Samuel Mason (1644 - 1705)

Born Jul 1644 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Judith (Smith) Mason — married 20 Jun 1670 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Elizabeth (Peck) Palmer — married 4 Jul 1694 in Stonington, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 30 Mar 1705 at age 60 in Saybrook, New London, Connecticut Colony

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Beography

Samuel Mason, born July 1644 @ Windsor, Connecticut, was the second child of Anna (Peck), the second wife of Maj. John Mason.

In 1672, he inherited the western half of his father's acreage on the mainland as well as the eastern half of Mason's Island.

He married:

1) Jun 1670 Judith Smith, daughter of Capt. John Smith of Hingham, Massachusetts; they had 5 children

2) 4 Jul 1694 @ Stonington, Connecticut, Elizabeth Peck of Rehoboth, Massachusetts; they had 3 children

Samuel Mason died 30 Mar 1705 at Saybrook, Connecticut.

Research Notes: His name appears in early Stonington records in a formal capacity, as notary of deeds and officiant at wedding ceremonies.^[1]

Burial

Lebanon, CT

Sources

1. ↑ See the profile of William Fanning as one example.

• Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848 (Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut, Hartford, 1913) Part 1, Page 20.

• Genealogies of Connecticut Families, Vol. II, Mason Family, p. 514

• http://www.rootsweb.com/~ctnewlon/billc1650.html

• Dexter, Franklin Bowditch. Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College (Holt, 1885) Vol. 1, Page 383

• History of Stonington etc. (Wheeler, 1900), p. 460, 461, no. 4: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n483/mode/1up