The Life of George Mason

By iPad2002

  • Birth

    George Mason was born if Fairfax, Virginia

  • Father's Death

    In 1735, when George Mason was 10 years old, his father (George Mason III) died in a tragic boating accident.

  • First Marriage

    George Mason marries sixteen-year-old Ann Eilbeck; he was 24 then.

  • First Child Born

    Mason's first child, George Mason V of Lexington is born.

  • Birth of Second Child

    Ann Eilbeck Mason, the second child of Ann Eilbeck and George Mason IV, is born. Fun fact - Ann Eilbeck Mason's pet name was Nancy.

  • Fourth Child is Born

    On October 22, 1757, George Mason has his fourth child, named William Mason, after having a child, also named William Mason, who only lived a year.

  • Birth of Fifth Child

    On March 4, 1759, Ann Eilbeck gives birth to her fifth child, whom she names Thomson Mason.

  • Completes Gunston Hall

    George Mason completes the construction of Gunston Hall, a plantation house on the Potomac River, sometime in 1759.

  • Birth of Sixth Child

    Sarah Eilbeck "Sally" Mason was born

  • Birth of Seventh Child

    January 24, 1764 was the day that Mary Thomson Mason was born.

  • Fairfax Resolves Written

    George Mason and George Washington collaborated to write the Fairfax Resolves.

  • Virginia's 3rd revolutionary convention

    George Mason represented Fairfax County at Virginia's third revolutionary convention.

  • Virginia's 5th Revolutionary Convention

    George Mason represented Fairfax county at Virginia's fifth revolutionary convention.

  • George Mason remarries

  • Marriage of First Child

    George Mason (IV)'s first child (George Mason V) marries Elizabeth Mary Ann Barnes Hooe (Betsy) on April 22, 1784

  • Marriage of Fifth Child

    Thomson Mason marries Sarah McCarthy Chischester of Newington in 1784.

  • Marriage of Second Child

    On February 4, 1789, Ann Eilbeck Mason marries Rinaldo Johnson.

  • Marriage of Fourth Child

    On July 11, 1793, William Mason (the second one) marries Ann Stuart.

  • Death of First Child

    George Mason IV's first child (George Mason V) dies after having six children with his wife.

  • Death of Second Child

    Sometime in 1814, Ann Eilbeck Mason dies.

  • Death of Fourth Child

    William Mason (the second one) dies sometime in 1818.

  • Death of Fifth Child

    Thomson Mason dies on March 11, 1820

  • Death of Sixth Child

    September 11, 1823 was the day that Sarah Eilbeck Mason died.