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Memorial: M1054

Wall tablet in the Garrison Chapel, Portsmouth, commemorating Captain John Mason RN d. 1635

Location

Garrison Chapel, Portsmouth, England

Transcript

'D. D. JOHN SCRIBNER JENNESS . CHARLES LEVY WOODBURY . CHARLES WESLEY TUTTLE / ALEXANDER HAMILTON LADD . CHARLES HENRY BELL . ELIZA APPLETON HAVEN / CHARLOTTE MARIA HAVEN (ALL OF NEW HAMPSHIRE U.S.) / TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF CAPTN / JOHN MASON CAPTAIN IN THE ROYAL NAVY / TREASURER OF THE ARMY, CAPTAIN OF THE SOUTH SEA / CASTLE GOVERNOR OF THE COLONY OF / NEWFOUNDLAND PATENTEE AND FOUNDER OF / NEW HAMPSHIRE IN AMERICA VICE ADMIRAL / OF NEW ENGLAND BORN 1586 DIED 1635 / THIS FAITHFUL CHURCHMAN DEVOTED PATRIOT / AND GALLANT OFFICER OF WHOM ENGLAND AND / AMERICA WILL EVER BE PROUD WAS BURIED / IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY'

Details

Description: Engraved with a representation of the seal of New Hampshire, a ship on the stocks and a rising sun. Legend "RESPUBLICA NEO HANTONIENSIS".


Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Brass

People

Mason, John
Age:
Date of Death: 1635
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Westminster Abbey have no record of the burial.
Recorder: B. Tomlinson
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