William Mason

William Mason (22 October 1757 – 7 February 1818) was an American planter and soldier. He was a militiaman in the American Revolutionary War and a prominent Virginia planter. Mason was the third son of George Mason, an American patriot, statesman, and delegate from Virginia to the U.S. Constitutional Convention.

Early life and education Mason was born on 22 October 1757. In 1780, Mason's father declined an offer by Lee to continue his military service because his father felt Mason's "lot must be that of a farmer and gentleman." Mason also received all his father's properties in Charles County.

Marriage and children Unlike his eldest two brothers (but like his two younger brothers), Mason did not marry during his father's lifetime, but rather within a year after his death. On July 11, 1793 William Mason married Ann Stuart, daughter of Rev. William and Sarah Stuart, on 11 July 1793 at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in King George, Virginia.

William Stuart Mason (1795–7 March 1857) George Mason of Hollin Hall (11 November 1797–25 March 1870) Ann Sarah Stuart Mason Heileman (1803–9 November 1852) Edgar Eilbeck Mason (1807–8 January 1835) Mary Elizabeth Mason (1810–2 February 1885)

Death and legacy Mason died on 7 February 1818 at Mattawoman in Charles County, Maryland at age 60. Although that plantation house no longer exists, Araby does. His descendants occupied Araby until 1849. Mason's daughter Mary Elizabeth Mason sold the including the mansion to William Thompson in that year.

Relations William Mason (1757–1814) was: a son of George Mason (1725–1792) nephew of Thomson Mason (1733–1785) first cousin of Stevens Thomson Mason (1760–1803), John Thomson Mason (1765–1824), and William Temple Thomson Mason (1782–1862) uncle of George Mason VI (1786–1834) and Richard Barnes Mason (1797–1850), Thomson Francis Mason (1785–1838), and James Murray Mason (1798–1871) first cousin once removed of Armistead Thomson Mason (1787–1819), John Thomson Mason (1787–1850), and John Thomson Mason, Jr. (1815–1873), and first cousin twice removed of Stevens Thomson Mason (1811–1843).