Jonathan Mason (1734 - 1798)

Born 20 Apr 1734 in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Patience Mason — married 30 Aug 1755 in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 18 Aug 1798 at age 64 in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island

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Biography

Jonathan Mason was born in 1734. He lived in Swansea, Massachusetts until at least 1775. He married his second cousin, Patience, in 1780 and lived in the Cumberland, Rhode Island area until his death in 1798. He fought in the Revolution, as a Captain in the Rhode Island Militia.

Will

2. The following data has been provided by Amanda Mason-Thomas:

Last Will & Testament of Jonathan Mason:

WILL OF JONATHAN MASON

In the Name of God, Amen: I, Jonathan Mason of Cumberland in the County of Providence and State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, yeoman, being in Perfect health of body and of a perfect mind & Memory, Blessed be God therefore, Do, this twentyeth day of may in the year of our Lord one thousand, seven hundred & ninety seven, make and ordain this my last will & testament in manner & form following, that is to say:

Imprimus. First of all I give my Soul into the Hands of Almighty God who gave it to me & my body to the earth from whence it came, to be decently buryed by my executor hereinafter named, in hope of a joyful resurrection through the merits of Jesus Christ our Saviour, and as for that worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me with in this life, I dispose of the same as follows.

Item. I give to my well beloved son, Jonathan Mason, Eighty four Cents, to be paid to him, by my executor hereafter named, within one year after my decease, to be and remain to him, his heirs & Assigns forever.

Item. I give and bequeath to my well beloved daughter, Keziah Tucker, wife of Ezra Tucker, Eighty four cents, to be paid to her, by my executor hereafter named, within one year after my decease, to be & remain to her own disposal.

Item. I give to my well beloved daughter, Lydia Streeter the wife of Johnson Streeter, Eighty four cents, to be paid to her by my executor hereafter named, within one year after my decease, to be & remain to her own disposal.

Item. I bequeath to my well beloved grandson, Mason Pickering, the son of my daughter Patience Pickering deceased, Eighty four cents to be paid to him by my Executor hereafter named, within one year after my decease, to be & remain at his disposal.

Item. I give to my well beloved daughter, Hannah Streeter, the wife of William Streeter, Eighty four cents, to be paid to her by my Executor within one year after my decease, to be & remain to her own disposal.

Item. I give to my well beloved son, Chad Mason, Eighty four cents, to be paid to him by my Executor hereafter named, within one year after my decease, to be & remain to his own disposal.

Item. I give to my well beloved daughter, Molly Ballou the wife of Ziba Ballou, Eighty four cents, to be paid to her by my Executor hereafter named, within one year after my decease, to be & remain at her own disposal.

Item. I give to my well beloved son, George Mason, Eighty four cents, to be paid to him by my executor hereafter named, within one year after my decease, to be & remain to his own disposal.

Item. I give to my well beloved son, Abraham Mason, Eighty four cents, to be paid by my executor hereafter named, within one year after my decease, to be & remain to his own disposal.

And my mind and will further is and I do hereby order & direct that my just debts & funeral charges be paid by my Executor hereafter named, out of my personal estate.

Item. I give & bequeath to my well beloved wife, Patience Mason, all my personal estate of what name or nature soever, money, surities for money besides what is heretofore disposed of, to remain to her and her own disposal. And lastly I do hereby make & appoint my well beloved wife, the above Said Patience Mason, sole executor of this my last will & testament, Hereby revoking all other wills and testaments by me willed or bequeathed, ratifying and confirming this & no other to be my last will and testament.

Signed, Sealed, Published & Declared by the said Jonathan Mason as & for his last will & testament In the presents of us who did each of us in his presents and at his request in the presents of each other subscribe our names as witnesses hereunto.

Joseph Follett, Mary Mason, Jotham Carpenter.

Probated August 25, 1798

Sources

• Find A Grave: Memorial #18245094: Elder Ballou Meeting House Cemetery, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island

• Cumberland, Rhode Island Wills. Vol. 7, page 52

• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970

Source Citation: Volume: 149; SAR Membership Number: 29791. Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.

• American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)

Source Information: Godfrey Memorial Library, comp.. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data: Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library.

• Preliminary Notes on the Genealogy of the Sampson Mason Family, Printed and Published by Alverdo H. Mason, East Braintree, Massachusetts, 1897; URL: http://www.genealogycenter.org/pdf/Keytitle.pdf

(Amanda Mason-Thomas also owns personal copy of this book which has been uploaded as a zip file. I would be willing to send the book in zip file to anyone who'd like a copy.)