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(Goodwin) Mason, of that town. Mr.
Mason is a scion of one of the oldest fam-
ilies in Connecticut, being a direct
descendant of Major John Mason, who
was born in England about 1600, was a
lieutenant in the army, served in the
Netherlands under his friend, Sir Thomas
Fairfax. He came to America about
1630, possibly with Winthrop. He settled
in Dorchester, and in December,
1632, he was sent as a lieutenant with
twenty men against a pirate, for which
service in the following July he received
£10. His name is the first on the list of
freemen, March 4, 1635, and distinguished
by the title of captain. He was elected
representative in 1635-36. In October
of that year he removed to Windsor, Connecticut,
in company with Rev. John
Warham, Henry Wolcott, Esq., and
others, taking part in the first settlement
of that town. In May, 1637, he commanded
the successful expedition against
the "Pequots" near New London. He
was elected representative, serving from
1637 to 1641, and assistant or magistrate
until 1659. The next eight years he was
deputy-governor of Connecticut and ma-
jor-general of the Colonies. In July,
1639, he married (second) Anna Peck,
and removed with his family in 1647 to
Saybrook, Connecticut. In 1660 he became
one of the first settlers of Norwich,
where he died January 30, 1672, and his
wife died shortly afterward.
Daniel Mason, son of Major John and
Anna (Peck) Mason, was born April,
1652, in Saybrook, and died at Stoning-
ton, in 1737. He was a schoolmaster at
Norwich in 1679, and married his third
wife, October 10, 1679. She was Rebecca,
daughter of Rev. Peter Hobart, minister
of Hingham, Massachusetts, born in
1654, and died at Stonington, April 8,
1727. Daniel Mason was made a freeman,
with his brother Samuel, May 8,
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1673, an d in August of the same year was
appointed schoolmaster at Norwich, Con-
necticut ; was deputy in 1684, and repre-
sentative in 1701. He was confirmed
quartermaster of the Stonington Milita,
October 9, 1695, at the time the Colony
feared war with the Dutch, and later was
promoted from the rank of lieutenant to
that of captain.
Peter Mason, son of Daniel and his
third wife, Rebecca (Hobart) Mason, was
born at Stonington, November 9, 1680.
He married Mary Hobart, July 8, 1703,
and settled at Stonington, whence he removed
to Colchester (now known as
Salem), and then moved to New London
(North Parish), now called Montville.
He held the rank of captain in the Colon-
ial army, and was placed in command of
a company of fifty-four Indians procured
by Governor Saltonstall that joined the
expedition against Canada in 171 1, during
the French and Indian War.
Peter Mason, Jr., son of Peter and
Mary (Hobart) Mason, was born at New
London, December 28, 1717, and died at
Castleton, Vermont, in 1805. He mar-
ried, in 1 741, Margaret, daughter of Jonathan
Fanning and Elizabeth Way, born
at Groton, Connecticut, and died at Cas-
tleton, Vermont, in 1803.
Robert Mason, son of Peter and Mar-
garet Mason, was born at Groton, in 1749,
and died at Simsbury, Connecticut, Feb-
ruary 5, 1835. He married Chloe Case,
at Simsbury, in 1774, and they removed
to Castleton, Vermont, where they remained
until 1779, in which year they
returned to Simsbury. Chloe Case was a
daughter of Charles and Phoebe Case,
born July 19, 1756, at Simsbury.
Luke Mason, son of Robert and Chloe
(Case) Mason, was born at Simsbury,
March 19, 1800, and died there March 21,
1840. He married, March 12, 1831, at
Simsbury, Diana Higley, born there