·- 'OCCGS REFERENCE ONL"t . ; • .-1.~~~ I . I ·srevens Thomson Mason , I
Misunderstood Patriot
By KENT SAGENDORPH
OOES NOi CIRCULATE ~
NEW YORK ,.. ·E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY, INC. - ~ ~' ' .• .·~ . ., 1947 1,- I ' .A .. ! r__ ' GENEALOGICAL NOTES
FROM JoHN T. MAsoN's family Bible, now in the Rare Book Room in the University of Michigan Library, the following is transcribed: foHN THOMSON MASON Born in r787 at Raspberry Plain, near Leesburg, Virginia. Died at Galveston, Texas, April r7th, 1850, of malaria. Age 63. ELIZABETH MOIR MASON Born 1789 at Williamsburg, Virginia. Died in New York, N. Y., on November 24, 1839. Age 50.
Children of John and Elizabeth Mason: I. MARY ELIZABETH Born Dec. 19, 1809, at Raspberry Plain. Died Febru ary 8, 1822, at Lexington, Ky. Age 12. :2. STEVENS THOMSON Born Oct. 27, l8II, at Leesburg, Virginia. Died January 3rd, 1843. Age 3x. 3. ARMISTEAD T. (I) Born Lexington, Ky., July :i2, 1813. Lived 18 days. 4. ARMISTEAD T. (n) Born Lexington, Ky., Nov. 13, 1814. Lived 3 months. 5. EMILY VIRGINIA BornLex ington, Ky., October, 1815. [Miss Mason was over 93 when she died on a date which is not given in the family records.] 6. CATHERINE ARMis~ Born Owingsville, Ky., Feb. 23, 1818. Died in Detroit'"as Kai:e Mason Rowland. 7. LAURA ANN THOMPSON Born Oct. 5th, l82x. Married Col. Chilton of New York. [Date of death not recorded.] 8. THEODOSIA Born at Indian Fields, Bath Co., Ky., Dec. 6, 1822. Died at. Detroit Jan. 7th, 1834, aged II years l month. 9. CORNELIA MADISON Born June :i5th, 1825, at Lexington, Ky. Died in Detroit August :ind, 183x. Aged 6. ro. A soN (Stillborn) March :io, 1827, at Owingsville, Ky. rx. MARY ELIZABETH (u) Born January 18, 1828, at Owingsville, Ky. Died - in Detroit Oct. :i9, 1833. Age 5. 1:2. LOUISA WESTWOOD Born at Mt. Sterling, Ky., Sept. :i4th, Oct. nth, 1829' aged 18 days. 13. A soN (Stillborn) Detroit, April 5th, 1833. Children of Stevens T. and Julia Phelps Mason: ·' STEVENS T. MASON and JULIA PHELPS were married in New York, N vember r, 1838. Julia was born in New York November 21, 18 ~ Daughter of Thaddeus Phelps. GENEALOGICAL NOTES
l. sTEVENs THOMSON, IV Born in New York, August l, 1839. 2. DOROTHEA ELIZA. Born in New York, October, 1840. J· THADDE.us PHELPS Born in New York, March u, 1842. The death dates of Julia ·and the children are not recorded in the family . Bible. The baby Stevens T. lived. only a few years and died before reaching school age. Dorothea Mason Wright lived to an advanced age in Newark, N. J. Thaddeus Phdps Mason's death date is not known. ·
Antecedents of Stevens T. Mason Source: Life of George Mason, by Kate Mason Rowland, Vol. I Mason Lineage and Arms, by Jane Griffith Keys Life and Times of Stevens T. Mason, by Lawton T. Hemans The first Mason in the New World was a George Mason, of Staffordshire, an officer in the army of Bonnie Prince Charlie, which was badly defeated by Oliver Cromwell at the Battle of Worcester, Sept. 3, 1651. In the general exodus of Loyalists from England, Colond George Mason came to James town, Va., where he built a home in 1652. In 1700 George Mason, II, son of the English of&cer, was commander of the Jamestown militia, a lieutenant colond at age 20. He was a general in 1715 •. In 1721 George Mason, Ill, a youth of 22, was dected Justice of the Peace. In this year he married Ann Thomson, daughter of Stevens Thomson, the Aiforney General of Virginia. He built a huge manor house called "Gunston Hall," adjoining Mount Vernon, and was a friend of Lawrence Washington. In 1774 George Mason, IV, boyhood friend of George Washington, be gan writing the "Virginia Papers" and urging Independence. He was the wealthiest man in Virginia, owner of l,6oo slaves and 30,000 acres of cultivated lands. He drafted Vir ginia's first State Constitution, served in the Continental Con gress and in the Constitutional Convention. After refusing to sign the U.S. Constitution he drafted the first ten amend ments, the famous "Bill of Rights". George Mason, IV, had a younger brother, Thomson Mason. He built a small manor house at Raspberry Plain, Loudon County, Va., after r~turning ~.• from extended study and practice of law in London. He was the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia. He was born in 1730, at "Doeg's Neck Manor" in Stafford, now Fairfax County, Va., and died at Raspberry Plain in 1785. He was married twice; his only son by· his first marriage was - STEVENS THOMSON MASON
the fust Stevens Thtimson Mason, born in Stafford, Va., in 176o, who died at Philadelphia, Pa., in 1803. Stevens Thomson Mason left two sons, ( 1) .Armistead Thomson Mason, born at.~Raspberry Plain in 1787, and killed in a duel at Bladensb~g, Md., Feb. 5, 1819. Armistead T. Mason was a colonel in the War of r8h, after ward a general in the Virginia militia and U.S. Senator, and inherited Raspberry Plain from his father. Armistead T. Mason's brother (2) /ohn T. Mason, father of Governor Mason, by a curious coincidence was born the same year, 1787, both sons being born to their father when he was twenty seven years of age and already the father of two girls: Catherine, .who mar ried William T. Barrj of Kentucky, and Mary, who married Benjamin . Howard of the same state. In his will, the noted wit and raconteur left a warning to his two sons: " ••• neither of the said sons shall live on the south side . of the James River nor below Williamsburg until they ·shall reach the age of twenty-one years, lest they should imbibe more exalted notions of their own importance than I wish any child of mine should possess." ----· Wife of the first Stevens T. Mason, Mary .Armistead Mason, was the daughter of Robert .Armistead, master of the great manor known as Seren ity Hall, in Louisa County, Va. She outlived the Senator by many years, living quietly at Raspberry Plain until 1824, when her grandson, the future Governor Mason, was thirteen years old. · 356 :MASON- . I ..MA SON. ' . [My frieud Dr. Tr·L\DDEUS I V1LL1AM I-lAmus, Lib rarian of Har \' ar.l 1':.n•·<•· has nearly re_ady for the press a genealogy of the descend an ts vi r ~ /. R: .:• IJ\faso n ; and It may be expected to be a moue\ for w orks of tl1ia l i « ~ ·• . ; ,: pla11 of this work sr._ems to require the ~ nser t i~n of the . follo11i" t: J,t:.? 1 a!o"'y, on accn 11 11 l u[ its 111 nncr0t1s connexi ons with other fa111il ic?,,, 1::. 1 • , . int~rrsted in such inquiries, or i11 this fam ily, sli oultl be satis!id "; 1 1 1 1\;, ; 1 ~.~ Ia rticle, which is con:;iderably less extended than it would l1arn l,.; , •·ir.·.._, , 1 for that expected work.] ------... ---..... ~ (l.) Capt. HUGH J\.:!ASON , a tanner, one of the very fi rnt se ttl e r ~ of Ww""'''· was adm. freeman, Mar. 4., 16:34- 5 ; Rep. 1G4 -1, 145, ' GO , 't> t, 'G·l, 17! , ·1 1. ·.• '7G, and '77 ; Selectman, 29 years, betwee11 1639 and JG7 8, i11cl11, irc : i t,.,,.. as early as l 649, and made Captain, May 51 1G52. Ile w a8, for m:v.r p·,,. one of the three Com m i ~s i one r s appointeu by th e County Cou 11 to •'·<';••·n • sm.ill cases. [This was befo re the appointment of Justices of the l' c ~u \ t,,.,_ 1 30, 1657, h e was appoint ed by the Court, one of a Commillc:e to allr ;,j 1, w, defet:ts in several bridges in the County. Dec. 18, l GGO , ho was n p ' """· ' "~' ,,, a Committee to take account of J ohn Stcauman, County Treasurer ~· . ~ •1,,,.. a le vi•, &.c. It has been conjectured that he w as a b ro ther of Capt. Jfl h1 '.It ..-·• the distingui;;hed Pequot warrior. He d. October JO, JG78, aged i3. Uf t>~ ESTHER, who d, May 1, l G92, he hau 7 chil. [ See J3 arry, p. 2V 8.)
\ 'r , I I '.\. 1 i··! 2 i. HANNAH, b. Sept. 23, JG36; m., Oct. 17, 1G5 3, Ca pt. J os!I UA Hn on~ ! ! •/ ( ,i;. I \ j cord (eldest son of Capt. Thomas Brooks, first of \Vat., anti aftn1 w;11 •h ri 1 ·•· cord), by whom she hall 10 chil. , and numerous dcscenua11ts. Jl er (-: .!.vi< 11_.,., l/1m11ah, m., Jan. 15, 1677- 8 1 JJ ~njamin Pei.rec, of \.Ya't. [ Peirce, 2t.J 2. ltu·rn, cl . Dec. 17 , J G40. , 3 3. 'J\:lA1tv, b. Dec. 18, J(;.to; m., ·J\fay 20, l(lGfl , Rev. J os1~l' H Esnu"0<•1, •! f .... coru . . [See E stabroDk, al:;o Shatt uck, p.3u5 ,J ------·-- __ .... 1 *l. Cnpt. '1'111.)i\fAS nltOUl\S. saitl lO hnv1' COll'IO from Lomlo 11 , udllt ill c.: tl frcl! ll\ 11 11 , Urt ~ 11~1 pro pri eto r, 11 1Ji cu inli abiti ng- 11 -\ Vutt•rl0\\:11. Fi.!1 1. lO~W-7. l ie 111ov cd vt:ry early \ 11 t't .Jl ii..ri ·•· ...... he was a Hep. 7 year:>. Hi;;; wit~, Glt..:\CE 1 d. !\ Luy 1:.!, lOll·l: :rnd he ti. Ma)' ~ 1 1 }t,1,7 !,:\-.-t ;t;#''" ~ " pp. 3G·l a11d 5.] Uliil. 1
l\'L\.SO~. t ~"" ,,.,,. 1. Josuu.\ 1 m., Octobe r 17, 1653, I fA:\'NAlI [l\T:rnon : 2.] He wus a tanner, untl Ji oq ' ,:. or Concord, which bccaml! a p;;.rt of Lincoln, where his cl cac:c u 3 1. J!im nall 1 m.) iu '\Vat., Jnn . 15, lG77-8, JJwjamt'n Pe.ircc , of 'Vut. , l1y w hom li ira ) u~ J • ' ~! · .:~ - ~ l'drce, 11.l - 4 2. ;..Yottlt , d. Fcl>. 1.1730, ngcd 83. B)· wifo 1 Dm-ollty, he hnd, 1. D orOlliy. ~. Joshua. 3 . . E\Jcn ezt•r. 4:. Dc11JHll1Jll . 1\Jury. 0. T h ~ maJ. ; , J ~.;,Jl ~ ..,i- 5 3. Grace, m., J6SG: J udah Potter. [See Sl1n ttu ck, p. 381.) . 0 4. JJanid: rn. Ami fll•!.rn'.mn; d. Or t. 18: 1733, ag-et.1 09. Clul.,, l. Daniel. 2. Sa1 1iu 1;J. 3. A.111 1. · 4. Joh (father of Joli!!, and gr. father of Hon . Eleazer l3rooks). 5. ~Inry . 0 . .Toh11 (father of Samue l, who grud. llurv. Coll., l i 010 ; d. l SOi). 7 5. Thoriw..s. 6. Esth er, 111 .1 1 00~ 1 B.::njamin l Vldllen1orc. : 9 1. Jas e1)h, c.l. Sept. 17 , 1759, :1 ~c tl 7S; tli stiu g-uisli t.! d by li is liheru.!ity. Ile 111 .1 liOO, 114.!.: nn ...~~ (?) I -Ji.~ m. (2d)i .~ll!lC 14, l 'i25, ,...-id. Jtm e Ji!.nnisorz . (.JA .] Ch i!., 1. i\fa1')'· 2. Llt! bt' cca. 3. Joseph. 4. Natliun. 5. Amos. 6. Jonns. 7. 11111n.c . Ii . )~ 10 8 . .Eliza/Jelh, 111-::1~05. Rbe11ezer .M1!'ri·,.am. 11 u. Job, d. 1 G07 ~ 11:.,:- e{I 21. 10. Jiu9h , tl. .J:tn. JS. 17·113, ng-cd 70 i m .. 1702, AMgat'l Barker . Ch i!., 1. Abi !.;1.lil. 2. Jon111 han . 3. Sarnh. 4. I\fury. . 13 2. CALEB, in. (1st), l ti GO : SusANSA. .ATKl){SO:i i i! chilLIL'cn. He rn. (211): ANN - . 111 l'f.O. !.,. · ~ estate i1: Co11cord, :i 11d n tQ\"Cd to ~:lcllfonl. ChiL, , 1. Snsrnrna. 2. ) !111·y. O. -Rebecca. 4. Sarah. 18 G. J~'Lcw: ;c r , :u w\! stor of li ov . .John Brooks, of 1\fcdford. 10 o.' Samuet ~ a11<.~ C l'Hor o~ ilon. 7P l: t~ . r C. ~ r~ oks, of 1Jo:;to11. j 3. G~.R .S ll0 '.\:1 , 111. 1 16137, IL.\.'.'\NAH Lc 1 d~Ls. C!11l. 1 1. N ary 2. lhnnah. 3. ~I'abillu.L. 4. lJ Ltniel. _. 5,--Eftzabeth.rV Lu:Y~ rn. Cr1pr. 'l'DIOT iTY 'V1rn 1 ~ r.. r.n . pf Cou cOr •, -~; c. Jom1, b. Jan. 11 1644-5; a tanner, of Ne\vton; .m. EuzADETH JIA111M0Nn. [9.] ;. I . ~bu J. Nov. -131 1715, and he d. about 1730. Chtl., . · 01" 1. Ju/1~1 1 b. Jan. 22_,.1677 ;·a tanner; m. Elizabeth Spring [19), and settled in · I . I.exmgton. Chd.1 - · · . ti; J, John, b. Aug. 8, 1701; m., June 171 1731, Lydia Loring; probably a ; Jr. of Dea. Joseph and wife Lydia. [See Eastabrook1 8. Note.] Cliil.1 · •1 '. 1. Lydia, b. l\far. 31 1 1732. · · ~: · •1l ·2. Katllerine, b. Oct. 29, 1733; m., Ap. 231 -17591 Daniel Edes, of it · ! · Charlestown. [See Edes.] i\f' n i 3. John, b. Ap. 51 1735, . . ~;; .·. ~\IJ, 4' i~!~phGl~i.,JulL :J!~r;,?:.6Ja:.24~~~71:, 1 1:.6J~h~~~~=~~. ~eff72~f ·~ ~U l 5. ~tJ:~·~ Mar. 21. 173~~; m.! Mar. 231 1762, S~bmit Whittemore, ':~ I nJ 1 2. Tl!:1liz~b1 eth 1 bb; A1>ug. 370, 1703. 3. Mellicebnt0, b. Ap. 24, 1705. :i;lm ~•l .1.. 1auc eus, . ec. 2 , 1706. 5. Jonns1 • ct. 21, 1708. ~· iw: 6. Katherine, b. Aug. 5, 17lQ; d. fo Holliston, Mar. 71 1732-.3. ' ~!'. '*' 1 7. Esther, b. J:in. 2, 1712-13.' . . . :!I fj;l( s. Sarah, b.June 7, 1714; m.,Jan. 3 1 1732-~ 1 .WilliamMunro_e, son of ll:l}j .f;ti ~~ 'Zr~;~;,rb.aN~v~a;~·i~i67ed.'Nov. 301 1717. ..:. '·• ·.. ,.; : · .· i . 10._ Samuel, b. Oct. 9, 1726. . .. : . .. , ;· ... , . 1 , . 1 : · ~, · 2. Dmuel, a farmer, of Newton. . ·. ···: ·. · · · · . . · ·. ·. · . ' " ' · '. ~ m · 3: J:/izahelli1 m. 77wmas Brown, innholder, of Boston · ·· · · ·· . 1 t. i; S. J11sr.1·11 1 b. Aug._10, 1646; adm. freeman, 1690 i d. July 221 1702. i ''"· Jhsn:L, b. Feb. 191 1648-9; grad. Hnrv. Coll., 1666. · .. . :IJ f 11. S.1RAH1 b. Sept. 25; 1651; II\., May 201 1668, Capt. ANDltEw· GARDNER, of . '.<-:1 . l Mn1l1ly ll!~er (Ilrookline}, which h!' represented in 1689. He was lost in .1 · '. 1h11 cxped1llon to Canada m 1090. His son And1·ew grad. Harv. Coll., 1696; was · , .. ··.<' \_~~uister of Lancaster, where he d. (accidentally shot), Oct. 20 1 1704 •., ·. , 3 "''U)(ll) JOSf•:PH MASON, a tann~r, m., Fob. 5; 1684-5, MARY FISKE [J. Fiske, · {:.),who J. Jan. 01 1724-51 aged 62 yrs. 6 m. Inventory, Allg. 111 17021 £195. 7; . I • - t; 1. M rn\'1 b. May 21 1685; m. THOMAS I.EARNED, innhokler, of Wat. [Learned, 42.] · u, ~- Jlr-•n:iL, -b. July 8, 1686; m., Nov. 101 1737bCapl. Jo1nwu CooLIDGE (his 2d :·: ; wife),wbod.Ap.17,·174!>,and his wid. m.;· ec.131.17501.EnwARDJouNsoN1 .., .·· I or Woburn. (Coolidge, 120.] . ' : . . . . . : ..·. ··' . ) .·? ·. . ' ~JI, 1. J1m:l'll1 b. Oct. 2, 1688. · . · · , · · · . · ·, . · •A;~·~1)i :; · n;-4. li111.\11 1 b:Nov. 17 1 1691; m., Juno 221 1709,1'nonus C11urnE1lr.TN1 of Newton,· . ·: ..;, · \ h. :.-ic11t. 101 16&. 31 s~n o.f 'l'?omas and l~lizabeth (!·lammonJ) Chamberlin. · '/ . (l1:11nmo11J.1 53,] H91s w1d. Sarah hail become the wife of John Ilond [Bond, · ;i;: · 118], prov!f',J.l.'!lto 11~0. [See Deeds, Vol. 22 1 p. 501.] . . .. ~"li .IJJ u\{111.) JOSEPH ~USON, a tanner, m. (pub. in Boston, Ju~e 26), in Stoughton,, :,.. · · · lllor.pl. I~, 17101 by Rov. John DanforJh 1 ¥ARY MONK, dr. of Elias and Hope ... ~'f:, I)lonk, ?f that part of Dorchester wluch 1s now Stoughton. [Fre~love, another · ;.,~•;. 11lr of !~has Monk, b. May 21 1704; m.1 Sept. 11 1 17281 James Coolidge [143) 1 of J_,., .!-lairburno.] He seltlecl first in _Boston1 where his fii;it two children were liorn, ·.ih.•.· . lan•I after that returned to Watertown .. He was Justice of the Peace, and town ..{~• ,tlark, Hep. 1733 and 134i was.much engaged in conveyancing, settling estates, · iU j anJ i1! 1ho municipal busmes~ of the town.: His unr.le John, of ~ewl!>n, was his l: · ~ruar~sau a~ter the death .of his fath~r; He d. July 6, 17551 and his w1d. Mary d. 'c H: 1Ap. *21 1763, aged 72. ~· : : ·.. · · .. •tt . '· .·.•.· ... ·.. ·;. ":.. :.; .·: .....;.~. ~.~·.'. _A/· ·.AL.{·: ··,_J;: f , • . ,. 0 tf Ir·· , 7· --, ii I , :...... ; Iii I. M.\RV1 b. in Boston, Oct. 231 1711; m., Ap. ~' 1~37 1 EnENEZ~R HovEY, of \~\ . ~:·;~·,.:'&t:~:I~ ti~~\~!~";,. >t h~ wul. who. m. >n Wat, :~\':;J .·:' ! .35$ MASON. iiS. ·-~ 26. 15 2. JosEPrr, b. in Boston, Oct. 91 1713. , 16 3. ABIGAIL, b. in Wat., Oct. 10 1 1715; m., June 141 17371 Tuo~us Bi11<1'1(. ft.. coe, 22.J . 17 4. IlENJMllN1 b. July 14, 1717; m., Sept. 281 17.U, MARTHA FArnnASiiJ. 18 5. ELIZABETH, b. Feb. 3, 1718-19; m., Oct. 11, 1739, NA'l'llANIE!. l't:uar, <>if~ burne. (21.] · 120.19 6. N1mEi'rIIAH, b. June 141 1721; d. Aug. 61 1775, 130. 20 7. ELIAS, b. Aug. 24, 1723 i d. in Woodijtock, Conn., l\far. a, 1802. . · 21 8. EsTllER1 b. Nov. 41 1725; m., Jan. 251 17-i!J-501 Capt. J11N.\TJt.Ui llAO'lH, 4)!,, [Brown 117.] · · · · 22 9. LY1?1A, b. Nov. 61 1727; m., November 4, 1747, Mrc.u1 (1 Uriah) \\'JUT'M';l, 15. 26 (IV.) JOSEPH MASON, Jr., a. tanner, rn., May 31 1742, GUACE llO~t> !iv..;J; ~ 12J., who d. in Lincoln, 1801. Their first four chi!. Wel'e b. in Wat, 11='- . m Lincoln. · 27 1. GRACE, b. May 21, 1742 j m. JoSEl'II Tmn, a farmer! b. May 11, nu. «If~ ... Joseph and Dorothy, of Lex., and settled in New Bramtree, wltl!ro lie l, ~~ 1815, rot. 821 and she d. Aug. 91 18401 aged 98 yrs. 2 m. 19 d. 1. Joseph, b. Jan. 41 1769; d. Feb. 27, 1787. . 28 2. Sarah, b. Nov. 24, 1770; d.July7, 1835; m. (lst),Jeremia/i Rr.iJ.lKW"· net-maker, of New Braintree; 3 chi!. She m. (2d), July 51 !Mil, {'lfl. Barzillai .llliles, of Rutland, b. Mar. 24, 1763; ·2 chi!. 29 I. Joseph (Read), b. July, 1795h·a wheelwright; m. Maria lt~aJ. (\,, 1. John Forbes. 2. Josep Mason. 3. Josiah l\Jiles. ( '~•#I Malvina. He (f.) d. Jan., 1841 1 and his wid. resides ia !~''"'"'. 30 2. Martha (Read), b. Feb. 27, 1798; m. Luthor. Poland, a oari~w.,~~i farmer, of Waterville, Vt., s. p. 31 3. Elijah Mason (Read), b. July 51 1800; m. Betsey Read, an4 *"~· in Lowell, s. p. 32 4. Isabella (Miles)1 b. Aug. 211 1806; m. Hiram J, Townsend, 1 he~. of Waltham, and has, 1. Charles Eugene. 2. George Miles. . · 33 5. Rufus Barzillai (Miles), b. Oct. 23 1 180!J; m., Dec. 22, IHf);.. ;,,, Muzzy, b. July 61 1814, dr. of Sadi11e Muzzy, of N. Braintrt'lll On 1. Edward Dewey, b. Jan. 29 1 1838. 2. Sarah Muzzy, b. 161~ ~ 1840. 3. Lucy Maria, b. July 29, 1842. 4. Nancy M,;;:.7 ~ · Oct. 41 1844. · · 34 3.' Grace, b ..Nov. 20, 1772; m. Isaai; Dennyl.. a tanner, of _Leicester. Oat·' 1. Hamet. 2. Grace. 3. Ma.rm. 4. lsaac. 5. Eliza. 0. ·Arni.kl. ' ~~~. ' . 35 4. Dolly, b. Aug. 251 1775; m. Stephen Wilcox, a. blacksmith, of ~f'lt 'lil~ ford. Chil.1 · · . ·. . · l. William. 2. Betsey. 3. Harriet. 4. Susan. 5. !amos 'f:t .1 " 36 . 5. Susan, b. Aug. 20, 177!1; m., Nov. 71 18041 James Tripp, am ~' · New Bedford, who d. Aug. 81 18441 s. p. . ·· . · ·. 37 2. H~NNAH,.b. Ap. 20, 1744; d. 1822; m. ISAAC PEIRCE, of Waltham, arwi w~ chil. [Peirce, 137.) , · , · , 38 3. SARAH, b. Aug. 221 1746 · d. May 41 18401 aged 93 yrs. 7! .mouth!; 1&, P . 5. William, b . Aug. 5, 1770; of Woodstock; m., Jan . 9, 1820, Achsah Dyer. Chi!., ! 1. Sarah. 2. Mary. 3. Helen. -1 . Joseph; all d . ~ ! 1) 1 6. Jacob, b. Aug. 13, 1778; a Major in the war of 1812; m., l\fay 25, 1815, Jlfarlha, dr. of Josiah Robinson. Chi!., J. Mary, b. Ap. 7, 18 I G. 2. Sarah, b. Sept. 22, 18 17 ; cl . F eb. 7, 18 ·12. 3. l\fartha, b. Jan. !J, 1821; m., Nov. 28, 18-12, Stephen H. Hobinson, a i merchant, of Provitle 11 cc, R. I., her cousin; son of Stephe11 llobinson. 7. ]o$eph, b. Jnne 2-l, 1780 ; 4. Joseph M., b. Aug. 5, 1818; d. Sept. 12, 18351 in Ohio. · 69 5. Lucy, b. July 251 1819; d. Feb. 28 1 1840; m.1 Sept. 31 1836, WiJ)411 ~ Doclge. . 6. C~nr!cs, b. Sept.. 23 1 182q, of Illinois. 7. Dan!el, b. Sept. 1, 11:t ~ Ilhnms. 8. Harriet R. 1 li. Mu.y 71 1826. 9, Geol'go B,1 L. )hJ il)l 1833. ' ' ' 4. Irene, b. in Wu.lrole, Feb. 71 1702; d. I•'eb. 6 1797. · · 5. Ruth, b. in Pomfret, Vt., Aug. 261 1703; d. Nov. 12 1 180-l. - 6. Catherine, b. in Walpole, July 18 1 1795; d. Ap. 12, 1813. 73 7. Marti·n, b. July 16, 1797; m., ~ept. 25, 1828, Mary Stum·t 1 b. Dee. t:, :(!;i11 youngest dr. of Benjamin and Sarah Barker (friends). She_ J. 1~ i~hll!< bed, Jan. 221 1843 1 and he m.1 Dec. 51 1843, Betsey Angela, w1J. c.f ;,•_, ter Hobart, and dr. of .John and Betsey Winson, of 1-Iomer, N. y'. .f!; -studied medicine; M.D. Castleton Mod. School, 182(); souled firbt in r~ Washington Co. 1 and afterwards in Gaines, Orleans Co., N. Y.{• ~i..~. tice of the Peace 1830, ~nd. has been _Pres. of the Orleans Co.~ ed.~ In 1847 he moved to M1ol11gan. C\111.1 . . • 1. Alexander Hamilton, b. in Easton, Nov. 7, 1829. 2. Sarah J,.,,_ ~ in Gaine~, May 51 1~34. - 3. Eugene Barker, b. in G., Supt. It, n.~ 4. Mary Elizabeth, b. m G.1 Jan. 16 1 d. Aug. 22, 1843. _ 74 8. Irene, b. July 16, 1799; d. in childbed, Feb. 51 1834; m., Dec. J:.>ti!ll; Lconai·d Everett, Esq., merchant, of Canton, Mass., a wi ( cj 2. Jonas, b. Mar. 5, 1783 ; d. 180!J, '1° house-carpenter. 3. Jl111 ~u 11 , b. Dec. 20, 1784, a bookbinder, of 13oston; m., in Hoston, May l!J, Hl08, Jllon c1 Jlolbrook, b. Aug. 17, J78G, dr. of Jonathan Holbrook, a sur ,· vt!yor or Sherburne. Shed. in Boston, Dec. 21, 1827, anJ hem. (2J), Aug. I, 71 18:13 1 Sophia Wood, b. Dec. 27 1 17881 tlr. of Ebenezer Wood, of Washing- 1011 , N. II. 1. Maria Alona, b. in Mondon, Nov. 18 1 1808; m., in Boston, Ap. 2, 1832, Hei1ry Holman, a priuter, of Rox., b. Oct. 24, 1808, son of Samuel Ilolmnn, of Snlisbury, Vt. Chi!., 1. Henry Mason, b. in Boston, Feb. G, 1833. 2. ·warren Quincy, b. in 13oston, Aug. ·7, 1835. 3. Hnrriet Maria, b. in Rox., Sept. 14, 1842. 2. Samii Eiizabeth, b. in Holliston, Ap. 22, 1810. ..; 3. Ifannah Holbrook, b. in Medway, Feb. 14, 1812; m., July 21 1834, Silas Atkins Quincy, a bookbinder, of Hox:·; b . Mar., 1802, son of John '/ Williams Quincy, merchant, of Boston, s. p. j.·. 4. Harriet Jane, b . in Rox.., May 7, 1814. '!' 5. Edward Mason, b. in Rox., May 2, 1816, a bookbincler. ,', 'J 6. i\fatildti Golden, b. in Rox., Sept. 19, 1818; cl. Oct. 1, 1819. r. 7. George Washington, b. in Rox., Aug. 21. 1820, a silversmith . . I -i~ 8. John Prinee, b. in Dover, Mass., Aug. 25 1 18'22. 4. Jlla1111 i11g , b. Ap. 12, 1787; d. Oct. 2!J , 1838 a saJdler, went to Marietta, O., 1 u ~ 1 about 1805, where he resided some tim e with his cousin, Gen. Rufus Put Ii'., nam, afterwards went to Putnam, Muskingum Co., O., where hem., Ap. 91 1809, Nancy Harer, b. Jan. 16, 179G, dr. of Jacob and Mary Harer. She •''' '~ · d. June 25, 1828, an 1829. 4. Sarah Maria Porter, b. Oct. 121 1830; J . Jan. 2G, 184G . 5. Frances Harriet, b. Mar. 3, 1834; cl. Aug. 22, 1838. G. Charles Gutz laff, b. Sept. 4, 1835 · d. Au"'. 23, 1838. 7. C:uoline .Elizabeth, b. Nov. I, 183 G. 8. Sam u ~} Porto~, b . July 23, 1838. . 9. Fra11ces Ellc11, b. Ju110 18 18-10...... 1 ,. 7. Jo/111 lllillon, b. Fob. 2G, 17!) 5. Antoinelle Brigham, b. May 171 182!J. Ci. Henry Milton, b. June 101 1831. 7. George Alanson, b. Aug. 71 1833 ; d. Mar. 1, 1834. -• 862 MASON, WT8 _:;q:. ·-Aa> 8. George Augustus, b. May 8, 1835. _ 8. Johno, b. July 26, 1796; d. Nov. 26, 1797. · 98 8 .. ELinu, b. Oct. 29, 1757; was in the battle of Bunker Hill; 1101, (I Hf,'~ m \Vest ¥Voodstock, Conn., unm. - · ' - --:' · 99 9. Aum.\IL, b. May 17, 1760; m., Feb. 14, 1801, JAMES M1L1:s, or ('~!·-11\(; ~ - - 100 10. MARTHA, b. Feb. 21 1 1762; m., Oct. 161 17821 Capt. 1.li:!\JHua i'•~iJ# Sutton. . - · -- 105 11. CATHERINE, b. Oct. 1, 1764; d. 1795; m. -- DA,CGET, of_iloh·tly , .,. ~-' _- <:::::> 12. W1LLI.A11r, b. Feb. 9, 1709; d. Sept. 26, 181•1; a p1ouccr ol Ohio '"'; ·l 19. 120 (IV.) NEHEMIAH MASON, m. (1st), Mar. 28, 17 54, El.11.A lllTU .~~~'! [Stone, ]. She d. Ap. 2, 1755, aged 32, and hem. (2tl), !\IAHTH ~ _ ..t. d. July 23, 1761 1 and hem. (3d), Ap. 17, 1704, HE BECCA' FILl.tlllv;l!" - -- 121 1. DL'VIEL, b. Aug. 15, 1757, by wife Es-rmm, had, in Wat., 1. Nehemiah, b. Aug. 31 1 1780. 2. Daniel, b. June 1, 1782. 3. Samuel, b. 1783. 4. Lewis, b. Feb. 29, 1785 ('! 29). 5. Azar, b. Dec. 14, 1786. 6. Joel, b. Mar. 3, 1788. 7. Verlow, b. Mar. 3, 179-. _ _ - 122 2. Huan, b. _Dec. 23, 1758; m. 1 June 20 1 17821 ELIZADETll Cunu (c--., f!t: and had, m Wat. 1. ll:Iai·tha Clarke1.b. Dec. 14, 1782. 2. Richard Clarke, b. F11b. u. m'-4 - 3. Joseph, b. Ap. 16, 1786. 4. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 2, 1787. - 5. Amo.~, b. Jan. 31 1789. 6. Seth, b. Nov. 24, 1790. · 123 3. ELIZADE1'1I 1 b. Dec. 18, 1759; tl. Ap. 2, 1791; m., May l!J, 17U, C!I'; ~. Coo:r.maE, of Wat., his 2d wifo, [Coolidge, 39-J.-.) · j 124 4, JoSEPH1 b. July 4, 1761. 125 5. MosEs, b. July 24, 176-J.-, of Wat., a soldier of 10th Mass. Reg. of Cn1l\ fi-~- m., Oct. 9, 1786, Lucy KrnasnunY. · 1. Isaac, b. Sept. 51 1787. 2. Ilannah, b. Feb. 221 1789. 3. Moses, and 4. Aaron (twins), b. Jan. 11 1791, 126 G. Srnrn, b. Aug. 21, li06. 127 1. MA1tT11A, b. Jan. 5, 17G8; m., Ap. ts, 17D2, SAMu1·;r. SAwrn. (S~lli~. l~ i 8. R1rn1wuA, b. May 28, 17CHJ. O. AA1wN, b. Ap .. 13 1 1773. ______....., ..... Y,f-1:§i'" 20. 130 (IV.) ELIAS MASON, m., M1iy s, 1753, LYDIA. J31lOWN [Oro'!~ • .1!11-;Ji M" move 131 1. Er.1JAn, b. Jan. 25, 1754; m. SALr.v Curw, of WooJstock, and !Mrl~4 ilf~~ - fret, Vt., afterwards in New Homer, N. Y. Chit., ·_ - 1. Josiah. 2. Sally. 3. Sophronia. 4. Fanny. 5. Joseph. G. /..yd"' 7. Lucy. , _ _ 1.32 2. SoPmA, b. Juno 5, 1755· m., 1774 or 5, C,1.1.vrn Mo1tsi: of \\..,,.!Ill~ 1$li - settled in. Fairlee, Vt., aml had 8 chi!., the young?st of- wbom,. s.iDJ, It""",~:_ her cousm, Leonard B ..Maso11. (136.] She d. below 1806. [Soo ).\,tmiH.it ~ Morses, p. 124.J : tt - ', 133 3. LEONARD, b. Sept. 6, 1756; d. Jan., 1811; a tanner an