Brief Life History of Gardiner
When Gardiner Mason was born about 1774, in Rehoboth, Bristol, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America, his father, James Mason, was 51 and his mother, Avis Lee, was 26. He married Martha Chaffee about 1801, in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters.
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- Gardner Mason in entry for Francis James Jackson Mason, "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910"
- Gardiner Mason in entry for Francis Dana Mason, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Gardiner Mason in entry for Francis James Jackson Mason, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
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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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