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John Mason

BIRTH

Ravensthorpe, Northamptonshire, England

DEATH

January 30, 1672

Norwich, Connecticut Colony, British America

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George Mason

(1725-1792)

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Mason, John

(?-1672)

John Mason was associated with the American Revolutionary era as a governor, soldier. The biographical details in this entry are based on the record titled “John Mason (colonist).”

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BROTHER

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Thomson Mason

(1733-1785)

BROTHER

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William Mason

(1786-1860)

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DIED:

Norwich, Connecticut Colony, British America

Jan 30, 1672

The exact date and place of John Mason’s birth have not been established in the source used for this entry. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.

The available biographical record identifies John Mason with work or public activity as a governor, soldier. Those roles provide the clearest documented basis for including this person in the database and should be read in the political, military, professional, or household context of the period. John Mason died on Jan 30, 1672 in Norwich, Connecticut Colony, British America. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.

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