John MASON

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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.

John married Zerviah OLMSBY on 26 Oct 1738. Zerviah was born about 1718; died on 20 Jul 1765. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Perez MASON was born on 9 Apr 1747 in Swansea, Bristol Co., Massachusetts; died on 17 Mar 1825 in Lyman, Grafton Co., New Hampshire.

John married Patience PEIRCE on 26 Jun 1766. Patience was born on 10 Oct 1720; died on 22 Oct 1793. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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A tradition, probably from the records gathered by a grandson of Pelatiah Mason, says that he married a second, third and fourth wife and lived with the last wife for twenty-one years. There appears to be no recorded proof of any but the first marriage and the conveyances by Pelatiah mason recorded after the death of his wife Hepsibeth, make no mention of a wife nor is there any release of dower. he was a tanner and shoemaker by trade and his homestead was on the highway leading from the Great Bridge - now known as Myles Bridge - to Mattapoisett, now Gardner's Neck in Swansea. He make no will, having distributed his real estate among his sons some years prior to his death. April 28, 1724, he conveyed to his eldest son, Job Mason, a lot of forty acres of land probably adjoining his own homestead. August 31, 1747, he conveyed to his sons Job, Russell, and John, several lots of land for love and small sums of money and it is probable that these lots included all his read estate. He held several minor town office in Swansea and appears to have been an active member of the Second Church.

Pelatiah married Hepsibeth BROOKS on 22 May 1694. Hepsibeth was born about 1673 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; died on 24 Aug 1727 in Swansea, Bristol Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: Daughter of Timothy Brooks and Mary Russell