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John Mason was born in Ravensthorpe, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom in October 1600.
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After serving (1615–21) as governor of Newfoundland, John Mason and Sir Ferdinando Gorges received (1622) a patent from the Council for New England for all the territory lying between the Merrimack and Kennebec rivers.
This grant was confirmed to him when the Council for New England surrendered its charter in 1635.
Attempts by his heirs to make good their claims to this land led to long litigation.
The inhabitants were finally compelled to recognize the Mason rights, which were sold (1746) by one of Mason's descendants to a group of 12 Portsmouth men, who became known as the Masonian Proprietors.
They issued settlement permits and land titles in the undeveloped parts of Mason's grant.
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Republican