Hon.
Hugh
Nelson
Born in Yorktown, York County, Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Nelson
and Lucy (Grymes) Nelson
Brother of
William Nelson, Thomas Nelson, Phillip Nelson, Francis Nelson, Elizabeth (Nelson) Page, Mary (Nelson) Carter, Lucy (Nelson) Page, Robert Nelson, Susannah (Nelson) Page and Judith Nelson
Husband of
Eliza (Kinloch) Nelson
— married
28 Apr 1799 in Albemarle County, Virginia
Descendants 
Father of
Francis Kinloch Nelson, Mildred Walker Nelson, Anne Carter (Nelson) Merriwether and Thomas Hugh Nelson
Died
at age 67
in Cismont, Albemarle County, Virginia
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Biography
The Honourable Hugh Nelson was the 5th son of Thomas Nelson Jnr Governor of Virginia and Signer of the Declaration of Independence and his wife Lucy Grymes of Yorktown, Virginia. He served in the Virginia State Senate 1786-1791 and was a Judge of the General Court; As a Republican he was elected to the 12th and the 5 succeeding Congresses 4 Mar 1811 to 14 Jan 1823; appointed as US Minister to Spain by President James Monroe 15 Jan 1823 - 23 Nov 1824.
On 28 Apr 1799 in Albemarle County, Virginia, Hugh married Eliza (Kinloch) Nelson, the only child of Francis Kinloch and Mildred Walker, his first wife.
Hugh and Eliza's children:[1]
- 1. Francis Kinloch Nelson [b. 1800]
- 2. Mildred Walker Nelson [b. 1802]
- 3. Anne Carter Nelson [b. 1804]
- 4. Dr. Thomas Hugh Nelson [b. 1807]
- 5. Charlotte Nelson [b. about 1808, died single]
- 8. Rev. Cleland K. Nelson [b. about 1814, following two children that died in infancy]
- 9. Caroline Nelson [b. 1816, died single, age 36, in 1853]
- 10. Keating Simmons Nelson [1819]
- 11. Dr. Robert William Nelson [1822]
Hugh died on 18 Mar 1836 in Albemarle County, Virginia.
Sources
- ↑ Genealogy of the Page Family, Virginia, and Allied Families, 1883, Richard Channing Moore Page, Jenkins Thomas , printers
Descendants of Robert Carter Abbreviation: Carter Genealogy Author: Editor: Research Committee Publication: Foundation for Historic Christ Church, Irvington, VA
Marriage: Albemarle County, Virginia Page: p. 154
Acknowledgements
This person was created through the import of Tribal Pages 0004.ged on 25 March 2011.
Profile Nelson-1374 created through the import of MOORMAN FAMILY.GED on May 31, 2011 by Mary Elizabeth Stewart.
Profile/Bio edited by Leslie Ridley-388 13 Mar 2014
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Hugh by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Hugh:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Hugh by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Hugh:
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Susan (Phillips) Dewing 
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~1.56%
J Lantrip :
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~0.78%
Melvin Hughes :
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~0.78%
Thomas Bledsoe :
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch YA2426950 [compare], yourDNAportal THOa7afe73c, Ancestry member thomasbledsoe
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch LQ6304324 [compare], FTDNA kit #887796
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~0.78%
Janice (Troop) Campbell :
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~0.78%
Jessica Welton :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member JessicaWelton
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~0.78%
Nancy Heinecke :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A275669 [compare], Ancestry member nvanderborg
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~0.78%
Steven Hinton :
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