Full Name Thomson Mason Ethnicity European American Religion Anglican, Episcopalian Role Entrepreneur Parents George Mason | Nationality American Citizenship United States Name Thomson Mason Died March 11, 1820 | |
Children Thomson Francis Mason, Richard Chichester Mason Grandchildren William Pinckney Mason, Beverley Randolph Mason, Arthur Pendleton Mason Grandparents George Mason III, Ann Stevens Thomson | ||
Thomson Mason (4 March 1759 – 11 March 1820) was a prominent entrepreneur, planter, civil servant, and justice. Mason was the son of George Mason, an American patriot, statesman, and delegate from Virginia to the U.S. Constitutional Convention.
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Early life and education
Mason was born on 4 March 1759 at Gunston Hall in Fairfax County, Virginia. Mason was the fifth child and fourth eldest son of George Mason and his wife Ann Eilbeck. During his early childhood and adolescence, Mason was tutored at Gunston Hall. In 1781, Mason served as a militiaman in the American Revolutionary War.
Marriage and children
Mason married Sarah McCarty Chichester of Newington in 1784. The couple had eight children:
Residences
Through deeds of gift in 1781 and 1786, Mason's father passed to him ownership of four tracts totaling 676 acres (2.74 km2). Mason and his wife Sarah constructed their residence Hollin Hall there by 1788. Hollin Hall was destroyed by fire in 1824. In 1916, industrialist Harley Wilson built an elegant new Hollin Hall in its vicinity.
Later life
Mason died on 11 March 1820 in Fairfax County, Virginia at age 61.
Relations
Thomson Mason (1759–1820) was: