Mason family explained

Mason
Coat Of Arms:Coat of Arms of George Mason.svg
Coat Of Arms Size:200px
Region:Eastern United States
Origin:Pershore, Worcestershire, England
Members:George Mason IV
Stevens Thomson Mason (1760–1803)
Armistead Thomson Mason
James Murray Mason
John Thomson Mason Jr.
Stevens Thomson Mason (1811–1843)
Otherfamilies:Fairfax family
Fitzhugh family
Lee family
Mercer family
Randolph family
Taliaferro family
Spannagel family
Street family
Estate:Gunston Hall

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),[1] [2] arrived at Norfolk, Virginia on the ship Assurance in 1652.[2] [3] 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."[4] [5] [6] [7] For these reasons, Mason is considered one of the "Founding Fathers" of the United States[8] [9] and raised the Mason family to national political prominence.

George Mason II (1660–1716)[2] [3] [10] and his son George Mason III (1690–1735)[11] [12] both served as a member of the House of Burgesses, Stafford County sheriff, Stafford County county lieutenant, Stafford County militia colonel, planters, and businesspersons. George Mason III's son and George Mason IV's younger brother, Thomson Mason (1733–1785),[13] was a patriot, statesman, and delegate from Virginia to the U.S. Constitutional Convention. Thomson Mason's son, Stevens Thomson Mason (1760–1803)[14] [15] served as a colonel in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, a member of the Virginia state legislature, and as a Republican U.S. Senator from Virginia (1794–1803). Another of Thomson Mason's sons, John Thomson Mason (1765–1824)[15] [16] was a jurist and Attorney General of Maryland in 1806.[15] Thomson Mason's grandson John Thomson Mason (1787–1850)[15] [17] [18] [19] was a lawyer, United States marshal, Secretary of Michigan Territory from 1830 through 1831,[15] land agent, and an important figure in the Texas Revolution.[18] His son Stevens Thomson Mason (1811–1843),[20] [21] was also territorial governor of the Michigan Territory, and later governor of the state of Michigan.[20] [21] He was first appointed acting Territorial Secretary at the age of 19, then became acting Territorial Governor in 1834 at the age of 22. George Mason IV's grandson James Murray Mason (1798–1871)[15] [22] was a United States Representative and United States Senator from Virginia and represented the Confederate States of America as appointed commissioner of the Confederacy to Great Britain and France between 1861 and 1865 during the American Civil War.

Notable members of the Mason family

Notes and References

  1. Web site: George Mason I . 2009-03-21 . [Gunston Hall] . Gunston Hall . https://web.archive.org/web/20100115154456/http://www.gunstonhall.org/library/masonweb/p1.htm#i1 . 2010-01-15 . dead .
  2. Web site: Children of Dennis French, A.2 . 2008 . 2008-03-21 . [French Family Association] . French Family Association.
  3. Web site: George Mason gets memorial in D.C. . https://archive.today/20121208144514/http://www.fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2002/042002/04072002/544971/printer_friendly . dead . 2012-12-08 . 2002-04-07 . 2008-03-21 . [The Free Lance-Star Publishing Company] . Lee Woolf .
  4. Web site: The New United States of America Adopted the Bill of Rights: December 15, 1791 . The Library of Congress . 2007-12-06 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071129043142/http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/nation/bofright_1 . November 29, 2007.
  5. Book: George Mason, father of the Bill of Rights. Carla R.. Heymsfeld. Joan W.. Lewis. Patriotic Education Inc.. 0-912530-16-2. 1991. Alexandria, Va..
  6. Web site: Father" of Our Country vs. "Father" of the Bill of Rights . Tammy . Spratt . The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History . 2007-12-06 . dead . https://archive.today/20071215041731/http://www.historynow.org/09_2007/lp4.html . 2007-12-15.
  7. Web site: Bill of Rights Day – December 15th . https://archive.today/20120802074811/http://www.bordc.org/resources/borhistory.php . dead . 2012-08-02 . Bill of Rights Defense Committee . 2007-12-06.
  8. News: A founding father insisted that the Constitution wasn't worth ratifying without a bill of rights. Jonathan. Yardley. November 5, 2006. The Washington Post. 2007-12-06.
  9. Book: How The Founding Fathers Fought For An End To Slavery. Denise. Henderson. Frederic W.. Henderson. The American Almanac. March 15, 1993. 2007-12-06.
  10. Web site: George Mason II . 2009-03-21 . Gunston Hall] . Gunston Hall . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100115154456/http://www.gunstonhall.org/library/masonweb/p1.htm#i2 . 2010-01-15 .
  11. Web site: George Mason III . 2009-03-29 . [Gunston Hall] . Gunston Hall . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100115154456/http://www.gunstonhall.org/library/masonweb/p1.htm#i3 . 2010-01-15 .
  12. Web site: Lt. Col. George Mason III . 9 Feb 2008. 2009-03-29 . [arlisherring.com] . arlisherring.com.
  13. Web site: Thomson Mason . 2008-02-15 . [Gunston Hall] . Gunston Hall . https://web.archive.org/web/20080211141639/http://www.gunstonhall.org/masonweb/p26.htm#i1267 . 2008-02-11.
  14. Web site: Stevens Thomson Mason . 2009-03-07 . [Gunston Hall] . Gunston Hall .
  15. Web site: Mason family of Virginia . June 16, 2008. 2009-03-07 . [The Political Graveyard] . The Political Graveyard.
  16. Web site: John Thomson Mason . 2008-02-15 . [Gunston Hall] . Gunston Hall . https://web.archive.org/web/20080211141639/http://www.gunstonhall.org/masonweb/p26.htm#i1295 . 2008-02-11.
  17. Web site: John Thomson Mason . 2009-03-07 . [Gunston Hall] . Gunston Hall.
  18. Web site: MASON, JOHN THOMSON . January 18, 2008 . 2009-03-08 . [The Handbook of Texas Online] . Texas State Historical Association . Texas State Historical Association .
  19. Book: Rowland, Kate Mason . General John Thompson Mason . January 11, 1908 . Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association .
  20. Web site: Stevens Thomson Mason . 2009-03-08 . [Gunston Hall] . Gunston Hall . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090115154201/http://www.gunstonhall.org/masonweb/p22.htm . January 15, 2009 .
  21. Web site: Mason family of Virginia . June 16, 2008. 2009-03-08 . [The Political Graveyard] . The Political Graveyard.
  22. Web site: James Murray Mason . 2009-03-07 . [Gunston Hall] . Gunston Hall.
  23. leased "Spring Bank" to Alexandria slavetrader John Armfield, per Joshua D. Rothman, The Ledger and the Chain: How Domestic Slave Traders Shaped America (New York: Basic Books 2021) p. 228

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