Sixth Generation (Continued)
Family of Hugh Mason (268) & Elizabeth Clark

622. Richard Clark Mason (Hugh5, Nehemiah4, Joseph3, Joseph2, Hugh1). Born Watertown, Mass., on 23 Feb 1784. Died Baltimore, Md., on 25 Mar 1873. Residence: Baltimore, Md. Data from Mason.

Bond's Info: Richard Clarke, b. Feb. 23, 1784.

He first married Margaret Harlow, daughter of John Harlow & Eunice Lufkin, on 2 Apr 1807 in Ipswich, Mass. Born Ipswich, Mass., on 2 Jan 1789. Died on 4 Apr 1836. Data from Mason. 

They had the following children:
1183 i.  Richard (1808-)
1184 ii.  William Atkins (1810-1832)
iii.  Margaret. Born on 1 Jul 1812. Died on 12 Aug 1813. Data from Mason.
iv.  Elizabeth. Born on 16 Apr 1814. Data from Mason.
1185 v.  Margaret (1819-)
vi.  Amos. Born Baltimore, Md., on 28 Jul 1823. Data from Mason.
1186 vii.  James Dickinson (1825-1877)
1187 viii.  Martha Washington (1830-)

He second married Emeline Collins Carter, on 12 Jan 1843 in Baltimore, Md. Married by Rev. Mr. Shrigley. Born on 3 May 1811. Data from Mason.

They had the following children:
i.  Joseph Clark. Born Baltimore, Md., on 6 Jan 1844. Data from Mason.
1188 ii.  Emeline Needham (1846-)

He third married Lydia Sanderson Clarke, daughter of Thomas Clark(e) & Sarah Sanderson, on 10 Jun 1850 in Watertown. Married by Hasbrouck Davis, minister of the First Congregational Church of Watertown. Born Watertown on 21 Jan 1807. Data from Mason.

623. Seth Mason (Hugh5, Nehemiah4, Joseph3, Joseph2, Hugh1). Born Watertown, Mass., on 24 Nov 1790. Died Portland, Maine, on 19 Aug 1848. Baptized Portland, Maine, on 28 Apr 1816. Residence: Portland, Maine. Data from Mason.

Seth Mason was a brick mason, afterwards a grocer, and finally a botanic druggist. He was granted a license at Portland as a retailer, 1821, 1828, 1829, 1831, retailer and victualler 1825, 1826, 1837, victualler 1822, 1823, 1824, 1830. In 1832 he was licensed as "a Retailer with permission to sell spirituous liquors to be drank in his shop." His name appears in the first directory of Portland, published there, 1823, and in succeeding years until his death. Mrs. Mason's name appears 1850, but not after 1867.
In 1828 he purchased a church pew with his brother, Charles Mason, of which the following is the deed: "Know all Men by these Presents, That the Union Society in the Town of Portland, County of Cumberland, State of Maine, in consideration of ninety dollars and fifty cents paid by Seth Mason and Charles Mason, both of said Portland, Traders, the receipt whereof they do hereby acknowledge, do hereby bargain, sell and convey unto the said Seth and Charles, their heirs and assigns, Pew numbered one hundred and four on the Lower Floor, in the New Meeting House of said Society, standing on the corner of Casco and Cumberland Streets in said
Portland."
"April 5, 1828. (Signed) Samuel Small, Treas."
March 31, 1837, Seth Mason quitclaimed to "the Portland Mining and Railway Company, all rights, title and interest in his shares in all mines, minerals and coals of every description which may be found on Jewell's Island, so called, situated in Casco Bay, and which has been conveyed by Jonathan Chase to Seth Mason and others, by a deed dated July 8, 1833, also to all mines, minerals and coals at Cape Elizabeth, which has been conveyed to Seth Mason and William Coolidge."
In 1831 Seth Mason was one of a committee to sell four pews to his brother, Charles, in the meeting house, fronting Temple Street, commonly called the Christian Church.

Bond's Info: Seth, b. Nov. 24, 1790.

He married Hannah Bryant, daughter of Eleazer Bryant & Margaret, on 9 Nov 1817 in Portland, Maine. Married by Rev. Samuel Rand. Data from Mason. 

They had the following children:
i.  Margaret Ann. Born Portland, Maine, on 9 Dec 1818. Died Somerville, Mass., on 21 Dec 1894. Data from Mason. No children.
She married Dr. Lemuel Nye Rugg, son of David Rugg & Dorothy Wyman, on 18 Jun 1845 in Portland, Maine. Married by Rev. Samuel E. Brown. Born Compton, Canada, P. Q., on 28 Oct 1814. Died Portland, Maine, on 24 Sep 1861. Data from Mason. 
1189 ii.  Seth Clark (1820-1895)
iii.  Joseph Hugh. Born Portland, Maine, on 17 Feb 1824. Died Portland, Maine, on 29 Jul 1835. Data from Mason.
1190 iv.  Joseph Buxton (1826-1904)
v.  Sumner Ripley. Born Portland, Maine, on 4 Nov 1828. Died Portland, Maine, on 5 Nov 1835. Data from Mason.
1191 vi.  Hannah Eliza (1830-)

624. Clark Mason (Hugh5, Nehemiah4, Joseph3, Joseph2, Hugh1). Born Marlborough, N. H., on 16 Apr 1794. Died Marlborough, N. H., on 12 Aug 1861. Residence: Richland, N. Y., and Marlborough, N. H. Data from Mason.

Clark Mason returned to Marlborough in 1827 and located on his father's farm where he remained until his death. March 24, 1834, he was listed as being taxed $6.75 toward repairing the old Meeting House. December 9, 1834, he subscribed $4.00 toward purchasing a bell for the meeting house, said bell to be divided into one hundred and ninety shares, estimated at $1.00 a share and to be the property of the subscribers. June 21, 1837, he and his wife were in the council which convened at the old meeting house, and by their action constituted the petitioners a church, to be known as the Baptist Church of Christ in Marlborough. At a meeting, June 6, 1837, be was chosen clerk and elected deacon.

He first married Eunice Adams, daughter of Jonathan Adams & Hannah Parkhurst, on 1 Jan 1817. Born Richland, N. Y., on 31 Dec 1795. Died Richland, N. Y., on 9 Jan 1826. Data from Mason.

Immediately after their marriage they started on an ox sled for what was then the far West, making the trip to Richland, Oswego Co., N. Y., in twenty-two days.

They had the following children:
1192 i.  William Clark (1818-1892)
1193 ii.  Amos Adams (1819-1901)
iii.  Eliza. Born Richland, N. Y., on 19 Sep 1821. Data from Mason.
iv.  Elmira. Born Richland, N. Y., on 23 Apr 1824. Died Richland, N. Y., on 22 Oct 1824. Data from Mason.

He second married Almira Towne, daughter of John Towne & Susannah Grimes, on 7 Feb 1828 in Marlborough, N. H. Born Keene, N. H., on 2 Jun 1804. Died on 24 Jan 1865. Data from Mason.

They had the following children:
1194 i.  George Franklin (1829-1874)
1195 ii.  Fanny Elmira (1830->1897)
iii.  Edwin John. Born Marlborough, N. H., on 18 Dec 1832. Died on 21 Dec 1866. Residence: (Capt. Hugh, Joseph, Joseph Jr., Nehemiah, Hugh, Clark). Data from Mason. No children.
He married Hannah M. Bliss, daughter of Joseph Bliss & Polly Lyman, on 29 Nov 1855. Born on 27 Jul 1833. Died Woonsocket, R. I., on 31 Jul 1857. Data from Mason.

Mother was (2) wife of her father.
iv.  Eliza Susan. Born Marlborough, N. H., on 29 Mar 1834. Died Marlborough, N. H., on 8 Mar 1835. Data from Mason.
v.  Charles Hamilton. Born Marlborough, N. H., on 23 Jul 1835. Died Marlborough, N. H., on 19 Dec 1835. Data from Mason.
1196 vi.  Joseph Clark (1837-1892)
1197 vii.  Sumner Appleton (1838-1897)
viii.  Susanna Maria. Born Marlborough, N. H., on 23 Feb 1840. Died Marlborough, N. H., on 5 Jul 1863. Unmarried. Data from Mason.
1198 ix.  Martha Elizabeth (1841-1908)
x.  Charles Andrews. Born Marlborough, N. H., on 11 Apr 1843. Died Washington, D. C., on 7 Sep 1863. Data from Mason.
He served in the Civil War, 14th Regt. New Hampshire Volunteers.
xi.  Mary Ann. Born Marlborough, N. H., on 15 Feb 1845. Died on 1 Jan 1847. Unmarried. Data from Mason.

625. Charles Mason (Hugh5, Nehemiah4, Joseph3, Joseph2, Hugh1). Born Marlborough, N. H., on 17 Jun 1796. Died Baltimore, Md., on 9 Aug 1867. Residence: Portland, Maine, and Baltimore, Md. Data from Mason.

Charles Mason is listed on Portland records with his brother, Edward Mason, as buying land on the southeasterly side of Middle Street, October 25, 1826, again October 27, 1826, and conveying land near the meeting house of the Second Parish, October 27, 1826, and March 3, 1827, and buying land from his brother Edward and Ann Mason, his wife, February 21, 1829, and Charles and Temperance P. Mason sold land to Joseph Mason, January 7, 1831.
April 5, 1828, he purchased with his brother, Seth Mason, Pew 104, in the new meeting house of the Union Society, standing on the corner of Casco and Cumberland Streets. October 26, 1827, purchased Pew 36 in the same meeting house, and February 25, 1831, he purchased a pew in another church of which the following is the deed: "We, Nathaniel Crockett, Seth Mason, Samuel Pearson, Jacob Ham and Samuel Small, all of Portland, in the County of Cumberland, in consideration of the sum of two hundred and fifty six dollars and fifty cents to us paid by Charles Mason of Portland, in said County of Cumberland, the receipt whereof we hereby acknowledge, do hereby give, grant, bargain, sell and convey to the said Charles Mason and his heirs and assigns, the pews numbered 1, 18, 40 and 62, in the Meeting House in said Portland, fronting on Temple Street, which we have lately erected and designed as a house of public worship, for the religious. denomination and society commonly called the Christian Church, now worshipping therein."
On a quitclaim deed, recorded March 31, 1837, "Charles Mason and others quitclaim unto the Portland and Mining and Railway Company all rights, title and interest in our respective shares in all mines, minerals and coals' of every description which may be found on Jewell's Island so called, situated in Casco Bay, and which has been conveyed by Jonathan Chase to Seth Mason and others, by a deed dated July 8, 1833, also to all mines, minerals and coals at Cape Elizabeth, which has been conveyed to Seth Mason and William Coolidge."
Charles Mason was licensed as a victualler 1827, 1829, and his name appears in the first directory of Portland, 1823, and is last there 1834.
In Baltimore he was a member of the Home Guards of the Confederate Army, 1861, and carried a musket doing guard duty, but had no active service, owing to age.

He first married Temperance Pickering Remick, on 9 Nov 1819 in Portland, Maine. Married by Rev. Samuel Rand. Born Kittery, Maine, in 1798. Baptized Christian Church, Portland, Maine, on 20 Oct 1816. Died Portland, Maine, on 30 Dec 1831. Buried Eastern Cemetery, Portland, Maine. Data from Mason. 

They had the following children:
i.  Ann Maria. Born Portland, Maine, on 3 Oct 1820. Data from Mason.
She married America P. Waldron. Data from Mason. 
ii.  William Francis. Born Portland, Maine, on 20 Dec 1823. Died Portland, Maine, on 27 Aug 1825. Buried Eastern Cemetery, Portland, Maine. Data from Mason.
iii.  Charles Augustus. Born Portland, Maine, on 20 Dec 1823. Died Portland, Maine, on 1 Sep 1825. Buried Eastern Cemetery, Portland, Maine. Data from Mason.
iv.  Mary Elizabeth. Born Portland, Maine, on 13 Aug 1826. Data from Mason.
She married Samuel L. Green, on 9 Jun 1848 in Baltimore, Md. Data from Mason.
v.  Charles Sumner. Born Portland, Maine, on 27 Jul 1829. Data from Mason.
vi.  Temperance. Born Portland, Maine, in 1831. Data from Mason.
She married James Smith, on 22 Feb 1849 in Baltimore, Md. Data from Mason.

He second married Betsey Merrill Edwards, daughter of William Edwards & Dorcas Merrill, on 22 Jan 1833 in Gardiner, Maine. Born on 16 Dec 1808. Died Baltimore, Md., on 2 Mar 1882. Data from Mason. 

They had one child:
i.  William Edwards. Born Baltimore, Md., on 22 Aug 1844. Data from Mason.

626. Aaron Mason (Hugh5, Nehemiah4, Joseph3, Joseph2, Hugh1). Born Marlborough, N. H., on 22 Aug 1799. Data from Mason.

In 1847 Aaron Mason was in possession of the original parchment commission of his ancestor, Capt. Hugh Mason.

He married Sybil Parker, daughter of Silas Parker & Meriah Farnsworth, on 18 Nov 1823 in Groton, Mass. Born Groton, Mass., on 7 Nov 1799. Died Groton, Mass., on 23 Nov 1870. Data from Mason.

They had the following children:
i.  Elizabeth Clark. Born on 14 Aug 1824. Died on 20 Mar 1894. Data from Mason. No children.
She married James Boyd, on 25 May 1855. Data from Mason.
ii.  Edwin. Born on 29 Jul 1827. Died Groton, Mass., on 5 Oct 1832. Data from Mason.
iii.  Susan Maria. Born on 9 May 1830. Died on 24 Sep 1864. Data from Mason. No children.
She married Philip D. Dickson, on 18 Jul 1852. Residence: Of Groton, Mass. Data from Mason.
1199 iv.  Ellen Anna (1832-1908)
v.  Martha Manilla. Born Groton, Mass., on 17 Mar 1836. Died on 3 Feb 1861. Data from Mason. No children.
She married Alonzo E. Willis, son of Ebenezer Willis, on 26 Nov 1856 in Groton, Mass. Married by Rev. David Fosdick Jr. Born South New Market, N. H., in 1835. Data from Mason.

627. Edward Mason (Hugh5, Nehemiah4, Joseph3, Joseph2, Hugh1). Born Marlborough, N. H., on 4 Mar 1802. Died Baltimore, Md., on 23 Feb 1890. Residence: Portland, Maine, and Baltimore, Md. Data from Mason.

Edward Mason is listed on Portland records with his brother, Charles Mason, as buying land on southeasterly side of Middle Street, October 25, 1826, again October 27, 1826, and conveying land near the meeting house Of the Second Parish, October 27, 1826, and Edward and Ann (Manson) Mason sold land to Charles Mason, March 3, 1827, and February 21, 1829. On a quitclaim deed recorded March 31, 1837, "Edward Mason and several others quitclaim unto the Portland Mining and Railway Company all rights, title and interest in our respective shares in all mines, minerals and coals of every description which may be found on Jewell's Island so called, situated in Casco Bay and which has been conveyed by Jonathan Chase to Seth Mason and others by a deed dated July 8, 1833, also to all mines, minerals and coals at Cape Elizabeth, which has been conveyed to Seth Mason and William Coolidge." He was licensed as a retailer, 1823, 1826.

He first married Ann Manson, on 8 Feb 1824 in Portland, Maine. Married by Rev. Samuel Rand. Born in 1802. Baptized Portland, Maine, on 21 Apr 1822. Died Portland, Maine, on 3 Apr 1829. Data from Mason. 

They had one child:
i.  Stephen R.. Born Maine. Data from Mason.

He second married Lorana McKenney. Born Maine in 1806. Data from Mason. 

They had the following children:
i.  Julia. Born Maine in 1835. Data from Mason.
ii.  Edward. Born Maine in 1836. Data from Mason.
iii.  George. Born Maryland in 1843. Data from Mason.

628. Joseph Mason (Hugh5, Nehemiah4, Joseph3, Joseph2, Hugh1). Born Marlborough, N. H., on 17 May 1808. Died Cumberland, R. I., on 25 Aug 1836. Data from Mason.

Joseph Mason was licensed as an innholder and victualler at Portland, Maine, 1833, 1834, 1835. His name was in the Portland Directory, 1834. Killed in a coal mine.

He married Nancy Daggett, daughter of Joab Daggett & Nancy Blackinton, on 17 Oct 1831 in Attleboro, Mass. Born Attleboro, Mass., on 28 Jul 1810. Data from Mason.

They had one child:
i.  Joseph. Born Attleboro, Mass., on 1 Nov 1836. Died Fortress Monroe, Va., in Nov 1862. Unmarried. Data from Mason.
Died while serving in the Civil War as Surgeon in 45th Mass. Regt.

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