Brief Life History of James Brown
When James Brown Mason was born on 28 January 1775, in Aspinock, Windham, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, John Mason, was 32 and his mother, Rose Anna Brown, was 29. He married Alice Brown on 16 July 1799, in Rhode Island, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 daughters. He died on 31 August 1819, at the age of 44, and was buried in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
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- James Mason, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- B. James Mason, "Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916"
- James Brown Mason, "Find A Grave Index"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776 · Rhode Island Declares Independence
Rhode Island declares independence from Great Britain on May 4, 1776, making it the first colony to do so officially.
1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.
The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.
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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