Pelatiah MASON

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A tradition, probably from the records gathered by a grandson of Pelatiah Mason, says that he married a second, third and fourth wife and lived with the last wife for twenty-one years. There appears to be no recorded proof of any but the first marriage and the conveyances by Pelatiah mason recorded after the death of his wife Hepsibeth, make no mention of a wife nor is there any release of dower. he was a tanner and shoemaker by trade and his homestead was on the highway leading from the Great Bridge - now known as Myles Bridge - to Mattapoisett, now Gardner's Neck in Swansea. He make no will, having distributed his real estate among his sons some years prior to his death. April 28, 1724, he conveyed to his eldest son, Job Mason, a lot of forty acres of land probably adjoining his own homestead. August 31, 1747, he conveyed to his sons Job, Russell, and John, several lots of land for love and small sums of money and it is probable that these lots included all his read estate. He held several minor town office in Swansea and appears to have been an active member of the Second Church.

Pelatiah married Hepsibeth BROOKS on 22 May 1694. Hepsibeth was born about 1673 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; died on 24 Aug 1727 in Swansea, Bristol Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John MASON was born on 4 Oct 1716 in Swansea, Bristol Co., Massachusetts; died on 27 Jun 1801.

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Of his early history nothing more is known than is contained in the following extract from the History of the Baptists in America, compiled by the Reverend Isaac Backus. "Sampson Mason was a soldier in the Cromwell's army and he came to America upon the turn of the times in England and settled in Rehoboth and his posterity are now as numerous as, perhaps those of any man who came to our country in his day" (Vol. 2, page 435). Backus probably gained his information from grandsons of Sampson Mason who were pastors of the Second Church of Swansea at the tie the history was written, and possibly his wife, who was a great-granddaughter of Sampson Mason, may have related to him some of the family traditions. However this may be, the authenticity of the statement can scarcely be doubted.

Sampson married Mary BUTTERWORTH. Mary was born in England; died on 29 Aug 1714 in Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]