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Lucy Grymes/Grimes

Lucy Grymes/Grimes

Female 1743 - 1830  (87 years)

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  • Name Lucy Grymes/Grimes 
    Born 4 Sep 1743  Middlesex Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 18 Sep 1830  Yorktown, York Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Fork Episcopal Church Cemetery Doswell, Hanover County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I23279  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 22 Jul 2021 

    Family General Thomas [Signer] Nelson, Jr,   b. 26 Dec 1738, Yorktown, York Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jan 1789, Mt. Airy, Hanover County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years) 
    Married
    Children 
    +1. Mary Nelson,   b. 19 Dec 1774, Yorktown, York Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Aug 1803, Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 28 years)
    Last Modified 20 Jul 2021 
    Family ID F8802  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Children of Gen. Thomas Nelson and Lucy Grimes
    Children of Gen. Thomas Nelson and Lucy Grimes
    pChildrenofGenThomasNelson&LucyGrimes.jpg

    Documents
    Thomas Nelson-Death Notice
    Thomas Nelson-Death Notice
    The Pennsylvania Packet
    Jan 23, 1789

  • Sources 
    1. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5366341/lucy-ludwell-nelson.
      Lucy Ludwell Grymes Nelson
      BIRTH: 4 Sep 1743
      Williamsburg City, Virginia
      DEATH: 18 Sep 1830 (aged 87)
      Doswell, Hanover County, Virginia
      BURIAL: Fork Episcopal Church Cemetery
      Doswell, Hanover County, Virginia

    2. [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.