MASON, JOHN
\mˈe͡ɪsən], \mˈeɪsən], \m_ˈeɪ_s_ə_n]\
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Born in England, died in 1635. He came to Newfoundland as Governor in 1616. In 1622 he, with Sir Ferdinando Gorges, obtained a grant of the territory from the Merrimac to the Kennebec. In 1629 he secured New Hampshire (Laconia) as a separate grant.
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(1600-1672), came to America from England in 1630. He was one of the founders of Windsor, Conn., in 1635. He successfully conducted the Pequot War in 1637. He was major of the Connecticut forces from 1637 to 1672, and Deputy-Governor of Connecticut from 1660 to 1670. He published "Relation of Trouble by the Indians."
By John Franklin Jameson
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