Family
Mason married Elizabeth "Betsey" Mary Ann Barnes Hooe, daughter of Gerard Hooe and Sarah Barnes of Barnesfield, King George County, on 22 April 1784. They had six children:
- Elizabeth Mary Ann Barnes Mason Hooe (9 March 1785–25 March 1827)
- George Mason VI (11 August 1786–21 August 1834)
- William Eilbeck Mason (3 February 1788–22 November 1820)
- Ann Eilbeck Mason Grymes (1 April 1791–5 November 1864)
- Sarah Barnes Hooe Mason Stith (27 May 1794–11 September 1877)
- Richard Barnes Mason (16 January 1797–26 July 1850)
He was a son of George Mason (1725–1792); nephew of Thomson Mason (1733–1785); first cousin of Stevens Thomson Mason (1760–1803), John Thomson Mason (1765–1824), and William Temple Thomson Mason (1782–1862); father of George Mason VI (1786–1834) and Richard Barnes Mason (1797–1850); uncle of Thomson Francis Mason (1785–1838) and James Murray Mason (1798–1871); first cousin once removed of Armistead Thomson Mason (1787–1819), John Thomson Mason (1787–1850), and John Thomson Mason, Jr. (1815–1873); and first cousin twice removed of Stevens Thomson Mason (1811–1843).
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