John Mason

John Mason (1706 – 10 February 1763) was an English nonconformist minister and author.

Life Born at Dunmow, Essex, he was son of John Mason (died 1723), Independent minister there, and subsequently at Spaldwick, Huntingdonshire; his grandfather was John Mason (died 1694). He began training for the ministry under John Jennings. Aged 17 when Jennings died, he may have completed his studies in London.

Mason's first employment was as tutor and chaplain in the family of Samuel Feake, near Hatfield, Hertfordshire. In 1729, he became minister of the Presbyterian congregation at Dorking, Surrey. He moved in July 1746, to succeed John Oakes as minister of a congregation at Carbuckle Street (or Crossbrook), Cheshunt, formed by a union in 1733 of Presbyterians and Independents. His niece married Peter Good, Congregationalist minister, and was mother of John Mason Good.