Raised in the Church of England, William Mason "became a Baptist through the preaching of William Fristoe and was baptized by Fristoe into Potomac Church" about 1773.
During the American Revolutionary War, Mason enlisted on 24 September 1777 for a three year term. Between December 1777 and March 1778, Mason was promoted from private to a sergeant in the 8th Virginia Regiment under Captain Andrew Waggener and Colonel James Wood. In March 1778, he was stationed at Camp Valley Forge. See DAR #A205370.
He was ordained about 1780, but "It is said his commencement [in the ministry] was unusually unpromising, so much so that many of his intimate friends attempted to dissuade him from it, and even the church of which he was a member was reluctant to encourage him. But, animated by the love of perishing souls, he persevered..."
On 17 September 1821, he wrote his will and added a codicil on 12 October 1822. When he died on 26 Apr 1823, it was said that he "was a warm advocate of the missionary cause from the time it began to be discussed in Virginia until his death." After having "spent the prime of his life in active labors for the cause of God without a shade ever passing over his character, he, unfortunately, on one or two occasions in his old age became intoxicated by the use of wine...His acknowledgments on the subject, however, were such as to satisfy his brethren and the community around him whose fellowship and confidence he continued to enjoy until his death." Quotations from William S. Simpson Jr.'s Virginia Baptist Ministers, 1760-1790 (Richmond, VA: 1999), vol. 4, p. 184.
During the American Revolutionary War, Mason enlisted on 24 September 1777 for a three year term. Between December 1777 and March 1778, Mason was promoted from private to a sergeant in the 8th Virginia Regiment under Captain Andrew Waggener and Colonel James Wood. In March 1778, he was stationed at Camp Valley Forge. See DAR #A205370.
He was ordained about 1780, but "It is said his commencement [in the ministry] was unusually unpromising, so much so that many of his intimate friends attempted to dissuade him from it, and even the church of which he was a member was reluctant to encourage him. But, animated by the love of perishing souls, he persevered..."
On 17 September 1821, he wrote his will and added a codicil on 12 October 1822. When he died on 26 Apr 1823, it was said that he "was a warm advocate of the missionary cause from the time it began to be discussed in Virginia until his death." After having "spent the prime of his life in active labors for the cause of God without a shade ever passing over his character, he, unfortunately, on one or two occasions in his old age became intoxicated by the use of wine...His acknowledgments on the subject, however, were such as to satisfy his brethren and the community around him whose fellowship and confidence he continued to enjoy until his death." Quotations from William S. Simpson Jr.'s Virginia Baptist Ministers, 1760-1790 (Richmond, VA: 1999), vol. 4, p. 184.
Raised in the Church of England, William Mason "became a Baptist through the preaching of William Fristoe and was baptized by Fristoe into Potomac Church" about 1773.
During the American Revolutionary War, Mason enlisted on 24 September 1777 for a three year term. Between December 1777 and March 1778, Mason was promoted from private to a sergeant in the 8th Virginia Regiment under Captain Andrew Waggener and Colonel James Wood. In March 1778, he was stationed at Camp Valley Forge. See DAR #A205370.
He was ordained about 1780, but "It is said his commencement [in the ministry] was unusually unpromising, so much so that many of his intimate friends attempted to dissuade him from it, and even the church of which he was a member was reluctant to encourage him. But, animated by the love of perishing souls, he persevered..."
On 17 September 1821, he wrote his will and added a codicil on 12 October 1822. When he died on 26 Apr 1823, it was said that he "was a warm advocate of the missionary cause from the time it began to be discussed in Virginia until his death." After having "spent the prime of his life in active labors for the cause of God without a shade ever passing over his character, he, unfortunately, on one or two occasions in his old age became intoxicated by the use of wine...His acknowledgments on the subject, however, were such as to satisfy his brethren and the community around him whose fellowship and confidence he continued to enjoy until his death." Quotations from William S. Simpson Jr.'s Virginia Baptist Ministers, 1760-1790 (Richmond, VA: 1999), vol. 4, p. 184.
During the American Revolutionary War, Mason enlisted on 24 September 1777 for a three year term. Between December 1777 and March 1778, Mason was promoted from private to a sergeant in the 8th Virginia Regiment under Captain Andrew Waggener and Colonel James Wood. In March 1778, he was stationed at Camp Valley Forge. See DAR #A205370.
He was ordained about 1780, but "It is said his commencement [in the ministry] was unusually unpromising, so much so that many of his intimate friends attempted to dissuade him from it, and even the church of which he was a member was reluctant to encourage him. But, animated by the love of perishing souls, he persevered..."
On 17 September 1821, he wrote his will and added a codicil on 12 October 1822. When he died on 26 Apr 1823, it was said that he "was a warm advocate of the missionary cause from the time it began to be discussed in Virginia until his death." After having "spent the prime of his life in active labors for the cause of God without a shade ever passing over his character, he, unfortunately, on one or two occasions in his old age became intoxicated by the use of wine...His acknowledgments on the subject, however, were such as to satisfy his brethren and the community around him whose fellowship and confidence he continued to enjoy until his death." Quotations from William S. Simpson Jr.'s Virginia Baptist Ministers, 1760-1790 (Richmond, VA: 1999), vol. 4, p. 184.
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