Mason Town Records 1749-1773. Vol 1. 127 pages, with many blank.

New Hampshire State Archives. This book references the Mason area as "so-called" Township #1. Minutes of proprietor meetings detail development of the town. Pages 1-5 contain a copy of the 1749 town charter, and pages 21-24 identify early proprietors.

Proprietor Records 1749-1759; pp 1-69

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Proprietor Records 1759-1773, pp 70-127

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Mason Town Records 1769-1783. Vol 2. 367 pages.

New Hampshire State Archives. Names of town residents and non-residents fill the pages of this book through tax assessments, town payments, minutes of town meetings, and warnings out. Pages 4-5 contain a copy of the 1768 town charter.

Town, Tax & Payment Records 1768-1772, pp 3-57

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Town, Tax & Payment Records 1772-1775, pp 58-117

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Town, Tax & Payment Records 1775-1778, pp 118-177

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Town, Tax & Payment Records 1778-1780, pp 178-237

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Town, Tax & Payment Records 1781-1782, pp 238-297

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Town, Tax & Payment Records 1782-1783, pp 298-355

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Town, Tax & Payment Records 1779-1780, pp 356-359

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Warnings Out 1769-1783, pp 360-367

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Mason Miscellaneous Records 1775-1795. About 25 pages.

New Hampshire State Archives. Loose papers. Includes elections results, character references, and tax records. Among these records are notices of the 1775 selection of a representative to Provincial Congress, and the 1776, 1781, and 1786 selections of representatives to the General Assembly and/or Court; several 1776 depositions in defense of Col. Hale; the 1783 count of voters in various towns; a 1786 vote against paper money; and a 1795 recommendation for and nomination of Capt. Joseph Barrett for Justice of the Peace, as well as a petition in his behalf.

Misc Town Records 1775-1795

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Mason Town Records 1783-1787. Vol 3. 120 pages.

New Hampshire State Archives. Tax assessments interspersed among minutes of town meetings provide a type of yearly census. Orders by the selectmen for town payment add more detail.

Town, Tax & Payment Records 1783-1785, pp 1-57

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Town, Tax & Payment Records 1785-1787, pp 58-117

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Town, Tax & Payment Records 1787, pp 118-120 (see below)

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Mason Town Records 1787-1803; Vital Records 1799-1816. Vol 4. 464 pages.

New Hampshire State Archives. Tax assessments, town orders for payment and pew deeds (pp 439-447 of 1791, 1801, 1804-1805, 1884) identify many residents of the town. Marriage intentions cover the years of 1799-1816.

Town & Tax Records 1787-1788, pp 1-57

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Town & Tax Records 1788-1789, pp 58-113

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Town & Tax Records 1789-1792, pp 114-184

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Town & Tax Records 1792-1795, pp 185-249

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Town Payments 1787, pp 250-253

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Town Payments 1787-1792, pp 254-321

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Town Payments 1792-1797, pp 322-381

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Tax Assessments 1795, pp 382-391

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Tax Assessments 1795, pp 392-394

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Town Records 1795-1801, pp 396-447

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Marriage Intentions 1799-1816; pp 437-438, 448-461

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Liquor Licenses 1793-1803, pp 462-463

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Town Records 1791, Marriage Intentions 1815; p 464(see below)

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Mason Town Records 1797-1815. Vol 5. 384 pages.

New Hampshire State Archives. Tax assessments and selectmen's orders for town payments identify many town residents.

Tax & Town Records 1797-1801, pp 1-67

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Tax & Town Records 1801-1807, pp 68-137

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Tax & Town Records 1807-1810, pp 138-189

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Town Payments 1797-1799, pp 190-207

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Town Payments 1799-1807, pp 208-277

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Town Payments 1807-1815, pp 278-330

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Tax & Town Records 1810-1812, pp 331-347

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Tax & Town Records 1799-1814, pp 348-384

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Town, Tax & Payment Records 1787, pp 118-120 (see above)

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Town Records 1791, Marriage Intentions 1815; p 464(see above)

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Mason Town Records 1814-1824; Vital Records 1812-1824. Vol 6. 373 pages.

New Hampshire State Archives. Town records consist mostly of minutes of town meetings, tax assessments, and selectmen's orders for town payments. All identify many residents--and some non-residents. Most marriages and intentions date from 1819-1825.

Town & Tax Records 1814-1817, pp 1-57

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Town & Tax Records 1817-1818, pp 58-119

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Town & Tax Records 1818-1819, pp 120-179

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Town & Tax Records 1819-1820, pp 180-239

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Town & Tax Records 1820-1821, pp 240-246

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Town Payments 1814-1819, pp 250-298

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Town Payments 1819-1822, pp 299-358

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Marriages 1812, 1821-1825; p 349

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Marriages Intentions 1819-1824; pp 359-363, 368+

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Liquor Licenses 1804-1824; pp 365-366, 369-373

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Mason Town Records 1821-1834. Vol 7. About 561 pages.

New Hampshire State Archives. Tax records include road assessments that identify neighbors on each road; e.g., pages 279-290.

Town & Tax Records 1821-1822, pp 1-57

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Tax & Town Records 1822-1823, pp 58-117

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Tax & Town Records 1823-1825, pp 118-181

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Tax & Town Records 1825-1827, pp 182-239

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Tax & Town Records 1827-1828, pp 240-299

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Tax & Town Records 1828-1830, pp 300-358

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Tax & Town Records 1830-1831, pp 359-418

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Town & Tax Records 1831-1833, pp 419-478

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Tax & Town Records 1833-1834, pp 479-538

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Tax & Town Records 1834-1835, pp 539-[561]

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Mason Town Records 1824-1910; Vital Records 1800-1850. Vol 8. 392 pages.

New Hampshire State Archives. Much light ink, esp on militia lists. Town orders for payment, approved by the selectmen, include tax abatements and assistance to the poor. Tax sales are auctions authorized by the Town Collector to collect unpaid taxes on non-resident lands; some records identify miscellaneous town actions that include reports of stray animals, road descriptions, indentures, business permits; and adoption of school books.

Town Orders for Payment 1824-1838, pp 1-31

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Business Permits 1895 & 1897, pp 32-34

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Fence Divisions 1844-1869, pp 37-55

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Fence Divisions 1869-1879; pp 56-60

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Perambulations 1840-1886, pp 65-94

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Sales & Mortgages 1898-1910, pp 95-111

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Strays 1859-1873, pp 114-117

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Business Permit 1907, pp 118-119

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Misc Town Records 1849-1905, pp 120-176

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Marriages 1847-1850; pp 128, 172

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Militia 1859, 1863-1869; pp 131-132, 135-146

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Perambulations 1889-1897, pp 151-160

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Sales & Mortgages 1877-1907; pp 161-180

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Tax Sale 1873-1874, pp 181-185

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Tax Sales 1875-1877, 1859-1867; pp 186-215, 237-249

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Sales & Mortgages 1868, 1890-1902; pp 219-230

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Marriage Intentions 1840-1841, pp 232-234

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Tax Sales 1869-1873; pp 250-267

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Misc Town Records 1835-1910; pp 269-283

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Fence Divisions 1823-1856, pp 284-297

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Marriages 1800-1823, pp 298-309

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Marriages 1823-1843; pp 310-321, 349

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Sales & Mortgages 1905 & 1910; pp 332, 345-348

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Perambulations 1833-1840, pp 322-325

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Business Licenses 1829-1856, pp 326-339

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Strays 1829 & 1850, p 332

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Intentions 1838-1840, 1824-1835; pp 340-344

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Marriage Intentions 1835-1837, pp 350-372

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Business Licenses 1824-1838; pp 373-392

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Mason Vital Records 1757-1862. Vol 9. 271 pages.

New Hampshire State Archives. Births and deaths, usually recorded by family, stretch from about 1710-1862; and marriages extend from 1779-1821. Miscellaneous town records include fence divisions, reports of stray animals, church recommends, receipts for town bounties paid for military service with the Continental Army bounty (pp 266 & 268). Tight binding hides some dates. Blank pages 183-258.

Births & Deaths 1715-1828, pp 3-51

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Births & Deaths 1710, 1747-1824, pp 52-106

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Marriages 1779-1798, pp 107-108

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Births & Deaths ca 1775-1848, pp 109-168

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Marriages 1798-1821, pp 127-128, 133-135

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Births & Deaths 1811-1862; pp 169-182

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Miscellaneous Town Records 1776-1833, pp 259-271

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Mason Record of Marriages, Births & Deaths 1850-1868. 18 pages.

Mason Town Hall. Records usually identify place and date of the event. Additionally, they may provide birthplace, residence, age, sex, color, marital status, residence, occupation, names and residence of parents, or cause of death--depending on the type of record. Curiously, given names of children are not always listed in the birth records. Little contrast of the ink and the data from 1864-1868 make for difficult to read pages.

Births 1842-1868, Deaths 1850-1867, Marriages 1851-1868

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Mason Record of Marriages, Births & Deaths 1868-1879. 15 pages.

Mason Town Hall. Records usually identify place and date of the event. Additionally, they may provide age, marital status, residence, occupation, birthplace or occupation of parents, and cause of death--depending on the type of record. Interestingly, given names of children are not always listed in the birth records.

Marriages 1868-1879, Births 1867-1879, Deaths 1868-1879

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Mason Vital Statistics 1880-1910. 46 pages.

Mason Town Hall. Records usually provide name, sex, date, birthplace, and names of parents. Additionally, they may show age, occupation, marital status, place of marriage or death, and birthplace or residence of parents. Note Creighton family births of 1881-1902 recorded with 1896 births.

Marriages 1880-1911, Births 1879-1896

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Births 1897-1911, Deaths 1880-1910

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