"Captain John Mason m. Abigal, daughter of the Rev. James Fitch of Norwich, Conn., and represented that town several times in the Colonial Legislature, and was one of the assistants of the colony. He commanded a company in King Phillip's war and was mortally wounded in the swamp fight at Narragansett, December 19, 1675. He was carried to New London, where he lingered until September 18, 1676, when he died."