Ancestral Glimpses » Joseph Mason Elder (-1748)

Personal data Joseph Mason Elder 


Household of Joseph Mason Elder

Waarschuwing Attention: Wife (Lydia Bowen) is also his cousin.

(1) He is married to Lydia Bowen.

They got married on September 4, 1686 at Swansea Township, Bristol County, Massachusetts, British America, he was 24 years old.

Marriage date was 4 Sep 1686 in Rehoboth, Bristol, MA. All the Joseph Masons listed are the same, unable to combine all of them because file would be too large. She was Joseph Mason's 2nd wife. He married his first wife, Anne Daggett on 12 Mar 1683. She was the daughter of John and Anna (Sutton) Daggett. She was born in Rehoboth, the middle of August, 1653.

Joseph Mason held many offices in the town of Swansea and served as one of the Selectmen during the years 1704-1707. He served as a Representative to the General Court of Mass. and in July, 1709 was ordained pastor of the Second Church of Swansea and so continued until his death. He was a shoemaker by trade. A few years before his death the Province line was changed and the seciton of Swansea in which he lived was set off to Rhode Island. His will was therefore dated and recorded in Warren, Rhode Island, which town, in greater part, was formed from territory taken from Swansea given to Rhode Island. He died May 19, 1748 and is buried in the old family cemetery on his son's homesteac in Warren, a short distance from the Mass. line.

He succeeded Elder Thomas Barnes as minister of the second Baptist Church in Swansea in July 1709. In 1737 or 1738 he resiged the pastorate, on account of infirmity of body, and his nephew, Elder Job Mason was chosen in his place.

Mason, Joseph, Elder, of Warren, yeoman, being aged. Will dated 26 Mar 1748, proved 4 July 1748. Mentions: wife living, no name given. Son Joseph, Daughters Lydia "Brown", leaving children formerly wife of son-in-law John "Brown", Anne MunroWidow, & Freelove Gorton. Grandson John "Brown" who has taken care of me & his grandmother. Granddaughter Susannah Gorton. Great granddaughter Elizabeth Cole. Wife (no name given) & son Joseph Exors. Town Council in Warren 20 June 1748 Letter of Administration to Mrs. Lydia Mason & Joseph Mason Esqr. the Executors named in the will of Joseph Mason Esqr. late of Warren. (Written John Cole Jr., Benjamin Reed, Isaac Col

Child(ren):

  1. Joseph Mason  1687-1761 
  2. Ann Mason  1688-± 1748 
  3. Freelove Mason  1695-1737 
  4. Lydia Mason  1704-1747


(2) He is married to Anne Daggett.

They got married on March 12, 1683 at Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, British America, he was 21 years old.


Notes about Joseph Mason Elder

Joseph Mason
From NEHGR, vol 18, p. 249:
"Succeeded Elder Thomas Barnes as minister of the Second Baptist Church in Swansea, Jul 1709. In 1737 or 8 he resigned the pastorate, on account of infirmity of body, and not of mind, as the Church record states, and his nephew, elder Job Mason, was chosen in his place."
From: Alden G. Beaman, Editor, Rhode Island Genealogical Register, Second Edition (Rhode Island Families Assn.; Princeton, MA; 1986-1999

"Mason, Joseph, Elder, of Warren, yeoman, being aged. Will dated 26 Mar 1748, proved 4 Jul 1748, pp. 33-34. Mentions: Wife living, no name given. Son Joseph. Daus. Lydia Brown dec. leaving children formerly wife of son-in-law John Brown., Anne Munro Widow, & Freelove Gorton. Grand-son John Brown who has taken care of me & his grand-mother. Grand-dau. Susannah Gorton. Great-grand-dau. Elizabeth Cole. Wife [no name given] & son Joseph Exors. [Pg 31, Town Council in Warren 20 Jun 1748 Letter of Administration to Mrs Lydia Mason & Joseph Mason Esqr the Executors named in the will of Joseph Mason Esqr late of Warren dec.] Witn: John Cole Jr, Benjamin Reed, Isaac Cole."

Joseph Mason (1663-1748) was an early minister of Rhode Island.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Joseph Mason

Samson Mason
1732-1811
Hannah Haile
1732-????
Henry Butterworth
± 1598-± 1636
Mary Lanbotham
± 1600-????
Mary Butterworth
± 1628-1714

Joseph Mason
-1748

(1) 1686

Lydia Bowen
1666-± 1712

Joseph Mason
1687-1761
Ann Mason
1688-± 1748
Freelove Mason
1695-1737
Lydia Mason
1704-1747
(2) 1683

Anne Daggett
1653-± 1685


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    Day of marriage March 12, 1683

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      • June 23 » William Penn signs a friendship treaty with Lenni Lenape Indians in Pennsylvania.
      • July 16 » Manchu Qing dynasty naval forces under traitorous commander Shi Lang defeat the Kingdom of Tungning in the Battle of Penghu near the Pescadores Islands.
      • September 11 » Battle of Vienna: Coalition forces, including the famous winged Hussars, led by Polish King John III Sobieski lift the siege laid by Ottoman forces.
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      • October 6 » Immigrant families found Germantown, Pennsylvania in the first major immigration of German people to America.

    Day of death May 19, 1748

    • The temperature on May 19, 1748 was about 12.0 °C. There was 46 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: regen betrokken. Source: KNMI
    • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem IV (Huis van Oranje) was from 1747 till 1751 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
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      • October 18 » Signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession.
    

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