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John Mason

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Death: February 22, 1730 (86)
Newton, Suffolk County (Present Norfolk County), Province of Massachusetts
Place of Burial: Newton, MA, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Capt. Hugh Mason and Hester “Esther” Mason
Husband of Elizabeth Mason
Father of John Mason, II; Samuel Mason; Hannah Sabin; Daniel Mason; Elizabeth Mason and 1 other
Brother of Elizabeth Mason; Ruth Mason; Mary Esterbrook; Joseph Mason, Sr.; Daniel Mason and 2 others

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About John Mason

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John Mason was a soldier in King Philip's War, 1675, and served in the first or Mt. Hope Campaign under Capt. Prentice, also served under Capt. Thomas Brattle, and in November 1675 and January 1676 was at the Garrison, Wrentham, Mass. He was also active in Town affairs being one of the Signers of the Secession Petition of 1678, Highway Surveyor and Hogreeve, 1678, Constable at Cambridge Village, 1679, selectman, 1689, 1690, 1691, 1692, 1293, bore title of Lieutenant in the Massachusetts Militia, made freeman, 1690, and one of a committee "to see if it be necessary to have a highway to Concord Road," 1704. He was a tanner and settled at Cambridge Village, now Newton, Mass.

Married Elizabeth Hammond, daughter of Lieut. John Hammond & Abigail Salter, Feb 5, 1675. Born Watertown, Mass., on 6 May 1655. Died Newton, Mass., on 14 Oct 1714.

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John Mason's Timeline

1644
January 1, 1644
Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1676
January 22, 1676
Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, British Colonies in America
1678
November 10, 1678
1679
December 16, 1679
1688
January 22, 1688
1693
January 26, 1693
Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
1698
November 10, 1698
Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
1730
February 22, 1730
Age 86
Newton, Suffolk County (Present Norfolk County), Province of Massachusetts
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