When Ruth Mason was born on 22 August 1760, in Rehoboth, Bristol, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America, her father, James Mason, was 36 and her mother, Mary Cornell, was 36. She married John Lee on 9 November 1788, in Rehoboth, Bristol, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She died in 1802, at the age of 42.
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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 .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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