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1018 SOUTHEASTERN" MASSACHUSETTS
well known in social as well as business circles,
having numerous connections of a purely social
nature, being a member of Mount Vernon
Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Providence; a charter
member of King Hiram Chapter, of Attleboro.
Royal Arch Masons; Attleboro Council,
Royal and Select Masters; Bristol Commandery,
Knights Templar; a charter member of
Hope Chapter, 0. E. S., a charter member of
descendants for many generations were prominent.
His burial is recorded in Rehoboth,
Sept. 15, 1676. Mrs. Mason's death is recorded
as having occurred Aug. 29, 1714.
Their children were : Noah, Sampson, John
(all born in Dorchester), Samuel, Sarah,.
Mary, James, Joseph, Bethiah, Isaac, Pelatiah,.
Benjamin and Thankful (all born in Rehoboth).
(II) Benjamin Mason, born Oct. 20, 1670,
in Rehoboth, Mass.,. married Ruth Rounds,,
the Company C Association; a member of the
Pomham Club, of Providence; a member of
William A. Streeter Post, G. A. R., and a
member of the Loyal Legion of Honor.
In 1861 Mr. Wexel was married (first) in
Xew York to Elizabeth Hudson, of New York,
who lived only a short time thereafter; they
had no children. On April 26, 1871, he married
(second) Helen A. (Millard) Mason, a
native of Saratoga, N. Y., daughter of James
and Laura (Taylor) Millard and widow of
Francis Asbury Mason, of Fall River, Mass.
There was one child by this union, Serena
Augusta, born April 10, 1872, who died young.
Mrs. Wexel is a member of the M. E. Church,
a stanch advocate of temperance and a prominent
member in this section of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union, in the work of
which organization she is particularly interested,
though her sympathy includes all good
causes, and she is known for her benevolence
and kindness. She is a descendant of one of
the earliest families of New England.
MASON. (I) Sampson Mason, a soldier
in Cromwell's army, came to America, where
he first appears of record in July, 1649. He
settled in Rehoboth and his posterity has been
numerous. He seemingly was at Dorchester,
where he purchased a house and lot in March,
1650-51. He married Mary Butterworth,
probably daughter of John Butterworth, of
Weymouth. He sold his property in 1655-56
and removed to Rehoboth, but Just at what
time he came to the latter town has not been
ascertained; perhaps not far from 1657-58.
By this time he had acquired considerable
property, and he here entered extensively into
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the land speculations so common at that time.
He appears as the holder of one share of the
seventy-nine and one-half in the Rehoboth
North Purchase, which afterward became the
town of Attleboro, and also one of the proprietors
of the town of Swansea, in which his
of John Rounds, of Swansea. Mr.
Mason was a farmer. He died in August or
September, 1740. His wife passed away Oct.
14, 1740. Their children, all- born in Swansea,
were: Hannah, born May 11, 1698; Christopher,
born July 6, 1702; Charles, born Aug.
16, 1713.
(III) Christopher Mason, born July 6^
1702, in Swansea, Mass., married (first) June
17, 1725, Lydia Jenckes, daughter of Joseph
and Martha (Brown) Jenckes. He married
(second) Nov. 10, 1757, Mrs. Sarah Luther,,
widow of Theophilus Luther and formerly
widow of Edward Cole, and daughter of
Thomas and Hope (Huckins) Nelson. Shedied
May 8, 1782, in her seventieth year. Mr.
Mason died May 9, 1783. The children of
Christopher and Lydia, all born in Swansea,
were: Martha, born July 5, 1726; Ruth, Sept.
21, 1728; Lydia, Nov. 8, 1730; Benjamin,
Feb. 26, 1732-33; Joseph, Sept. 2, 1735;
Esther (twin), Sept. 2, 1735; Christopher,
Oct. 22, 1737; Catherine, June 13, 1741; and
Edward, Jan. 26, 1760.
(IV) Edward Mason, born Jan. 26, 1760,
in Swansea, Mass., married July 19, 1782,
Tamar Hale, born Dec. 6, 1760, daughter of
John, and Bethiah (Bosworth) Hale. Mr.
Mason died Sept. 5, 1792, and his widow married
(second) James Luther. The children
of Edward and Tamar, all born in Swansea,
were: Christopher, born April 27, 1783; William,
March 12, 1785; Edward, Aug. 9, 1786;
Mary, Jan. 23, 1788; Anna, Sept. 7, 1789;
John Hale, April 26, 1792.
(V) Edward Mason (2), born Aug. 9, 1786,
in Swansea, Mass., man-ied (intentions recorded
Nov. 14, 1812, in Rehoboth, Mass.)
Mahala Anthony. His will was dated Feb.
22, 1845, at which time his wife was alive.
Their children were: Edward Nelson, born
Dec. 21, 1813; Mary Anna Hale, Sept. 9,
1815; Elizabeth Carpenter, Dec. 29, 1818;
William Henry, July 19, 1820; John Wesley,
May 9, 1823; John Wesley (2), Aug. 25, 1827
(all bom in Rehoboth) ; and Francis Asbury,
June 26, 1831 (born in Fall River, Massa-
chusetts).
(VI) Francis Asbury Mason, son of Edward
(2), was bom June 26, 1831, in Fall
River, Mass., where his father was engaged in
the dry goods business. He received his edu-