Sixth Generation (Continued)
Family of Benjamin Mason Jr. (264) & Phebe Norcross

602. Abigail Mason (Benjamin5, Benjamin4, Joseph3, Joseph2, Hugh1). Born Dublin, N. H., on 4 Apr 1783. Died Leroy, N. Y. Residence: Leroy, N. Y. Have no further data on this family. Data from Mason.

She married Isaac Rider, son of Thomas Rider & Anne Haven, in 1810 in Sullivan, N. H. Born Natick, Mass., on 10 Mar 1787. Data from Mason.

They had one child:
i.  ----. Data from Mason.

603. Asa Mason (Benjamin5, Benjamin4, Joseph3, Joseph2, Hugh1). Born Dublin, N. H., on 3 Jan 1785. Died Leroy, N. Y., on 18 Mar 1829. Residence: Sullivan and Leroy, N. Y. Data from Mason.

Leonard's History of Dublin names six children, but dates and birthplaces are not given. It is possible that the eldest two or three were born Sullivan, N. H., as their parents resided there 1814-1816, the others wre doubtless born Leroy, N. Y.

He married Betsey Rider, daughter of Thomas Rider & Anne Haven, on 10 Apr 1811 in Pottersville, N. H. Married by Rev. Elijah Willard. Born Natick, Mass., on 25 Sep 1791. Died in 1881. Data from Mason.

They had the following children:
i.  Evaline. Data from Mason.
ii.  Betsey. Data from Mason.
iii.  Sarah. Data from Mason.
iv.  Achsah. Data from Mason.
v.  Asa. Data from Mason.
vi.  Cyrus. Data from Mason.
vii.  Abigail. Data from Mason.

604. Achsah Mason (Benjamin5, Benjamin4, Joseph3, Joseph2, Hugh1). Born Dublin, N. H., on 3 Mar 1787. Residence: Holliston, Leverett, Montague and Ashland, all in Massachusetts. Data from Mason.

She married Samuel Leland, son of Abner Leland & Hannah Thayer, on 29 May 1806 in Holliston, Mass. Born Holliston, Mass., on 21 May 1784. Data from Mason.

They had the following children:
i.  Sybil. Born Holliston, Mass., on 19 May 1807. Have no further data on this family. Data from Mason.
She married Simeon Montague, son of Elijah Montague & Jerusha Woodbury. Born North Leverett, Mass., on 9 Oct 1803. Data from Mason.

Simeon Montague was the inventor of the first machine made for sering boot and shoes.
1150 ii.  Abner (1809-1880)
iii.  Benjamin Mason. Born Leverett, Mass., on 11 Oct 1818. Data from Mason.
iv.  Menerva Elmira. Born Leverett, Mass., on 1 Apr 1822. Died Holliston, Mass., on 21 Mar 1845. Unmarried. Data from Mason.
v.  Luther Ebial. Born Leverett, Mass., on 22 Jul 1824. Data from Mason.

605. Jeremiah Mason (Benjamin5, Benjamin4, Joseph3, Joseph2, Hugh1). Born Dublin, N. H., on 11 Feb 1789. Died Sullivan, N. H., on 12 Sep 1858. Residence: Sullivan, N. H. Data from Mason.

Jeremiah Mason was active in town affairs, serving as highway surveyor 1827, school tax collector 1827, petit jury 1826, 1833, grand jury 1830. December 9, 1848, he purchased Pew 34 in the Third Meeting House of Sullivan, erected by the First Congregational Society. He was a farmer and a prominent citizen.

He married Sarah Fisk, daughter of Levi Fisk & Jemima Underwood, on 6 Feb 1815 in Holliston, Mass. Born Holliston, Mass., on 2 Sep 1794. Died Sullivan, N. H., on 27 Nov 1870. Data from Mason.

They had the following children:
1151 i.  Emily (1817-1893)
1152 ii.  Levi Fisk (1819-1897)
iii.  Joanna. Born Sullivan, N. H., on 4 May 1825. Died Sullivan, N. H., on 15 Jan 1829. Data from Mason.
1153 iv.  George Washington (1829-1901)
1154 v.  Adra Esther (1832-1861)

606. Phoebe Mason (Benjamin5, Benjamin4, Joseph3, Joseph2, Hugh1). Born Dublin, N. H., on 20 Aug 1791. Died North Leverett, Mass., on 29 May 1869. Buried North Leverett, Mass. Residence: North Leverett, Mass. Data from Mason.

Daniel Graves Jr. and his wife are buried in the new cemetery on the high hill back of the church in the center of North Leverett. Parts of this data are taken from the family Bible of Daniel and Phebe (Mason) Graves, and (now 1934) is in the possession of her great-grand-daughter, Mrs. John L. Lyman of Easthampton, Mass.

She married Daniel Graves Jr., son of Daniel Graves & Lirzah Newton, on 14 Nov 1815. Born Southborough, Mass., on 14 Jul 1788. Died North Leverett, Mass., on 21 Apr 1857. Buried North Leverett, Mass. Data from Mason.

They had the following children:
1155 i.  Julia Maria (1817-1844)
1156 ii.  Cyrus Mason (1821-1866)
iii.  Lucy Elmira. Born North Leverett, Mass., on 7 Feb 1827. Died on 11 Jul 1887. Data from Mason. No children.
She married Cephas Brigham, son of Joel Brigham & Elizabeth, on 12 May 1846. Born Deerfield, Mass., on 26 Dec 1821. Data from Mason.

607. Benjamin Mason (Benjamin5, Benjamin4, Joseph3, Joseph2, Hugh1). Born Dublin, N. H., on 9 Jul 1792. Residence: Orwell, N. Y. Data from Mason.

He married Mary Porter, in 1816. Data from Mason.

They had the following children:
i.  Phebe. Data from Mason.
ii.  Betsey. Data from Mason.
iii.  Lorena. Data from Mason.
iv.  Emily. Data from Mason.
v.  Ashbel. Data from Mason.
1157 vi.  Granville
vii.  Benjamin Franklin. Data from Mason.

608. Selby Mason (Benjamin5, Benjamin4, Joseph3, Joseph2, Hugh1). Born Dublin, N. H., on 27 Jan 1794. Died on 2 Aug 1828. Residence: Leroy, N. Y. Data from Mason.

Can find no record of children, excepting one son.

She married Joseph Muzzy (1147) , son of Robert Muzzy Jr. (-2 Feb 1829) & Martha Morse (594) (28 Apr 1769-11 Jan 1835), on 1 Apr 1813. Born Dublin, N. H., on 28 Jul 1789. Data from Mason.

They had the following children:
i.  Three sons. Data from Mason.
ii.  A daughter. Data from Mason.
iii.  Frederick R.. Residence: Toulon, Ill., 1901. Data from Mason.

609. Cyrus Mason (Benjamin5, Benjamin4, Joseph3, Joseph2, Hugh1). Born Dublin, N. H., on 18 Oct 1795. Died Dublin, N. H., on 11 Mar 1870. Residence: Dublin, N. H. Data from Mason.

Cyrus Mason and his wife united with the church July 7, 1867. He was one of the leaders of the bass singers of the choir.

He married Abigail Allison, daughter of Andrew Allison & Betsey (Carter) Evans. Born Dublin, N. H., on 20 Apr 1804. Died on 4 Jan 1888. Data from Mason.

Mother was (2) wife of her father.

They had the following children:
1158 i.  Betsey Evans (1824-1887)
ii.  David. Born Dublin, N. H., on 23 Jan 1826. Died Concord, Mass., on 4 May 1903. Unmarried. Data from Mason.
Member of Co. A, 14th Regt. N. H. Volunteers.
iii.  Charles W.. Born Dublin, N. H., on 5 Nov 1836. Died Ozark, Mo., on 25 Dec 1856. Data from Mason.
1159 iv.  Allison Zaman (1839-1904)
v.  Henry Clay. Born Dublin, N. H., on 22 Feb 1842. Died Dublin, N. H., on 9 Sep 1843. Data from Mason.
1160 vi.  John Henry (1846-1913)

610. David Mason (Benjamin5, Benjamin4, Joseph3, Joseph2, Hugh1). Born Dublin, N. H., on 5 Aug 1797. Died on 16 Oct 1879. Residence: North Leverett, Wendell and Montague, all in Massachusetts. Data from Mason.

He married Nancy Boutwell, on 27 May 1820. Born New Hampshire, on 14 Jan 1796. Died Leverett, Mass., on 14 Nov 1875. Data from Mason. 

They had the following children:
i.  Elmer. Born on 12 Jun 1822. Died on 21 Feb 1888. Have no further data on this family. Data from Mason.
Elmer Mason is listed on Fitchburg Militia Roll, 1846, 1847, 1848.

He first married Sarah Field Graves, daughter of Kellogg Graves & Eunice Willis, on 24 Jun 1843 in Leverett, Mass. Married by Rev. David Eastman. Born Leverett, Mass., on 15 Sep 1824. Died on 23 Feb 1846. Data from Mason.
He second married Sarah T. Jones, on 6 Aug 1848 in Fitchburg, Mass. Born Boston, Mass., in 1829. Died on 6 Jun 1879. Data from Mason. 
ii.  Catherine Lucretia. Born on 23 Aug 1824. Residence: Shelburne Falls, Mass. Have no further data on this family. Data from Mason.
She married Samuel Hinckley Rankin, son of Joseph Rankin & Cynthia, on 20 Mar 1845 in Leverett, Mass. Born Montague, mass., in 1822. Died in 1899. Data from Mason.
iii.  Stillman Franklin. Born on 25 May 1832. Residence: California. Have no further data on this family. Data from Mason.
He married ----. Data from Mason.
iv.  Selby Maria. Born on 19 Oct 1836. Have no further data on this family. Data from Mason.
She married Lyman Pierce, son of Frank Pierce & Asenath Sanderson. Data from Mason.

611. Lucy Mason (Benjamin5, Benjamin4, Joseph3, Joseph2, Hugh1). Born Dublin, N. H., on 3 Jun 1799. Died Marlborough, N. H., on 25 Feb 1852. Data from Mason.

She first married Heman Evans, on 29 Apr 1819. Died on 9 May 1819. Data from Mason.

She second married Asa Greenwood, son of Joshua Greenwood & Hannah Twitchell, on 31 Dec 1821. Born Dublin, N. H., on 3 Jul 1797. Died Dummerston, Vt., on 16 Jul 1877. Data from Mason.

Asa Greenwood was a self-taught mechanic and stone mason. He built a house of granite, several stone bridges and a granite factory in Harrisville, N. H. Selectman 1836.

They had the following children:
1161 i.  Heman Evans (1822-1860)
ii.  Maria Ann. Born on 26 Dec 1824. Died on 12 Aug 1841. Data from Mason.
1162 iii.  John (1824-1893)
1163 iv.  Frederick Rudolph (1826-)
1164 v.  Julia Maria (1829-)
1165 vi.  William Henry (1832-1880)

612. Julia Mason (Benjamin5, Benjamin4, Joseph3, Joseph2, Hugh1). Born Dublin, N. H., on 9 Jul 1801. Residence: Leroy, N. Y. Data from Mason.

Three children but have no record of same.

She married Eleazer Boardman, son of Levi Boardman & Rachel Riley, in 1820 in Leroy, N. Y. Born on 24 Mar 1794. Data from Mason.

They had one child:
i.  Three children. Data from Mason.

613. Maria Mason (Benjamin5, Benjamin4, Joseph3, Joseph2, Hugh1). Born Dublin, N. H., on 6 Mar 1804. Died Marlborough, N. H., on 26 Jan 1880. Data from Mason.

She first married Artemas Piper, son of Solomon Piper & Jerusha Hollis, on 21 Sep 1824. Born Dublin, N. H., on 18 Mar 1803. Died Dublin, N. H., on 24 Jan 1828. Data from Mason.

They had one child:
i.  Rufus Winfield. Born Dublin, N. H., on 8 Nov 1826. Residence: Marlborough and Manchester, N. H. Have no further data on this family. Data from Mason.
He married Caroline Townsend, daughter of David Townsend 2d & Dorothy Fisher, on 8 Mar 1849. Born Dublin, N. H., on 3 Nov 1829. Data from Mason.

She second married Samuel Allison, son of Andrew Allison & Sarah Morse, on 28 Jan 1851. Born Dublin, N. H., on 20 Mar 1795. Died Marlborough, N. H., on 31 Jul 1880. Data from Mason. No children.

Selectman 1842, 1843, 1844.

They had no children.

614. Sarah Elmira Mason (Benjamin5, Benjamin4, Joseph3, Joseph2, Hugh1). Born Dublin, N. H., on 11 Jul 1811. Died on 24 Mar 1843. Data from Mason.

She married Calvin Newton, son of Luther Newton & Miriam Newton, on 6 Apr 1841. Born on 1 Feb 1791. Data from Mason.

Married Sarah as (3) wife.

They had one child:
i.  Emily W.. Born on 27 Nov 1842. Have no further data on this family. Data from Mason.
She married Shepherd Watson. Residence: Of Winchendon, Mass. Data from Mason.

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