John Mason (abt. 1644 - abt. 1729)

Born about 1 Jan 1644 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Hammond) Mason — married 5 Feb 1675 in Massachusetts

Descendants

Died about 22 Feb 1729 at about age 85 in Hyde Precinct, North Carolina

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Biography

John Mason was born at Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, either 1 January 1642 or 1 January 1644-45, the son of Hugh Mason and Esther or Hester Wells. He died about 1730, at Hyde Prect, North Carolina. He married in 1676- Elizabeth Hammond (born at Watertown, 6 May 1655; died at Newton 13 November 1715), daughter of Lieut. John and Abigail (Slater) Hammond. ^[1]

Lieutenant 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.

John 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. (This information from merged profile, but no reference was provided. [Possibly this information through Harriott web site on MyHeritage, but this is uncertain and still doesn't provide the origin of the information.] This information needs to be confirmed. Lloyd-391 23 April 2015

On February 5, 1675, John married Elizabeth Hammond, daughter of John Hammond & Abigail (Salter) Hammond. Elizabeth was born in Watertown, Mass., on 6 May 1655 and died in Newton, Massachusetts, on 14 Oct 1714.

Children all born at Lexington:^[1]

1. John b. 22 Jan 1676-77.
2. Elizabeth b. 10 Nov 1678; m. Thomas Brown.
3. Abigail b. 16 Dec, 1679; d. young.
4. Samuel b. 22 Jan. 1688; d. young.
5. Hannah b. 26 Jan. 1694-5; m 7 July 1721, Joseph Sabin of Rehoboth.
6. Daniel b. Nov. 1698:10;

• m. 1st 31 Jan. 1716, Experience Newcomb who d. at Charlestown 18 Nov 1733;
• m. 2nd 14 Mar 1736 Ama/Anna/Amey Allen of Weston;
• Eame Mason wife of Daniel d. 23 May 1750 in her 44th.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} History of the Town of Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts: Geneologies by Charles Hudson, Lexington, Massachusetts Historical Society Houghton Mifflin, 1913 p. 411

• Watertown Births- MASON, John, s. Hugh and Ester, Jan. 1, 1644. ^[2]

• HAMOND, Elizabeth, d. John and Abigail, May 6, 1655. ^[3][4]

• Newton Births ^[5]

Children: MASON Abigail, ch. John and Elizabeth, Dec. 16, 1679.† Elizabeth, d. John and Elizabeth, Nov. 10, 1678.† Hanah [dup. Hannah], d. John and Elizabath [dup. Elizabeth], Jan. 26, 1694-5. John, ch. John and Elizabeth, Jan. 22, 1676.† Samuell [dup. Samuel], s. John and Elizabeth, Jan. 22, 1688-9.^[6]

• Lexington Births ^[7]

Children: MASON John, s. of John & Elizabeth, b. Feb. 22, 1676. John Jr. s. of John & Elizabeth of Newton, b. Jan. 22, 1677. Elizabeth, d. of John & Elizabeth, b. Nov. 10, 1678. Abigail, d. of John & Elizabeth, b. Dec. 16, 1679.^[8]

• Newton Deaths

• MASON, Mrs. Oct. 14, 1714. PR1^[9]

• (Note:MIlitary Service noted on Findagrave appears to actually be that of John Mason 1600-1670, not this John.)^[10]

• Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Including Waltham and Weston: by Henry Bond, Horatio Gates Jones New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1860.

• History of the Town of Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts: Geneologies by Charles Hudson, Lexington, Massachusetts Historical Society Houghton Mifflin, 1913.
• Vital Records of Watertown Massachusetts to the Year 1850.
• Vital Records of Lexington Massachusetts to the Year 1850.

Notes

Note 1:

Source S303

Author: Joannine Herriott

Title: Herriott Web Site

Text: MyHeritage.com family tree

Family site: Herriott Web Site

Family tree: Herriott_Crump

Media: 72916571-1

Type: Smart Matching

Note 2: Documents cited need correct citation forms. Also, it isn't clear which of the sources were being noted in the various page references, so this will need to be cleaned up.

Note 3: A mention of a record at FindAGrave is mentioned, but the memorial number is not included.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Ken McIsaac for creating WikiTree profile Mason-4242 through the import of McIsaac Heritage_2012-03-03_2013-12-14 C_2013-12-18_2013-12-18.ged on Dec 18, 2013.

This person was merged with another created through the import of Holmes.ged on 20 May 2011.