When Mehitable Mason was born on 25 March 1755, in Quinebaug, Windham, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Andrew Mason, was 25 and her mother, Mary Gallup, was 18. She married Thomas Crary on 9 January 1772, in Groton, New London, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 21 May 1832, in Knox, Albany, New York, United States, at the age of 77.
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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 .
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