Born in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Daughter of Samuel Mason
and Rebeccah (Read) Mason
Sister of
Rebecca (Mason) Chaffee, Elizabeth Mason, Samuel Mason, Mary (Mason) Ide, Moses Mason and Lydia Mason
Wife of
Isaac Backus
— married
23 Sep 1749 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Descendants 
Mother of
Lois (Backus) Allen and Lucy (Backus) Fobes
Died
at age 75
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 16 Jul 2019
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Biography
Susanna Mason was born in Rehoboth, Massachusetts on Jan 4, 1725. She is the daughter of Samuel Mason and Rebeckah Read. [1] [Date mis-transcribed in record "1724" as it was Jan 1724-1725].
Susanna Mason married Isaac Backus in Rehoboth, Massachusetts on Sep 23, 1749. [2] "Backus, Isaac of Bridgewater and Susannah Mason of Rehoboth, [married] Sept 23, 1749." [3]
She died in Middleborough, Massachusetts on 1800 [4] and is buried in Middleborough at Titicut Parish Cemetery. [5]
Sources
- ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC7N-YVP : 10 February 2018), Samuel Mason in entry for Susanna Mason, 04 Jan 1724; citing REHOBOTH,BRISTOL,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 908,952.
- ↑ "Massachusetts Town Records, ca. 1638-1961," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29P-WYRR : 17 October 2017), Isaac Backus and Susannah Mason, 23 Sep 1749; citing Marriage, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, various town clerks and local churches, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 007577046.
- ↑ Vital records of Rehoboth, 1642-1896 Arnold, James Newell, pub. 1897 Providence, R.I. : Narragansett Historical Pub. Co. (Pg: 421)
- ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC9Z-84S : 17 January 2020), Susanna Backus, 1800.
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 16 September 2020), memorial page for Susanna Mason Backus (1724–24 Nov 1800), Find a Grave Memorial no. 124208547, citing Titicut Parish Cemetery, Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Chip5610 (contributor 46997557) .
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Jayme (Mullins) Arrington
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Mason-16106 and Mason-15105 appear to represent the same person because: Same name, same approx DOB
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