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Peter Mason

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Peter Mason

Birth
Groton, New London County, Connecticut, USA
Death
28 Dec 1831 (aged 79)
Burial
Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.0370399, Longitude: -73.3981078
Plot
#99 Hale Order
Memorial ID
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Source for place and DOB: Sons of the American Revolution Application submitted by George Adams Mason, descendant of Peter Mason, national number 48348

Source for military info: Sons of the American Revolution Application submitted by George Adams Mason, descendant of Peter Mason, national number 48348

"Peter Mason served in the expedition against Canada under General Montgomery and Benedict Arnold. The name Peter Mason appears on the return of prisoners sent from Providence of Quebec for exchange since the 1st of Nov, 1779. The return dated Quebec Nob. ? 1782, shows the following:

Case of Peter Mason:
Province he belongs to -- New York and New England.
When sent and which way -- Sept 1781, by Lake Champlain"

Hale Order: #98 wife Elisheba (Farnum) Mason (d 1833), #99 Peter Mason (d 1831), #100 Cyrus Mason (d 1829), #101 Sylvester Mason (d 1826), #102 Polly Mason (d 1806), #103 his mother-in-law Phebe (Kirtland) Farnum Barnes (d 1808).
Source for place and DOB: Sons of the American Revolution Application submitted by George Adams Mason, descendant of Peter Mason, national number 48348

Source for military info: Sons of the American Revolution Application submitted by George Adams Mason, descendant of Peter Mason, national number 48348

"Peter Mason served in the expedition against Canada under General Montgomery and Benedict Arnold. The name Peter Mason appears on the return of prisoners sent from Providence of Quebec for exchange since the 1st of Nov, 1779. The return dated Quebec Nob. ? 1782, shows the following:

Case of Peter Mason:
Province he belongs to -- New York and New England.
When sent and which way -- Sept 1781, by Lake Champlain"

Hale Order: #98 wife Elisheba (Farnum) Mason (d 1833), #99 Peter Mason (d 1831), #100 Cyrus Mason (d 1829), #101 Sylvester Mason (d 1826), #102 Polly Mason (d 1806), #103 his mother-in-law Phebe (Kirtland) Farnum Barnes (d 1808).

Inscription

In memory o
PETR MASON
who died
Decr. 28, 1831 AE.79
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Come all my children that survive,
Come, let us mourn together.
It’s I that lost a bosom friend,
And you a tender father.



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