See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN See also:

• MASON, FRANCIS (1799—1874)
• MASON, GEORGE (1725—1792)
• MASON, GEORGE HEMMING (1818–1872)
• MASON, JAMES MURRAY (1798-1871)
• JOHN MASON (1586-1635)
• MASON, JOHN YOUNG (1799-1859)
• MASON, LOWELL (1792—1872)
• MASON, SIR JOHN (1503–1566)
• MASON, SIR JOSIAH (1795-1881)
• MASON, WILLIAM (1725—1797)

MASON (1586-1635)  , founder of New See also:

• HAMPSHIRE (or COUNTY OF SOUTHAMPTON, abbreviated HANTS)

Hampshire, U.S.A., was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King's See also:

• LYNN

Lynn, See also:

• NORFOLK
• NORFOLK, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Norfolk, See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . In 1610 he commanded a small See also:

• NAVAL

naval force sent by See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James I. to assist in subduing the See also:

• HEBRIDES, THE, or WESTERN ISLES

Hebrides Islands . From 1615 to 1621 he was See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of the See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony on the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of Conception See also:

• BAY

Bay in See also:

• NEWFOUNDLAND

Newfoundland; he explored the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island, made the first English See also:

• MAP
• MAP (or MAPES), WALTER (d. c. 1208/9)

map of it (published in 1625), and wrote a descriptive See also:

• TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract entitled A Briefe Discourse of the Newfoundland (See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh, 162o) to promote the colonization of the island by Scots-men . Here he was brought into See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official relations with See also:

• SIR

Sir Ferdinando See also:

• GORGES, SIR FERDINANDO (c. 1566-1647)

Gorges, then a See also:

• COMMISSIONER

commissioner to regulate the Newfoundland See also:

• FISHERIES

fisheries . In See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1622 See also:

• MASON, FRANCIS (1799—1874)
• MASON, GEORGE (1725—1792)
• MASON, GEORGE HEMMING (1818–1872)
• MASON, JAMES MURRAY (1798-1871)
• MASON, JOHN (1586-1635)
• MASON, JOHN YOUNG (1799-1859)
• MASON, LOWELL (1792—1872)
• MASON, SIR JOHN (1503–1566)
• MASON, SIR JOSIAH (1795-1881)
• MASON, WILLIAM (1725—1797)

Mason obtained from the See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

Council for New England, of which Gorges was the most influential member, a See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

grant of the territory (which he named See also:

• MARIANA, JUAN DE (1536-1624)

Mariana) between the Naumkeag or See also:

• SALEM

Salem See also:

• RIVER

river and the See also:

• MERRIMAC

Merrimac, and in the following See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August he and Gorges together received a grant of the region between the Merrimac and Kennebec See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers, and extending 6o m. inland . From 1625 to 1629 Mason was engaged as treasurer and paymaster of the English See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army in the See also:

• WARS

wars which England was waging against See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain and See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France . Towards the See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close of 1629 Mason and Gorges agreed upon a See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of the territory held jointly by them, and on the 7th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1629 Mason received from the Council a See also:

• SEPARATE

separate grant of the tract between the Merrimac and the Piscataqua, which he now named New Hampshire . Thinking that the Piscataqua river had its source in See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

Lake See also:

• CHAMPLAIN
• CHAMPLAIN, SAMUEL DE (1567-1635)

Champlain, Mason with Gorges and a few other associates secured, on the 17th of November 1629, a grant of a region which was named See also:

• LACONIA
• LACONIA (Gr. AaKWVLK1])

Laconia (apparently from the number of lakes it was supposed to contain), and was described as bordering on Lake Champlain, extending 10 m. See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east and See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south from it and far to the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west and north-west, together with l000 acres to be located along some convenient See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour, presumably near the mouth of the Piscataqua . In November 1631 Mason and his associates obtained, under the name of the Pescataway Grant, a tract on both sides of the Piscataqua river, extending 30 M. inland and including also the Isles of Shoals . Mason became a member of the Council for New England in See also:

• JUNE

June 1632, and its See also:

• VICE

vice-See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president in the following November; and in 1635, when the members decided to See also:

• DIVIDE

divide their territory among themselves and surrender their See also:

• CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter, he was allotted as his See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share all the region between the Naumkeag and Piscataqua rivers extending 6o m. inland, the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

• HALF

half of the Isles of Shoals, and a ten-thousand See also:

• ACRE
• ACRE, or AQUIRY

acre tract, called Masonia, on the west side of the 'Kennebec river . In See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1635 he was appointed vice-See also:

• ADMIRAL

admiral of New England, but he died See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early in See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December, before See also:

• CROSSING

crossing the See also:

• ATLANTIC

Atlantic . He was buried in See also:

• WESTMINSTER
• WESTMINSTER, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• WESTMINSTER, STATUTES OF
• WESTMINSTER, SYNODS OF

Westminster See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

Abbey .

See also:

• FORTY

Forty-four years after his See also:

• DEATH

death New Hampshire was made a royal See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province . See See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

Captain See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John Mason, the Founder of New Hampshire (See also:

• BOSTON
• BOSTON, THOMAS (1676-1732)

Boston, 1887; published by the See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince Society), which contains a memoir by C . W . Tuttle and See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical papers See also:

• RELATING

relating to Mason's career, edited by J . W . See also:

• DEAN (Lat. decanus, derived from the Gr. 8eaa, ten)
• DEAN, FOREST OF

Dean .