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Robert Nicholson, III

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Birthplace: Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Death: July 14, 1797 (71)
Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, United States
Place of Burial: 2401 East Broad Street, Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, 23223, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Robert Nicholson, Jr. and Unknown Nicholson
Husband of Mary Nicholson
Father of William Nicholson; Thomas Nicholson; John Nicholson, Sr.; George Nicholson; Rebecca Copeland and 1 other

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About Robert Nicholson, III

Robert Nicholson, III

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/82350848/robert_nicolson

Robert Nicolson was born in Scotland; his emigration date is not known. He was a successful tailor and merchant in Williamsburg, Virginia and built a home at the east end of York Street, below the Capitol Building sometime between 1751-1753. He married Mary Waters in 1747. They had eight children; daughter Rebecca was the sixth child and the first girl. She married Charles Copland February 4, 1786 and Maria/Mary was born March 16, 1787. The following year the family moved to Richmond where Copland practiced law.

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Robert Nicholson, III's Timeline

1725
October 10, 1725
Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
1749
1749
1750
1750
1751
September 9, 1751
Surry County, VA, United States
1753
1753
1755
1755
1766
August 3, 1766
Williamsburg, James City, Virginia, Colonial America
1797
July 14, 1797
Age 71
Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, United States
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Saint John's Episcopal Churchyard, 2401 East Broad Street, Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, 23223, United States