Fifth Generation (Continued)
Family of Samuel Mason (70) & Esther Mirick

188. Mary Mason (Samuel4, Daniel3, John2, Hugh1). Born Newton, Mass., on 22 Oct 1748. Died Newton, Mass., on 20 Nov 1820. Residence: Newton, Mass. Data from Mason.

Bond's Info: Mary (twin), b. Sept. 25, 1750.

She married Robert Prentice Jr., son of Robert Prentice & Eunice, on 23 Nov 1775 in Newton, Mass. Born Newton, Mass., on 6 Apr 1747. Data from Mason.

They had the following children:
i.  Smauel. Born Newton, Mass., on 5 Nov 1777. Data from Mason.
ii.  Mary. Born Newton, Mass., on 30 Mar 1779. Data from Mason.
iii.  Joshua. Born Newton, Mass., on 14 Feb 1781. Data from Mason.
iv.  Esther. Born Newton, Mass., on 23 Mar 1786. Data from Mason.
v.  Caty. Born Newton, Mass., on 18 Jul 1788. Data from Mason.

189. Elizabeth Mason (Samuel4, Daniel3, John2, Hugh1). Born Newton, Mass., on 25 Sep 1750. Residence: Watertown, Mass. Data from Mason.

Bond's Info: Elizabeth (twin), b. Sept. 25, 1750.

She married Jonathan Child Jr., son of Jonathan Child & Elizabeth, on 10 Nov 1774 in Newton, Mass. Born Woodstock, Conn., on 25 Feb 1747. Data from Mason.

Mother was (2) wife of his father.

They had the following children:
i.  Jonathan. Born Watertown, Mass., on 4 Feb 1776. Data from Mason.
ii.  Elizabeth. Born Watertown, Mass., on 13 Dec 1778. Data from Mason.
iii.  Abigail. Born Watertown, Mass., on 26 Mar 1780. Died Weston, Mass., on 16 Apr 1855. Unmarried. Data from Mason.
iv.  Hannah. Born Watertown, Mass., on 20 Aug 1783. Data from Mason.
v.  Susanna. Born Watertown, Mass., on 3 Jun 1788. Data from Mason.

190. Esther Mason (Samuel4, Daniel3, John2, Hugh1). Born Newton, Mass., on 22 Dec 1752. Died Westbrook, Maine, on 17 Dec 1824. Data from Mason.

She married Daniel Mason (267) , son of Nehemiah Mason (91) (14 Jun 1721-6 Aug 1775) & Martha Clark (4 Feb 1724-23 Jul 1761). Born Watertown, Mass., on 15 Aug 1757. Baptized Cambridge, Mass., on 9 Oct 1757. Died Westbrook, Maine, on 9 Oct 1817. Buried Stroudwater Cemetery, Stroudwater, Maine. Residence: Watertown, Mass., and Westbrook, Maine. Served in the Revolutionary War. Data from Mason.

"Daniel Mason, Watertown, Mass., Private, Capt. Samuel Barnard's Co. of Militia, Col. Thomas Gardner's Reg't.; which marched on the Alarm of April 19, 1775, service, 6 days; also Capt. Phineas Stearns' Co.; service 5 days; company marched from Watertown by order of General Washington to reinforce the Army at the time of taking Dorchester Heights in March 1776, also; receipt dated Watertown, July 17, 1776, for bounties paid Mason and others by Jonathan Brown, Town Treasurer, for enlisting as "Soldiers in the Defence of this Country." Reference, Mass. Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolution, Vol. X, page 317.
November 1778, Daniel Mason was "one of the nine raised to guard the prisoners at Cambridge, Mass."
November 29, 1931, Mrs. Luke Sturgis of Portland, Maine, and I (Mrs. Mason Pfizenmayer), great-great-granddaughters of Daniel Mason, visited the Stroudwater Cemetery and found his gravestone bearing the inscription
DANIEL MASON ESQ.
formerly of Watertown, Mass.
died October 9, 1817
age 60
and the stone of his youngest child, Nancy, inscribed
NANCY MASON
died December 31, 1814
age 20
in a state of perfect preservation.
At my request, Miss Luetta King of Portland, Maine, Registrar of Elizabeth Wadsworth Chapter, daughters of the American Revolution, asked the Sons of the American Revolution of Portland to have a marker placed at Daniel Mason's grave to indicate the burial place of a Revolutionary soldier. May 7, 1932, the marker was placed at the grave by Miss King, Mr. Warren C. King, a member of S. A. R., and Mrs. Warren C. King, member of D. A. R.
Daniel Mason was active in town affairs, chosen assessor 1780, but "at his Desire was excused," Hogreeve 1780, Howard 1780, 1781, collector, 1781, 1784, highway surveyor 1784, assessor 1784, 1785, 1786, 1787, constable 1789, 1790, 1791, one of a committee to consult with the towns of Weston and Waltham respecting the lottery to be held to pay for the widening of the bridge 1786, one of a committee "to look after the Town's land and to sell and lease the same as may appear best for the Town" 1787, also when there was some difficulty with accounts between a collector and town treasurer, he was one of a committee to settle the affair. Selectman 1787, 1803, 1805, fence viewer 1791, one of a committee for finishing the Poor House, representative to the General Court 1804, 1806, chosen a member of the Cambridgeport Meetinghouse Corporation, June 15, 1805, which was to build a meetinghouse in the easterly part of Cambridge, and had three shares in what was known as the "Hundred Share Estate" in Cambridge. He was a tanner.

Bond's Info: DANIEL, b. Aug. 15, 1757, by wife ESTHER, had, in Wat.

They had the following children:
382 i.  Nehemiah (1780-1826)
383 ii.  Daniel (1782-1864)
384 iii.  Samuel (1783-1837)
385 iv.  Lewis (1785-1821)
v.  Azor. Born Watertown, Mass., on December ye 14, 1786. Data from Mason.
Bond's Info: Azar, b. Dec. 14, 1786. Vol. II: For Azar, read Azor.
386 vi.  Joel (1788-1822)
vii.  Verlow. Born Watertown, Mass., on March ye 3, 1790. Died on 27 Nov 1791. Data from Mason.
Bond's Info: Verlow, b. Mar. 3, 179-. Vol. II: For Verlow, read Vanlow, b. 1790.
viii.  ----. Born Watertown, Mass., on 15 Sep 1791. Died on 20 Sep 1791. Data from Mason.
ix.  Noble. Born Watertown, Mass., on 9 Feb 1793. Died on 2 Aug 1793. Data from Mason.
Bond's Info: Vol. II: Noble, b. Feb. 9, 1793.
x.  Nancy. Born Watertown, Mass., on 19 Apr 1794. Died Westbrook, Maine, on 31 Dec 1814. Buried Stroudwater Cemetery, Stroudwater, Maine. Unmarried. Data from Mason.
Buried beside her father.

Bond's Info: Vol. II: Nancy.

191. Abigail Mason (Samuel4, Daniel3, John2, Hugh1). Born Newton, Mass., on 15 Jun 1756. Died Watertown, Mass., on 28 Jan 1839. Residence: Watertown, Mass. Data from Mason.

Bond's Info: Abigail, b. June 2, 1756, m. Dec. 5, 1782, Abijah Stone, [124-4], in Part II.

She married Abijah Stone, son of Nathaniel Stone & Ruth Stone, on 5 Dec 1782 in Watertown, Mass. Born Watertown, Mass., on 15 Oct 1752. Baptized Watertown, Mass., on 22 Nov 1752. Died Watertown, Mass., on 2 Mar 1837. Served in the Revolutionary War. Data from Mason. 

"Abijah Stone, Private, Capt. Phineas Stearns' Co. at Dorchester Heights, March 1776, service 5 days; also Capt. Edward Fuller's Co. Col. Brooks' Regt. in the operations around New York in the summer and autumn of 1776, being enrolled on co. return dated October 1776, reported as fit for duty and as having lost articles in battle; also from march 28 to July 2, 1778, Private, Capt. William Marean's Co. Col. Jonathan Reed's Regt. guarding at Cambridge prisoners of Gen. Burgoyne's Army." (Reference, Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolution, Vol. XV, page 82.)
"August 12, 1833, Abijah Stone of Middlesex Co., Mass., aged 81 years, was granted a pension of $29.33 per year for services as Private in the Massachusetts Militia in the Revolution." (Reference, Mass. Pension Roll, page 203.)
At the time of his marriage his father gave him lands on Grove Street, near Coolidge Hill Road in Watertown, on which he settled and where he was enrolled in the U. S. Census, 1790.

They had the following children:
i.  Lucy. Born Watertown, Mass., on 28 Apr 1783. Died on 2 Sep 1815. Unmarried. Data from Mason.
387 ii.  Josiah (1785-1858)
iii.  Abigail. Born Watertown, Mass., on 10 Nov 1787. Died Watertown, Mass., on 5 Jan 1820. Unmarried. Data from Mason.
iv.  Abijah. Born Watertown, Mass., on 19 Mar 1790. Died Chester, Vt., on 28 May 1869. Residence: Boston, Mass., and Chester, Vt. Have no further data on this family. Data from Mason.
Abijah Stone Jr. was an itinerant preacher and shoemaker.

He married Nancy Wood, daughter of Ebenezer Wood & Jemima Harris, on 1 Feb 1819 in Boston, Mass. Born Stoughton, Mass., in 1792. Died Boston, Mass., on 17 Nov 1877. Data from Mason. 
v.  Catherine. Born Watertown, Mass., on 2 May 1793. Died Watertown, Mass., on 24 Sep 1848. Unmarried. Data from Mason.
vi.  Maria. Born Watertown, Mass., on 1 Jul 1795. Have no further data on this family. Data from Mason.
She married Farwell Hoar. Residence: Of Vermont. Data from Mason.
vii.  Hepzibah (Twin). Born Watertown, Mass., on 3 Sep 1797. Died young. Data from Mason.
viii.  Hannah (Twin). Born Watertown, Mass., on 3 Sep 1797. Died young. Data from Mason.
ix.  Esther M.. Born Watertown, Mass., on 24 Mar 1800. Died Watertown, Mass., on 10 Sep 1863. Unmarried. Data from Mason.

192. Elijah Mason (Samuel4, Daniel3, John2, Hugh1). Born Watertown, Mass., on 27 Feb 1760. Died Walpole, N. H., on 27 Jan 1808. Baptized Watertown, Mass., on 1 Mar 1761. Baptized by Rev. Mr. Storer. Residence: Ashburnham, Mass., and Walpole, N. H. Served in the Revolutionary War. Data from Mason.

"Elijah Mason (also given as Elisha), Ashburnham, Descriptive list of men raised to reinforec the Continental Army for the term of six months, agreeable to resolve of June 5, 1780, returned as received of Justin Ely, Commissioner, by Maj. Peter harwood of 6th, Mass. Regt. at Springfield, July 2, 1780; age 19 years, stature 5 ft. 5 in.; complexion light, engaged for town of Ashburnham; arrived at Springfield July 1, 1780, marched to camp July 2, 1780, under command of Capt. Phineas Parker; also list of men raised for the 6 months service and returned by Brig.-Gen. Paterson as having passed muster in a return dated Camp Totoway, October 25, 1780; also, payroll for 6 months men raised by the town of Ashburnham for service in the Continental Army during 1780; marched to camp June 29, 1780; discharged December 4, 1780; served 5 mos. 26 days, including travel (200 miles) home." (Reference, Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolution, Vol. X, page 319.)
Elijah Mason setted first at Ashburnham, where he was a school teacher, he was chosen Hogreeve there, 1788, and a member of the School Committee, 1796. He moved to Walpole, N. H., about March 1, 1800, and while passing through Keene, N. H., noted the buildings draped in mourning for the death of George Washington, which had occurred December 14, 1799.

He married Hannah Bond, daughter of Job Bond & Deborah Frost, on 13 Sep 1787 in Ashburnham, Mass. Born Natick, Mass., on 30 Jul 1767. Died Walpole, N. H., on 11 Feb 1842. Data from Mason.

They had the following children:
i.  Hannah. Born Ashburnham, Mass., on 13 Nov 1788. Died Walpole, N. H., on 8 Aug 1811. Unmarried. Data from Mason.
388 ii.  Elijah (1791-1880)
iii.  John. Born Ashburnham, Mass., on 12 Jun 1794. Died Walpole, N. H., on 18 Sep 1815. Unmarried. Data from Mason.
iv.  Deborah. Born Ashburnham, Mass., on 18 Dec 1797. Died Ashburnham, Mass., on 20 Sep 1799. Data from Mason.
389 v.  Samuel (1800-1837)
vi.  Peter. Born Walpole, N. H., on 21 May 1805. Died Keene, N. H., on 24 Jul 1888. Data from Mason. No children.
Peter Mason was a farmer at Walpole and settled at No. 225. April 1, 1864, he moved the buildings to No. 224 and in 1875 moved to Keene, N. H.

He married Achsah Allen, daughter of David Allen & Ascsah Dart, on 8 Mar 1849. Born on 19 Feb 1803. Died Keene, N. H., on 8 Nov 1877. Data from Mason.

193. Daniel Mason (Samuel4, Daniel3, John2, Hugh1). Died Cavendish, Vt., on 11 Jun 1821. Baptized Watertown, Mass., on 24 Aug 1766. Baptized by Rev. Mr. Storer. Residence: Ashburnham, Mass., and Cavendish, Vt. Data from Mason.

Daniel Mason was a housewright, mason and joiner.

He married Betsey Spaulding, daughter of William Spaulding & Esther Dutton, in Cavendish, Vt. Born Westford, Mass., on 31 Jan 1777. Died Cavendish, Vt., on 10 Feb 1839. Data from Mason.

They had the following children:
i.  Daniel. Born Cavendish, Vt., on 30 Jul 1794. Died Brattleboro, Vt., in Jan 1863. Data from Mason.
390 ii.  Samuel (1797-1847)
391 iii.  Betsey (1800-1841)
392 iv.  Abigail (1803-1831)
393 v.  Mary (1806-1859)
394 vi.  Elijah (1808-1863)
395 vii.  William Alfred (1811-1890)
396 viii.  Lyman (1815-1894)

194. Isaac Mason (Samuel4, Daniel3, John2, Hugh1). Died aft 1847. Baptized Watertown, Mass., on 13 Dec 1768. Baptized by Rev. Mr. Storer. Residence: Ludlow, Cavendish, Bridgewater, Woodstock and Barton, all Vermont. Data from Mason.

He first married Katherine Whitney, daughter of James Whitney & Mary, on 4 Dec 1800 in Ludlow, Vt. Born Winchester, N. H., on 21 Mar 1767. Died Ludlow, Vt., in Feb 1810. Data from Mason.

They had the following children:
397 i.  Betsey H. (1801-<1836)
398 ii.  Almond (1805-1889)
iii.  Esther. Born Ludlow, Vt., on 29 Mar 1807. Have no further data on this family. Data from Mason.
She married Joel R. Daggett, in 1833. Residence: Of Newport, Vt. Data from Mason.
iv.  Katherine. Born Ludlow, Vt. Data from Mason.

He second married Deborah White, in Apr 1816 in Woodstock, Vt. Born Hartford, Vt., in 1767. Died Woodstock, Vt., in Feb 1820. Data from Mason.

He third married Temperance Damon, in Sep 1821 in Woodstock, Vt. Data from Mason.

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