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Mary Nelson

Mary Nelson[1, 2]

Female 1774 - 1803  (28 years)

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    Mary Carter (nee Nelson)
    Mary Carter (nee Nelson)
    mnelsoncarter.jpg

  • Name Mary Nelson 
    Born 19 Dec 1774  Yorktown, York Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 31 Aug 1803  Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I23277  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 21 Jul 2021 

    Father 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) 
    Mother Lucy Grymes/Grimes,   b. 4 Sep 1743, Middlesex Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Sep 1830, Yorktown, York Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Married
    Family ID F8802  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Dr. Robert Hill Carter, M.D.,   b. 1774, Charles City Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1806, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 32 years) 
    Married Bef 1797  likely Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Thomas Nelson Carter,   b. 8 Oct 1800,   d. 5 Apr 1883, Clarke County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
     2. Hill Carter,   b. 14 Apr 1795, Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 May 1875, Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
    Last Modified 21 Jul 2021 
    Family ID F8801  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S82] Wikitree, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Nelson-983.
      Mary Carter formerly Nelson
      Born 19 Dec 1774 in Yorktown, York County, Virginiamap
      Ancestors ancestors
      Daughter of Thomas Nelson and Lucy (Grymes) Nelson
      Sister of William Nelson, Thomas Nelson, Phillip Nelson, Francis Nelson, Hugh Nelson, Elizabeth (Nelson) Page, Lucy (Nelson) Page, Robert Nelson, Susannah (Nelson) Page and Judith Nelson
      Wife of Robert Hill Carter ? married [date unknown] [location unknown]
      Descendants descendants
      Mother of Anne Butler (Carter) Wickham, Thomas Nelson Carter and Apphia Fauntleroy (Carter) Redd

    2. [S48] Ancestry Link, https://househistree.com/people/mary-nelson.
      Mary Nelson (1774-1803)
      Mrs Mary (Nelson) Carter



      Father
      Thomas Nelson (1738-1789)
      Mother
      Lucy Grymes (1743-1830)
      Spouse
      Robert Hill Carter (1774-1805)
      Children
      Hill Carter (1796-1870)

    3. [S82] Wikitree, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Nelson-983.
      Mary Carter formerly Nelson
      Born 19 Dec 1774 in Yorktown, York County, Virginiamap
      Ancestors ancestors
      Daughter of Thomas Nelson and Lucy (Grymes) Nelson
      Sister of William Nelson, Thomas Nelson, Phillip Nelson, Francis Nelson, Hugh Nelson, Elizabeth (Nelson) Page, Lucy (Nelson) Page, Robert Nelson, Susannah (Nelson) Page and Judith Nelson
      Wife of Robert Hill Carter ? married [date unknown] [location unknown]
      Descendants descendants
      Mother of Anne Butler (Carter) Wickham, Thomas Nelson Carter and Apphia Fauntleroy (Carter) Redd

    4. [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.
      http://www.rosegill.com/Library/Portraits/Portraits.html