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John Mason 1657 – 1683 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt. 1657

Birth Location: Dorchester, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts Bay Colony

Death Date: 18 Mar 1683

Death Location: Dorchester, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts Bay Colony

Father: Sampson Mason

Mother: Mary Butterworth

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John Mason was born in 1657 in Dorchester, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts Bay Colony, the child of Sampson Mason and Mary Butterworth. John Mason passed away in 1683 in Dorchester, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts Bay Colony.

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Biography

  • John Mason was born in 1657 in Dorchester, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts Bay Colony, the child of Sampson Mason and Mary Butterworth.
  • John Mason passed away in 1683 in Dorchester, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts Bay Colony.

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John Mason's Ancestors

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John Mason
1657 – 1683
Birth Place: Dorchester, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts Bay Colony
Parents
Sampson Mason
1625 – 1676
Bolton, Lancashire, England
Mary Butterworth
1630 – 1714
Weymouth, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA
Grandparents
Henry Butterworth
1601 – 1636
Halifax, Yorkshire, England
Mary Longbotham
1600 – 1681
Rehoboth, Co. Nottinghamshire, England, Nottinghamshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Henry Butterworth
1570 – 1633
Ephan Hilely
– 1639
2nd-Great-Grandparents

John Mason's Timeline

3 Records

1657
Abt. 1657
Birth of John Mason in Dorchester, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts Bay Colony
Dorchester, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts Bay Colony
1660
23 Sep 1660
Age 3
John Mason was baptized in Dorchester, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts Bay Colony
Dorchester, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts Bay Colony
1683
18 Mar 1683
Age 26
Death of John Mason in Dorchester, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts Bay Colony
Dorchester, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts Bay Colony

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt. 1657
    Event Place: Dorchester, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts Bay Colony

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 23 Sep 1660
    Event Place: Dorchester, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts Bay Colony
    Record Source: Records of the First Church at Dorchester in New England 1636-1734, p.171

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 15 Oct 1670
    Record Source: Latter Day Saints Ancestral file

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 Mar 1683
    Event Place: Dorchester, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts Bay Colony

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