Marriage and Children
Mason married his cousin Mary Fowke, daughter of Gerard Fowke and Ann Thorogood, in 1688. The couple had the following children:
- Ann Fowke Mason Fitzhugh Darrell Smith
- Elizabeth Mason Roy
- George Mason III (1690–March 5, 1735)
- Nicholson Mason (1694–1715 or 1716)
- French Mason (1695–1748)
- John Mason (1699–1760)
- Mary Mason Fitzhugh Strother (born circa 1700)
- Simpha Rosa Ann Field Mason Dinwiddie Bronaugh (1703–November 22, 1761)
Mason married secondly to Elizabeth Waugh in Stafford County, Virginia in 1706. George and Elizabeth had one daughter:
- Catherine Mason (June 21, 1707–June 15, 1750)
Mason married for a third time to Sarah Taliaferro, daughter of Francis Taliaferro and Elizabeth Catlett, in 1710. George and Sarah had four children:
- Gerard Mason
- Thomas Mason
- Francis Mason (born 1711)
- Sarah Mason (born 1715)
Read more about this topic: George Mason II
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“One has to have run a household before one can know the price of rice and firewood, and one has to have raised children before one can understand a parent’s love.”
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