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Elijah Mason 1740–1790 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1740

Birth Location: Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA

Death Date: 15 Apr 1790

Death Location: Lebanon, Connecticut, USA

Father: Elijah Mason

Mother: Mary Gillett

Spouse(s): Thankful SHIPMAN

Children(s): Mary -Mason

Elijah Mason was born in 1740 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA, the child of Elijah Mason And Mary Gillett. Elijah Mason married Thankful Shipman, and had children including Mary Polly Mayson Mason. Elijah Mason passed away in 1790 in Lebanon, Connecticut, USA.

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Biography

  • Elijah Mason was born in 1740 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA, the child of Elijah Mason And Mary Gillett.
  • Elijah Mason married Thankful Shipman, and had children including Mary Polly Mayson Mason.
  • Elijah Mason passed away in 1790 in Lebanon, Connecticut, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Elijah Mason
1722–1770
Birth Location: Hartford, Connecticut, USA
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Mary Gillett
1724–1783
Birth Location: Hartford, Connecticut, USA
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Spouses(s)

Thankful SHIPMAN
1747–1810
Birth Location: Chester, New London, CT USA
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Children(s)

Mary -Mason
1780–1814
Birth Location: Wayne, North Carolina, United States
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Elijah Mason's Ancestors

Self
Elijah Mason
1740–1790
Birth Place: Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA
Parents
Elijah Mason
1722–1770
Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Mary Gillett
1724–1783
Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Grandparents
Jonathan Mason
1685–
Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Susannah (Dix) Mason
1687–
Hartford, Hartford County, CT
Joseph GILLETTE-
1693–1764
Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut
Sarah (BURR Gillett) Sedgwick
1697–1775
Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Great-Grandparents
Joseph ll
1664–1746
Mary Gillett
1670–1719
Sarah Nichols
1674–1767
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Elijah Mason's Descendants

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Elijah Mason (1740–15 Apr 1790) m. Thankful SHIPMAN (1747–1810)
  1. 1. Mary (Polly Mayson) -Mason 1780–1814
    1. 1. Asa Jernigan 1788–1830 m. Elizabeth Reynolds 1793–1850
      1. 1. Henry (Hamilton) Jernigan 1822–1861 m. Sarah ("Sally") Dorin 1831–1862 m. Matilda (Love) Miller 1816–1880
        1. 1. James (A) Johnigan 1855–1917 m. Annie (Mae) Pollen 1873–1937
        2. 2. William (Franklin) Jernigan 1850–1939 m. Josephine Jernigan 1856–1939
        3. 3. H (E) Jernagan 1859–
        4. 4. Elizabeth (Clementine) Jernigan 1839–1886

Elijah Mason's Timeline

2 Records

1740
1740
Birth of Elijah Mason in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA
Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA
1790
15 Apr 1790
Age 50
Death of Elijah Mason in Lebanon, Connecticut, USA
Lebanon, Connecticut, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1740
    Event Place: Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 Apr 1790
    Event Place: Lebanon, Connecticut, USA
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