Some Descendants of Abigail Fitch (James)

and Capt. John Mason of Norwich

  1. Anne Mason married John Denison. [NHC, p. 147][MF, 15;122]
  2. Capt. John Mason was born in 1681 in Norwich. [NHC, p. 147] He died in Dec 1736 in London, where he had gone with Mahomet to gain recognition of Mahomet to the sachemship of the Mohegans. [MF, 15;122] He married his first cousin Anne Mason, the daughter of Maj. Samuel Mason and his first wife and the granddaughter of Maj. John Mason, on 18 Jul 1701. [MF, 15;121] He married second the widow Anne (Sanford) Noyes [MF, 15;119] on 15 Jul 1719. [PJS]. [MF, 15;121]
    John moved to Stonington about 1703. [MF, 15;121] Anne (Mason) Mason was received into the Stonington church on 24 Feb 1706. [MF, 15;121] After his second marriage John moved to New London (Montville). [MF, 15;121] He was a teacher of the Indians. [MF, 15;121]
    1. John Mason was born on 13 Sep 1702 in Lebanon. He was baptised on 19 May 1706 in Stonington. [MF, 15;121]
    2. Rachel Mason was baptised on 19 May 1706 in Stonington. [MF, 15;121]
    3. Samuel Mason was baptised on 30 Aug 1707 in Stonington. [MF, 15;121]
    4. Jemima Mason was baptised on 7 Aug 1709 in Stonington. [MF, 15;121]
    5. James Mason was baptised on 13 May 1713 in Stonington. [MF, 15;121] He died on 17 Mar 1798. He married Sarah Denison of Stonington on 22 Nov 1738. [MF, 15;121]
    6. Elijah Mason was baptised on 12 Jun 1715. [MF, 15;121] He married his second cousin Martha Brown. [MF, 15;121] Martha was the daughter of Ebenezer and (Sarah) Hyde Brown of Lebanon. [MF, 15;121] She was the granddaughter of Capt. John and Anne (Mason) Brown and the great-granddaughter of Maj. John Mason. [MF, 15;121] She was baptised on 9 Sep 1722. [MF, 15;121] She died on 27 Mar 1805. [MF, 15;121]
    7. Capt. Peleg Sanford Mason was born on 6 Apr 1720. [MF, 15;122] He died on 16 Feb 1761 in New London county. [Ref] He is buried in the Old Cemetery in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut. Click here to see a photo of his grave. He married Mary Stanton [MF, 15;122] of Charlestown, Rhode Island on 4 Nov 1742 in Stonington. [CVR]

and (perhaps) Lieut. John Buttolph of Wethersfield

  1. Abigail Buttolph was born on 3 Apr 1683. [LJB] She married Corp. Nathaniel Fitch on 23 Nov 1718 in Windsor. [CCJF]
  2. James Buttolph was born on 22 Dec 1684. [LJB]

References

CVR AmericanAncestors.org, Connecticut Vital Records to 1870, online database, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.
HNC Caulkins, Frances Manwaring, History of Norwich, Connecticut: From its possession by the Indians to the year 1866, New London, The friends of the author, 1874.
CCJF Harris, Gale Ion, "The Children of Capt. Joseph and Mary (Stone) Fitch of Hartford and Windsor, Connecticut," The American Genealogist 68, 1993, 1-10, 95-105.
LJB McCracken, George E., "Lieutentant John Buttolph's Second Wife," The American Genealogist 40, 1964, 50-54, 172-182.
PJS Moriarty, G. Andrews, "President John Sanford and his Family," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 103, 1949, 208-216, 271-277.
MF Walworth, Reuben, "Mason Family", New England Historical and Genealogical Register 15, 1861, 117 - 122, 217-224, 318 - 320.

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