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GEN: EVEN
GEN: TYPE Chris/Baptism
GEN: DATE 21 JUL 1611
GEN: PLAC Maldon, Essex, England
GEN: PLAC [CAPTAIN]Hugh MASON was born about 1605 in Maldon, County Essex, England and died October 10, 1678 at Watertown, MA and is
GEN:  buried at Arlington Street Cemetery, Watertown, MA.Hugh MASON, tanner, age 28, and his wife Hester, age 22, departed Ipswich,
GEN:  England April 1634 in the ship FRANCIS. No details have been discovered concerning his parents. He was admitted freeman March
GEN:  4, 1635 at Watertown, and held many positions of responsibility throughout his life.Governor John ENDICOTT commissioned him
GEN:  Captain April 5, 1653, and he commanded a company during the colonial wars. History of Sudbury 163801889, by Alfred Sereno
GEN:  Hudson (1889): "In 1678, in the early part of King Philip's war, the town of Sudbury, MA was attacked by a band of about two
GEN:  hundred Indians. Capt. Hugh MASON, a bold and gallant Commander marched with his men from Watertown, MA to the relief of
GEN:  Sudbury. Arriving there, the people of Sudbury assisted by the Watertown reinforcement compelled the Indians to make a general
GEN:  retreat. Capt. MASON was of a committee of four appointed to provide for the defense of the frontier towns of Middlesex
GEN:  County. At the time of the fight, Capt. Mason was over seventy years of age"The will of Capt. MASON was written 3 day, 12
GEN:  month, 1677 and subsequently amended on March 8, 1677/78. The inventory of his estate was taken October 28, 1678, and of his
GEN:  debts March 29, 1679. Both inventories indicate he was a man of moderate means and an active merchant in his trade as
GEN:  tanner.Hugh MASON married Jan 13, 1632 in St. Peter's Parish, Maldon, Co. Essex, England to Hester WELLS who was bap. July 21,
GEN:  1611 at St. Peter's Parish, Maldon, Co. Essex and died May 21, 1692 at Watertown, MA. Daughter of Thomas WELLS, Jr. and Helen
GEN:  PILGRIM.

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