"4-John Mason, (1-Sampson) born probably in Dorchester in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, probably between March 18, and May 12, 1656. When his parents removed to Rehoboth he was left with John Gornell, a tanner of Dorchester, to be brought up. The Records of the First Church of Dorchester have the following entry. 'John ye Sonne of Samson Mason baptized ye 23 ye (7) 60 being about 4 years old when he was baptized because his father in his Judgment was & is against ye baptizing of infants yet he being at Seaconk doe p'mite yt bro'r Gornell (w'th whom ye Child doe dwell) may bring it forth to be baptized.' … He died March 18, 1682-3 and is buried in the old cemetery in Dorchester, his grave being marked by a stone with an inscription. He left no children."
