Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Engraving by Henry Bryan Hall. Nelson was the grandson of Thomas "Scotch Tom" Nelson, an immigrant from Cumberland, England, who was an early pioneer at Yorktown.Nelson Jr. was born in 1738 in Yorktown; his parents were Elizabeth Carter Burwell (daughter of Robert "King" Carter and widow of Nathaniel Burwell) and William Nelson, who was a leader of the colony and briefly served as governor.
The Randolph family of Virginia is a prominent ... Family Tree of Descendants of William Randolph ... Thomas Nelson, Jr., 4th Governor of Virginia (1738–1789 ...
Thomas Nelson Jr. (1738–1789) – Brigadier General, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Governor of Virginia; 2nd great-grandson [19] Meriwether Lewis (1774–1809) – American explorer, Governor of Louisiana Territory ; 3rd great-grandson [ 20 ]
The Nelson family is a First Family of Virginia and prominent family in early U.S. history. Pages in category "Nelson family (Virginia)" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
Nelson County, Virginia and Thomas Nelson Community College in the Virginia Peninsula subregion of Hampton Roads are among places named in honor of Thomas Nelson Jr. Scotch Tom's great-grandson, Hugh Nelson (1768–1836), served in the U.S. Congress. [3] Among his other notable descendants were U.S. diplomat and noted author Thomas Nelson Page ...
Justin Lambert/Getty Images Business Insider spoke with professional stylists about 2025 jewelry trends . They predicted that watches and rings would be the center of attention this year.
The Nelson family has spread across the United States and Canada and has married into families including Gedney, Secord, and Henderson. William Nelson was the great-great-grandson of John Nelson. He was a lawyer and politician who represented New York in the US Congress from 1847 to 1851. [ 9 ]
The house was built by Thomas "Scotch Tom" Nelson around 1730, and later occupied by his grandson, Founding Father Thomas Nelson, Jr. (1738-1789) during the American Revolutionary War. Nelson, Jr., who signed the Declaration of Independence as a delegate to the Second Continental Congress, was a planter, politician, and later governor of Virginia.