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Thomas Griffin Mason (1787 - 1848)

Thomas Griffin Mason
Born in Onondaga, New Yorkmap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and
Brother of , , , , and
Husband of — married [date unknown] in Oneida Co., NYmap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , , , , , and
Died at age 60 in Troy, Perry Co., INmap
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Biography

"Thomas Mason conducted a large cooper shop and made barrels, hogsheads, kegs, etc.".... "Thomas Mason operated an early corncracker, the motor of which was a sweep drawn by horses or cattle." Source: Early Businesses in Troy, published History of Perry County, Indiana.

A descendant of Maj. John Mason, who migrated from England to New England in 1632 and lived in Windsor, CT by 1635.

Thomas' father was Elnathan Hobart Mason, who served in the Revolutionary War in the 10th Company, 6th Regiment, Connecticut Militia. He also served in Captain Latham's Artillery Co., under Col. William LEDYARD, and was at the Battle of Fort GRISWOLD in 1781. Elnathan's wife, Mary Griffin, was a proven Rev. William Brewster [of the ship Mayflower] descendant.


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  • Thomas Griffin Mason

Find A Grave Birth 14 Dec 1787 Ontario County, New York, USA Death 12 Dec 1848 (aged 60) Cannelton, Perry County, Indiana, USA Burial Troy City Cemetery Troy, Perry County, Indiana, USA Add to Map Memorial ID 21784108 · View Source

Burial

Burial:
Place: Troy, Perry Co., IN

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  • This person was created through the import of 124-DeCoursey.ged on 13 September 2010.




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Alvis-9 Katherine (Alvis) Patterson
Dear Linda,

I am a volunteer genealogist helping a descendant of Martin B Mason. Can you tell me what evidence there is for connecting him to these parents? Kathy

posted by Katherine (Alvis) Patterson

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