Mary BUTTERWORTH

Family/Spouse: Sampson MASON. Sampson was born in England; was buried on 15 Sep 1676 in Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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7-Joseph Mason, (1-Sampson)
Born in Rehoboth, Mass, March 6, 1663; Married first, March 12, 1683, Anne Daggett, daughter of John and Anna (Sutton) Daggett. She was born in Rehoboth, the middle of August, 1653. Joseph Mason
married a second, Sept. 4, 1686, Lydia Bowen, daughter of Obadiah and Mary (Clifton) Bowen, she was born in Rehoboth, April 23, 1666. Joseph Mason held many offices in the town of Swansea and served as one of the Selectmen during the years 1704, 1705, 1706 and 1707. He served as Representative to the General Court of Mass. and in July of the year 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 section 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 homestead in Warren, a short
distance from the Mass. line. His widow, Lydia, died March 25, 1758.
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Joseph married Anne DAGGETT on 12 Mar 1683. Anne was born in Aug 1653 in Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Lydia BOWEN on 04 Sep 1686 in Rehoboth, Massachusetts. Lydia (daughter of Obadiah BOWEN and Mary CLIFTON) was born on 23 Apr 1666 in Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts; died on 25 Mar 1758 in Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Bethiah married John WOOD on 23 May 1688. John was born in 1663; died before 7 Oct 1757 in Swanea, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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]