1. ALEXANDER¹ MASON was born between 1534/5 and 1578, and was buried on 3 MAR 1627/8^[8] in Bolton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom^[8]. He married (1st) in Bolton^[10], on 3 Oct. 1592^[10], ANNE SHAWE, who was buried on 5 Sept. 1601^[8] in Bolton^[8]. He married (2nd) in Bolton^[10], on 27 Jan. 1605^[10], ALICE BOLTON, who was buried on 4 Aug. 1623^[8] in Bolton^[8].
Children of: Alexander¹ MASON and Anne SHAWE:

	2	i.	WILLIAM2 MASON, b. on 12 Jan. 1595[5] in Bolton[5]; d. about 1595; bur. on 7 Jan. 1596[8] in Bolton[8].
+	3	ii.	ROBERT MASON, b. about 1600; d. on 28 May 1644[9] in Bolton[9]; m. MRS. ROBERT MASON, bur. on 10 Aug. 1643[9] in Bolton[9].
	4	iii.	ALEXANDER MASON, b. about 1600; d. about April 1644; bur. on 28 May 1644[9].
	5	iv.	MARGARET MASON, b. about 1550; d. about April 1602; bur. on 12 May 1602[8] in Bolton[8].

Children of: Alexander¹ MASON and Alice BOLTON:

	6	i.	a child MASON, b. about 1560/1; d. on 28 July 1606[8] in Bolton[8].
	7	ii.	a child MASON, b. about 1550/1; d. about 1607; bur. on 22 JAN 1607/8[8] in Bolton[8].

3. ROBERT² MASON (Alexander¹), son of (1) Alexander¹ and Anne (SHAWE) MASON, was born between 1577/8 and 1608, and died on 28 May 1644^[9] in Bolton^[9]. He married MRS. ROBERT MASON, who was buried on 10 Aug. 1643^[9] in Bolton^[9]. ^[43]
Robert was one of 78 Bolton residents killed in the Bolton Massacre, part of the English Civil War (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolton_Massacre).^{[9, 33]}
Robert is likely the son of Alexander and Anne (Shawe) Mason, based on the following reasoning.
Robert's first known child was born in 1622 in Bolton, making him probably born around 1598. The baptism records between 1595 and 1600 are not present, but only two Mason possibilities are known to have had children there around that time. John and Elizabeth (married 1602, but with a child born 1600) seem to be too late. Alexander and Anne (married 1592, first child 1594) thus remain as the likely possibility. Furthermore, Robert was killed in the Bolton Massacre along with an Alexander Mason, and they were buried 28 May 1644. They were the only two Masons killed, possibly suggesting a close relationship between them. Since the elder Alexander had been buried 3 Mar 1627, and the name Alexander Mason did not appear to be common in the area, the slain Alexander was most likely his son. Thus, all things considered, and with the absence of other parental candidates, it seems most likely that the Robert and Alexander killed in the storming of Bolton were sons of Alexander and Anne Mason.^{[5, 8, 9, 10]}
Children:

	8	i.	HANNA3 MASON, bp. on 30 June 1622[6] in Bolton[6]; d. about 1700.
+	9	ii.	SAMPSON MASON, bp. on 6 Dec. 1624[6] in Bolton[6]; d. about 1701; m. ABT 9 MAR 1650/1[26] in Dorchester, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, United States[26] (IS-11) MARY BUTTERWORTH, chr. in Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England[41] on 9 Aug. 1629[41], d. in Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts[41] on 20 Aug. 1714[41], daughter of (IS-5) Henry and Mary (LONGBOTHAM) BUTTERWORTH.
	10	iii.	SARA MASON, bp. on 6 Jan. 1627[6] in Bolton[6]; d. about 1700.
	11	iv.	MARY MASON, bp. on 1 FEB 1628/9[6] in Bolton[6]; d. about 1700.
	12	v.	ROBERT MASON, bp. on 15 JAN 1631/2[6] in Bolton[6]; d. about 1700.
	13	vi.	ELIZABETH MASON, bp. on 8 FEB 1634/5[6] in Bolton[6]; d. about 1700.
	14	vii.	THOMAS MASON, bp. on 29 JAN 1637/8[7] in Bolton[7]; d. about Feb. 1638; bur. on 27 March 1638[9] in Bolton[9].

9. SAMPSON³ MASON (Robert², Alexander¹), son of (3) Robert² and Mrs. (ROBERT) Mason MASON, was christened on 6 Dec. 1624^[6] in Bolton^[6], and was buried on 15 Sept. 1676^[15] in Rehoboth^[15]. He married in Dorchester^[26], ABT 9 MAR 1650/1^[26], (IS-11) MARY BUTTERWORTH, daughter of (IS-5) Henry and Mary (LONGBOTHAM) BUTTERWORTH, who was christened on 9 Aug. 1629^[41] in Heptonstall^[41], died on 20 Aug. 1714^[41] in Rehoboth^[41], and was buried in Providence, Providence Co., Rhode Island, United States^[31]. ^[43]
"Sampson Mason was a soldier in Cromwell's army and he came to America upon the turn of the times in England and settled in Rehoboth."^[37]
Children:

	15	i.	NOAH4 MASON, b. between 26 Oct. 1651 and 8 Feb. 1652[15] in Dorchester[15]; d. on 2 MAR 1699/1700[38] in Rehoboth[38].
	16	ii.	SAMPSON MASON of Dorchester, b. on 14 Sept. 1654[38] of Dorchester[44]; d. after 28 June 1735[38] in Rehoboth[38].
	17	iii.	JOHN MASON, b. between 18 March 1656 and 12 May 1656[15] in Dorchester[15]; d. on 18 MAR 1682/3[15] in Dorchester[15].
	18	iv.	SAMUEL MASON, b. on 12 Feb. 1657[19] in Rehoboth[19]; d. on 21 Jan. 1744[39] in Swansea, Bristol Co.[39]; bur. on 23 JAN 1743/4[39] in Kickemuit Cemetery, Swansea[20]; m. on 4 Nov. 1718[29, 39] in Providence, Newport Co., Rhode Island[29, 39] (AOJ-2) LYDIA (TABER) TILLINGHAST, b. in Barnstable, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts in 1640[29], d. in Providence, Providence Co. in 1720, daughter of (AOJ-1) Philip and (ABY-5) Lydia (MASTERS) TABER.
	19	v.	SARAH MASON, b. on 15 Feb. 1658[15, 39] in Rehoboth[15, 39]; d. about 1740[39].
	20	vi.	MARY MASON, b. on 7 Feb. 1660[15, 39] in Rehoboth[21, 39]; d. about 1750.
	21	vii.	JAMES MASON, b. on 30 Oct. 1661[15] in Rehoboth[15]; d. about 1700.
	22	viii.	JOSEPH MASON, b. on 6 March 1663[15] in Rehoboth[15]; d. on 19 May 1748[22] in Warren, Rhode Island[22]; bur. in Warren[22].
	23	ix.	BETHIAH MASON, b. on 15 Oct. 1665[16] in Rehoboth[16]; d. about 1690[23, 39] in Rehoboth[23, 39].
+	24	x.	ISAAC MASON, DEACON, b. on 15 July 1667[17, 39] in Rehoboth[17, 39]; d. on 25 Jan. 1742[24] in Swansea[24]; m. about 1693 of Rehoboth (AEP-2) HANNAH _____ of Rehoboth, b. of Rehoboth[44] on 5 Jan. 1679[44], d. about 1770[24], daughter of (AEP-1) John and Ann (HUMPHRY) MYLES.
	25	xi.	PELATIAH MASON, b. on 1 April 1669[16, 39] in Rehoboth[16, 39]; d. on 29 March 1763[39] in Swansea[39]; bur. in Swansea[39].
	26	xii.	BENJAMIN MASON, b. on 20 Oct. 1670[16, 39] in Rehoboth[16, 39]; d. about 27 Aug. 1740[39] in Swansea[39].
	27	xiii.	THANKFUL MASON, b. on 27 Oct. 1672[16, 40] in Rehoboth[16, 40]; d. about 1770[40] in Rehoboth[40].

24. ISAAC⁴ MASON, DEACON (Sampson³, Robert², Alexander¹), son of (9) Sampson³ and (IS-11) Mary (BUTTERWORTH) MASON, was born on 15 July 1667^{[17, 39]} in Rehoboth^{[17, 39]}, died on 25 Jan. 1742^[24] in Swansea^[24] and was buried in Swansea^[32]. He married of Rehoboth, about 1693, (AEP-2) HANNAH _____ of Rehoboth, daughter of (AEP-1) John and Ann (HUMPHRY) MYLES, who was born on 5 Jan. 1679^[44] of Rehoboth^[44], and died about 1770^[24]. ^[43]
Children:

	28	i.	HANNAH5 MASON, b. on 9 Jan. 1694[24] in Rehoboth[24]; d. on 26 Feb. 1697[24].
	29	ii.	MARY MASON, b. on 26 Jan. 1695 in Rehoboth; d. on 4 March 1697.
	30	iii.	ISAAC MASON, b. on 26 Dec. 1698[24] in Rehoboth[24]; d. in 1732 prob. Swansea.
	31	iv.	SAMPSON MASON, b. on 24 Feb. 1700[24] in Rehoboth[24]; d. in 1731 in Swansea.
	32	v.	HEZEKIAH MASON, b. on 6 June 1704[24] in Rehoboth[24]; d. on 4 April 1738 in Swansea.
+	33	vi.	NATHAN MASON, b. on 10 May 1705[27] in Rehoboth[27]; d. about 1759[27]; m. on 26 Aug. 1731[27] (UB-21) LILLIS HALE, b. in Swansea[27] on 2 Oct. 1714[27], d. in Swansea[27] on 15 Dec. 1797[27], daughter of (UB-10) John and (APA-21) Hannah (TILLINGHAST) HAILE.
	34	vii.	OLIVER MASON, b. on 20 Aug. 1706[28] in Swansea[28]; d. on 11 Dec. 1787[28] in Swansea[28].
	35	viii.	HANNAH MASON, b. in March 1710 in Swansea; d. about 1750.
	36	ix.	BENJAMIN MASON, b. on 10 April 1711 in Swansea; d. about 1750.
	37	x.	MARY MASON, b. on 21 May 1713 in Swansea; d. about 1750.

33. NATHAN⁵ MASON (Isaac⁴, Sampson³, Robert², Alexander¹), son of (24) Isaac⁴, Deacon and (AEP-2) Hannah (_____), was born on 10 May 1705^[27] in Rehoboth^[27], died about 1759^[27] and was buried in Swansea^{[27, 30]}. He married on 26 Aug. 1731^[27], (UB-21) LILLIS HALE, daughter of (UB-10) John and (APA-21) Hannah (TILLINGHAST) HAILE, who was born on 2 Oct. 1714^[27] in Swansea^[27], died on 15 Dec. 1797^[27] in Swansea^[27], and was buried in Swansea^[27]. ^{[25, 43]}
Children:

	38	i.	SAMSON6 MASON, b. on 27 Sept. 1732 in Swansea; d. about 1800.
+	39	ii.	BARNARD MASON, b. on 15 March 1735 in Swansea; d. on 6 Dec. 1804[35]; m. on 22 July 1756[18, 42] ABIAH WERDEN, d. on 19 June 1822[18, 36].
	40	iii.	JESSE MASON, b. on 21 March 1737 in Swansea; d. on 17 Oct. 1783 in Swansea.
	41	iv.	LILLIS MASON, b. on 8 May 1739[14]; d. about 1800.
	42	v.	NATHAN MASON, b. on 21 Feb. 1741 in Swansea; d. about 1800.
	43	vi.	FREELOVE MASON, b. on 25 April 1743 in Swansea; d. about 1800.
	44	vii.	INNOCENT MASON, b. on 20 Aug. 1745 in Swansea; d. about 1800.
	45	viii.	MARY MASON, b. on 30 June 1748 in Swansea; d. about 1800.
	46	ix.	AARON MASON, b. on 29 June 1749 in Swansea; d. about 1800.
	47	x.	ROSANNA MASON, b. about 1750 in Swansea; d. about 1800.
	48	xi.	SIBBEL MASON, b. about 1751[27]; d. about 1800.
	49	xii.	LEVI MASON, b. on 15 Oct. 1752 in Swansea; d. about 1800.
	50	xiii.	PARDON MASON, b. on 19 Aug. 1758; d. about 1800.
	51	xiv.	NANCY MASON, b. about 1740; d. about 1800.
	52	xv.	PHOEBE MASON, b. in 1762[44] in Lanesborough, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts[44]; d. about 1800.

39. BARNARD⁶ MASON (Nathan⁵, Isaac⁴, Sampson³, Robert², Alexander¹), son of (33) Nathan⁵ and (UB-21) Lillis (HALE) MASON, was born on 15 March 1735 in Swansea, died on 6 Dec. 1804^[35] and was buried in North Cemetery, Cheshire, Berkshire Co.^[35]. He married on 22 July 1756^{[18, 42]}, ABIAH WERDEN, who died on 19 June 1822^{[18, 36]}, and was buried in North Cemetery^[36]. ^{[27, 43]}
Not the one born 12 May 1740, which was a male named Abial, son of Ebenezer Worden and Borridel Button.
Child:

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LILLIS7 MASON, b. on 20 Dec. 1765[18]; d. on 21 March 1848[34]; m. (1) on 16 March 1764[27] in Swansea[27] (QH-47) ISAAC FISH, b. prob. Swansea on 4 Aug. 1737, son of (QH-43) Daniel and (AOO-6) Mary (TALLMAN) FISH; m. (2) on 14 Nov. 1781[13] in Lanesborough[13] (QH-50) JONATHAN FISH, b. in Dighton, Bristol Co. on 12 Sept. 1757, d. in 1841, son of (QH-43) Daniel and (AOO-6) Mary (TALLMAN) FISH.

53. LILLIS⁷ MASON (Barnard⁶, Nathan⁵, Isaac⁴, Sampson³, Robert², Alexander¹), daughter of (39) Barnard⁶ and Abiah (WERDEN) MASON, was born on 20 Dec. 1765^[18], and died on 21 March 1848^[34]. She married (1st) in Swansea^[27], on 16 March 1764^[27], (QH-47) ISAAC FISH, son of (QH-43) Daniel and (AOO-6) Mary (TALLMAN) FISH, who was born on 4 Aug. 1737 prob. Swansea. She married (2nd) in Lanesborough^[13], on 14 Nov. 1781^[13], (QH-50) JONATHAN FISH, son of (QH-43) Daniel and (AOO-6) Mary (TALLMAN) FISH, who was born on 12 Sept. 1757 in Dighton, and died in 1841.

From the 2 Aug. 1790 census, in New Ashford, Berkshire Co.^[1]:

From the 4 Aug. 1800 census, in Cheshire^[2]:

From the 6 Aug. 1810 census, in Cheshire^[11]:

From the 7 Aug. 1820 census, in Cheshire^[3]:

From the 1 June 1840 census, in Ellisburg, Jefferson Co., New York, United States^[4]: