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Author: Nils Eric Danielsson
Brooks Mason, son of Russell and Mary Mason
Service: Massachusetts Rank: Private
Birth: 2 Oct 1737 Place: Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts
Death: 15 Jun 1825 Place: East Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Burial: North Cemetery, Cheshire, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Married: 18 Dec 1758, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts
Spouse: Anna Eddy
Children, the four elder children were born in Swansea, mass. The others were probably born in Lanesborough, Mass.: 1. Michael 2. Susan 3. Malaea (Malachi) 4. Andrew 5. Brooks 6. Anna 7. Jael 8. Rhoda 9. Candace 10. Eddy 11. Sarah
Brooks Mason, born in Swansea, Mass, October 2, 1737; married Dec. 28, 1758, Anne Eddy, daughter of Michael and Jael (Peirce) Eddy. She was born in Swansea, Mass, December 25, 1741. Brooks Mason was a carpenter by trade and removed from Swansea to Lanesborough, Mass., about 1770. His wife, Anne, died Oct. 23, 1802. He died June 15, 1825.
Source: Mason, Alverdo Hayward. Genealogy of the Sampson Mason Family. East Braintree, Mass.: Printed by A.H. Mason, 1902. Print. p. 134.
Mason, Brooks. Private, Capt. Thomas Bussey’s co. Berkshire Co. militia; enlisted Sept. 5, 1777; service, 28 days; company known as the “Silver Grays,” and marched to Pawlet on an alarm.
Source: Ancestry.com. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolutionary War (Images Online) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
Original data: Massachusetts. Secretary of the Commonwealth. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War. Vol. 1-17. Boston, MA, USA: Wright & Potter Printing, 1896-1908. p. 315.
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