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1. JOHN1 MASON was born 25 Feb 1706/07 in Hampton, NH, and died 12 Sep
1771 in Hampton, NH1. He married MARY SANBORN 28 Oct 1736. She was born
17 Jul 1715 in Hampton, NH, and died 25 Oct 1778 in Hampton, NH.
Children of JOHN MASON and MARY SANBORN are:
2. i. STEPHEN2 MASON, b. Abt. 1739, Chester, NH; d. Abt. 1800, Tamworth,
NH.
ii. HANNAH MASON, b. Abt. 1743, Hampton, NH; d. 23 Jan 1821,
Hampton, NH.
iii. JAMES MASON, b. Abt. 1746, Hampton, NH; m.
MARY.
iv. ELIZABETH MASON, b. Abt. 1749, Hampton, NH; m. SAMUEL
MOULTON, 17 May 1770; b. 21 Sep 1747, North Hampton, NH; d. 04 Mar 1813.
v. NATHANIEL MASON, b. Abt. 1752, Hampton, NH.
vi. MARY
MASON, b. Abt. 1756, Hampton, NH.
2. STEPHEN2 MASON (JOHN1)2 was born Abt. 1739 in Chester, NH3, and died
Abt. 1800 in Tamworth, NH. He married ELIZABETH DALTON, daughter of
SAMUEL DALTON and MARY LEAVITT. She was born 01 Apr 1745 in Hampton, NH,
and died 1820 in Tamworth, NH.
Notes for STEPHEN MASON: Stephen
Mason settled in Tamworth in 1772 after coming to Moultonborough in 1768
to do surveying for Colonel Moulton. (Town Record 1908 page 91) They
lived in the Whittier section on the Bearcamp River. Riverside Cemetery,
where this family is buried, began as a family cemetery on their farm
(From NH Genealogical Record). His mother in law was the first person to
be buried in Riverside cemetery. To the left are the stones of Stephen
Mason and his mother-in-law.
Children of STEPHEN MASON and
ELIZABETH DALTON are:
3. i. TUFTON3 MASON, b. 10 Mar 1768, Hampton, NH; d. 28 Jan 1850.
ii. TRISTRAM MASON.
iii. JEREMIAH MASON.
iv. JOHN
MASON.
v. SAMUEL MASON.
vi. MARY MASON.
vii.
ABIGAIL MASON.
3. TUFTON3 MASON (STEPHEN2, JOHN1) was born 10 Mar 1768 in Hampton, NH,
and died 28 Jan 1850. He married SARAH GILMAN 1793, daughter of COL
JEREMIAH GILMAN.
Children of TUFTON MASON and SARAH GILMAN are:
4. i. CAPT PETER G4 MASON, b. Abt. 1795, Tamworth, NH; d. 1886.
ii. ELIZABETH D MASON.
iii. JOHN MASON.
iv. SARAH MASON.
v. HARRIETT MASON, m. EBENEZER DOW.
vi. SAMUEL W MASON.
5. vii. HON LARKIN D MASON, b. 16 May 1810, Tamworth, NH; d. 02 May
1903, Tamworth, NH.
4. CAPT PETER G4 MASON (TUFTON3, STEPHEN2, JOHN1)4 was born Abt. 1795 in
Tamworth, NH, and died 1886. He married MARY BRADBURY 02 Dec 1837 in
Buxton, Me5. She was born Abt. 1809 in Buxton, Me.
Notes for CAPT
PETER G MASON: One of the first three anti-slavery men in town.
President of the first Anti-Slavery Society organized in Tamworth.
Others were Mr Hyde, Moses and David James.
Children of PETER
MASON and MARY BRADBURY are:
i. FRANCIS J5 MASON, b. Abt. 1842, Tamworth, NH; d. Bef. 1870.
ii. THOMAS B MASON, b. 1844, Tamworth, NH; d. 26 Sep 1897, Tamworth, NH.
5. HON LARKIN D4 MASON (TUFTON3, STEPHEN2, JOHN1) was born 16 May 1810
in Tamworth, NH, and died 02 May 1903 in Tamworth, NH. He married (1)
JOANNA W FOLSOM, daughter of COL LEVI FOLSOM. She was born Abt. 1815,
and died 06 May 1842. He married (2) CATHARINE STAPLES, daughter of
NICHOLAS STAPLES and OLIVE RICKER. She was born Abt. 1817 in Lebanon,
Me, and died 30 Dec 1891 in Tamworth, NH.
Children of LARKIN
MASON and JOANNA FOLSOM are:
i. SAMUEL W5 MASON, b. Abt. 1837.
ii. LEVI F MASON, b. Bet. 1839
- 1840; d. 15 May 1881, Tamworth, NH.
Children of LARKIN MASON and CATHARINE STAPLES are:
iii. CLINTON S5 MASON, b. Abt. 1844.
iv. JOANNA F MASON, b. Abt.
1845.
v. CHARLES T MASON, b. Abt. 1846.
6. vi. NICHOLAS W
MASON, b. 24 Nov 1847, Tamworth, NH; d. 08 Aug 1908, Tamworth, NH.
7. vii. JOHN L MASON, b. 23 Nov 1850; d. 30 Aug 1934, Tamworth, NH.
viii. SARAH O MASON, b. 04 Sep 1852, Tamworth, NH; d. 20 Feb 1914,
Tamworth, NH6.
ix. MAMIE E MASON (OR MARY), b. Abt. 1856.
x. JUSTIN E MASON, b. Abt. 1858.
xi. HENRY M MASON, b. Abt. 1860.
6. NICHOLAS W5 MASON (LARKIN D4, TUFTON3, STEPHEN2, JOHN1) was born 24
Nov 1847 in Tamworth, NH, and died 08 Aug 1908 in Tamworth, NH. He
married EMMA P. She was born Abt. 1850.
Child of NICHOLAS MASON
and EMMA P is:
i. LUTIE E6 MASON.
7. JOHN L5 MASON (LARKIN D4, TUFTON3, STEPHEN2, JOHN1) was born 23 Nov
1850, and died 30 Aug 1934 in Tamworth, NH6. He married NELLIE VARNEY.
Child of JOHN MASON and NELLIE VARNEY is:
8. i. NELLIE ADALAIDE6 MASON, b. 18 Oct 1879; d. 13 Dec 1923.
8. NELLIE ADALAIDE6 MASON (JOHN L5, LARKIN D4, TUFTON3, STEPHEN2,
JOHN1)7,8 was born 18 Oct 1879, and died 13 Dec 1923. She married LELAND
C BARTLETT9. He was born 31 May 1882, and died 27 Nov 1918 in Boston,
Ma.
Children of NELLIE MASON and LELAND BARTLETT are:
i. NELLIE M7 BARTLETT, b. 28 Jan 1907; d. 28 Jan 1907.
ii. MARION
M BARTLETT, b. 28 Oct 1908; d. 08 May 1909.
iii. MALE BARTLETT,
b. 09 Nov 1909; d. 10 Nov 1909.
iv. EDSON BARTLETT, b. 12 Nov
1914; d. 05 Jul 1989.
Notes for EDSON BARTLETT: The 1920 census
for Tamworth shows Adalade and Edson living with her father, John L
Mason, after Leland had died. After His mother died December 13th, 1923,
apparently Edson was adopted by Leonard and Laura Vittum (1930 Census).
1. NH Genealogical Record magazine.
2. History of Carroll County.
3. Baptized in Chester, NH 14th of June 1740
4. History of Carroll
County.
5. Ancestry One World Tree.
6. Tamworth Town Report.
7.
1910 Census.
8. 1930 Census.
9. 1917-1918 Draft Card.
(Mrs. Mahlon L. Mason); writer, club-woman; b. North Baldwin (Quaker
Brook) Me.; dau. John and Charity (Davis) McRoberts (her father, born in
Belfast, Ireland, son of a Scotch mother and Irish father, who was an
army officer, came to this country in youth and was at first engaged in
railroad building); ed. public schools and academies, and Farmington,
Me., Normal School,; taught school for a time and was married April 21,
1873, to Mahlon Lee Mason, proprietor of the Sunset Pavilion, a widely
known summer hotel at North Conway, where her home has since been.
Endowed with literary taste and talent for writing, she cultivated
these and made frequent contributions, both in prose and verse, to the
Portland Transcript, the Press, and other Maine papers; also letters and
stories published in the Boston Courier; served for a dozen years as the
"East Side" correspondent of the Boston Herald; was a constant
contributor to the White Mountain Echo during the period of its
publication, and more recently wrote for Among the Clouds. She is also a
forceful and convincing public speaker.
She has traveled
in Germany, having been there when the old Emperor William died; saw the
troops swear allegiance to his son, Frederick, and realized the
approaching prominence of the Hohenzollern regime. Her letters to the
Boston Sunday Herald at that time attracted wide attention. She has
translated many stories and poems from the German, some of which have
been published in the Granite Monthly, as have various historical
articles from her pen; she is also represented in the "Poets of Maine"
and the "Poets of New Hampshire"; served six years on the Conway school
board and was mainly instrumental in securing expert supervision for the
schools, her personally obtained opinions upon these subjects having
also been used by State Superintendent Morrison, in his work of
extending the system through the state.
She was also instrumental
in establishing a school library at North Conway, effected the
centralization of the schools in the villages of the town and took the
initiative in bringing to North Conway the first meeting of the American
Institute of Instruction, in 1898; vice president, N.H. Federation of
Women's Club, 1896-7, and inaugurated the custom of holding yearly
field-meetings, the first one being held at North Conway, July 8-9,
1896, whicle she was president of the North Conway Woman's Club; first
chairman, Forestry Committee, N.H. Federation, 1897-1905, and during
this service induced many of the Women's Clubs of the state to become
life members of the Society for the Protection of N. H. Forests, of
which she was a charter member and had the honor of naming, having also
written much upon the subject of forest preservation; clerk of the North
Conway Public Library Ass'n for the last thirty years; member, book
committee, of the same and of the building committee erecting the
handsome stone structure for housing the library; member, New England
Woman's Press Ass'n; president of the local S.P.C.A., Suffragist;
Episcopalian, and clerk of the corporation of the Christ Church, North
Conway for nearly thirty years past.
One son, Dr. Nathaniel R.
Mason. Residence, North Conway.
Contributed by Ellen McGrath, great-granddaughter of Mrs. Mason, extracted from One Thousand New Hampshire Notables, compiled by Henry Harrison Metcalf, published in 1919, pages 195-198.
Mason, Nathaniel Robert, page 198, chief of staff
Base Hospital 51, Toul, France, 1918; recommended for promotion to major, and
commission made out when the armistice was signed. [page vii]
Physician and surgeon; b., North Conway, N.H., April 26, 1879; s. Mahlon Lee and Ellen (McRoberts) Mason [great-great-grandson of Capt. Nathaniel Hutchins of French and Indian and Revolutionary war fame.); ed. under his mother's tutelage till nearly ten years of age, Pierce grammar school, Brookline, Mass., private study in Germany, Bridgton, Me., high school, Phillips Andover Academy, 1893, Yale University, A.B. 1897 (with honors), Harvard Medical School, M.D. 1901; was a summer reporter for the Boston Herald and other papers in boyhood, and a clerk in the Sunset House, his father's hotel, in vacation, while at Yale and Harvard; Episcopalian (vestryman, Christ Church, North Conway); Republican; commenced professional practice in Boston, at the "Marlboro," on Marlboro St., in the fall after graduation; pursued general practice four years, after that specializing in obstetrics and gynecology; assistant in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Harvard University Medical School; First Ass't Visiting Physician, Boston Lying-in Hospital; has carried out important original investigations in the Laboratory for Surgical Research of Harvard Medical School; frequent contributor to the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal; member Beta Theta Pi fraternity, Yale, Mass. Medical Soc., Mass. Medical Benevolent Society, Boston Medial Library, Obstetrical Soc. of Boston, American Medical Ass'n, American College of Surgeons, Ass'n of Military Surgeons of U.S., Union Boat Club; member of the first military instruction camp, at Plattsburg, N.Y, in the summer of 1915; received commission as lieutenant in the Medical Reserve Corps of the U.S. Army, Oct. 12, 1916; commissioned as captain in the Medical Section of the Officers' Reserve Corps, Dec. 7, 1917; assigned to active duty at Camp Greenleaf, Ft. Oglethorpe, GA., Jan. 10, 1918, serving as instructor in surgery; ordered by the War Department to Rockefeller Institute, New York, for a further course in medical Research; assigned to the Division of Surgery, for foreign service, at Base Hospital Fifty-one; m., Aug.31, 1911, Eunice Ireland, dau. Rev. Warren Rasselas Ireland, Winchester, Mass,; two children, Charity Adeline, b. May 21, 1913; and Mahlon Rasselas, b. April 6, 1915. Office and residence, 483 Beacon St., Boston; summer home, North Conway.
Contributed by Ellen McGrath, granddaughter of Mr. Mason, extracted from One Thousand New Hampshire Notables, compiled by Henry Harrison Metcalf, published in 1919, pages vii, 196-199.
"From my great grandmother's, Ellen McRoberts MASON, scrap book;
unfortunately the name of the newspaper was cut out.
"Mr. F. H.
(Freeman H. MASON) was my great uncle. His wife's name was Martha NUTTER. I am
interested in information of NESTLENOOK and the MASON HOTEL; also the surnames
MASON and NUTTER." – Ellen McGrath
Nestlenook is
the valley-farm of Mr. F. H. MASON, the genial proprietor of the Mason's Hotel,
North Conway. The Glen Ellis River forms a half circle around it, and it is
entirely secluded from the "rude world" by hill and forest. In the summer a
foot-bridge crosses the river, but in winter the only connection with the
highway is a woodland road a quarter of a mile in length. Mount Washington,
Carter Notch and Moat Mountain are very beautiful from the immediate vicinity of
its tasteful cottage. Here, on Christmas, Mr. Mason gave a select dinner party,
issuing invitations to a few friends and the members of his own family. A
glorious morning ushered in a lovely day, and the warm sunshine rippling over
the snowless fields gave them a spring-time warmth and brightness, quite unusual
at this season of the year. The majority of the party arrived at Nestlenook
about eleven a.m. Mr. M. C. Mason and his brilliant little wife were among the
later arrivals.
The cottage was becomingly attired and garlanded; ferns
and evergreen fresh from the heart of the neighboring woodlands, decorated every
conceivable nook. Plates of exquisite moss, prisoned bright berries and stems of
trailing vines; pitcher plants and skeleton bouquets grew in the antique vases
and bright leaves nodded welcome to the guests. The dinner was a grand success.
Mr. Mason's hotel cook had been summoned to Nestlenook to prepare and
superintend the repast and her culinary triumph elicited universal commendation.
The table was most tastefully and temptingly arranged and much to the surprise
of the guests each one found by his or her plate a bill of fare to be retained
as a souvenir of the occasion. These had been designed and prepared expressly
for this dinner. They were of birch bark, ornamented with immortelles and sprigs
of pressed moss; and contained an original Christmas verse appropriate to the
recipient. They were received with marked admiration. The bill of fare was as
follows:
NESTLENOOK.
Merry Christmas, 1881 Mr. W. Jacobs,
May
Christmas be to you a flower,
Pansy-veined and shaded,
Worn within thy
heart of hearts,
When its bloom has faded.
MENU.
Turkey,
Goose.
ENTREES.
Chicken Pie.
Vegetables.
Potatoes, Squash, Boiled
Onions, Celery.
JELLIES AND SAUCES.
Apple Jelly, Apple Sauce, Sherry Wine
Jelly, Lemon Jelly.
PASTRY.
English Plum Pudding,wine sauce.
Mince,Apple,Custard,Cream and Lemon pies.
DESSERT
Italian cream, White
Grapes, Oranges, Apples.
Confectionery.
Mr. Mason and his loveable wife thoroughly understand the art of entertaining guests, having regard not only for their epicurean, but their social tastes. I am satisfied that no pleasanter circumstances for any party in the land than those which surrounded the group of friends who met at Nestlenook. The affair passed off with decided éclat, and were it not for the sadness of an after occurrence would stand forever in memory as a perfect day. How closely allied are joy and sorrow! All the guests except Mr. F. FELLOWS had departed, when a favorite horse owned by Mr. Mason, for many years, escaped from the field, fell on the ice, and conveyed to the barn, and died within two hours. The family grieve exceedingly for the faithful dumb creature who has served them so long. Her death was a sorrowful after-act to the joyful holiday drama so recently enacted.
Transcribed & donated by Ellen McGrath MoMs3rd-S@worldnet.att.net
"The following names of people appeared
in my grandfather, Nathaniel Robert MASON's Diary, written when he was a
10 year old boy in 1886. He went to school in Brookline during the
winter; lived at the Sunset Pavilion, North Conway, NH, in the summers,
and also visited his grandmother, Charity DAVIS MCROBERTS, in Baldwin,
Maine.
"Some of the names below do not include first names. I
have inserted (location) (number of entries in diary) and (date of
entry). " — Ellen McGrath
Nelly ANEWRIGHT (North Conway, NH )
(1) July 5.
Nellie BOOTHBY (North Conway, NH) (1) April 20.
Mrs. CARTRETS (North Conway, NH) (1) Jan. 1.
Alvin CLINT
(Baldwin, Me.) (7) May 29, June 27, June 28, July 7,July 11,July 12,
July 13.
Ida CLINT (Conway, NH or Baldwin, Me.) (2) July 5, Oct
30.
Mr. CORTRELL (or KITTELL) (artist/painter; Fryeburg, Me) (1)
July 24.
John CROWFORD (North Conway) (2) April 24, July 13.
Dan (North Conway, NH) (1) Aug 13.
Mr. DAVIS (Baldwin, Me.)
(1) Oct. 25.
Eddie DORAN (Baldwin, Me.) (1) Feb. 21.
Mr.
EDDY (North Conway, NH) (1) July 2.
Uncle Frank (North Conway,
NH) (2) April 19, April 20.
Mr. GAMBELS (NH) (1) July 26, 1886
Mrs. GILBERT (Conway, NH) (3) Aug. 25, Aug. 26, Sept. 16.
Gramma (Charity Davis MCROBERTS) (Baldwin, ME) (11) February 21, March
16, April 17, September 12, November 11, & November 6.
Hannah
(Baldwin, ME) (1) June 24, 1886.
Rosie N. HARRIS (Conway, NH) (1)
July 5.
Mrs. HENSHAUH (NH) (1) August 25.
Mrs. KEYS (North
Conway, NH) (1) May 28.
Dr. KITTRIDGE (North Conway, NH preacher)
(1) August 8.
Mr. KITTELL (see CORTRELL) (artist/painter
Fryeburg, ME) (5) August 17,August 24, September 2, September 15.
Mr. LAWYER (NH) (1) August 12.
Aunt LIZZIE (Elizabeth
MCRoberts NEWCOMB), sis of Ellen McRoberts MASON(NH) (1) November 9.
Aunt MATTIE (NH resident, accompanied with Mointy NUTTER ; and
visitor to Brookline, MA ) (1) March 27
Mrs. MCCORISON (North
Conway, NH) (1) January 1.
Bishop NEAHY (New Hampshire) (1) July
25.
Elizabeth NEWCOMB (see Aunt LIZZIE)
Bishop NILES (New
Hampshire) (2) July 25, July 26.
Mointy NUTTER (see Aunt Mattie)
Mrs. OSGOOD (North Conway, NH) (2) June 30, April 19.
Papa
(Mahlon Lee MASON) (North Conway, NH) (7) March 16, March 23, April 17,
May 27, July 4, July 7, and November 6.
Bishop PATRICK (NH) (1)
July 25.
Mr. PITMAN (Conway, NH) (1) September 16.
Ruth
PRESCOTT (Conway, NH) (2) September 9, September 13.
Clarence
PRESCOTT (Conway, NH) (1) September 9.
Ida QUINT (Intervale, NH)
(2) July 5, Oct. 30.
Johnny S. QUINT (he has sisters in
Woburn)(resident of North Conway, NH) (2)April 24, November 11.
Sam RANDALL (North Conway, NH) (1) April 20.
Mrs. REVERE
(C.G. ROSTER and daughter; North Conway, NH) (1) July 30.
John
ROBERTS (Baldwin, ME) (5) February 21, March 16, September 12, November
11, November 6.
Mrs. KEYS (North Conway, NH) (1) May 28.
Dr. KITTRIDGE (preacher) (North Conway, NH) (1) August 8.
Mr.
KITTELL (see CORTRELL) (painter / artist) (Fryeburg, ME) (6) August 7,
August 17, August 24, September 2, and September 15.
Mr. LAWYER
(NH) (1) August 12.
Aunt LIZZIE (Elizabeth NEWCOMB, sister of E.
M. MASON) (NH) (1) November 9.
Aunt MATTIE (visitor to Brookine,
she was accompanied with Mointy NUTTER)(1) March 27.
Mrs.
MCCORISON (North Conway) (1) January 1.
Bishop NEAHY (New
Hampshire) (1) July 25.
Bishop NILES (New Hampshire) (2) July 25,
July 26.
Mointy (Mainty) NUTTER (see Aunt Matie)
Mr.
OSGOOD (North Conway, NH) (2) June 30, April 19.
PAPA (7) March
16, March 23, April 17, May 27, July 4, July 7, November 6.
Bishop PATRICK (NH) (1) July 25.
Mr. PITMAN (Conway, NH) (1)
September 16.
Ruth PRESCOTT (Conway, NH) (1) September 13.
Clarence PRESCOTT (Conway, NH) (1) September 9.
Ida QUINT
(Intervale, NH) (2) July 5, October 30.
Johnny S. QUINT (North
Conway, NH; he has sisters living in Woburn) (2) April 24, November 11.
Sam RANDALL (North Conway, NH) (1) April 20.
Mrs. REVERE ("C.
G. ROSTER and daughter") (North Conway, NH) (1) July 30.
Mr.
ROBERTS (New Hampshire) (1) August 3.
Mrs. SAFORM (Conway, New
Hampshire) (1) September 16.
Aunt SALLY (NH or ME) (1) January 1.
Mr. SEVERENCE (Baldwin, ME or North Conway, NH) (2) June 23, June
29.
Mrs. SEVERENCE (Baldwin, ME or North Conway, NH) (4) February
15, May 28, July 16, and October 30
Fred SEVERENCE (child)
(Baldwin, ME or North Conway, NH) (3) March 9, April 20, June 29.
Mrs. SMITH (Conway, NH) (2) September 16, September 18.
Susan
(meets him at train station) (Baldwin, Me) (1) October 24.
Clara
WHITE (North Conway, NH) (2) April 21, July 3.
Mr. WHITICER
(correct spelling - WHITAKER) (NH) (1) April 19.
Clint WIGGIN
(North Conway, NH) (2) April 22, July 13.
Transcribed and contributed by Ellen McGrath
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