Lucy Nelson (Grymes) (c.1723 - 1830) MP

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Birthplace: Middlesex, Virginia
Death: Died in Hanover, Virginia, United States
Managed by: Bjørn P. Brox
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About Lucy Nelson (Grymes)

Birth: Aug. 24, 1743 Middlesex County Virginia, USA Death: Sep. 18, 1830 Hanover County Virginia, USA

Patriot, wife of a signer of the Declaration of Independence.


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Parents:
 Philip Grymes (1720 - 1768)
 Mary Randolph Grymes (1729 - 1768)

Spouse:
 Thomas Nelson (1738 - 1789)

Children:
 Thomas Nelson (1764 - 1804)*
 Philip Nelson (1766 - 1851)*
 Francis Nelson (1767 - 1833)*
 Hugh Nelson (1768 - 1836)*
 Elizabeth Nelson Page (1770 - 1853)*
 Mary Nelson Carter (1774 - 1803)*
 Robert Nelson (1778 - 1818)*
 Susan Nelson Page (1780 - 1850)*
 Susannah Nelson Page (1780 - 1819)*
 Judith Nelson Nelson (1782 - 1869)*
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Inscription: In Memory of Lucy Nelson, Wife of Gov. THomas Nelson, Died 9/18/1830; 87 yeras old, wife of a signer of the Declarationof Independence 1743-1830


Note: Based on the calendar and the date of birth I have, it should read 25 days. Thus if anyone has a different opinion on the birth date it would be welcomed. If the number is 14 then the birth date would have been Sept. 4.

 

Burial: Fork Episcopal Church Cemetery Doswell Hanover County Virginia, USA Plot: 2 graves over from the large flat monument which is also to a Lucy but very hard to read

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Lucy Nelson's Timeline

1723
August 24, 1723
Middlesex, Virginia
1762
July 29, 1762
Age 38
York, Virginia
1763
August 9, 1763
Age 39
Yorktown, VA, USA
1764
December 27, 1764
Age 41
Yorktown, VA
1766
March 4, 1766
Age 42
Yorktown, VA, USA
1767
June 25, 1767
Age 43
Yorktown, York, Virginia
1768
September 30, 1768
Age 45
Yorktown, VA, USA
1770
December 26, 1770
Age 47
VA, USA
1774
December 19, 1774
Age 51
Yorktown, York , VA
1777
January 2, 1777
Age 53