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Hugh Nelson

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Birthplace: Penrith, Cumbria, England
Death: 1708 (60-61)
Penrith, Cumbria, England
Place of Burial: Penrith, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
Immediate Family:

Son of William Nelson, of Penrith and Bridgett Nelson
Husband of Sarah Nelson
Father of John Nelson; Thomas "Scotch Tom" Nelson, Sr.; Hugh Nelson; Dorothy Nelson; Bridget Nelson and 1 other
Brother of John Nelson and Nathaniel Nelson

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About Hugh Nelson

Hugh Nelson (son of William Nelson) was born 1658 in Penrith, Cumbria, England, and died 1708 in Penrith, Cumbria, England.He married Sarah Jackson on 1673 in Penrith, Cumbria, England.

More About Hugh Nelson and Sarah Jackson:

Marriage: 1673, Penrith, Cumbria, England.

Children of Hugh Nelson and Sarah Jackson are:

  • +Thomas Nelson, b. 20 Feb 1677, Penrith, , Cumberland, England1335, d. 07 Oct 1745, Yorktown, , Virginia, USA1335.

William Nelson and his wife, Bridget, were listed on a Nelson monument formerly in the Penrith Churchyard. In 1704, Bishop Nicolson, visited the church and noted what was listed: "Here lyeth also the body of William Nelson, third Son who died upon the 28th of October 1670 aged 49 years: And also Bridget his wife who died upon the 18th of Dec. 1670, aged 50 years." (Ref: The Nelsons of Penrith, by G. Watson, Sep 18, 1900.) William Nelson and son Hugh after him were cloth merchants.(The Nelsons, A Biographic Study of a Virginia Family in the Eighteenth Century, by Emory Gibbo Evans, 1957)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Andrew's_Church,_Penrith


Thomas "Scotch Tom" Nelson (1677-1745) was the progenitor of Yorktown, Virginia Nelsons. He was born to Hugh and Sarah Nelson who were cloth merchants in Penrith.


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Hugh Nelson's Timeline

1647
1647
Penrith, Cumbria, England
1670
1670
Cumbria, United Kingdom
1674
1674
Penrith, Cumberland, , England
1677
February 20, 1677
Penrith, Cumberland, England (United Kingdom)
1708
1708
Age 61
Penrith, Cumbria, England
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England, United Kingdom
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Penrith, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom