When Rebecca Mason was born on 1 April 1775, in Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Hezekiah Mason Jr., was 42 and her mother, Parnel West, was 36. She married Joseph Taber on 2 February 1797, in Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 7 daughters. She died on 28 March 1855, in Fairhaven, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Long Plain Cemetery, Acushnet, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
Oldest grave seen in the Memorials list.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
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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