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Susannah (Nelson) Bolton (1755 - 1813)

Susannah Bolton formerly Nelson
Born in Sporle, Norfolk, Englandmap
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Daughter of and
Sister of , , , , , , , , and
Wife of — married 2 Aug 1780 in Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, Englandmap
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Mother of , , , , and
Died at age 58 in Bradenham, Norfolk, Englandmap
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Biography

Susannah Nelson was born on on the 12th of June 1755, [1] the eldest daughter and second surviving child of the Reverend Edmund Nelson and his wife, Catherine Suckling. She was baptised by her father at Sporle in Norfolk on the 17th of June. [2] It was the same year that her father became Rector of Burnham Thorpe in Norfolk [3] where Susannah was raised with her siblings.

Catherine Nelson died in 1767 leaving 8 surviving children in the care of her fussy and ineffectual widower. Catherine's brother, Captain Maurice Suckling visited Burnham Thorpe to see what could be done for his nephews and nieces. When she was old enough Susannah was apprenticed to a milliner two hundred miles away in fashionable Bath. [4]

Susannah was big sister to Horatio Nelson who was to become England's greatest naval hero. [5]

On the 2nd of August 1780 at Burnham Thorpe Susannah was married to Thomas Bolton [6] a comfortably off merchant. Her age at the time was given as 21 but she was older. George and Susannah settled at Wells-next-the-Sea on the north Norfolk coast, just six miles from Burnham Thorpe. Susannah bore her husband 8 children.

She died on the 13th of July 1813 at Bradenham and was buried at Burnham Thorpe on the 19th. [7]

Sources

  1. ↑ About Nelson website [1]
  2. ↑ Norfolk, England, Transcripts of Church of England Baptism, Marriage and Burial Registers Archdeacon Transcripts 1600-1812 (Sporle with Palgrave 17 June 1755 Susanna daughter of Edmund and Catherine Nelson)
  3. ↑ England and Wales Visitations [2]
  4. ↑ Nelson: A Personal History; Christopher Hibbert ISBN 0-670-84342-3
  5. ↑ Wikipedia: Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson
  6. ↑ Marriage record, Burnham Thorpe (2 August 1780 Susanna Nelson aged 21 married Thomas Bolton) Viewed at Ancestry. Text only
  7. ↑ Burial record, Burnham Thorpe (19 July 1813 Susannah Bolton daughter of Rev Edmund Nelson) Viewed at Ancestry. Text only




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