Joseph Mason Family from Walpole As It Was and As It Is (1880) Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by MLM, Volunteer 0000130. For the current email address, please go to http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00001.html#0000130 Copyright. All rights reserved. ************************************************************************ Full copyright notice - http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm USGenWeb Archives - http://www.usgwarchives.net ************************************************************************ Surname: MASON Source: Walpole As It Was and As It Is by George Aldrich, The Claremont Manufacturing Co., Claremont, N.H., 1880, pages 322-325 MASON, JOSEPH, was the great-great-grandson of Hugh Mason, who came from England to this country early in the seventeenth century, with his brother John, and settled in Watertown, Mass. John settled in Dorchester, and was one of the first settlers. He removed, in 1635, to Windsor, Ct, and was an officer in the Pequot War, of which he wrote a history. He was made Maj. Gen. of all the forces in the colony, which office he retained till his death. He was also Deputy governor, and held the office till the infirmities of age disqualified him. He died in 1673, aged 72. Joseph Mason of this town, was the 4th of 12 children, of Joseph, III, in America whose average age at the time of their deaths was eighty- three years. Such an instance of longevity in one family, at this time, is without a parallel. He was born in Concord, Mass., Mar. 17; 1751, and was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. He m. Lucy Flint, of Carlisle, Mass., Apr. 1786, who was born May 10, 1765. He d. Feb. 18, 1834; she d. June 6, 1833. He came to Walpole about 1787, and first settled on the place known as the Scovill farm. He had a brother by the name of Elijah, who came to town, and who once owned the Capt. John Flint farm. Joseph Mason buffeted the storms in that inhospitable place many cold and piercing winters, far removed from neighbors, and almost from civilization, and had a family of fourteen children, of whom Joseph, jr., was the oldest. I. Joseph jr. was born in Carlisle, Mass., Dec. 14, 1786, and came to Walpole, when a child, with his parents. He married Harriet, dau. of Stephen and Phebe (Catkins) Ormsby, of this town, Nov. 29, 1817, when he was thirty years old, and they had ten ch. 1st, George Ormsby, b. Sep. 25, 1818; resides in San Francisco, Cal. 2d, William Henry, b. Oct. 7, 1820; m. Harriet E. Dow, and resides in Salem, Ill.,—issue 5 ch. 3d, Charles Holland, b. Aug. 9,1822, m. Rachel S. Wright, of Cannilton, Ind., where he resides, and is a lawyer by profession. 4th, Harriet Irene, b. Aug. 29, 1824, m. Dauphin W. Buckminster, of Roxbury, N.H., and resides in Keene. 5th, Edward, b. Mar. 26, 1826; d. young. 6th, Frances Emeline, b. Aug. 16,1827. 7th, Joseph Everett, b. Aug. 18, 1829; m. Mattie B. Plummer, of New Albany, Ind., and resides in Evansville, same state. 8th, Ellen Corinna, b. July 31, 1831. 9th, Andrew Robinson, b. Nov. 30, 1883; m. Lucy Lawrence, of Keene, and has two ch. 10th, Leonard Bisco, b. June 29, 1836; m. Ella A. Davenport, of Beloit, Wis., and has 2 ch. Joseph Mason jr. was schooled in adversity, but notwithstanding he managed, by dint of energy and perseverance, to acquire an English education sufficient to enable him to utilize his time, winters, in teaching common schools; while in summer he labored on the land, till in time he was in a pecuniary condition to purchase the Capt. John Flint farm, of his uncle Elijah. Soon after this his parents became infirm, and he had to lend a filial, helping hand for their support, nor was this all; he became a foster father to all his brothers and sisters. He gained an enviable reputation as; a teacher, some sixty years ago, and many are now living in town, who well remember that good behavior was one of the cardinal virtues in the schoolroom, when under his care. He had a great de sire to have his children acquire a good education, and, to, that end, always manifested a lively interest in our common schools. As a farmer, he stood among the first in the orderly manner in which he conducted his business and the neatness about his premises. No drones were allowed to occupy his hive—he had a place for everything and everything was in its place. His religious sentiments were deep and strong, and held out to the last, in the belief of a glorious immortality. He died Oct. 14, 1874; she died Jan. 25, 1864, aged 69. II. Mary, b. Sep. 28, 1788; m. first, John Blake, and had 8 ch; m. second Abram Ballou, and had three ch.; d. 1867. III. Lucy, b. July 7, 1790; m. John Chamberlain, and had 10 ch.; lived in Johnson, Vt., d. in 1845. IV. Irena, died young. V. Ruth, died young. VI. Catherine; died young. VII. Martin, b. Jule 16, 1797; m. in 1828, first, Mary S. Barker, issue, 4 ch.; m. second, Betsey A. Hobart: d. 1870. He was a physician. VIII. Irena, b. July 16, 1799; m. Leonard Everett, who was a merchant of Canton, Mass., and had 3 ch.; d. Feb. 5, 1834. IX. Holland, b. July 31, 1801; m. Susan Veasie, May l5, 1827, and had 8 ch., 4 of whom are living: 3 d. young, and one, Emma, d. July 21, 1864, aged 25 years. Of those living, 1st, Urana, m. John C. Emerson. (See Emerson.) 2d, Rufus. 3d, Carrie, m. George Scoville, and lives in Charlestown, Mass. 4th, Hattie O., unm. Holland Mason, like his brother Joseph, was a school-teacher, during the winter season, in his youth. He died Jan. 11, 1879. X. Josiah Flint, b. May 22, 1803; m. Maria Tyler in 1839, and had three ch. He is a clergyman, and resides at Council Bluffs, Iowa. XI. Ruth Wheeler, b. July 14,1805. XII. Emeline, b. July 13, 1808; m. in 1834 to Leonard Everett, of Canton, Mass., and had; 4 ch.; d. June 11, 1857. XIII. William Bond, b. Sep. 10, 1810; m. first, in 1841, Mary Jane, dau. of Jonathan Emerson, of this town, and had 3 ch. She died in 1846, and her children about the same time. He m. second, in 1849, Sarah A., a sister of his first wife, by whom he has five children (See Ap.) XIV. Rufus Putnam, b. Oct. 25, 1813; m. in 1840, Caroline Otis, and has 5 ch.; lives in Chesening, Michigan.