Mary Ann Mason

Brief Life History of Mary Ann

When Mary Ann Mason was born in 1805, in Medway, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Simon Harding Mason, was 31 and her mother, Betsey Leland, was 28. She married Joseph Adams on 9 October 1824, in Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1880 and Massachusetts, United States in 1886. She died on 6 July 1886, at the age of 81, and was buried in Millis, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Adams
1803–1847
Mary Ann Mason
1805–1886
Marriage: 9 October 1824
Ruth Plimpton Adams
1826–1881
Josephine Matilda Adams
1833–1837
Joseph Sylvanus Adams
1838–1919
Eliza Richardson Adams
1840–1841

Sources (18)

  • Mary A Adams in household of Horace Howard, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Mary Ann Mason, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Mary Ann Mason, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"

World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name from Middle English masoun ‘mason, stone worker, builder in stone’ (Old Central French maçon, masson). A Middle English form machun (derived from Old French machun) gives rise to Machin and its variants. See also Mayson . Stonemasonry was a hugely important craft in the Middle Ages.

Italian (Veneto): variant of Masone .

Altered form of French Masson .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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