Phil, I checked "Connecticut Marriages to 1800" Compiled by Frederic W Bailey from Congregational Church Records. Nothing for John Mason and Hannah. Some John Masons listed, but dates wrong for what is needed. None in Hartford. From "American Marriages Bef 1699" compiled by William M Clemens, the following --- John Mason and Hannah Hawes, 5 Nov 1676, Dedham, Ma John Mason and Sarah Hawthorne, 30 Mar 1684/5, Dedham, Ma John Mason (Major) and Ann Peck, Jul 1639, Norwich, Ct John Mason and Content Wales, 15 Oct 1679, Dorchester, Ma John Mason and Mary Eaton, 5 Mar 1651, Dedham, Ma (below is from James Savage's First Settlers)List of all John Masons JOHN, the patentee of N. Hampsh. by whose pub. spirit, tho. he never came in person to our country, so much was effect. in its sett. that he well deserves ment. in this work, d. 26 Nov.1637, leav. only ch. Jane to inherit his vexatious principality. She m.John Tufton, Esquire, had John, wh. d. without issue, as is told by Farmer, and Robert, who took the name of Mason. † ‡ * JOHN, Dorchester, tho. thot. by some to have come 1630, with Winth. prob. came early in 1632, was in Dec. of that yr. sent as lieut. with 20 men against a pirate at the E. for wh. in July foll. he was paid £10, and bec. capt. in Nov. aft. was first on the list of freem. 4 Mar. 1635, and disting. then by title of capt. rep. 1635 and 6, and this yr. rem. with Warham to Windsor, of great serv. in milit. and civ. life, finished the Pequot war, in 1637, being in chief com. rep. 1637 to 41, then Assist. to 59, then dep.-gov. for eight yrs. maj.-gen. and commiss. for the Congr. of N. E. 1647, 54, 5, 6, 9, and 61. From Windsor he rem. 1647 to Saybrook, thence to first sett. of Norwich 1659. By first w. wh. d. at W. we kn. not of any ch. but he took sec. w. in July 1639, nam. Peck, and had, perhaps, Isabel; certain. Priscilla, b. Oct. 1641; Samuel, July 1644; John, Aug. 1646; Rachel, Oct. 1648; Ann, June 1650; Daniel, Apr. 1652; and Eliz. Aug. 1654; and d. at N. 30 Jan. 1672, in 72d yr. All that the diligence of Prince, the annalist, could gather to prefix to his Hist. of the Pequot war may be read in 2 Mass. Hist. Coll. VIII. 122; and later inq. adds little; yet in Sparks's Amer. Biog. Vol. III. of 2d Series, is a copious [p.168] biogr. of the great capt. writ. with much felicity, by the Rev. George E. Ellis. Isabel m. 17 June 1658, John Bissell of Windsor; Priscilla m. 8 Oct. 1664, Rev. James Fitch; Eliz. m. 8 May 1671, Thomas Norton; Rachel m. 12 June 1678, Charles Hill, as his sec. w. and of the other d. we are not told. Thro. Daniel, the youngest s. the late Hon. Jeremiah deriv. descent. JOHN, Portsmouth, R. I. 1655, was, perhaps, of Westerly in 1669. JOHN, Watertown, an early sett. perhaps elder br. of Hugh, was a capt. d. 10 Oct. 1678, in 73d yr. by the gr.stone. JOHN, Dedham, s. of the first Robert, m. 5 May 1651, Mary, d. prob. of John Eaton, had Hannah, bapt. 15 July 1655; John, 23 Aug. 1657; and ano. d. 25 Aug. 1661. JOHN, Salem, bricklayer, 1661, may be he wh. m. at Charlestown 30 Jan. 1659, Ann Colliham. JOHN, Concord, wh. d. 10 Mar. 1667, had m. 11 Dec. 1662, Hannah Ramsden, and his ch. were John, b. 14 May 1664, and Hannah. ‡ * JOHN, Norwich, s. of famous major John, freem. 1671, rep.1672 and 4, in Philip's war was a capt. had bef. been a merch. dangerous. wound. in the great Narragansett fight, 19 Dec. 1675, chos. an Assist. in May 1676, but 18 Sept. foll. d. of his wounds, leav. wid. Abigail, and ch. John, and Ann. John, the s. furnish. to Prince the Hist. of the Pequot war in MS. by his gr.f. JOHN, Dorchester, a tanner, was s. of Sampson, m. Content, d. of John Wales, d. 18 Mar. 1683, aged 26, says the inscript. on his gr.stone; he was brot. up by John Gornell, and had part of his est. _________________________________________________ JOHN, Hartford, d. 19 Feb. 1698, leav. good est. for these ch. Mary, then aged 20; Hannah, 17; John, 13; Joseph, 10; Abigail, 7; Jonathan, 4; and Lydia, 1. _________________________________________________ JOHN, Boston, merch. came a. 1678, from London, m. Sarah, d. of Robert Pepper, had Sarah, b. 25 Aug. 1681; Susanna, 19 Mar. 1687; Samuel, 31 July 1689; Jonathan, 4 Jan. 1692; Abigail, 12 Apr. 1693**** Benjamin, 23 Dec. 1695; and John, 1 Nov. 1697. He d. betw. 12 July 1698, the date, and 29 Sept. foll. when pro. of his will was made. His s. Benjamin is counted the progenit. of the late Hon. Jonathan of U. S. senate. Ano. JOHN, of Boston had w. Prudence, and ch. a few yrs. later. JOHN, Cambridge vill. now Newton, s. of Hugh of Watertown, freem. 1690, was a lieut. selectman, by w. Eliz. eldest d. of lieut. John Hammond, had John, b. 22 Jan. 1677; Eliz. 10 Nov. 1678; Abigail, 16 Dec. 1679; Samuel, 22 Jan. 1690; Hannah, 26 Jan. 1696; and Daniel, 10 Nov. 1698; w. d. 1714, and he d. a. 1720. ___________________________________________________________ It seems to me that the John Mason of Hartford is the one who married Hannah Hawes in Dedham, the age of oldest child Mary, 20 in 1698, would fit with the marriage date of 1676. Youngest child, Lydia, age one, would have become the wife of John Seymour, 25 Jun 1718 (date from "Barbour Marriages in Hartford"). Good luck, Kathy **************** New England Genealogy Home page http://pages.prodigy.net/kathyb/home.htm