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Family: PATRIOT General Thomas [Signer] Nelson, Jr / Lucy Grymes/Grimes (F8802)  ^[1] 

• Father | Male PATRIOT General Thomas [Signer] Nelson, Jr

  
  

  Born	26 Dec 1738	Yorktown, York Co., Virginia Colony
  Died	4 Jan 1789	Mt. Airy, Hanover County, Virginia
  Buried		Grace Episcopal Churchyard Yorktown, York County, Virginia
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  Mother | Female Lucy Grymes/Grimes

  
  

  Born	4 Sep 1743	Middlesex Co., Virginia Colony
  Died	18 Sep 1830	Yorktown, York Co., Virginia
  Buried		Fork Episcopal Church Cemetery Doswell, Hanover County, Virginia
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  Child 1 | Female + Mary Nelson

  
  

  Born	19 Dec 1774	Yorktown, York Co., Virginia Colony
  Died	31 Aug 1803	Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia
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  Spouse	Dr. Robert Hill Carter, M.D. | F8801
  Married	Bef 1797	likely Virginia

  
  

• Notes

  Married: Janine Yorimoto Boldt, researcher. ?Lucy Grymes (1742-1830), John Randolph Grymes (1747-1796), Philip Ludwell Grymes (1746-1805), and Charles Grymes (b. 1748); also known as The Grymes Children.? Colonial Virginia Portraits. Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture, Digital Project, 2019. https://colonialvirginiaportraits.org/portrait/lucy-grymes-1742-1830-john-randolph-grymes-1747-1796-philip-ludwell-grymes-1746-1805-and-charles-grymes-b-1748-also-known-as-the-grymes-children/

  
  

• Sources

  [S82] Wikitree, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Grymes-16. Lucy Nelson formerly Grymes Born 4 Sep 1743 in Middlesex County, Virginiamap Ancestors ancestors Daughter of Philip Grymes and Mary (Randolph) Grymes Sister of Peyton Grymes, John Randolph Grymes, Philip Grymes, Charles Grymes, Benjamin Grymes, Susanna (Grymes) Burwell, Mary (Grymes) Nelson and Elizabeth (Grymes) Pope Wife of Thomas Nelson ? married 29 Jul 1762 in Yorktown, York County, Virginiamap Descendants descendants Mother of William Nelson, Thomas Nelson, Phillip Nelson, Francis Nelson, Hugh Nelson, Elizabeth (Nelson) Page, Mary (Nelson) Carter, Lucy (Nelson) Page, Robert Nelson, Susannah (Nelson) Page and Judith Nelson Died 18 Sep 1830 [location unknown] Biography Lucy Grymes (1743-1830) married on July 29, 1762, Thomas Nelson (1738-1789), signer of the Declaration of Independence and governor of Virginia. Burial Date: 1830 Place: Point of Fork, Hanover County, Virginia see the Wormeley Portraits in the possession of the Virginia Historical Society [1] for a painting of the Grimes Children by John Hesselius, 1750. The group portrait includes the four eldest children of the family; Lucy Grymes 1743-1830, Philip Grymes 1746-1805, John Randolph Grymes 1747-1796 and Charles Grymes b. 1748.