Thomson Mason | |
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Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Fairfax County | |
In office December 5, 1808 –December 3, 1809 ServingwithGeorge Graham | |
Preceded by | George Summers |
Succeeded by | James H. Hooe |
Member of the Virginia Senate from Fairfax and Prince William Counties | |
In office December 1,1800 –December 4,1808 | |
Preceded by | Ludwell Lee |
Succeeded by | John C. Hunter |
Personal details | |
Born | Gunston Hall,Fairfax County,Colony of Virginia | March 4,1759
Died | March 11,1820 61) Fairfax County,Virginia | (aged
Nationality | American |
Spouse | Sarah McCarty Chichester |
Children | Mary Thomson Mason Ball Thomson Francis Mason Ann Eilbeck Mason Dawson Elizabeth Thomson Mason George William Mason Sarah Chichester Mason Richard Chichester Mason John Mason |
Parent(s) | George Mason IV Ann Eilbeck |
Occupation | entrepreneur,planter,civil servant,justice |
Thomson Mason (4 March 1759 –11 March 1820) [1] [2] was an American planter,soldier and politician who represented Fairfax County in both chambers of the Virginia General Assembly. He was one of the sons of George Mason,an American patriot,statesman,and delegate from Virginia to the U.S. Constitutional Convention.
Mason was born on 4 March 1759 at Gunston Hall in Fairfax County,Virginia. [1] [2] Mason was the fifth child and fourth eldest son of George Mason and his wife Ann Eilbeck,who died when he was an infant. [1] [2] He shared the same name as his uncle Thomson Mason,his father's younger brother who became a prominent lawyer,politician and judge until his death in 1785,and also owned and operated plantations using enslaved labor,mostly in Loudoun County. Meanwhile,as appropriate to their class,tutors at Gunston Hall educated Thomson Mason and his brother John Mason and cousin John Thomson Mason. [3]
In 1781,Mason served as a militiaman in the American Revolutionary War. [1]
Mason married Sarah McCarty Chichester of Newington in 1784. [1] [2] The couple had eight children: [1] [2]
Through deeds of gift in 1781 and 1786,Mason's father passed to him ownership of four tracts totaling 676 acres (2.74 km2),together with slaves. [4] While his brother George was in Europe trying to recover his health,Thomson operated his plantations,thus gaining experience using enslaved labor. In 1787,this Thomson Mason owned eight enslaved adults and 14 enslaved children near his father's main residence at Gunston Hall,and an additional two enslaved adults and three children in the other Fairfax County district near his brother George's residence. [5]
Mason and his wife Sarah constructed their residence Hollin Hall by 1788. [4] However,fire destroyed that building in 1824,after this man's death. [4] [6] In 1916,industrialist Harley Wilson built an elegant new Hollin Hall in its vicinity. [4] [6]
Thomson Mason represented Fairfax County in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly. Voters in Fairfax and neighboring Prince William County elected him to the Virginia Senate in 1800 and re-elected him to another four year term, [7] and he ended his legislative career in the Virginia House of Delegates with a single term in 1808. [8]
Mason died on 11 March 1820 in Fairfax County,Virginia at age 61. [1] [2]
Thomson Mason (1759–1820) was:
Colonel Stevens Thomson Mason was an American lawyer,military officer and planter who served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. Mason was also a delegate in the Virginia General Assembly and a Republican U.S. Senator from 1794 to 1803.
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The Mason family of Virginia is a historically significant American political family of English origin,whose prominent members are known for their accomplishments in politics,business,and the military. The progenitor of the Mason family,George Mason I (1629–1686),arrived at Norfolk,Virginia on the ship Assurance in 1652. Mason was a Cavalier member of the Parliament of England during the reign of Charles I of England. George Mason I's great-grandson was George Mason IV (1725–1792),an American patriot,statesman,and delegate from Virginia to the U.S. Constitutional Convention. Along with James Madison,George Mason IV is known as the "Father of the Bill of Rights." For these reasons,Mason is considered one of the "Founding Fathers" of the United States and raised the Mason family to national political prominence.