George Mason VI
George Mason VI (August 11, 1786 - August 21, 1834) was a prominent Virginia planter. Mason was the eldest son of planter and businessman George Mason V and grandson of United States patriot, statesman, and delegate from Virginia to the United States Constitutional Convention, George Mason.
Early life
Born on 11 August 1786 in Fairfax County, Virginia, Mason was the eldest son of George Mason V and his wife Elizabeth "Betsey" Mary Ann Barnes Hooe.
Estates
Mason inherited Gunston Hall and by 1825, he had also acquired the Fairfax family seat of Mount Eagle.
Marriages and children
George married his cousin Elizabeth Thomson Mason, daughter of Thomson Mason and Sarah McCarty Chichester, on 17 February 1813. George and Elizabeth had six children: She was later the subject of a lawsuit brought against her by George Mason of Hollin Hall which resulted in the Gunston Hall tract being sold at public auction to her son, from her second husband Colonel George Graham (d. 1830), George Mason Graham on 9 February 1842.<ref nameGH3/> Eleanor was given the right to live there for her lifetime.<ref nameGH3/> She and Graham sold the property in 1866.<ref name=GH3/>
Relations
George Mason VI was a grandson of George Mason (1725-1792);<ref nameGH/> son of George Mason V (1753-1796);<ref nameGH/> brother of Richard Barnes Mason (1797-1850);<ref nameGH/> grandnephew of Thomson Mason (1733-1785);<ref nameGH/> first cousin once removed of Stevens Thomson Mason (1760-1803), John Thomson Mason (1765-1824), and William Temple Thomson Mason (1782-1862);<ref nameGH/> first cousin of Thomson Francis Mason (1785-1838) and James Murray Mason (1798-1871);<ref nameGH/> second cousin of Armistead Thomson Mason (1787-1819), , and John Thomson Mason Jr. (1815-1873);<ref nameGH/> and second cousin once removed of Stevens T. Mason (1811-1843).<ref nameGH/>
Ancestry
Early life
Born on 11 August 1786 in Fairfax County, Virginia, Mason was the eldest son of George Mason V and his wife Elizabeth "Betsey" Mary Ann Barnes Hooe.
Estates
Mason inherited Gunston Hall and by 1825, he had also acquired the Fairfax family seat of Mount Eagle.
Marriages and children
George married his cousin Elizabeth Thomson Mason, daughter of Thomson Mason and Sarah McCarty Chichester, on 17 February 1813. George and Elizabeth had six children: She was later the subject of a lawsuit brought against her by George Mason of Hollin Hall which resulted in the Gunston Hall tract being sold at public auction to her son, from her second husband Colonel George Graham (d. 1830), George Mason Graham on 9 February 1842.<ref nameGH3/> Eleanor was given the right to live there for her lifetime.<ref nameGH3/> She and Graham sold the property in 1866.<ref name=GH3/>
Relations
George Mason VI was a grandson of George Mason (1725-1792);<ref nameGH/> son of George Mason V (1753-1796);<ref nameGH/> brother of Richard Barnes Mason (1797-1850);<ref nameGH/> grandnephew of Thomson Mason (1733-1785);<ref nameGH/> first cousin once removed of Stevens Thomson Mason (1760-1803), John Thomson Mason (1765-1824), and William Temple Thomson Mason (1782-1862);<ref nameGH/> first cousin of Thomson Francis Mason (1785-1838) and James Murray Mason (1798-1871);<ref nameGH/> second cousin of Armistead Thomson Mason (1787-1819), , and John Thomson Mason Jr. (1815-1873);<ref nameGH/> and second cousin once removed of Stevens T. Mason (1811-1843).<ref nameGH/>
Ancestry
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