Alexander Nelson (1795 - 1886)

Born 13 Jun 1795 in Hebron, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Lydia (Loring) Nelson — married 25 Mar 1817 (to 5 Oct 1819) in Hebron, Oxford, Massachusetts, United States

Husband of Hannah (Fuller) Nelson — married 1 Mar 1820 (to 5 Aug 1829) in Livermore, Oxford, Massachusetts, United States

Husband of Elisabeth B. (Griffeth) Nelson — married 10 May 1830 (to 21 Aug 1874) in Livermore, Oxford, Maine, United States

Died 9 Jul 1886 at age 91 in Livermore, Androscoggin, Maine, United States

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Biography

Birth

Alexander Nelson was born on 13 Jun 1795,^[1] at Hebron, Maine, (then in Massachusetts), the son of Nathan and Jerusha Nelson.^[2]

Marriages

1. Alexander Nelson and Lydia Loring, both of Hebron, Maine, (then in Massachusetts) published their intention to marry at Hebron on 3 Mar 1817, and they were married there on 25 May 1817.^[3][1]
2. On 27 Feb 1820, the town clerk of Livermore, Maine (then in Massachusetts), certified "that an intention of marriage between Mr. Alexander Nelson of Chandler's Gore so called and Miss Hannah Fuller of Livermore hath been entered with me fourteen days prior to this date and been published in the Town of Livermore as the Law directs."^[4] They married,at Livermore, on 1 Mar 1820.^{[5][6] [7]}
3. On 10 Feb 1830, Alexander Nelson and Betsey Griffith, both of Livermore, Maine, published at Livermore their intention to marry. ^[8] Alexander Nelson and Elizabeth B. Griffeth married on 5 Mar 1830.^[5]

Residences

By 1820, Alexander Nelson was living at Chandler's Gore, which was an unincorporated area between the towns of Livermore and Hartford in Oxford County, Maine (in Massachusetts until 15 Mar 1820). The intention of his second marriage, published at Livermore in February 1820, calls him of Chandler's Gore,^[4] and the 1820 Census shows him living there.^[9] His second marriage intention, published in Livermore 10 in February 1830, calls him of Livermore,^[8] but the 1830 Census still enumerates him at Chandler's Gore.^[10] The 1928 history of Livermore, Maine, says that Alexander Nelson was an early settler and built a stone house on a farm that was in 1928 owned by a Percy M. Brown.^[11] He continued to live at Livermore until his death in 1886.

Children

The children of Alexander Nelson are listed in his family Bible, with birth dates for all nine children and death dates for all except Moses. The first two children were with Lydia (Loring) Nelson and appear on the first page of the Bible.^[1] The next four are with Hannah (Fiuller) Nelson and the last three with Elizabeth (Griffeth) Nelson, and all appear on the third page of the Bible.^[12] The birth dates of the children with Hannah and Elizabeth are also documented in the vital records of Livermore, Maine,^[13] and the dates agree with the dates in the Bible record for all the children.

1. Achsah Nelson, born on 22 Dec 1817, died on 2 Jan 1820
2. Jerusha C. Nelson, born on 17 May 1819, died on 1 Oct 1819
3. jesse L. F. Nelson, born on 28 Jun 1822, died on 17 May 1870
4. Moses C. Nelson, born on 28 Jan 1824
5. Alexander O. Nelson, born on 6 Oct 1825, died on 26 Feb 1817
6. Ann Violette Nelson, born on 30 Nov 1828, died on 22 May 1836
7. Samuel A. Nelson, born on 10 Dec 1830, died on 25 Apr 1898
8. Martha J. Nelson, born on 5 Aug 1832, died on 21 Nov 1895
9. Nathan A. Nelson, born on 16 May 1835, died on 1 Sep 1879

The Bible also lists an "Octavia A., Adopted Daughter," last name not given, born on 25 Jun 1830, died on 8 Sep 1876.

Death

Alexander Nelson died on 9 Jul 1886.^[1] The Nelson family gravestone at the Lakeside Cemetery in Livermore, Maine, says that he was 91 years old at his death.^[14]

Research Notes

Alexander Nelson Family Bible

The Alexander Nelson family Bible is in the possession of a Tracy St. Claire, who has posted images of the pages and transcribed the entries on the biblerecords.com website. (There are a few errors in the transcription.) According to the title page of the Bible, it was "The English Version of the Polyglott Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments, Franklin, N.H., published by Peabody and Daniell. 1844."^[1] The web page says that Bible is in fair condition, covered in cloth with the signatures very crudely sewn together, and appears to be complete. Citations from the Bible in the Alexander Nelson family profiles are taken from the images of pages 1 through 4 on the web page.^[15]

Unattributed Son

The 1928 history of Livermore, Maine, gives Alexander Nelson a son, James N. Nelson, who is says died in 1847 at age 24, shipwrecked at sea.^[11] Neither the Alexander Nelson Family Bible nor the Livermore vital records have any record of such a son.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Alexander Nelson Family Bible, page 1
2. ↑ Transcription by the Hebron town clerk of birth record of Alexander Nelson, in Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921, database with images, FamilySearch, Delayed returns for vital records 1670-1891 > Nash, 1880-Nichols, 1855 > image 2037 of 4752; Division of Vital Statistics. State Board of Health, Augusta.
3. ↑ Transcription by Hebron town clerk of marriage record and Alexander Nelson and Lydia Loring, in Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921, database with images, FamilySearch, Delayed returns for vital records 1670-1891 > Nash, 1880-Nichols, 1855 > image 2073 of 4752; Division of Vital Statistics. State Board of Health, Augusta.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Vital Records of Livermore, Maine; "Vital and town records, 1797-1910," unpaginated; FHL Microfilm 11332, image 342 of 718
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Alexander Nelson Family Bible, page 2
6. ↑ William Hyslop Fuller, Fuller Genealogies, Volume III: Genealogies of Some Descendants of Captain Matthew Fuller (Palmer, Mass., 1914) page 77
7. ↑ Marriage record of Alexander Nelson and Hannah Fuller, in Vital Records of Livermore, Maine, FamilySearch > Vital and town records, 1797-1910 > unpaginated > Marriages and marriage intentions, 1811-1842 > image 350 of 718; FHL Microfilm 11332
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Vital Records of Livermore, Maine; "Vital and town records, 1797-1910," unpaginated; FHL Microfilm 11332, image 383 of 718
9. ↑ Alexander Nelson household, in "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch, Maine > Oxford > Livermore > image 11 of 11; citing NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
10. ↑ Alexander Nelson household, in United States Census, 1830, database with images, FamilySearch, Maine > Oxford > Chandlers Gore > image 1 of 2; citing NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1} Ira Thompson Monroe, History of the Town of Livermore, Androscoggin County Maine; From Its Inception in 1735 and Its Grant of Land in 1772 to Its Organization in 1795 Up to the Present Time 1928 (Lewiston, Me., 1928), page 183
12. ↑ Alexander Nelson Family Bible, page 3
13. ↑ Vital Records of Livermore, Maine; Vital and town records, 1797-1910; "Livermore Vital Records, 1805-1862", page 44; FHL Microfilm 11332, Image 232 of 718
14. ↑ Photo of Alexander Nelson family gravestone Find A Grave: Memorial #54569530
15. ↑ Web page with images, "Nelson Bible", accessed 25 Apr 2020 by Stu Bloom