16 ‡ Robert Tufton (Mason), Esq., 9 mos. Old when his gr.fa. (4) died, assumed the name Mason in accordance with will of gr.fa. who gave him ‘my Manor of Masonhall in N. E.' His br. John's inheritance also passed to him. Adm. of gr.mo.'s est. 12 Nov. 1655. He m. Elizabeth, dau. of Wm. Taylor of Bradley, co. Hants, and had ch. b. in England: John, ag. 5 in 1664, came with his fa. … and d. unmar. in Va., drowned on a voyage, aft. 1690; not named in br. Robert's will … Elizabeth, named in Robert's will 1692 as E. T., but not ment. In fam. chart 1738 (Masonian Papers 1: 36). R. T. M. came to N. H. In 1680, Councillor for the Prov., signed the treaty of peace with the Ind. 8 Sept. 1685, and was of the Council of N. E. under Dudley and Andros. … He d. at Esopus on the Hudson 6 Sept. 1688, while visiting those settlements with Andros, and his claims to N. H., which he had steadily pressed, his sons sold to Samuel Allen, Esq.(13), by a conveyance eventually held illegal."
