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.
- Occupation
- military personnel, military officer, soldier
- Position held
- Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England, United Kingdom
- Born
- October 1600
- Died
