Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Mason was born on 22 March 1760, in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Moses Mason, was 31 and her mother, Lydia Sybil Knapp, was 29. She married Nathaniel Greenwood on 24 June 1782, in Dublin, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 25 February 1825, in Bethel, Oxford, Maine, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Skillingston Cemetery, Bethel, Oxford, Maine, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (23)
- Mary in entry for Sarah Greenwood, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
- Mary Mason, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
- Mary Mason Greenwood, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1761–1846 Male
1760–1825 Female
Children (12)
1783–1833 Female
1785–1856 Male
1787–1849 Female
1789–1807 Male
1790–1867 Male
+7 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1729–1775 Male
1730–1802 Female
Siblings (10)
1751–1839 Female
1753–1824 Female
1755–1798 Female
1757–1837 Male
1760–1825 Female
+5 More Children
World Events (8)
1776
Age 16
1776 · The Declaration to the King
Age 16
1781 · The First Constitution
Age 21
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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