Margaret (Robinson) Nelson (1735 - 1823)

Born 30 Mar 1735 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 24 Jan 1823 at age 87 in Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Biography

Mary was born in 1735. She is the daughter of Gain Robinson and Margaret Watson.

From "The Historical and Genealogical Record of the First Settlers of Colchester County" by Thomas Miller, 1873:

Alexander Nelson, was a native of Ireland. He came out to New England when young, and having formed acquaintance with James Yuill, Esq., they moved together to Nova Scotia in the year 1761. He settled on the same place on which his grandson, William Nelson, now resides, near what was called "Old Barns." He was one of the grantees of Truro Township. He and James Yuill, Esq., and James Yuill, Junr., had the whole of their rights of land laid off together in one lot. It was about one mile in breadth, and four miles back from the Bay. The greater part of this land is still owned by their descendants. Alexander Nelson was married to Margaret Robertson shortly before they came to Nova Scotia.

- Note that Miller likely misheard Margaret's surname as 'Robertson' rather than 'Robinson', as her parents and all her siblings are named 'Robinson'.

Sources

• Find A Grave: Memorial #96905228

• http://www.canadagenweb.org/archives/ns/colcbook.txt

• http://books.google.ca/books?id=l3jfErjALHsC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

• http://www.sprague-database.org/genealogy/familygroup.php?familyID=F84842&tree=SpragueProject