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Charles A. Nelson , A. M., Waltham, past, present and its industries, with an historical sketch of Watertown from its settlement in 1630 to the incorporation of Waltham, January 15, 1739., March 19, 1627-8. (search)
, when he was chosen Captain for Watertown. He and Thomas Mayhew were appointed to bring Mr. Nathaniel Eaton (the first principal of Harvard College), to trial for his misconduct, chiefly in relation of his maltreatment of Nathaniel Biscoe, Jr., of Watertown.—Bond. whose Lieutenant was Hugh Mason. Hugh Mason left England in April, 1634, at the age of 28; admitted Freeman the next March: was made Captain May 5, 1652; was ten times a Representative between 1644 and 1677;??? 29 years between 1639 and 1678 inclusive. In May, 1653, after Elder Richard Browne removed to Charlestown (see p. 25), he at the request of his townsmen was empowered to solemnize marriages in Watertown. He was one of the earliest settlers; grantee of 6 lots, including 30 acres in the 1st Great Dividend, 2 acres in the Further Plain, next to the River, and 71 acres in the Farms. He purchased 35 acres in 2d Great Dividend. He is supposed to have been a brother of Captain John Mason, the distinguished Pequot ext