John Mason was an English colonist. He was born in 1600 and died in 1672. He went to America from England in 1630 and was one of the founders of Windsor, Connecticut in 1635. He successfully conducted the Pequot War in 1637. He was major of the Connecticut forces from 1637 to 1672, and Deputy-Governor of Connecticut from 1660 to 1670. He published 'Relation of Trouble by the Indians'. Research John Mason