Ann Thomson Mason
Ann Thomson Mason (about 1699–1762) was the widow of George Mason III and mother of George Mason IV of Gunston Hall. After her husband drowned in 1735, she retained property in Virginia and Maryland. Her will, revised in 1762, left land at Goose Creek to George and distributed livestock, silver and enslaved people among relatives. She left her daughter Mary’s portrait for the Selden grandchildren, with Reverend John Moncure as executor.
EARLY LIFE
Ann Stephens Thomson was born 1699 in London. The external genealogical record identifies Stephens Thomson as a parent. Surviving structured biographical sources provide limited detail about childhood, education, household routines, or the economic circumstances in which this person grew up.
No distinct public profession or office for Ann Stephens Thomson is established by the structured external record used for this entry. The surviving information is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independently recorded public career. Ann Stephens Thomson died 1762 in Chopawamsic. Additional claims about employment, officeholding, military service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted record did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
Ann Stephens Thomson died in 1762, in Chopawamsic. Ann Thomson Mason was the widow of George Mason III and mother of George Mason IV of Gunston Hall. After her husband drowned in 1735, she retained property in Virginia and Maryland. Her will, revised in 1762, left land at Goose Creek to George and distributed livestock, silver and enslaved people among relatives. She left her daughter Mary’s portrait for the Selden grandchildren, with Reverend John Moncure as executor. The available account does not establish a detailed sequence of final symptoms, treatment, or bedside attendance.
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