Person:John Mason (112)

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John Mason, D.D.
b.1734 Scotland
d.19 Apr 1792 New York City, New York, United States
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  1. John Mitchel Mason1770 - 1829
  2. Margaretta Mason1772 - 1838
  3. Helen Mason
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Name John Mason, D.D.
Gender Male
Birth[2][3] 1734 Scotland
Immigration[3] 1761 came to New York
Marriage to Catharine Van Wyck
Marriage 14 Dec 1786 New York City, New York, United StatesDutch Reformed Church
to Sarah Van Alsteyn
Death[1][2][3] 19 Apr 1792 New York City, New York, United States
References
  1. ↑ Clift, G. Glenn, compiler. Kentucky Marriages 1797-1865. (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., March 1966)
    1:5.

    Hon. John Brown, U.S. Congressman from Kentucky, to Miss Margaret Mason, daughter of the late Rev. John Mason, of New York City. Married Feb. 21, 1799. [Kentucky Gazette, 4 Apr 1799]

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York; Louis Effingham De Forest; Florence Evelyn Pratt Youngs; and Charles H Wenham. Genealogical record, Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1998)
    37.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Biographical sketch, in Van Vechten, Jacob. Memoirs of John M. Mason, D.D., S.T.P: with portions of his correspondence. (New York: R. Carter and brothers, 1856)
    1-11.
  4.   The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. (New York, New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society)
    6 (1870):11.

    4. Catharine Van Wyck, bap. Dec. 5, 1742 ; m. Rev. John Mason, from Scotland; came to New York in June, 1761, and became pastor of the Cedar Street Scotch Presbyterian Church ; was distinguished for his learning, and regarded as one of the most accomplished preachers of his day. He was banished from the city during the Revolution, the greater part of which time he was Chaplain to the American Garrison at West Point ; his first wife, Catharine Van Wyck, "was a woman of solid understanding and solid piety;" she d. June 3r, 1784.

    He m. 2d, Sarah Van Alstyne, by whom he had no issue ; she survived him many years.

    He d. April 19, 1792. Issue, nine children, of whom only three lived to maturity, as follows : ...

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