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Birth: 13 Oct 1761 Jefferson / Morris / NJ Death: 06 Mar 1844 Jefferson Twp / Morris / NJ
Qualifying Service Description:
Served from 1776-1783, as a Private of the New Jersey Line - 2nd New Jersey Regiment under Captain John Hollingshead (later Captain Samuel Hendry), commanded by Colonel Israel Shreve
Additional References:
Rev War Pension file S34418,
Mase pension letter, "Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey," Vol XXV #4 Oct 1960, pg 86
Stryker, William S.Official Register of the Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Rev War, New Jersey. Trenton: Wm. T. Nicholson & Co, 1872, pg 679
Spouse: Phebe Elston Children: Anna; Peter Ellison/Elston;
Upright stone that appears to be contemporary with the death of the Patriot.
Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
No GPS data for grave site on Find-a-Grave - May 2021
Author: Edward Gale Moore
Samuel Mase was born on 13 October 1761 in Jefferson Township, Morris County, New Jersey. He enlisted in the Continental Army in the spring of 1776 in Gloucester County, New Jersey, and was assigned to the 2nd New Jersey Regiment of the Continental Line.
In the winter of 1777-78, Private Mase and his company were among the troops with General Washington at the fateful winter encampment at Valley Forge. According to his pension application, he was also with his Regiment at numerous engagements during the War, including the battles of Monmouth, Germantown, and White Plains. He participated in the siege of Yorktown from September to October 1781. He was discharged at the close of the war in 1783, thus becoming one of the select band patriots who served for all seven years of the War.
He married Phebe Elston of Jefferson County, New Jersey. In his pension application, he says they led a hard life after the war, farming and barely keeping their heads above water. Of interest: among their children was daughter Anna who married the son of another American Revolutionary War patriot, Samuel Merritt, who served in the Morris County, New Jersey militia.
The Patriot died on 6 March 1844 and is buried in Hurdtown Cemetery in Jefferson Township, Morris County, New Jersey.
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