Jeremiah Mason was born 27 April 1768 in Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut, United States to Jeremiah Mason (1730-1813) and Elizabeth Fitch (1731-1809) and died 14 October 1848 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States of unspecified causes. He married Mary Means (1777-1858) 16 November 1799 in Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States.
Biography
Jeremiah Mason (April 27, 1768 – October 14, 1848) was a United States Senator from New Hampshire.
Born in Lebanon, Connecticut, son of Jeremiah Mason (February 22, 1729/1730 – April 16, 1813) and wife Elizabeth Fitch (June 28, 1731 – December 16, 1809), he graduated from Yale College in 1788, studied law, moved to Vermont, and was admitted to the bar in 1791. He moved to New Hampshire, practiced law, and was attorney general of New Hampshire from 1802 to 1805.
US Senate Career
Mason was elected as a Federalist to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy in the term beginning March 4, 1813, and served from June 10, 1813, until June 16, 1817, when he resigned. He was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1815.[1] He was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1820-1821 and 1824, and was president of the Portsmouth branch of the United States Bank in 1828-1829. He moved to Boston in 1832 and retired from the practice of law in 1838, but continued as chamber counsel up to the time of his death in Boston, 1848; interment was in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Marriage and Family
He married on November 6, 1799 Mary Means (1777-1858), daughter of Robert Means (1742-1823) and Mary McGregor (1752-1838).
They were the parents of Robert Means Mason (September 25, 1810 – March 13, 1879), who married on December 4, 1843 Sarah Ellen Francis (May 17, 1819 – September 27, 1865), daughter of Ebenezer Francis (October 15, 1775 – September 21, 1858) and wife (m. November 3, 1799) Elizabeth Thorndike (July 8, 1778 – June 24, 1853). Robert Means Mason had several children including Ellen Francis Mason and Ida Means Mason.
Mary Means was a sister of Elizabeth Means, wife of Jesse Appleton (1772-1819), son of Francis Appleton and wife Elizabeth Hubbard, parents of Jane Means Appleton (1806-1863), wife of Franklin Pierce (1804-1869), US President.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| George Means Mason (1800-1865) | |||
| Mary Elizabeth Mason (1802-1859) | |||
| Elizabeth Mason (1804-) | |||
| Robert Means Mason (1810-1879) | 25 September 1810 Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States | 13 March 1879 Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, United States | Sarah Ellen Francis (1819-1865) |
| Charles Mason (1812-1862) | 25 July 1812 Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States | 23 March 1862 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States | Susanna Lawrence (1817-1844) Anna Huntington Lyman (1821-1883) |
| Mary Anne Mason (1815-1897) | |||
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