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About John Mason
John Mason was an English-born settler, soldier, commander and Deputy Governor of the Connecticut Colony. Mason was best known for leading a group of Puritan settlers and Indian allies on a combined attack on a Pequot Fort in an event known as the Mystic Massacre. The destruction and loss of life he oversaw effectively ended the hegemony of the Pequot tribe in southeast Connecticut.
Everything about John Mason →- Occupation
- military personnel, military officer, soldier
- Position held
- Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England, United Kingdom
- Born
- October 1600
- Died
- January 30, 1672