Woody - A couple of links that might help. First, to find out about the Masons, this may be useful: http://www.mit.edu/people/dryfoo/Masons/Main-page.html Second, for a couple more days, Ancestry.com is allowing free searches on this database which has some MA vital records from way back. It's a long shot, but could pan out for you. Scroll down to the MA link (about half way down the page. http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/recent.asp Cheers.