There is bad information circulating that the wife of John Mason (father of James Mason) was Elizabeth Molyneux, widow. That couple was in Liverpool and the father was a sailor. This John Mason was a weaver and lived in or near Bury, Lancashire.
Marriage: 5 Nov 1764 St Mary the Virgin, Deane, Lancashire, England
John Mason - Batchelor, Parish of Dean in the County of Lancaster
Betty Howarth - (X), Spinster, Parish of Bolton in the County of Lancaster
Witness: Holland Bradley; John Dewhurst
Banns Read: 14 Oct 1764, 2nd: 21 Oct 1764, 3rd: 28 Oct 1764
Married by Banns by: James Rothwell Vicar
Register: Marriages 1754 - 1769, Entry 533
Sources
England & Wales, Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Registers, 1567-1970
Lancashire, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1936
England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
Manchester, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1930
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John: