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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
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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.