John Mason (1723)

Born 28 Oct 1723 in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Gardner) Mason — married 19 Apr 1744 in Swansea, Bristol County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

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Biography

John married Sarah Gardner in 1744 at Swansea.^[1][2] Children, all except the last two recorded at Warren, Rhode Island (which was incorporated in 1747 from land separated from Swansea and transferred to Rhode Island):^[3]

• Gardner b. 28 August 1744
• Edward b. 22 June 1746
• Haile b. 12 November 1748
• Holden b. 18 December 1750
• Rose b. 2 October 1752
• Hannah b. 9 February 1755
• Samuel b. 2 October 1757
• Sarah b. 1 June 1759
• Mary b. ca. 1761; d. Warren, 16 January 1803 aged 41 years
• Patience b. ca. 1764; d. Warren, 18 February 1847 aged 82 years

John died 27 November 1805 and was buried at the James Mason Lot at Warren.^[4]

The will of John Mason of Warren, yeoman, is dated 4 April 1799 and was proved 6 January 1806.^[5] It names:

• wife Sarah Mason
• sons Holden Mason and Samuel Mason (named executors)
• grandson James Mason
• daughters Rose Mason, Hannah Mason, Mary Mason, and Patience Mason, all unmarried
• daughter Sarah Sisson, wife of James Sisson
• son Gardner Mason deceased and his widow Mary Mason
• granddaughters Sarah Winslow, Nancy Mason, and Mary Mason
• grandson Haile Sisson

Research Notes

John appears as head of household in Warren in the 1774 Census of Rhode Island^[6]. His household distribution and inferred attributions are

• two white males over 16: John and son Samuel
• three white females over 16: Sarah and daughters Rose and Hannah
• four white females under 16: daughters Sarah, Mary, Patience, and unknown
• four black males over 16: unknown
• one black male under 16: unknown
• one black female over 16: unknown
• one black female under 16: unknown

Sources

1. ↑ Rounds: Page 185 — "John Mason and Sarah Gardner both of Swanzey was married april the 19^th 1744 by Elder Job Mason."
2. ↑ Mason: Pages 92-3
3. ↑ Arnold: Vol. 6, Warren Births, Page 79
4. ↑ Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries Commission, gravestone image online
5. ↑ Warren, Rhode Island Probates vol. 2 pages 314-7
6. ↑ 1774 Census

• Arnold, James Newell. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 (Narragansett Historical Pub. Co. , Providence, R.I., 1891)

• Mason, Alverdo Hayward. Genealogy of the Sampson Mason Family (A.H. Mason, East Braintree, Mass., 1902)

• Rounds, H. L. Peter. Vital Records of Swansea, Massachusetts to 1850 (New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1992)

• 1774 Rhode Island Census, Warren, Page 4, Entry 30 -- John Mason; citing transcription by Annie Austin in Rhode Island Roots 33 p.27, March 2007.

• Family Search birth: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZD8-QVB