John Nelson
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John Nelson (1653 - 1734)

John Nelson
Born in London, Englandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married about 1688 in Massachusettsmap [uncertain]
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 81 in Boston, Massachusetts Baymap
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Biography

John Nelson, second son of Robert Nelson, Esq. and Mary Temple[1] was born in 1653 or 1654, in or near London, England.[2][3][4]

John immigrated to Boston, Massachusetts about 1667 and worked as a merchant.[2]

John married Elizabeth Taylor, daughter of William Taylor[1] and Rebecca Stoughton.[2][4] The couple may have married in Massachusetts about 1688.[5] Richardson does not name their children, in either of the Magna Carta Ancestry or Royal Ancestry entries cited for this profile. They had six children:

In 1691 John's ship was captured by the French in Nova Scotia. He spent a year as a prisoner in Quebec, where he learned the French were about to attack Massachusetts colonies. He informed Massachusetts and was then sent to France and spent two more years imprisoned there.[2][7]

John returned to Boston in 1698 and was a fur trader. In 1701 his wife inherited lands at Readville, Massachusetts from her uncle, Lieut. Gov. William Stoughton.[2]

John built the first bridge at Readville, Massachusetts sometime prior to 1719.[2]

John Nelson died at Boston, Massachusetts 15 November 1734.[2] Elizabeth died shortly before her husband, on 25 October 1734. A sermon in memory of both John and Elizabeth was delivered 28 November 1734 by Timothy Cutler, D.D.[4]

John and Elizabeth left a joint will dated 9 January 1729/30 and proved 23 December 1734. The will named: sons Temple Nelson (eldest son and executor); Thomas Steel and his wife, their daughter and their heirs; Nathaniel Hubbard and his former wife Elizabeth, their daughter; Henry Loyd, Esq., and their daughter Rebekah; Capt. Robert Temple on behalf of his wife; and Pachal Nelson, youngest son.[4][6]

Research Notes

WikiTree has previously shown John Nelson, Nelson-4929, husband of Katherine Bozman, as a son of the John of this profile. There appears to be no good evidence for this, and he has been detached.

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 "The Family of Temple III" in The Herald and Genealogist. Vol. 4. London: Nichols and Nichols, 1863-1874, p. 12. Google Books.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Vol. V. Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013, p. 140, TEMPLE 19.i.
  3. Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd ed., Vol. III. Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011, p. 231, NELSON 18.i. Google Books.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 Descent of John Nelson and of his Children. New York, 1886, pp. 4-11. PDF.
  5. Clarence Almon Torrey. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co.: 1985, p. 531. Google Books.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Suffolk County, MA: Probate File Papers. NEHGS, 2017-2019. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized images provided by FamilySearch.org) AmericanAncestors.org: Case 6663: Will
  7. "The Islands of Boston Harbor" in Some Events of Boston and Its Neighbors, Chapter 4. Boston, MA: State Street Trust Company, 1917. weblink.
  • Bolton, Charles Knowles. The Founders: Portraits of Persons Born Abroad who Came to the Colonies in North America Before the Year 1701, Vol. 3. Boston athenaeum, 1919, pp. 797-799. Google Books.
  • Wikipedia: John Nelson
  • Temple, Thomas, 1614-1674. Correspondence concerning Nova Scotia. Guide. Houghton Library, Harvard College Library. There is much correspondence between Temple and his nephew, John Nelson. weblink.

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was re-reviewed and updated for the Magna Carta Project on 21 July 2022 by Thiessen-117.
John Nelson is listed in Magna Carta Ancestry as a Gateway Ancestor (vol. I, pages xxiii-xxix) and is the Gateway in trails that were identified and badged by the Magna Carta Project to Magna Carta Surety Barons Saher de Quincy, John Fitz Robert, Gilbert de Clare, Richard de Clare, John de Lacy, Robert de Vere, Hugh le Bigod, and Roger le Bigod. These trails were developed/re-reviewed in 2022. They are set out in the Magna Carta Trails section below.
See Base Camp for more information about Magna Carta trails; see the project's glossary for terms used by the project (such as "badged").

Magna Carta Trails

Badged trails to Quincy, FitzRobert, the Clares, Lacy, Quincy(2), the Bigods and de Vere:
Gateway Ancestors
John Nelson (badged/re-reviewed 21 Jul 2022)
Margaret Nelson (badged/re-reviewed 19 Jul 2022)
1. John and Margaret are the children of Mary Temple (badged/re-reviewed 18 Jul 2022)
2. Mary is the daughter of Dorothy Lee (badged/re-reviewed 14 July 2022)
3. Dorothy is the daughter of Dorothy Browne (badged/re-reviewed 30 July 2022)
4. Dorothy is the daughter of Anthony Browne (badged/5-star re-reviewed 1 Aug 2022)
5. Anthony is the son of Anthony Browne (badged/5-star re-reviewed 4 Aug 2022)
6. Anthony is the son of Anthony Browne (badged/100% 5-star)
7. Anthony is the son of Lucy Neville (badged/100% 5-star re-reviewed 30 Aug 2022)
8. Lucy is the daughter of John de Neville (badged/100% 5-star re-reviewed 21 Sep 2022)
9. John is the son of Richard de Neville (badged/100% 5-star)
10. Richard is the son of Ralph Neville (badged/100% 5-star)
11. Ralph is the son of John de Neville (badged/100% 5-star)
12. John is the son of Ralph de Neville (badged/100% 5-star)
13. Ralph is the son of Euphame Clavering (badged/100% 5-star)
14. Euphame is the daughter of Margery la Zouche (badged/100% 5-star)
15. Margery is the daughter of Ellen de Quincy (badged/100% 5-star)
16. Ellen is the daughter of Roger de Quincy (badged/100% 5-star)
17. Roger is the son of Magna Carta Surety Saher de Quincy
14. Euphame Clavering is the daughter of Robert FitzRoger (badged/100% 5-star)
15. Robert is the son of Roger FitzJohn (badged/100% 5-star)
16. Roger is the son of Magna Carta Surety John FitzRobert
11. Ralph Neville is the son of Maud Percy (badged/100% 5-star)
12. Maud is the daughter of Idoine Clifford (badged/100% 5-star)
13. Idoine is the daughter of Maud de Clare (badged/100% 5-star)
14. Maud is the daughter of Thomas de Clare (badged/100% 5-star)
15. Thomas is the son of Richard de Clare (badged/100% 5-star)
16. Richard is the son of Magna Carta Surety Gilbert de Clare
17. Gilbert is the son of Magna Carta Surety Richard de Clare
15. Thomas de Clare is the son of Maud de Lacy (badged/100% 5-star)
16. Maud is the daughter of Magna Carta Surety John de Lacy
16. Maud de Lacy is the daughter of Margaret de Quincy (badged/100% 5-star)
17. Margaret is the daughter of Robert de Quincy (badged/100% 5-star)
18. Robert is the son of Magna Carta Surety Saher de Quincy
13. Idoine Clifford is the daughter of Robert de Clifford (badged/100% 5-star)
14. Robert is the son of Isabel Vipont (badged/100% 5-star)
15. Isabel is the daughter of Isabel FitzJohn (badged/100% 5-star)
16. Isabel is the daughter of Isabel Bigod (badged/100% 5-star)
17. Isabel is the daughter of Magna Carta Surety Hugh le Bigod
18. Hugh is the son of Magna Carta Surety Roger Bigod
7. Anthony Browne is the son of Anthony Browne (badged/R&A 27 August 2022)
8. Anthony is the son of Eleanor Arundel (badged/R&A Jul 2021)
9. Eleanor is the daughter of Thomas Arundel (badged/R&A Jul 2021)
10. Thomas is the son of John de Arundel (badged/reviewed & approved 2020)
11. John is the son of John de Arundel (badged/100% 5-star)
12. John is the son of Richard de Arundel (badged/100% 5-star)
13. Richard is the son of Alice de Warenne (badged/100% 5-star)
14. Alice is the daughter of Joan de Vere (badged/100% 5-star)
15. Joan is the daughter of Robert de Vere (badged/100% 5-star)
16. Robert is the son of Hugh de Vere (badged/100% 5-star)
17. Hugh is the son of Magna Carta Surety Robert de Vere
16. Robert de Vere is the son of Hawise de Quincy (badged/100% 5-star)
17. Hawise is the daughter of Magna Carta Surety Saher de Quincy




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