Thomas "Scotch Tom"
NELSON
(b.
20 February 1676
,
Penrith, Cumberland, England
d.
7 October 1745
,
Yorktown, York, Crown Colony of Virginia
)
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Thomas "Scotch Tom" NELSON was born 20 February 1676 in Penrith, Cumberland, England
Thomas "Scotch Tom" NELSON was the child of ? and ?Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Thomas "Scotch Tom" married Margaret READE . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Margaret READE was born 20 February 1678 in Yorktown, York, Virginia, USA. Margaret died 7 October 1745 in Yorktown, York, Virginia, USA. Margaret was the child of Robert READE and Mary LEILLY (LILLY).
Thomas "Scotch Tom" NELSON died 7 October 1745 in Yorktown, York, Crown Colony of Virginia.
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Margaret READE was the child of Robert READE and Mary LEILLY (LILLY)
Children of Thomas "Scotch Tom" NELSON and Margaret READE:
Sarah Ann NELSON (b.abt. 1718, King George, King George, Crown Colony of Virginia d. abt. 1820, Surry, North Carolina, USA)
m. Mason Stafford COMBS
Margaret READE-- Place: Margaret READE was the child of Robert READE and Mary LEILLY (LILLY)
Children of Thomas "Scotch Tom" NELSON and Margaret READE:
Sarah Ann NELSON (b.abt. 1718, King George, King George, Crown Colony of Virginia d. abt. 1820, Surry, North Carolina, USA)m. Mason Stafford COMBS
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1676 Birth 20 February 1676
Penrith, Cumberland, England
Biography
Scotch Tom Nelson's youth and training occurred in England but little is known. At eighteen, he went to Whitehavon Port and made his first voyage to Virginia in 1695, and again in 1698 and 1700. He returns finally in 1705 to Yorktown to stay. His mercantile experience must have been successful, and was working with a power of attorney in the court. In the next few years he had firmly established himself, built building to include a frame house on Lot 52, where the current Nelson House is standing. He built a mercantile business across the street from his home. He married Margaret, daughter to John Reade of York County in 1710. In 1711, the year his first son was born, William, he was sworn in as a justice of the York County Court. In the summer of 1711, he furnished supplies for the fortification of Yorktown. As time went by he purchased more and more Yorktown lots. Between 1711 and 1715 the office of justice was added to his role. He purchased a 215 acre farm near in the spring of...Read MORE...
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Scotch Tom Nelson's youth and training occurred in England but little is known. At eighteen, he went to Whitehavon Port and made his first voyage to Virginia in 1695, and again in 1698 and 1700. He returns finally in 1705 to Yorktown to stay. His mercantile experience must have been successful, and was working with a power of attorney in the court. In the next few years he had firmly established himself, built building to include a frame house on Lot 52, where the current Nelson House is standing. He built a mercantile business across the street from his home. He married Margaret, daughter to John Reade of York County in 1710. In 1711, the year his first son was born, William, he was sworn in as a justice of the York County Court. In the summer of 1711, he furnished supplies for the fortification of Yorktown. As time went by he purchased more and more Yorktown lots. Between 1711 and 1715 the office of justice was added to his role. He purchased a 215 acre farm near in the spring of...Read MORE...
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Inscription:
Hic jacet
Spe certa resurgendi in Christo
THOMAS NELSON, Generosus
Filius Hugonis et Sarae Nelson
de Penrith in Comitatu Cumbriae
Natus 20mo die Feruarii Anno Domini 1677
Vitae bene gestai finem implevit
7mo die Octobris 1745. Aetatis suae 68){kind=small}
Grave
Inscription:
Hic jacet
Spe certa resurgendi in Christo
THOMAS NELSON, Generosus
Filius Hugonis et Sarae Nelson
de Penrith in Comitatu Cumbriae
Natus 20mo die Feruarii Anno Domini 1677
Vitae bene gestai finem implevit
7mo die Octobris 1745. Aetatis suae 68
Grace Episcopal Churchyard Yorktown York County Virginia, USA Plot: E30
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1745 Death 7 October 1745
Yorktown, York, Crown Colony of Virginia
He died at the age of 69.
Thomas is buried at: Grace Episcopal Churchyard Yorktown York County Virginia, USA Plot: E30
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