MASON

From the files of Stephen M. Lawson

Mason Ancestry in England            Wells Ancestry in England

               Hugh Mason and Hester Wells

               Joseph Mason and Mary Fiske

               Joseph Mason and Mary Monk

               Elias Mason and Lydia Brown

               Elijah Mason and Sarah Child

               Sophronia Mason and Eli Morey

               Elijah Mason Morey and Elizabeth Merrill

               William Clemeth Morey and Melvina E. Andrews

               Minnie Elsie Morey and Aretus Erastus Freeman

               Iva Melvina Freeman and Donald VanHoosier Lawson

               Stephen Martin Lawson
 

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Elias and Lydia (Brown) Mason

Elias MASON - b. Aug. 24, 1723, Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA; d. Mar. 30, 1802, Woodstock, CT. Son of Joseph Mason and Mary MONK. Seated Jun. 1748 at First Church of Christ, Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA and dismissed to the Church at Woodstock, Windham Co., CT Oct. 31, 1762. Lived in 1771 at Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT but returned to Woodstock, Windham Co., CT in the fall. Married May 3, 1753, Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA.

Lydia BROWN - b. Aug. 15, 1729, Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA; d. Jan. 24, 1817, Woodstock, CT. Daughter of Jonathan BROWN and Elizabeth SIMONDS.

Children of Elias and Lydia Mason

  1. Elijah - b. Jan. 25, 1754, Woodstock, Windham Co., CT; d. May 11, 1837, Wethersfield, Wyoming Co., NY.
  2. Sophia - b. Jun. 5, 1755, Woodstock, Windham Co., CT; d. Sep. 14, 1805. Married Jan. 6, 1774, Woodstock, Windham Co., CT Calvin MORSE (b. Jun. 30, 1752, Woodstock, Windham Co., CT), son of Deacon Jedidiah MORSE and Sarah CHILD, and uncle of artist and inventor Samuel Finley Breese MORSE. Calvin married second Sukey (SIMPSON) WHITE. Children: Leonard married first Polly GROW, and second Betsey WHITE; Lydia Brown married Parker HOLBROOK; Hannah married Benjamin LYON II; Joseph married Sukey DEVOIL; William married Hannah WHITE; Calvin; Sophia married Park MORRIS; and Sally Breese married her cousin Leonard MASON, Jr.
  3. Leonard - b. Sep. 6, 1756, Woodstock, Windham Co., CT; d. Jan. 5, 1811, Woodstock, Windham Co., CT; bur. Woodstock Hill Cemetery. Lt. Leonard was a tanner and currier, and served in the Revolution. Married May 4, 1781, Woodstock, CT Lucy BOND (b. Dec. 26, 1759, Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA; d. Jun. 4, 1843, Woodstock, Windham Co., CT), daughter of Col. William BOND and Lucy BROWN. Children: Dr. William Bond married Lydia (BULKELEY) WORTHINGTON; Lucretia married Philip DEANE; Spencer died in infancy; Leonard married his cousin Sally Breese MORSE; Elias married Eliza MAY; Lucy died in infancy; and Lydia died in infancy.
  4. Jonathan - b. Feb. 2, 1758, Woodstock, Windham Co., CT; d. Dec. 14, 1833, Lyme, Grafton Co., NH. He had extensive Revolution service. Married Feb. 7, 1782, Woodstock, Windham Co., CT Deborah LYON (b. Mar. 15, 1762, Woodstock, Windham Co., CT; d. Mar. 14, 1849, Lyme, Grafton Co., NH), daughter of Benjamin LYON and Sarah MAY. Children: Sarah died in infancy; Mary married Nathaniel MANN of Orford, Grafton Co., NH, son of John and Lydia (PORTER) MANN (Mary's daughter Mary married Judge Leonard WILCOX of Orford, NH.); Jonathan married Ann HALL; Sarah married first Moses EDGELL, and second Abel EDGELL; and Hannah married first Jared MANN, Jr., of Orford, Grafton Co., NH, and second Alexander CORLISS of Orford, Grafton Co., NH.
  5. Joseph - b. Apr. 17, 1760, Woodstock, Windham Co., CT; d. Oct. 1776, NY. Died in battle during Revolution.
  6. Spencer - b. Dec. 1, 1761, Woodstock, Windham Co., CT; d. Jan. 21, 1764, Woodstock, CT.
  7. Lydia - b. Nov. 11, 1763, Woodstock, Windham Co., CT; d. Nov. 27, 1837. Married Jan. 3, 1778, Woodstock, Windham Co., CT Ebenezer SKINNER (b. May. 24, 1762, Woodstock, Windham Co., CT; d. Jun. 4, 1837, Woodstock, Windham Co., CT), son of William SKINNER and Thankful MARSCRAFT. Children: Relecta; Lydia did not marry; George married Gatia STRONG; Ebenezer; Elias married Mary Ann MARVIN; Paraclete married Ralph S. CRAMPTON; Sophia did not marry; Sabra Ann married Asa LYON; and Waldo married first Nancy S. PAINE, and second Mary HUNTINGTON.
  8. Marshall - b. Oct. 18, 1765, Woodstock, Windham Co., CT; d. Jul. 11, 1836, South Woodstock, Windsor Co., VT. A founder of Pomfret, Windor Co., VT and the Protestant Episcopal Church at Woodstock, Windsor Co., VT. Married first Jun. 30, 1788, Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT Polly SESSIONS (b. Jan. 30, 1770, Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT; d. Dec. 29, 1814, Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT), daughter of Simeon SESSIONS and Sarah DANA; and second Jun. 17, 1817, Pomfret, VT Christian BARTHOLOMEW (b. Sep. 23, 1770, Woodstock, Windham Co., CT; d. after 1848), daughter of John BARTHOLOMEW and Candace AINSWORTH. Children: Sarah Dana did not marry; Polly did not marry; Louisa married Samuel HORR; Augusta did not marry; Marshall married Joanna PALMER; George Francis died young; Benjamin Franklin did not marry; Francis Sessions died young; Harriet Amelia married Thomas CHRYSTIE, Jr.; and George Francis died in infancy.
  9. Elias - b. Dec. 2, 1767, Woodstock, Windham Co., CT; d. Feb. 13, 1836, Woodstock, Windham Co., CT. Married Jun. 8, 1797, Woodstock, Windham Co., CT Matilda CLARKE (b. Dec. 28, 1776, Woodstock, Windham Co., CT; d. Apr. 14, 1827, Woodstock, Windham Co., CT), daughter of Asahel CLARKE and Dorothy HYDE. Children: Elliott married Alida Jane SHULTIS; Sophia married Ebenezer SKINNER, Jr.; Dolly married Caleb HEALEY; Lucretia married Noah Howe GRIGGS; Charles died in infancy; Clark married Emeline PETRIE; Mary; Charles Dwight married first Louisa NICHOLS, and second Sarah Lois WALKER; and Sarah Clark married Ira B. CARPENTER.
  10. Bradford - b. Jan. 14, 1769, Woodstock, Windham Co., CT; d. Jan. 19, 1769, Woodstock, Windham Co., CT.
  11. Benjamin - b. Jan. 8, 1770, Woodstock, Windham Co., CT; d. Jan. 12, 1770, Woodstock, Windham Co., CT.
  12. Charles - b. Mar. 15, 1772, Woodstock, Windham Co., CT; d. Jan. 6, 1845, Westford, NY. Moved to Westford, NY in 1796. Married first May. 16, 1793, Woodstock, Windham Co., CT Fanny MANNING (b. May 12, 1771, Woodstock, Windham Co., CT; d. Feb. 24, 1795), daughter of Ephraim MANNING and Mary FOX; and second Dec. 24, 1796, Woodstock, CT Hannah MANNING (b. Jul. 21, 1769, Woodstock, Windham Co., CT; d. Sep. 21, 1852), sister of Fanny. Son: John married Elizabeth WILLIAMS. 

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Capt. Elijah and Sarah (Child) Mason

Elijah MASON - b. Jan. 25, 1754, Woodstock, Windham Co., CT; d. May 11, 1837, Wethersfield, Wyoming Co., NY. Son of Elias MASON and Lydia BROWN. Elijah died "Thursday morning 5 Oclock" "of convulsive fits." A founder of Pomfret, VT and Capt. in the militia, he served in the Revolution as Sgt., scout and supplier of the Northern Army. His service as summarized in pension file W1043 was as follows:

While a resident of Pomfret, Vermont, he enlisted in March, 1776 and served fourteen months as sergeant in Captain Benjamin Wait's Company in the Detachment of Vermont Rangers under Joab Hoisington, Major Commandant. He enlisted about the middle of June, 1777, served four months as private in Captains Smith's and Joshua Hasen's Companies, Colonel Marsh's Vermont Regiment. A few weeks later, he served as private about two weeks against the Indians at Barnard, Vermont. He enlisted about September, 1780, served two months as sergeant under Captain Jesse Safford, was in a skirmish with the Indians at Royalton and at Bethel, Vermont. In the winter, 1781, he served two weeks as private against the tories. On May 8, 1781, he was commissioned by Thomas Chittenden, Governor of Vermont, Lieutenant in the 6th Company of the Alarm, 4th Regiment and served a few days as such. On October 3, 1782, he was commissioned by Governor Thomas Chittenden, Captain and was called out for a few days.

[Note: the service record recorded on NSDAR application No. 47847 is in error.] A carpenter by trade, he built the meeting house at Pomfret and was a charter member of the church organized there in 1783. In 1798 he moved to Hartwick, Otsego Co., NY, and about 1800 to Tully, Onadaga Co., NY, located about 5 miles northeast of Preble (or New Homer), Cortland Co., NY. At Preble, Elijah was justice of the peace, deacon and elder in the Presbyterian Church, to which he was admitted in Aug. 1804. At the first Town Meeting of Preble, on May 3, 1808, Elijah was chosen Constable; on Apr. 3, 1810 he was chosen as an Overseer of the Poor, Fence Viewer and Pound Master; and on Apr. 4, 1815 he was again chosen Fence Viewer and Pound Master. The Session minutes of the Preble Presbyterian Church, Dec. 31, 1827, records the excommunication of Elijah MASON:

The case of brother Elijah Mason was again brought up & after carefully & with prayer, looking over the same, all hope of his recovery by pursuing still further any measure less painful being cast -- the Session now here, feel compelled to adjudge & determine as follows -- vis, that he <the said?> Elijah Mason, <unclear> he hereby is excommunicated from the church of our Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ on earth, for his sin of contumacy in not submitting to the directions prescribed him by the Presbytery of Onondaga Sept. 4th, 1823 & repeated by the Presbytery of Cortland Mar. 14, 1827.

Elijah moved to Gainesville, Wyoming Co., NY in 1828, and to neighboring Wethersfield the following year. Married first Jan. 19, 1775, Woodstock, Windham Co., CT by Rev. Stephen WILLIAMS. He married second about Feb. 23, 1802, Preble, Cortland Co., NY Elizabeth CRAVATH (b. Oct. 19, 1763, Harwinton, Litchfield Co., CT; d. Aug. 5, 1827, Preble, Cortland Co., NY; bur. there in the Presbyterian Church Cemetery), daughter of Samuel CRAVATH (b. Jun. 7, 1735, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA; d. Dec. 26, 1820, Preble, Cortland Co., NY) and Phebe AUSTIN (b. Feb. 20, 1741/2, Wallingford, New Haven Co., CT; d. May 26, 1815, Phebe, Cortland Co., NY). Elijah and Elizabeth had been married 25 years 5 months and 12 days at her death. Elijah was married third on Aug. 25, 1828, at Gainesville, Genessee Co., NY by Rev. Mr. BUEL, to Electa (MURRAY) HEWETT FLOWER (b. Jan. 1, 1781, New Concord, NY; d. Feb. 19, 1857, probably in Macomb Co., MI), daughter of Daniel MURRAY (b. Jun. 9, 1753, Kent Litchfield Co., CT; d. Mar. 18, 1835, Pike, Wyoming Co., NY) and Elizabeth RAYMOND (b. Sep. 24, 1755; d. May 1, 1840). Electa was the widow of Rodolphus Wheelock HEWETT and of Pearl FLOWER (b. Feb. 6, 1785; d. Jan. 26, 1826). In May of 1853, Electa was living at Armada, Macomb Co., MI. By her prior marriages, Electa was the mother of Rodolphus Wheelock HEWETT, Jr., Norman Murray FLOWER, Lorenzo Pearl FLOWER, Sophronia Elizabeth FLOWER, and stepmother of Alanson FLOWER (son of Pearl FLOWER and his first wife).

Sarah 'Sally' CHILD - b. Feb. 18, 1752, Woodstock, Windham Co., CT; d. Nov. 19, 1800, Preble, Cortland Co., NY; bur. Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Sarah was the mother of 8 children. Sarah's grave marker is in lot 78 of what is now known as the Old Cemetery at Preble, Cortland Co., NY. Daughter of Abijah CHILD and Abigail JOHNSON.

Children of Elijah and Sarah

  1. Josiah - b. Oct. 18, 1775, Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT; d. 1854-60, Wayne Co., MI. Married Abigail STORRS (b. 1777; d. Jun. 20, 1871, Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., MI). Children of Josiah and Abigail MASON: Paschal; Charles; Rev. Trenck married Phoebe GILBERT; Melissa; Salter Storrs; Ursula; Cyrus Milo; Nelson Alexander; Josiah, Jr.; Louisa A; George D; and Martha A.
  2. Elizabeth - b. Jan. 13, 1777, Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT; d. Jan. 20, 1777, Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT.
  3. Sarah - b. Dec. 10, 1778, Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT. Married in 1799, Preble, NY Amos BULL of Buffalo, NY.
  4. Sophronia - b. Feb. 21, 1781, Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT; d. by 1850, probably in Calhoun Co., MI. Married Eli MOREY.
  5. Joseph - b. Mar. 14, 1783, Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT. Married at Preble, NY Nancy. Children: David, John, Maria, and Elijah.
  6. Fanny - b. Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT. Married Loring CARTER and 'went west.'
  7. Lydia - b. Pomfret, VT. Married Mr. PHILLIPS and 'went west.'
  8. Mary 'Molly' 'Polly' - b. Nov. 24, 1787, Pomfret, Windsor Co., VT; d. Feb. 6, 1867, Lee Center, Lee Co., IL; bur. Inlet Grove Cemetery, Lee Co., IL. Married Mr. ATWOOD, and after his death, lived with brother-in-law Eli MOREY, then with nephew Edwin MOREY until her death at the latter's residence.

Children of Elijah and Elizabeth Mason

  1. Elias - b. May 19, 1803, Preble, Cortland Co., NY; d. Dec. 18, 1862. Settled in Crawford Co., PA and later at  Wasioja, near Mantorville, Dodge Co., MN. Married Apr. 28, 1821 Susan Keziah CARPENTER (b. Apr. 5, 1800, VT; d. Aug. 23, 1883). Children of Elias and Susan MASON: Harley Carpenter married Clarissa Hazen WINTERMUTE; Austin Alonzo married first Eliza A. GARRISON, and second Mrs. Miranda YOUNG; Mary Elizabeth; and Charles F. S. married Emily.
  2. Almira - b. 1808, Preble, Cortland Co., NY; d. Feb. 16, 1893, Decorah, Winneshiek Co., IA. Married Jan. 1, 1831 Nelson BURDICK (b. 1809, NY; d. Jul. 1, 1885, Decorah, Winneshiek Co., IA). Their children were born in PA, and the family settled at Decorah, Winneshiek Co., IA by 1860. In 1860 Saloma T. CRAVATH (age 20, school teacher) was living with Almira and Nelson; most likely she was a relative of Almira's mother. Children of Almira and Nelson BURDICK: Charles W. married Vallotta (or Violette); Nelson B. married Morilla; Lt. Augustus Alvord married Eliza Jane GILBERT; James Shelman married Effie; Capt. Theodore Weld married Nancy GRAVES; and two other children.
  3. Elijah [photo] - b. Oct. 16, 1810, Preble, Cortland Co., NY; d. Mar. 21, 1897, West Andover, Ashtabula Co., OH. A school teacher, Elijah lived at Preble, Cortland Co., NY until about 1829 when he moved to Gainesville, Wyoming Co., NY. In Oct. 1834, he moved to Conneaut Township, Crawford Co., PA; in April 1865, to Decorah, Winneshiek Co., IA; and in 1880, to West Andover, Ashtabula Co., OH. Married first Mar. 20, 1834, Gainesville, Wyoming Co., NY Almira E. ROWLEY [photo] (b. Aug. 22, 1814; d. Dec. 23, 1857, Conneaut, Crawford Co., PA). Almira was likely the daughter of Norman and Olive ROWLEY of Bennington, Wyoming Co., NY in 1860, who appear to have had a son named Harvey ROWLEY, born 1818. Elijah married second Mar. 1 1860, Ashtabula Co., OH Cornelia A. LYMAN (b. Oct. 6, 1820, OH; d. Mar. 30, 1876, Decorah, Winneshiek Co., IA), daughter of Joshua M. LYMAN (b. Nov. 26, 1792, New Hartford, Litchfield Co., CT; d. Apr. 2, 1865) and Esther SEYMOUR (b. Mar. 14, 1796, New Hartford, Litchfield Co., CT; d. Jun. 7, 1862, West Andover, Ashtabula Co., OH). Elijah married third Julia (LYMAN) WARNER (b. 1818, OH), sister of his second wife Cornelia and widow of Lewis F. WARNER (b. 1817, NY). Julia and Lewis WARNER were the parents of Cecelia 'Celia', Caroline A., Lucy Ellen 'Nellie', Newell G., and Therow. Celia WARNER, a seamstress and invalid, lived with Elijah and Julia MASON in 1880. Children of Elijah and Almira MASON: Eunice A. married William J. CRAWFORD; Frances E. married Sobiski SELBY; Harvey R. was killed in the Civil War; Henry P. was killed in the Civil War; a child who died in infancy; Adelaide A. 'Addy' married Lucius H. MERRILL; Augusta A. 'Nettie' did not marry; William Merrill married Amanda Emma PAYNE; and Sarah C. married William P. THAYER.

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