Aaron Mason Sr (aft. 1733 - 1799)

Born after 2 Sep 1733 in Charlestown, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Reed) Mason — married 24 Oct 1752 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 29 Jul 1799 before age 65 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Aaron Mason is the son of Daniel Mason, and his first wife, Experience (Newcomb) Mason. Aaron was a Cordwainer, which is the English term for a shoemaker who makes shoes from new leather.

Born in Charlestown, Masshacusetts, he was baptized there on September 2, 1733. He was married there, on October 24, 1752 to Abigail Reed (1731-1801) daughter of Ebenezer and Hulda Reed.

Aaron and Abigail made their home in Marlboro, Massachusetts, where all of their six children were born:

Aaron Mason, Jr. was born in Marlboro, September 27, 1753 and baptized in Burlington, Massachusetts, November 11, 1753;

Abigail Mason, born March 24, 1755;

Huldah Mason, born September 25, 1757;

Charles Mason, born March 28, 1759;

Moses Mason, born April 8, 1761;

Mary Mason, born in Marlboro, September 30, 1764, baptized in Burlington, October 7, 1764.

Sources

• Descendants of Capt. Hugh Mason in America, Mason, Edna Warren, 1882, p 70-71, 78

• Family Search https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/KNMZ-S4J

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHVV-NJG : 20 May 2022), Aaron Mason, 24 Oct 1752; citing Marriage, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011120.

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHXV-SXS : 20 May 2022), Arron Sen. Mason, 29 Jul 1799; citing Death, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011120.