Marriage and Children
Mason married Anna Maria Murray, daughter of James Murray and his wife Sarah Ennalls Maynadier, in Annapolis, Maryland on February 10, 1796. The couple had ten children:
- John T. Mason, Jr. (February 18, 1797– August 11, 1859)
- James Murray Mason (November 3, 1798– April 28, 1871)
- Sarah Maria Mason Cooper (September 11, 1800– July 29, 1890)
- Virginia Mason (October 12, 1802– January 21, 1838)
- Catherine Eilbeck Mason Jamison (July 12, 1804– March 7, 1888)
- Eilbeck Mason (May 20, 1806– June 28, 1862)
- Murray Mason (January 4, 1808– January 11, 1875)
- Maynadier Mason (January 4, 1808 – April 1865)
- Anna Maria Mason Lee (February 26, 1811– November 3, 1898)
- Joel Barlow Mason (9 June 1813–1861)
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