THE TEMPLE OF HER BODY IS NOW MOULDERING IN THE DUST; BUT FAITH SAYS, IT SHALL BE BUILT UP AGAIN. AND THE GLORY OF THIS LATTER HOUSE SHALL BE GREATER THAN OF THE FORMER, SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS. APPENDIX. THE FAMILIES OF A. Major General JOHN MASON, B. DANIEL MASON of Lebanon, C. JEREMIAH MASON of Franklin, D. The Hon. WILLIAM WHITING of Hartford, E. Rev. JOHN WHITING of Hartford, F. Rev. SAMUEL WHITING of Windham, G. Colonel WILLIAM WHITING of Bozrah, H. Dr. WILLIAM WHITING of Great Barrington, I. Mrs. MARY ANNA BOARDMAN of New Milford. DOCUMENTS. J. Letters from the Hon. ROBERT TREAT PAINE to Dr. WILLIAM WHITING. K. Account of the BOARDMAN FAMILY. L. Obituary of Mrs. MARY ANNA BOARDMAN. A. THE FAMILY OF MAJOR GENERAL JOHN MASON. [A. D. 1600-1672.] THIS celebrated man is briefly and happily described, in a recent History of Colonization in New England, as "large and powerful in frame, and, as a soldier, alike discreet and determined." At the famous swamp fight with the Pequots, 66 one of the most resolute of them walked boldly up to Mason, with an uplifted tomahawk, and, when about to give the fatal stroke, received a blow from the cutlass of the latter, which severed the head of the savage from his body."† He was born in 1600; and died before June 4th, 1762, for "his last will and the inventory of his estate were exhibited in court" at that time.‡ He married twice. His first wife died at Windsor; and he there married his second wife.§ He left seven children: 1. PRISCILLA, the eldest child, born in October, 1641,|| became (October, 1664) the second wife of the Rev. James Fitch. He was born in Essex county, England, December 24th, 1622, and migrated to America in 1638; studied under the Rev. Mr. Hooker and the Rev. Mr. Stone; and was ordained * Talvj, in his Geschichte der Colonisation von Neu-England. His words are: "Gross und mächtig von Gestalt, und als Soldat gleich klug und entschlossen." p. 276. Leipzig, 1847. + Trumbull's Hist. of the Indian Wars, Ch. I, p. 59. Ellis' Life of Mason, in Sparks' Amer. Biog., Vol. XIII. Ellis' Life of Mason, Note on p. 435. The Norwich Records, First Book of Births and Deaths, p. 22, quoted by Ellis. over the Church at Saybrook.* He removed to Norwich in 1660, and was the first minister there. He and his wife Priscilla had eight children : By his first wife, Abigail, daughter of the Rev. Henry Whitefield, he had two sons, James and Samuel, and four daughters.‡ A grandson of the Rev. James Fitch and his wife Priscilla, was James Fitch of Lebanon, who had a daughter Elizabeth. This Elizabeth married Jeremiah Mason, grandson of Daniel Mason, the brother of this Mrs. Priscilla Fitch. The son of this Jeremiah and Elizabeth was the great jurist, the Hon. Jeremiah Mason, LL. D., of Boston. 2. SAMUEL, the eldest son, born in July, 1644,§ settled in Stonington, and became a Lieutenant, a Captain,¶ a Major," and a Magistrate or Assistantff in the General Court, in the year 1683. He died at Stonington; and left a widow Elizabeth, and four daughters: Ann, Sarah, Elizabeth, and Harriet. The date of his death was before March 7th, 1706, as his estate (£929. 4s. 10d.) was then distributed.‡‡ *Allen's American Biogr. Dict., Art. Fitch. + Hinman's Catalogue of Puritan Settlers, Art. Fitch. Allen's Amer. Biog. § The Norwich Records, quoted by Ellis. || He was so entitled, when the Court appointed him and the Rev. James Fitch, guardians of the children of his brother John, when the inventory of this brother's estate was exhibited in Court, June 5th, 1677. This is mentioned by Ellis. ¶ Trumbull's MSS., Vol. XXII; an agreement signed by Captain Samuel Mason, Nov. 9th, 1699, quoted by Ellis. **Probute Records at New London, quoted by Ellis. ++ Farmer's Genealogical Register, Art. Mason. Probate Records at New London, quoted by Ellis. |