deed of sale dated 5 (5) 1647, and acknowledge 6 (6) 1647 before Mr Endecot.’ As it is a matter of record that Robert Peck, and the minister and teacher, came to Hing. in 1638 with his w. and two ch., and returned to Eng. in 1641 with his w. and one child, i.e., his s. Joseph, it seems to be almost conclusive that the child left here was the w. of Capt. Mason; and this belief is strengthened by the foregoing conveyance.

origins

• ↑ "John Mason", in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), II:1225-1230.
• ORIGIN: Unknown.
• CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: Admission to Dorchester church prior to 4 March 1634/5 implied by freemanship.
• FREEMAN: 4 March 1634/5 (as "Captain John Mason") [MBCR 1:370]. "Major John Mason" is in the 9 October 1669 list of Connecticut freemen in Norwich [CCCR 2:523].
• BIRTH: By about 1605 based on military service in the Low Countries in the 1620s [DAB]. (Some secondary sources give his age at death as seventy-two, which would place his birth about 1600, but the source for this age is not known.
• DEATH: Norwich between 9 May and 6 June 1672 {CCCR 2:171, 182].

offices held

• Deputy for Dorchester to Massachusetts Bay General Court, 4 March 1634/5, 2 September 1635.
• Captain by 1637.
• Deputy for Windsor to Connecticut Court, November 1637, March 1638, April 1638, September 1639, February 1641, April 1641, September 1641.
• Assistant, 1642-1659, 1669-71 [CT Civil List 35].
• War committee for Saybrook, May 1653, October 1654.
• Major, June 1654 (but he was called Major at the General Court of 18 May 1654).
• Connecticut Deputy Governor, May 1660, May 1661, May 1662, October 1662, May 1663, May 1664, May 1665, May 1666, May 1667, May 1668.
• Commissioner for United Colonies, June 1654, May 1655, May 1656, May 1657, May 1660, May 1661.
• Patentee, Royal Charter, 1662.
• Militia Committee, May 1667 - June 1672.

family

Children of John Mason with 1st wife:

• Israel Mason, b. about 1638

Children of John Mason with Ann Peck:

• Ann Mason, b. about 1640, d. 7 October 1640, Windsor, CT (Age ~ 0 years)
• Priscilla Mason, b. October 1641, Windsor, CT
• Samuel Mason, b. July 1644, Windsor, CT
• John Mason, b. 19 August 1646, Windsor, CT
• Rachel Mason, b. October 1648, Saybrook, CT , d. 4 April 1678/9 (Age ~ 30 years)
• Ann Mason, b. June 1650, Saybrook, CT , d. about 1709, Swansea, MA (Age ~ 58 years)
• Lieut. Daniel Mason, b. April 1652, Saybrook, CT , d. 28 January 1736/7, Stonington, CT (Age ~ 84 years)
• Elizabeth Mason, b. August 1654, Saybrook, CT

comments

Surname has also been reported to be McGrew.

Given name has also been reported to be John Mason.

Military title has also been reported to be Major General.

Date and place of death have also been erroneously reported to be January 30, 1671 at Norwich, New London, Connecticut.

links

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Mason_%28c._1600%E2%80%931672%29
• http://minerdescent.wordpress.com/2010/07/24/john-mason/
• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8911754
• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=21945697
• http://cerebus.dartmouth.edu/genealogy/ps01/ps01_256.html
• http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Mason-137
• http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/etas/42/

1. Jacobus, Donald Lines. Israel (Mason) Bissell, The American Genealogist (1950) Vol. 26, Page 92-3. < AmericanAncestors >; (document attached). For Dorothy Bissell, names only husband Stoughton; children Saml b. 1702 and Abial d. 1712 and notes the record is incomplete.