Burgess Nelson Jr. (1764 - 1852)

Born 1 Jan 1764 in Frederick, Maryland

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Ridgely) Nelson — married 11 Mar 1786 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Descendants

Died 1 Apr 1852 at age 88 in Frederick, Maryland, United States

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Biography

Burgess Nelson Jr. was born on 1 Jan 1764 in Frederick, Maryland, son of Burgess Nelson Sr. (1727 - 1765) and Sarah (Howard) Nelson (1733 - 1815).

His sister was Sarah Nelson (~1760 - ).

Burgess (22) married Sarah Ridgely (~19) (~1766 - ~1806) on 11 Mar 1786 in Baltimore, Maryland.^[1] Their children were:

1. Elisha C Nelson (~1780 - ~1864)
2. Burgess Nelson III (1794 - 1867).

These children were also shown as his:

1. Ann Nelson Bartholow
2. Sarah Nelson Cassell
3. Lucy Ann "Louisiana" Nelson Gorsuch
4. Miranda Nelson Sellman
5. Matilda Nelson Stevens

Burgess allegedly committed suicide by hanging and died on 1 Apr 1852 in Frederick aged 88.^[2]

"Suicide of an Aged Devine -- The Rev. Burgess Nelson, one of the oldest ministers belonging to the M. E. Church, committed suicide by hanging himself at the residence of his son-in-law, James Stevens, Esq., in this [Frederick] county on Thursday [1 Apr 1852]. Mr. Nelson was about ninety years of age." ^[3]

"Burgess Nelson, an old Methodist clergyman, committed suicide at Frederick yesterday." ^[4]

"Rev. Burgess Nelson, an aged minister of the M. E. church, committed suicide on Thursday last, in Frederick county, Maryland, by hanging himself to a bedpost [...] Mr. Nelson was 90." ^[5]

"CASSELL, JOHN NELSON [...] son of George and Sarah Nelson Cassell, the former born in Maryland...the latter, a daughter of Rev. Burgess Nelson, of English descent and a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church." ^[6]

"Mrs. Sarah (Nelson) Cassell was born in Maryland, and was a daughter of Rev. Burgess Nelson, of the Methodist Episcopal faith, who was born in England." ^[7]

Michael Bartholow (son of Thomas), "born about 1770; married, Ann, daughter of Rev. Burgess Nelson; and died 21 Jan., 1843, aged 72. She died 21 Aug., 1842." ^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ "Maryland Marriages, 1666-1970", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JY-4Z2 : 16 January 2020), Burgess Nelson, 1786.
2. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #17651853
3. ↑ The Sun, Baltimore, Maryland, 3 Apr 1852, p. 4, col. 3.
4. ↑ "Virginia--Small-Note Law, &c.," The New York Times, 5 Apr 1852.
5. ↑ [no title] The Religious Recorder, Syracuse, New York, 15 Apr 1852, p. 1.
6. ↑ Biography of John Nelson Cassell in: J. Sterling Morton, Albert Watkins, and George L. Miller, Illustrated History of Nebraska, vol. I (3rd ed.) (Lincoln, Nebraska: Western Publishing and Engraving Company, 1911), pp. 611-12.
7. ↑ Goodspeed Brothers, Biographical and historical memoirs of Adams, Clay, Hall and Hamilton counties, Nebraska [...] (Chicago: The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1890), p. 771.
8. ↑ George Wells Bartholomew, Jr., Record of the Bartholomew Family, part 2 (Austin, Texas: The Compiler, 1885), p. 629.

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• "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKY-6C5 : accessed 27 September 2019), Burges Nelson, Frederick, Maryland, United States; citing p. 227, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 3; FHL microfilm 568,143.
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD4N-Z1H : 12 April 2016), Burgess Nelson in household of James Stevens, Middletown, Frederick, Maryland, United States; citing family 72, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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