Letitia Bell

"Letitia Nelson, whose ancestors also immigrated to America from Londonderry and settled in the area along the Delaware River. She was the daughter of a Scotch-Irish Quaker, Henry Nelson, and his second wife, Alice Wildman, whom he married on the 23rd day, 10th month, 1719 at the Middletown Monthly Meeting of Friends (Quakers). His first marriage, which took place 16th d., 12th mo.1708 was to Alice Hayhurst, who was buried on the 4th d., 7th mo .,1714. " from: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=connectvi...

By his marriage to Alice Wildman, Henry Nelson was the father of four children:

1. Ann, b. 8th, 6th, 1720 married Anthony Wilson;
2. Letitia,b. 12th 19th, 1721, married Samuel Jolly;
3. Jemima, b. 1st, 23rd, 1723/24 married ................ Heaton; and
4. Thomas, b. 4th, 27th, 1726 dated 1753.
   

--- Records of Middletown, Bucks http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=connectvi...

Bucks county Land

The first record found on Henry Nelson is of his purchase in1703 of land in Bucks County. He sold this land after a short period and bought 114 acres from the William Penn Commissioners, the patent dated 1705. The land he occupied at the time of his death was purchased in two blocks, one in 1713 and the other in 1718. on several other properties he owned. His home property is located about two miles south of present day Newtown. Nelson was a landowner and farmer, and an assemblyman in the Pennsylvania Legislature representing Bucks County, Pennsylvania.... Henry Nelson's birthdate is unknown. However, since he was a Quaker, the minutes of the Middletown Monthly Meeting record a number of items of interest concerning him. Marriage certificates for both his weddings are still available.

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