William Mason (1757–1818)
[1][2] He was the fourth child and third eldest son of George Mason and his wife Ann Eilbeck.[1] During the American Revolutionary War, Mason accepted a captain's commission and served in the Fairfax Militia fighting under Henry Lee III in South Carolina."[1] Mason was presented with a sword by General George Washington, which was said to have been given to him by Charles III of Spain.William and Sarah Stuart, on 11 July 1793 at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in King George, Virginia.[1][2] The bride's grandfather as well as her father served as rector of St. Paul's parish in King George County, and Sarah became the heiress of her maternal grandfather, Richard Foote of Cedar Grove plantation in King George County.