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Hepzibah Mason (Brooks)

Also Known As: "Hephsibah"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Death: August 24, 1727 (54)
Swansea, Bristol County, Province of Massachusetts
Place of Burial: Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Capt. Timothy Brooks and Mary Brooks
Wife of Pelatiah Mason
Mother of Rev. Job Mason; Elisha Mason; Samuel Mason; Aaron Mason; Anna Mason and 6 others
Sister of Timothy Brooks (died young); Rev. Timothy Brooks, Jr.; John Brooks; Mary Brooks (died young); Abigail Preston and 6 others
Half sister of Josiah Brooks and Isaac Brooks

Managed by: Chad Bouldin
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About Hepzibah Mason

Hepsibeth and Pelatiah were married on 22 May 1694 in Swansea, Bristol County, Plymouth Colony. Vital Records of Swansea, Massachusetts states "Hepzabeth the wife of Pelatiah Mason deceaced this life the :24 of August :1727 being in the :54: year of her age.


Biography

https://www.tributaries.info/p733.htm#i7327

Hepsibah/3w Brooks, born 23 Feb 1673/74 at Billerica, Massachusetts,1, removed with her family to Swansea, where she married, 22 May 1694, Pelatiah/2 Mason.2,3 Her parents, husband and brother-in-law were all Baptists. Brother-in-law Palatiah Mason and sister Hepsabeth Mason of Swansea are mentioned in the will of her brother John/3w Brooks, 9 Apr 1713.4,5 She died at Swansea 24 Aug 1727, a. 536,7, and he, a tanner and shoemaker, 29 Mar 1763, a. 93.8,9 They are buried in Kingsley Cemetery.10



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Source Citations/Notes:

  1. [S300] Vital Records of Billerica, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, 29, Hepzabah Brooks b.
  2. [S192] Costello, Fiske and Rounds, Vital Records of Swansea, Massachusetts, to 1850, 24, Pellatiah Mason/Mahipsabath Brooks m.
  3. [S1081] Alverdo Hayward Mason, ed., Swansea Records, 115-4, Pellatiah Mason/Mahipsabath Brooks m.
  4. [S216] H. Stanley Craig, New Jersey Colonial Documents, Calendar of Wills, 62-63, John Brooks.
  5. [S692] H.L. Peter Rounds, Abstracts of Bristol County, 3:212-213, John Brooks.
  6. [S106] NEHGS Register, 18:250 (Jul 1864), "Sampson Mason the Baptist."
  7. [S148] FindAGrave.com, memorial #8626303.
  8. [S106] NEHGS Register, 18:248 (Jul 1864), "Sampson Mason the Baptist."
  9. [S148] FindAGrave.com, memorial #8626290.
  10. [S148] FindAGrave.com, memorials #8626290, #8626303.
  11. [S1081] Mason, Swansea Records, 27-1, Job Mason b.
  12. [S1081] Mason, Swansea Records, 7-26, Elihu Mason b.
  13. [S1081] Mason, Swansea Records, 8-8, Elisha Mason b.
  14. [S106] NEHGS Register, 18:251 (Jul 1864), "Sampson Mason the Baptist."
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Hepzibah Mason's Timeline

1673
February 23, 1673
Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1695
February 28, 1695
Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts
1698
January 11, 1698
Swansea, Bristol County, Province of Massachusetts
1701
January 30, 1701
Swansea, Bristol Co., Massachusetts
1703
March 8, 1703
Swansea, Bristol Co., Massachusetts
1705
June 9, 1705
Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts
1707
June 18, 1707
Swansea, Bristol County, Province of Massachusetts
1709
December 19, 1709
Swansea, Bristol Co., Massachusetts
1711
December 16, 1711
Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts