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- John_Mason_(c._1600–1672) abstract "John Mason was born in Ravensthorpe, Northamptonshire, England in October, 1600. Little is known about his life there and where he was educated. He enlisted in the military in 1624 and went to the Netherlands to serve in the sectarian Thirty Years War 1618-1648, where he gained significant tactical military experience, first seeing action in the Breda Campaign. By 1629 he was a lieutenant in the Brabant Campaign and participated in the Siege of s'-Hertogenbosch, literally \"The Duke's Forrest\" in English, and known historically in French as Bois-le-Duc. He served with Lord Thomas Fairfax under General Sir Horace Vere in the army of Frederik Hendrik, The Prince of Orange.In 1632 he joined the great Puritan exodus and sailed from England settling in Dorchester, Mass. Bay Colony, where he was promptly appointed as the captain of the local militia. In 1633 he commanded the first American naval task force and pursued the pirate Dixie Bull routing him from New England waters. Along with Roger Ludlow, he planned and supervised the construction of the first fortifications on Castle Island (later known as Fort Independence) in Boston Harbor. In 1634 he was elected to represent Dorchester in the Massachusetts General Court where permission was granted for him to remove to the fertile Connecticut River valley. In 1635 he settled in Windsor, Connecticut at the confluence of the Farmington River and the Connecticut River; he would live here for the next twelve years and serve as a civil Magistrate and military leader of the nascent Connecticut Colony. In 1640 he married Anne Peck from a prominent Puritan family; they would have eight children.The most prominent episode in Mason's life long career of public service was his overall command as captain of the Colonial forces in the Pequot War in 1637. This was the first declared and sustained conflict in Southern New England, which was a complex and risky campaign. The large and powerful hegemonic Pequot Tribe who the Puritans viewed as a eminent danger, greatly outnumbered the Colonial forces, but the English had superior weapons and tactics plus fervently believed that divine providence would ensure their ultimate victory. They also had the guidance and support of numerous Native allies who were tributaries to the Pequot, especially Mohegan Sachem Uncas who formed a unique and lasting bond with Mason and also Wequash Cooke. This brief and decisive war, with the Mystic Massacre in particular, forever changed the complexion of American society going forward. The massacre was featured in the History Channel series 10 Days that Unexpectedly Changed America. Subsequent to this victory, Mason was promoted to major and received numerous land grants as a reward for his services. Mason's Island at the mouth of the Mystic River remained in his family for over 250 years.In 1647 Mason assumed command of Saybrook (Colony) Fort which controlled the main trade and supply route to the upper river valley. The fort promptly and mysteriously burned to the ground but another improved fort was quickly built nearby. He spent the next twelve years there and served as Commissioner of the United Colonies, as the chief military officer, magistrate and peacekeeper. He was continually called upon to negotiate the purchase of Indian lands, write a treaty or arbitrate some Native quarrel, many of which were instigated by his friend Uncas. His leadership abilities were unrivaled, which prompted the New Haven Colony to offer Mason a very lucrative position as manager of their new enterprise in relocating to the Delaware River area. This offer was very difficult to refuse, however the General Court of Connecticut was relieved when he declined to accept the offer and remained in Connecticut.In 1659, Major John Mason, with his son-in-law Rev. James Fitch and most of the Saybrook residents, moved from the mouth of the Connecticut River to the head of the Thames River and founded the town of Norwich, Connecticut. The land \"nine miles square\" was purchased from the Mohegan Sachem Uncas; who also signed over to Mason as a protector and administrator, all the territory in his tribes domain. Questions regarding title to these thousands of acres created legal disputes which lasted for seventy years, the Mohegan Land Case actually consisted of several cases and appeals making their way through various courts in Connecticut, Massachusetts and even back in London, England before the Lords Commissioners. Ultimately, lives*, fortunes and the lands were lost to the march of progress, greed and corruption. During his twelve years in Norwich, John Mason served for nine years as Deputy Governor 1660 to 1669 and he helped to write the constitutional Connecticut Charter. He served as acting Governor from 1661 to 1663 while Governor John Winthrop Jr. went to England to obtain approval of the Charter from King Charles II.In 1669, pleading old age and infirmities, he retired to a revered advisory position but he suffered painfully in the last years of his life from cancer, which was then referred to as \"ye strangury\". He died on January 30, 1672, at the age of seventy two and is buried in the Post-Gager cemetery with the other founders of Norwichtown, Connecticut.".
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