John MASON

1716 - 1801  (84 years)

• Name	John MASON  [1]
  	John Mason was a tanner by trade. At a meeting of the Second Church of Swansea, January 31, 1788, it was voted to permit the brothers and sisters of Dartmouth to organize a Church with Brother John Mason as Elder and he was ordained March 26, 1788. How long he served as Pastor of the church at Dartmouth does not appear but he became pastor of the Second Church of Swansea and so continued until his death. he served the town in various capacities and was probably the John Mason who was chosen Delegate to the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention held in Cambridge in 1779. [1]
  Birth	4 Oct 1716	Swansea, Bristol Co., Massachusetts   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	27 Jun 1801  [1]
  Person ID	I11564	Main Tree
  Last Modified	17 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	Pelatiah MASON,   b. 1 Apr 1669, Near Providence Ferry in Rehoboth, Massachusetts d. 29 Mar 1763 (Age 93 years)
  Mother	Hepsibeth BROOKS,   b. Abt 1673, Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts d. 24 Aug 1727, Swansea, Bristol Co., Massachusetts (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	22 May 1694  [1]
  Family ID	F3210	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Zerviah OLMSBY,   b. Abt 1718   d. 20 Jul 1765 (Age 47 years)
  Marriage	26 Oct 1738  [1]
  Children	+ 1. Perez MASON,   b. 9 Apr 1747, Swansea, Bristol Co., Massachusetts d. 17 Mar 1825, Lyman, Grafton Co., New Hampshire (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F2268	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Jul 2022

  
  

  Family 2	Patience PEIRCE,   b. 10 Oct 1720   d. 22 Oct 1793 (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	26 Jun 1766  [1]
  Family ID	F2312	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Jul 2022

  
  

• Sources

  [S3142] Alverdo Hhayward Mason, Genealogy of the Sampson MASON Family.