Mason, John

Battle:Battle of Dunbar in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
Ship/Arrival:Unity, Dec 1650
Prisoner and List:
Name Variations:
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Every attempt has been made to ensure accuracy; please independently verify all data.

Published: 14 May 2016, Updated: 09 May 2019
Page contributors: Dr. Andrew Millard, Teresa Rust


John Mason, #24 on the “Scots at Lynn 1653. Iron Works Inventory


IMPORTANT UPDATE! (July 2018)
According to Christopher Gerrard, Pam Graves, Andrew Millard, Richard Annis, and Anwen Caffell, Lost Lives, New Voices: Unlocking the Stories of the Scottish Soldiers at the Battle of Dunbar 1650, (England: Oxbow Books, 2018), on page 248, John is categorized as:

Definite [that he is a Dunbar prisoner transported on the Unity]

Mason, John. Residences: Lynn, Boston MA. Appears: 1653. D.1667. A founder of the SCS. [Exiles; Banks; DR; SPOWS; Ch.8]

For explanations of the category, abbreviations and references see List of Dunbar prisoners from Lost Lives, New Voices.


TIMELINE:
1650:
December – Arrived at Charlestown in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
1653:
An indentured servant to the owners of the Iron Works in Lynn, Massachusetts
1657:
January 6th – Made a donation to the Scots Charitable Society on 6 Jan 1657.

First Generation in the New World

1. JOHN MASON, was born, presumably, in Scotland.

SOURCES AND NOTES:
Savage New England Register: John Mason

Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.
Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.
Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (13)
Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016).