Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Descendants of Mercy Mason
1705 - 1749 (44 years)Father: Lt. John Mason (29 Jan 1674 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts - 3 Nov 1736 Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts)
Mother: Mercy Merrick (Oct 1674 Norwich, New London, Connecticut - 16 Nov 1754 Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts)
Mercy Mason (1705 - 8 Jan 1749 bur.Raynham, Bristol, Massachusetts)
Jonathan Shaw (1705 - 1 Oct 1768 bur.Raynham, Bristol, Massachusetts)
   └─ Col. Jonathan Shaw (Raynham, Bristol, Massachusetts;14 Feb 1732 - 26 Nov 1796)
    Bethiah Hall (19 Apr 1735 - 17 Apr 1781 bur.Raynham, Bristol, Massachusetts)
    (m. 17 Nov 1757 Raynham, Bristol, Massachusetts)
    (m. 17 Nov 1757 Raynham, Bristol, Massachusetts)
       └─ Bethiah Shaw (13 Nov 1759 Raynham, Bristol, Massachusetts -
        27 Aug 1838 bur.Raynham, Bristol, Massachusetts)
        27 Aug 1838 bur.Raynham, Bristol, Massachusetts)
        Seth Washburn (29 Sep 1761 Raynham, Bristol, Massachusetts -
        8 Feb 1837 bur.Raynham, Bristol, Massachusetts)(m. 16 Jan 1781 Raynham, Bristol, Massachusetts)
        8 Feb 1837 bur.Raynham, Bristol, Massachusetts)(m. 16 Jan 1781 Raynham, Bristol, Massachusetts)
           └─ Julia Washburn (5 Nov 1792 Raynham, Bristol, Massachusetts -
            6 Oct 1851 bur.Tremont, Tazewell, Illinois)
            6 Oct 1851 bur.Tremont, Tazewell, Illinois)
            Isaac Leonard (11 Aug 1790 Raynham, Bristol, Massachusetts -
            21 Jan 1853 bur.Tremont, Tazewell, Illinois)(m. 29 May 1819 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts)
            21 Jan 1853 bur.Tremont, Tazewell, Illinois)(m. 29 May 1819 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts)
               └─ Isaac Eugene Leonard, Mayor of Pekin, Illinois (8 Apr 1823 -
                17 Feb 1879 Pekin, Tazewell, Illinois)
                17 Feb 1879 Pekin, Tazewell, Illinois)
                Louisa Mount (23 Sep 1836 New York - 21 Feb 1932 Pasadena, Los Angeles, California)
                (m. 14 Mar 1855 Tazewell County, Illinois)
                (m. 14 Mar 1855 Tazewell County, Illinois)
                   └─ Frederick Leonard (1856 Illinois - 27 Oct 1924 Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California)
                    Mary Lou Turner (2 Feb 1857 Illinois - 10 Nov 1941 bur.Pekin, Tazewell, Illinois)
                    (m. 21 Feb 1882 Tazewell County, Illinois)
                    (m. 21 Feb 1882 Tazewell County, Illinois)
                       └─ Louise W. Leonard (Illinois;1883 - 1959)
                        Herman Wenger Danforth (Danforth, Iroquois, Illinois;15 Jun 1872 - 8 Aug 1949)
                        (m. 18 Oct 1905 Pekin, Tazewell, Illinois)
                        (m. 18 Oct 1905 Pekin, Tazewell, Illinois)
                           └─ Herman Leonard Danforth (19 Apr 1913 Washington, Tazewell, Illinois -
                            30 Mar 1973)
                            30 Mar 1973)
                            Ruth Marie Gelpi (10 Jan 1926 New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana - 16 Dec 2000
                            Scottsdale, Maricopa, Arizona)(m. Nov 1944 New Orleans, Orleans,
                            Louisiana)
                            Scottsdale, Maricopa, Arizona)(m. Nov 1944 New Orleans, Orleans,
                            Louisiana)
                               └─ (Private)