Sixth Generation (Continued)
Family of John Mason (221) & Berthiah Houghton

495. John Mason Jr. (John5, Moses4, Daniel3, John2, Hugh1). Born Dublin, N. H., on 26 Apr 1789. Died West Bethel, Maine, in 1877. Residence: Gilead, Mason, Albany, Waterford, Harrison, Windham and West Bethel, all in Maine. Data from Mason.

John Mason was a farmer and when living at Harrison, Maine, he and his wife are recorded as having sold land there, March 22, 1847, and April 18, 1849, and when living in Windham, Maine, he is recorded as having bought land there, June 21, 1855, and he and his wife are recorded as having sold land there, April 2, 1855.

He married Hannah Clinton Stiles, daughter of Ezra Stiles Jr. & Hannah Cutter, on 2 Apr 1811 in Gilead, Maine. Born Gilead, Maine, on 4 Jul 1792. Died in 1882. Data from Mason.

They had the following children:
932 i.  Sylvester (1812-1865)
933 ii.  Nathan (1814-)
934 iii.  Harriett Atwood (1816-1874)
935 iv.  Rosillah (1818-1905)
v.  Rosannah. Born Gilead, Maine, on 6 Jan 1820. Have no further data on this family. Data from Mason.
She married Otis Potter, on 5 Jun 1842 in Harrison, Maine. Residence: Of Worcester, Mass. Data from Mason.
vi.  Hannah Cutter. Born Gilead, Maine, in Apr 1825. Died on 7 Aug 1825. Data from Mason.
936 vii.  Hannah Cutter (1827-)
viii.  Ausina. Born Mason, Maine, on 23 Jul 1829. Died West Bethel, Maine, on 3 Jul 1902. Data from Mason. No children.
She first married Paul Stone, on 30 May 1858 in Windham, Maine. Married by Rev. Albert G. Leonard. Died West Bethel, Maine. Residence: Of Raymond, Maine. Data from Mason.
She second married John Edwin Pike. Born Guildhall, Vt., on 1 Mar 1845. Died Bethel, Maine, on 23 Apr 1927. Data from Mason.
ix.  Salome. Born Mason, Maine, on 16 Jan 1834. Have no further data on this family. Data from Mason.
The first school in Gorham, N. H., was taught by Salome Mason, for which she was paid one dollar a week.

She married Seth C. Lane, son of Samuel Lane & Dorothy Haskell, on 12 Feb 1859 in Standish, Maine. Married by James Foss, justice of the peace. Data from Mason.
937 x.  Robert Wiley (1836-1914)
938 xi.  Alma Esther (1839-1919)

496. Lydia Mason (John5, Moses4, Daniel3, John2, Hugh1). Born Bethel, Maine, on 18 Aug 1791. Died Bethel, Maine, on 8 Aug 1872. Residence: Gilead, Maine, until 1835, after that, Bethel, Maine. Data from Mason.

She married Seth Wight, son of Joel Wight & Elizabeth Twitchell, on 9 Apr 1807 in (probably, Bethel). Born Dublin, N. H., on 21 May 1783. Died Bethel, Maine, on 9 Dec 1863. Data from Mason. 

Seth Wight had a great love for, and pride in his kindred and wished his children to know of them and to bear them in mind when the chances of life might bring them near each other. At the age of twenty years he injured himself at a house burning which made him an invalid for life, but changed not in the least his aims, nor slackened his ambitions. He was among the first settlers of Gilead, Maine, locating there when he was twenty-two. His interest was early manifested in the spread of the Gospel and success of schools. He devoted one room of his house to meetings and one to schools, and he joined with others in building a house of worship. He was fifty years a member of the Congregational Church having united with the first church formed in Gilead.
In 1818 he commenced keeping a small store and continued until 1838, justice of the peace, 1827, constable, collector and town treasurer for thirteen years, selectman and assessor, five years, town clerk, three years, referee on many important cases, and called one of the most accurate surveyors of timberland.
He gave liberally toward founding Gould's Academy, assisted in building a bridge across the Androscoggin River, and in whatever he could, lent a helping hand.

They had the following children:
939 i.  Nahum (1807-1884)
ii.  Elmira. Born Gilead, Maine, on 3 Jul 1809. Died on 22 Jan 1810. Data from Mason.
940 iii.  Daniel Ormsby (1811-1872)
941 iv.  Rebecca Hayward (1812-1885)
942 v.  Seth (1815-1902)
vi.  Eli. Born Gilead, Maine, on 16 Jan 1818. Died on 26 Aug 1841. Unmarried. Data from Mason.
943 vii.  Mary Moore (1820-)
944 viii.  Lydia Mason (1822-)
945 ix.  Harriet Delphina (1824-)
946 x.  Alexander Patrick (1826-)
xi.  Joseph. Born Gilead, Maine, on 19 Feb 1828. Died on 6 Mar 1828. Data from Mason.
xii.  Franklin Adams. Born Gilead, Maine, on 2 Mar 1830. Died on 6 Jul 1835. Data from Mason.
xiii.  Esther Sewall. Born Gilead, Maine, on 6 Aug 1832. Died Lawrence, Mass., on 29 Dec 1876. Data from Mason.
Mrs. Fellows graduated Gould's Academy, Bethel, Maine, 1853, and State Female College, Tilton, N. H.

She married Dr. Charles Melroy Fellows, son of Masy Morey Fellows & Persis Quimby, on 15 Mar 1864. Born Thetford, Vt., on 4 Jun 1831. Died Lawrence, Mass., on 23 Dec 1876. Data from Mason.

Dr. Fellows graduated Dartmouth College, 1862; Bowdoin Medical College, 1865, N.D.
xiv.  John Wilson Learned. Born on 1 Oct 1835. Died on 10 Nov 1841. Data from Mason.

497. Bethiah Mason (John5, Moses4, Daniel3, John2, Hugh1). Born Gilead, Maine, on 2 Aug 1793. Residence: Gilead, Maine. Data from Mason.

She married Abraham Bennett, on 7 May 1812. Born Gilead, Maine, in 1793. Data from Mason.

They had the following children:
947 i.  Sylvanus Mason (1814-1903)
948 ii.  Almira (1817-)
949 iii.  Milan (1818-1892)
950 iv.  John Mason (1825-1889)
951 v.  Daniel Ormsby (1827-)
952 vi.  Cyrena (1830-)
953 vii.  Orinda (1831-)
954 viii.  Asa H. (1834-)

498. Sylvanus Mason (John5, Moses4, Daniel3, John2, Hugh1). Born Gilead, Maine, on 29 Sep 1795. Died Bethel, Maine, on 4 Jul 1875. Residence: West Bethel, Maine. Data from Mason.

The ferry across the Androscroggin River at West Bethel is known as Mason's Ferry from Sylvanus Mason who lived near it. He was a farmer.

He married Lydia Scribner, daughter of Joseph Scribner & Annie Woodsum, on 1 Jan 1818 in Gilead, Maine. Born Harrison, Maine, on 13 Jul 1798. Died West Bethel, Maine, on 27 Sep 1884. Data from Mason.

They had the following children:
955 i.  Woodsum (1818-1897)
ii.  Nancy. Born Gilead, Maine, on 12 Jul 1822. Died on 26 Sep 1823. Data from Mason.
956 iii.  Sylvanus (1824-1911)
957 iv.  Nahum Wight (1827-1901)
958 v.  Artemus Houghton (1830-1924)
959 vi.  Eli Leland (1834-1928)
960 vii.  Joseph Scribner (1838-1902)
961 viii.  George Whitfield (1847-1928)

499. Betsey Mason (John5, Moses4, Daniel3, John2, Hugh1). Born Gilead, Maine, on 27 Jul 1797. Died in 1866. Residence: Gilead, Maine. Data from Mason.

She married Nathan Stiles, son of Ezra Stiles Jr. & Hannah Cutter, on 14 Jul 1817 in Gilead, Maine. Born Gilead, Maine, on 12 Apr 1787. Died in Oct 1878. Data from Mason.

Nathan Stiles served in the War of 1812, a private, at Sackett's Harbor.

They had the following children:
962 i.  Valentine L. (1818-1875)
963 ii.  Albert D. (1821-1884)
964 iii.  Angeline (-1888)
965 iv.  Mary O. (1826-)
966 v.  Andrew J. (1828->1871)
vi.  Laura J.. Born Gilead, Maine, on 28 Oct 1830. Residence: New York City. Have no further data on this family. Data from Mason.
She married William Smith, in 1850. Residence: Of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Data from Mason.
967 vii.  Amanda P. (1832-)
968 viii.  Betsey Mason (1835-)
969 ix.  Rowena Wight (1844-)

500. Ira Mason (John5, Moses4, Daniel3, John2, Hugh1). Born Gilead, Maine, on 16 Jan 1800. Residence: Gilead, Albany and Bethel, all in Maine. Data from Mason.

Ira Mason was a farmer

He married Rebecca Scribner, daughter of Edward Scribner & Rebecca Woodsum, on 27 Apr 1820 in Gilead, Maine. Born on 7 Aug 1801. Data from Mason.

They had the following children:
i.  Ira. Born Gilead, Maine, on 19 Sep 1820. Died in Jan 1823. Data from Mason.
970 ii.  Frances Ann (1821-1905)
971 iii.  Mary Jane (1823-1907)
972 iv.  Rebecca Woodsum (1824-1891)
973 v.  Agnes Straw (1827-1911)
974 vi.  William Henry (1830-1907)
975 vii.  Prescott Philander (1831-1907)
976 viii.  Moses Leonard (1833-1910)
977 ix.  Julia Ann (1838-1922)
978 x.  John Perry (1839-1900)
979 xi.  Elizabeth Plummer (1843-1927)
xii.  Freeman H.. Born on 7 Sep 1845. Died in Dec 1848. Data from Mason.

501. Phebe Mason (John5, Moses4, Daniel3, John2, Hugh1). Born Gilead, Maine, on 7 Feb 1802. Died on 29 Aug 1836. Residence: Gilead, Maine. Data from Mason.

She married William Wight, son of Ephraim Wight & Susannah Patch, on 31 Mar 1824. Born Gilead, Maine, on 26 May 1799. Data from Mason.

They had the following children:
i.  William Quincy. Born Gilead, Maine, on 3 Apr 1825. Have no further data on this family. Data from Mason.
William Q. Wight served in the Civil War, Co. G 27th Massachusetts Infantry, was taken prisoner and died while a prisoner near close of the war.

He married Mary Merrill Prescott, on 6 Oct 1848 in Dover, N. H. Born Dover, N. H., on 16 Sep 1825. Died aft 1887. Data from Mason.
ii.  Cordelia Eliza. Born Gilead, Maine, on 12 Sep 1826. Data from Mason.
iii.  Maria Matilda. Born Gilead, Maine, on 20 Mar 1828. Data from Mason.
iv.  Lorenzo. Born Gilead, Maine, on 18 Jan 1830. Data from Mason.
v.  Phebe. Born Gilead, Maine, on 18 Feb 1834. Died Bethel, Maine, on 22 Feb 1902. Have no further data on this family. Data from Mason.
She married ---- Holt. Data from Mason.

502. Lorenzo Mason (John5, Moses4, Daniel3, John2, Hugh1). Born Gilead, Maine, on 8 Feb 1804. Died Berlin, N. H., on 29 Apr 1884. Buried Berlin, N. H. Residence: Berlin, N. H. Data from Mason.

Lorenzo Mason was a farmer and was a voter at Berlin in 1847.

He married Mary Conner, daughter of Michael Conner & Eunice, on 24 Oct 1824 in Gilead, Maine. Born Gilead, Maine, on 17 Oct 1802. Died on 11 Jul 1878. Buried Berlin, N. H. Residence: Of Keene, N. H. Data from Mason.

They had the following children:
980 i.  Lucretia (1825-)
981 ii.  Ira (1827-1883)
982 iii.  Hartwell Vancoy (1830-1894)
iv.  Roscoe. Born Gilead, Maine, in 1832. Data from Mason.
v.  Medwin. Born Berlin Falls, N. H., in 1841. Died Berlin, N. H., on 26 Aug 1854. Data from Mason.
983 vi.  Morton Clair (1842-)
984 vii.  Finella (1847-1927)

503. Mary. C. Mason (John5, Moses4, Daniel3, John2, Hugh1). Born Gilead, Maine, on 23 Apr 1807. Died Colorado on 31 Jan 1895. Residence: Bethel and Gilead, Maine. Data from Mason.

She married John Marean Bean, son of Ebenezer Bean & Eunice Kendall, on 21 Jun 1830. Born Bethel, Maine, on 18 Feb 1805. Died Gilead, Maine, on 23 May 1875. Data from Mason.

They had the following children:
985 i.  Alphonso F. (1830-1900)
986 ii.  Mary Almeda (1833-1894)
iii.  John Marean. Born Gilead, Maine, on 5 Jan 1836. Died on 21 Jun 1903. Data from Mason.
Mr. Bean went West in 1857, served in the Civil War and later moved to Iowa.

He married Sue Jones Chenault. Born in Oct 1830. Died in 1894. Data from Mason.
iv.  Rodney C.. Born Gilead, Maine, on 2 Jun 1837. Died Arizona. Data from Mason.
Mr. Bean served in the Civil War. Killed by Indians.
v.  Llewellyn D.. Born Gilead, Maine, on 12 Feb 1839. Died Colorado in May 1892. Data from Mason.
Mr. Bean was a teacher
987 vi.  Rinaldo P. (1843-1913)
988 vii.  Ralph Waldo (1846-1924)
989 viii.  Marion Alfreda (1849-1924)

504. Artemas Mason (John5, Moses4, Daniel3, John2, Hugh1). Born Gilead, Maine, on 12 Aug 1809. Died Mason, Maine, on 21 Aug 1893. Residence: Mason, Maine. Data from Mason.

Artemas Mason spent the early years of his life on a farm in Gilead. When a young man he purchased a farm in Mason, on which he spent the remainder of his life. From the formation of the Republican party he was one of its staunch supporters, selectman for several years, in the militia, 1861. Both he and his wife were members of the Congregational Church. In an account book he made a note of several deaths and marriages of the Mason family, which is now in the possession of Mr. Donald H. Bean of South Paris, Maine.

He first married Betsy Bartlett, daughter of Thomas Bartlett, on 5 Dec 1834. Born Cumberland, Maine, on 24 Dec 1808. Died Mason, Maine, on 2 Dec 1845. Data from Mason.

After following the sea for a few years, her father settled in Cumberland.

They had the following children:
990 i.  Hezekiah Grover (1835-1911)
ii.  Minerva Ann Abbott. Born Mason, Maine, on 25 May 1838. Died Mason, Maine, on 18 Dec 1866. Unmarried. Data from Mason.
iii.  Elizabeth Frances. Born Mason, Maine, on 4 Aug 1840. Died Mason, Maine, on 1 Oct 1858. Unmarried. Data from Mason.

He second married Sarah Brackett, daughter of William Brackett & Sarah Hobbs, on 3 May 1846 in Harrison, Maine. Born "Brackett Neighborhood," Harrison, Maine, on 11 Apr 1822. Died Mason, Maine, on 11 May 1895. Data from Mason. 

They had the following children:
991 i.  Ellen Ardelia (1849-1933)
ii.  Oscar Grover. Born Mason, Maine, on 10 Nov 1852. Died Paris, Maine, on 23 Sep 1925. Unmarried. Data from Mason.
992 iii.  Cora Emma (1855-1926)

505. Orinda Leonard Mason (John5, Moses4, Daniel3, John2, Hugh1). Born Gilead, Maine, on 22 Mar 1812. Died Bethel, Maine, on 19 Sep 1894. Residence: Bethel, Maine. Data from Mason.

She married Joseph Abbott Twitchell (852) , son of Joseph Twitchell (449) (28 Mar 1782-) & Mary Abbott, on 12 Dec 1839. Born Bethel, Maine, on 14 May 1817. Died Bethel, Maine, on 2 May 1890. Data from Mason.

They had the following children:
993 i.  Albert S. (1840-1901)
994 ii.  Virgil V. (1842-1892)
iii.  William L.. Born Bethel, Maine, on 17 Aug 1844. Died on 7 Jul 1869. Data from Mason.
He served in the Civil War.
iv.  Joseph. Born Bethel, Maine, on 13 Jul 1846. Died infancy. Data from Mason.
v.  Charles E.. Born Bethel, Maine, on 24 Jul 1848. Died on 6 Aug 1867. Data from Mason.
vi.  Ada A.. Born Bethel, Maine, on 12 Dec 1856. Data from Mason.
She married Walton Wight, son of Daniel Ormsby Wight (940) (1 Mar 1811-7 Jun 1872) & Julia Ann Peabody (17 Apr 1811-17 Nov 1873). Born Calais, Maine, on 2 Apr 1850. Data from Mason.

506. Moses Mason (John5, Moses4, Daniel3, John2, Hugh1). Born Gilead, Maine, on 22 Feb 1815. Died Bethel, Maine, on 26 Aug 1897. Residence: Gilead, Maine. Data from Mason.

He married Martha Walker, daughter of Capt. John Walker & Cynthia Phillips, on 11 Mar 1838 in Embden, Maine. Born Embden, Maine. Died Gilead, Maine, on 30 Oct 1886. Data from Mason.

They had the following children:
995 i.  Alden Flint (1841-1919)
ii.  John Walker. Born Gilead, Maine, on 24 Dec 1843. Died on 19 Jul 1861. Unmarried. Data from Mason.
iii.  Moses Mellen. Born Gilead, Maine, on 14 Oct 1845. Died Augusta, Maine, on 24 Sep 1926. Data from Mason. No children.
He married Eudora Melissa Mills, daughter of Nathan Grover Mills & Mary Elizabeth Gordon, on 1 Jan 1882. Born Bethel, Maine, on 3 Apr 1854. Data from Mason.
iv.  Wallace. Born Gilead, Maine, on 5 Sep 1848. Died Gilead, Maine, on 25 Oct 1849. Data from Mason.
v.  Lucinda Ellen. Born Gilead, Maine, on 14 Sep 1851. Died Paris, Maine, on 28 Apr 1920. Residence: West Bethel, Maine. Data from Mason. No children.
She married Alpheus Shaw Bean, son of Daniel Freeman Bean & Polly (Patch) Wight, on 14 Nov 1871 in Gilead, Maine. Born West Bethel, Maine, on 18 Feb 1845. Died West Bethel, Maine, in Sep 1889. Data from Mason.

Mr. Bean was a merchant and lumberman, an active and successful business man.
vi.  Cora Jane. Born Gilead, Maine, on 10 Apr 1854. Died Portland, Maine, in May 1934. Unmarried. Data from Mason.

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