Napthali Mason (1787 - 1818)

Born 17 Oct 1787 in Wayne, Kennebec, Massachusetts, United States

Husband of Mary (Jepson) Fish — married 11 Feb 1810 in Leeds, Kennebec, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 5 Jan 1818 at age 30 in Leeds, Androscoggin, Maine, United States

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Biography

Naphtali was born in Wayne, Maine 17 Oct 1787, the son of Ebenezer Mason, Jr and Susanna Churchill. He married Mary "Molly" Jepson in Leeds on 11 Feb 1810. They had three known children, all born in Leeds, Maine:

• Sarah "Sally" J Mason b. 25 Oct 1810, d. 9 Apr 1884. She married Ezra Fish in 1829.;
• Albert Mason b. 9 Feb 1811;
• Thomas J Mason b. 8 Nov 1813, d. 5 Sep 1901.

He was a fifer in the War of 1812, serving in Lt. Levi Foss's Co. and in Capt. Stillman Howard's Co 2nd Mass Militia, in Lt. Col. W.R. Blaisdell's REGT.

He died in Leeds, Maine on 5 Jan 1818.^[1]

He is buried at Lothrop cemetery, Leeds, Maine, also known as the Fish Cemetery. His military stone was ordered for the "Lothrop Cemetery".

Sources

1. ↑ ["Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HVV-KWN : 16 December 2020), Mary Jepson in entry for Naphtali Mason, 05 Jan 1818; citing Leeds, , Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.]

• "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4WG-FT5 : 14 January 2020), Naphtali Mason, 1787

• "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HKY-S97 : 16 December 2020), Naphtali Mason and Molly Jepson, 11 Feb 1810; citing Leeds, , Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm

• "United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHZD-C2F : 11 January 2021), Naphtila Mason,

• "Maine, Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXQZ-B59 : 13 March 2018), Naphtali Mason, 05 Jan 1818; citing Death, , State Archives, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,001,837

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV6-Q6KR : 26 July 2019), Naphtali Mason, 1818; Burial, Leeds, Androscoggin, Maine, United States of America, Fish Cemetery; citing record ID 11471737, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com