PATRIOT General Thomas [Signer] Nelson, Jr

1738 - 1789  (50 years)

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

  
  

  Documents

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

  
  

• Name	Thomas [Signer] Nelson
  	Signer of the Declaration of Independence
  Title	PATRIOT
  Prefix	General
  Suffix	Jr
  Born	26 Dec 1738	Yorktown, York Co., Virginia Colony
  Gender	Male
  Died	4 Jan 1789	Mt. Airy, Hanover County, Virginia
  Buried	Grace Episcopal Churchyard Yorktown, York County, Virginia   [1]
  Person ID	I23278	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2021

  
  

  Family	Lucy Grymes/Grimes,   b. 4 Sep 1743, Middlesex Co., Virginia Colony ,   d. 18 Sep 1830, Yorktown, York Co., Virginia  (Age 87 years)
  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/
  Children	+ 1. Mary Nelson,   b. 19 Dec 1774, Yorktown, York Co., Virginia Colony ,   d. 31 Aug 1803, Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia  (Age 28 years)
  Last Modified	20 Jul 2021
  Family ID	F8802	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/2771/thomas-nelson. Thomas Nelson BIRTH: 26 Dec 1738 Yorktown, York County, Virginia DEATH: 4 Jan 1789 (aged 50) Hanover County, Virginia BURIAL: Grace Episcopal Churchyard Yorktown, York County, Virginia [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.