Fourth Generation (Continued)
Family of Ens. John Mason Jr. (21) & Elizabeth Spring

65. John Mason (John3, John2, Hugh1). Born Lexington, Mass., on 8 Aug 1701. Died Lexington, Mass., on 20 Jan 1787. Baptized in Aug 1701. Residence: Lexington, Mass. Data from Mason.

John Mason was admitted to the Church November 29, 1724. He was selectman, 1755.

Bond's Info: John, b. Aug. 8, 1701; m., June 17, 1731, Lydia Loring; probably a dr. of Dea. Joseph and wife Lydia. [See Eastabrook, 8. Note.] Vol. II: John and Lydia (Loring) Mason, besides the 5 children named in the text, had 7 others, b. in Lex., not in the town records.

He married Lydia Loring, daughter of Deacon Joseph Loring & Lydia Fisk, on 17 Jun 1731 in Lexington, Mass. Born Lexington, Mass., on 17 Jan 1711. Baptized Lexington, Mass., on 21 Jan 1711. Died Lexington, Mass., on 18 Feb 1791. Data from Mason. 

They had the following children:
i.  Lydia. Born Lexington, Mass., on 31 Mar 1732. Died on 24 Aug 1813. Unmarried. Data from Mason.
Bond's Info: Lydia, b. Mar. 31, 1732.
167 ii.  Katherine (1733-)
iii.  John. Born Lexington, Mass., on 5 Apr 1735. Died Lexington, Mass., on 24 Mar 1738. Baptized Lexington, Mass., on 6 Apr 1735. Data from Mason.
Bond's Info: John, b. Ap. 5, 1735.
168 iv.  Joseph (1736-1814)
169 v.  Jonas (1738-1829)
170 vi.  Elizabeth (ch. 1739-1825)
171 vii.  Sarah (1740-)
172 viii.  Millicent (1742-)
ix.  Hannah. Born Lexington, Mass., on 6 Sep 1747. Died Lexington, Mass., on 10 Feb 1786. Unmarried. Data from Mason.
173 x.  Samuel (1749-1839)
xi.  Daniel (Twin). Born Lexington, Mass., on 21 Jul 1751. Died Newton, Mass., on 25 Oct 1837. Data from Mason. No children. Served in the Revolutionary War.
Daniel Mason belonged to Capt. Parker's Company. He was in the 9th Campaign, December 1776, 3 mos. Boston, 1 mo. Dorchester, a Revolutionary pensioner and was present at the celebration of the members of that company, April 20, 1835.

He married Sarah Bartlett, daughter of Ebenezer Bartlett & Anna Ball, on 6 Jan 1793 in Newton, Mass. Born Newton, Mass., on 10 Jun 1763. Died Newton, Mass., on 21 Aug 1839. Data from Mason.
xii.  Ebenezer (Twin). Born Lexington, Mass., on 21 Jul 1751. Died young. Data from Mason.

66. Millicent Mason (John3, John2, Hugh1). Born Lexington, Mass., on 24 Apr 1705. Baptized Lexington, Mass., on 29 Apr 1705. Have no further data on this family. Data from Mason.

Bond's Info: Mellicent, b. Ap. 24, 1705.

She married Jonathan Newell. Data from Mason. 

They had one child:
i.  Lydia. Born in 1731. Died Woodstock, Conn., on 15 Aug 1739. Data from Mason.

67. Thaddeus Mason (John3, John2, Hugh1). Born Lexington, Mass., on 27 Dec 1706. Died Cambridge, Mass., on 1 May 1802. Baptized Lexington, Mass., on 29 Dec 1706. Residence: Charlestown, Mass. Data from Mason.

Thaddeus Mason graduated Haarvard College 1728, and 1731, A. M., and was the earliest graduate who survived until the eighteen hundreds. He outlived all his classmates about nine years and was the oldest living graduate for about five years. In 1728 he opened a school at Woodstock, Conn., but did not stay there long as he was appointed private scretary to Gov. Belcher, appointed deputy naval officer, 1731, deputy secretary of the province, April 1734, and clerk of the Middlesex Courts, February 1735, the last office, by which he was best known, he held for fifty-four years, and was register of deeds from April 1781 to December 1784.

Bond's Info: Thaddeus, b. Dec. 27, 1706.

He first married Rebecca Williams, daughter of Deacon Jonathan Williams & Rebecca, on 17 Feb 1736 in Boston, Mass. Married by Rev. Thomas Foxcroft. Born on 16 Nov 1713. Died Charlestown, Mass., on 2 Apr 1748. Data from Mason.

SML Comment: Death year has been corrected from 1848.

They had the following children:
i.  Jonathan. Born Charlestown, Mass., on 15 Dec 1737. Died on 18 Nov 1760. Unmarried. Data from Mason.
Drowned while on a voyage to the West Indies.
174 ii.  Rebecca (1738-1801)
iii.  Thaddeus. Born Charlestown, Mass., on 1 Aug 1740. Died on 17 Dec 1740. Data from Mason.
iv.  Thaddeus. Born Charlestown, Mass., on 19 Aug 1741. Died on 10 Jan 1747. Data from Mason.
175 v.  Martha (1742-1770)
vi.  Hugh. Born Charlestown, Mass., on 16 May 1745. Died on 8 Mar 1746. Data from Mason.
vii.  ----. Born Charlestown, Mass., on 2 Apr 1748. Died on same day. Data from Mason.

He second married Elizabeth Sewall, daughter of Jonathan Sewall & Elizabeth Price Alford, on 7 Nov 1748 in Charlestown, Mass. Born in 1721. Died Charlestown, Mass., on 12 Feb 1755. Data from Mason.

They had one child:
i.  John Alford. Born Charlestown, Mass., on 10 Dec 1750. Died Dorchester, Mass., on 19 Feb 1831. Residence: Cambridge and Dorchester, Mass. Unmarried. Data from Mason.
Graduated Harvard College, 1771, and was a clerk at the Boston Post Office. Died after having been run over by a milk cart the prefious August.

He third married Anne Fayerweather, daughter of Thomas Fayerweather & Hannah Waldo, on 18 Oct 1759 in Cambridge, Mass. Born Boston, Mass., on 4 Sep 1730. Died Cambridge, Mass., on 4 Jan 1802. Data from Mason.

They had the following children:
i.  Hannah. Born Charlestown, Mass., on 3 Sep 1760. Died Cambridge, Mass., on 20 Jan 1847. Unmarried. Data from Mason.
ii.  Thaddeus. Born Charlestown, Mass., on 3 Aug 1762. Data from Mason.
iii.  Anne. Born Charlestown, Mass., in 1763. Died Cambridge, Mass., on 25 Nov 1816. Unmarried. Data from Mason.
iv.  Elizabeth. Born Charlestown, Mass., on 21 May 1765. Died Cambridge, Mass., on 12 May 1830. Unmarried. Data from Mason.
v.  Abigail Belcher. Born Charlestown, Mass., on 23 Jul 1766. Died on 5 Jul 1767. Data from Mason.

68. Jonas Mason (John3, John2, Hugh1). Born Lexington, Mass., on 21 Oct 1708. Died North Yarmouth, Maine, on 13 Mar 1801. Baptized Lexington, Mass., in Oct 1708. Residence: North Yarmouth, Maine. Data from Mason.

Jonas was admitted to the Church at Charlestown, Mass., June 21, 1727-'28. In 1731 he moved to North Yarmouth and February 27, 1732, he united with the First Church there, being the thirty-third member, his wife joined July 9, 1732, being the forty-seventh member. Soon after the settlement of Rev. Nicholas Loring, Jonas Mason was chosen Deacon, 1737, and held that office for sixty-three years. At a meeting of the Brethren of the Church of Christ in North Yarmouth, July 11, 1769, he was moderator also at the meetings of July 27, August 10, 17 and 21, 1769. In 1817, during the pastorate of Rev. Samuel Woodbury, he introduced a bass viol, no musical instrument ever having been used in the choir till then.
In 1753 Deacon Mason purchased of the heirs of Joseph Chandler, his father-in-law, the interest of the latter in the "Hundred and Twenty Acre Division" and his pew in the meetinghouse, he also conveyed land with his brothers-in-law. On the Comberland County Records, at Portland, Maine, Courthouse, Jonas Mason is listed as having "sold land at North Yarmouth, May 6, 1761," also "bought a 60 acre Home Lott in Township of New Gloucester, No. 10, May 6, 1761," also "sold land at North Yarmouth, July 13, 1762," also "exchanged land at North Yarmouth, with Amos Harris, October 6, 1775," also "sold land North Yarmouth, February 10, 1772," also "bought land at Great Chebeague Island and Hope Island in North Yarmouth, 108 acres more or less on Chebeague, February 3, 1778," also "sold land at North Yarmouth, June 12, 1785, June 29, 1796, and Janurary 22, 1798."
Jonas and Mary Mason "gave land at North yarmouth to Mary Hamilton (daughter) October 20, 1765," also "gave land at North Yarmouth to their son-in-law, Nathaniel Evelith of New Gloucester, January 19, 1774."
The first clearing at New Gloucester, Maine, was begun on Lot No. 10, upon the easterly slope of Harris Hill, by Deacon Mason, who cut the first tree. He was also a leader in town affairs, being county magistrate, and in 1773 was appointed one of the three Colonial Judges for the Court of Common Pleas for Cumberland County, Maine. Judge Mason retired from the bench in 1777.

Bond's Info: Jonas, b. Oct. 21, 1708. Vol.II: Jonas Mason, adm. f. c. Charlestown, Jan. 21, 1727-8.

He married Mary Chandler, daughter of Joseph Chandler & Martha Hunt. Born Duxbury, Mass., on 3 Aug 1704. Died North Yarmouth, Maine, on 27 Nov 1787. Data from Mason.

They had the following children:
176 i.  Ebenezer (1732-1816)
177 ii.  John (1734-1769)
178 iii.  Mary (1736-1799)
179 iv.  Sarah (1738-1772)
180 v.  Elizabeth (1740-1810)
vi.  Mercy. Born North Yarmouth, Maine, on 10 Nov 1743. Died on 26 Aug 1764. Unmarried. Data from Mason.
181 vii.  Samuel (1746-1831)

69. Sarah Mason (John3, John2, Hugh1). Born Lexington, Mass., on 7 Jun 1714. Died Lexington, Mass., on 13 Apr 1785. Baptized Lexington, Mass., on 13 Jun 1714. Residence: Lexington, Mass. Data from Mason.

Sarah Mason was admitted to the Church, May 4, 1735.

Bond's Info: Sarah, b. June 7, 1714; m., Jan. 3, 1732-3, William Munroe, son of Wm., Jr., and Mary, of Lex. Vol. II: SARAH MASON, m., Jan. 3, 1733-4, WILLIAM MUNROE, Jr., 0 Lex., by whom she had 6 chil. He d. Aug. 18, 1747, and his wid. Sarah, m., Feb. 12, 1747-8, Francis Bowman. of Lex. For more full information respecting this family of Munroes, see Locke Family, App. E., p. 308, &c.

SML Comment: For more extensive details on descendants see Hist. and Gen. of the Lexington, Mass. Munroes, by Richard S. Munroe (1966, Florence, Mass.).

She first married William Munroe Jr., son of William Munroe & Mary Cutter, on 3 Jan 1733 in Lexington, Mass. Born Lexington, Mass., on 19 Dec 1703. Died Lexington, Mass., on 18 Aug 1747. Data from Mason.

They had the following children:
182 i.  Edmund (1736-1778)
183 ii.  Sarah (1738-<1768)
184 iii.  Katherine (1740-1824)
185 iv.  William (1742-1827)
186 v.  Abigail (1744-1846)
vi.  Nehemiah. Born Lexington, Mass., on 1 Jul 1747. Died Roxbury, Mass., on 18 Aug 1828. Residence: Roxbury, Mass. Have no further data on this family. Data from Mason.
Nehemiah Munroe was actibe in town affairs, trustee of Roxbury Latin School, number of Parish Committees, ordained Deacon March 9, 1787, and served until his death, and owner of Pew No. 71, Fifth Meeting House.

Bond's Info: Nehemiah, b. July 1, 1747; m., Ap. 22, 1772, Avis Hammond [Hammond, 29-1], and settled in Rox., and d. Aug. 2, 1828.

He married Avis Hammond, daughter of Samuel Hammond & Anna, on 5 Dec 1771 in Watertown, Mass. Married by Rev. Mr. Seth Storer. Born on 3 Apr 1753. Data from Mason.

She second married Isaac Bowman, son of Francis Bowman & Lydia Stone, on 27 Feb 1752 in Lexington, Mass. Born in 1693. Died Lexington, Mass., on 18 Jul 1785. Data from Mason.

Married Sarah as (4) wife.

They had one child:
187 i.  Francis (1752-1825)

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