Capt. John MASON
- Born: Abt 1678, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut, USA
- Marriage: Anne SANFORD on 15 Jul 1719 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut, USA
- Died: 23 Dec 1736, London, , Greater London, England about age 58
General Notes:
Source: Richard Anson Wheeler, "History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut,From It's First Settlement in 1649 to 1900, With a Genealogical Register of Stonington Families" (New London, Conn., 1900)
Captain John Mason m. (first) his first cousin, Anne Mason [AD: daughter of Major Samuel Mason, son of the Major John Mason of the Pequot War] July 18, 1701. Settled first in Lebanon, Conn., but removed to Stonington about 1703, where she was received into the church February 24, 1706.
Children by Anne MASON:
JOHN b. September 13, 1702, Lebanon
RACHAEL b. May 19, 1706 at Stonington
SAMUEL b. August 30, 1707 at Stonington
JEMIMA b. August 7, 1709 at Stonington
JAMES - b. May 13, 1713, m. Sarah DENISON 1733
ELIJAH - b. June 12, 1715, m. his second cousin, Martha Brown
After Mrs. Anne Mason's death Captain John Mason m. (second) Mrs. Anne SANFORD Noyes, widow of Dr. James Noyes of Stonington, Conn. She was the daughter of Governor Peleg Sanford of Rhode Island and granddaughter of Governor William Coddington of Newport, RI [AD note: she was therefore descended from Mrs. Anne MARBURY Hutchinson of Mass/RI/NY - American martyr to Winthropism - a colonial form of myopia - who was descended from Edward PLANTAGENET (King Edward I) of England] The marriage of Captain John Mason and Anne SANFORD Noyes was on July 15, 1719. Captain John Mason died December [23] 1736 [other sources say of smallpox] in London, England, where he had gone with Mahomet, grandson of Owaneco, to obtain recognition by the Crown to the right of Mahomet to the sachemship of the Mohegans. [AD NOTE: an ironic death for the grandson of Major John Mason]
only child by Anne SANFORD Noyes:
PELEG SANFORD b. April 6, 1720
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John married Anne SANFORD, daughter of Gov. Peleg SANFORD and Mary CODDINGTON, on 15 Jul 1719 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut, USA. (Anne SANFORD was born about 1679 in Newport, Newport Co., Rhode Island, USA and died in Sep 1736 in Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut, USA.)
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