Sarah (Nelson) Delashment (abt. 1715 - abt. 1753)

Born about 1715 in Prince George's, Maryland, Colonial America

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Died about 1753 at about age 38 in Frederick County, Maryland

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Biography

Sarah (Nelson) Delashment was a Maryland colonist.

Sarah, daughter of John Nelson (abt.1689-abt.1750) and (perhaps) his wife Jane (bef.1700-aft.1750), was named Sarah Delashment in her father's 1750 will, proved in Prince George's County;^[1] he left her a cow called Straight Face."^[2]

She married John Nelson (abt.1689-abt.1750).

Their daughter, Marie, was born about 1721 in Fairfield, South Carolina and married a Wagner^{[citation needed]} (or Waggoner).^[3]

Sarah died about 1753 in Frederick County, Maryland.^{[citation needed]}

Research Notes

Two profiles (now merged) had birth dates as "about 1702" and "before 1735". Also, one profile had Elizabeth Noland as mother, but further research made that unlikely and the profile for Elizabeth (Noland) Nelson (abt.1685-abt.1720) was detached (see comments).

Information from Father's Will^[2]

In addition to daughters Sarah Delashment and Elizabeth Delashment, he names sons John, Bazzell and Arthur and daughters Lydia Nelson and [Vollentine?] Nelson. His wife is mentioned, but not named. Witnesses are Thomas Johnson, Alexander Deval, and Walter English. They also proved the will (5 October 1750, Frederick County). The will was dated [20th?] September 1750.^[4]

Information from a Source for Daughter Marie

"Hans Wagner married five times. One of his wifes was a French woman, Marie DeLashmette. She was the mother of our ancestress, Mary Wagner, who married Samuel Mobley.... The DeLashmette name in this country has been corrupted to DeLashmet, and I have seen it written Lashly in information furnished me as to the wife of Clement Moberley a son of the first South Carolina Moberley. The first DeLashmette to come to this country, Mr. Wade Brice informed Miss Marion Durham, was the Marquis DeLashmette, that he was a French nobleman, banished from France for political offences against the Monarchy of Louis XIV., that he owned nearly a principality of land, some on the Yadkin River in North Carolina, that he once owned the lands on which Mr, Brice lived and now owned by his widow, Mrs. Matilda Brice near Woodward, S.C. The deed is on record here at Winnsboro. Some have thought the Marquis moved with other DeLaschmettes to Kentucky, but that is an error. He went from South Carolina to Chickahominy, Mississippi."^[5]

Estimated Birth Year: about 1715, in an attempt to resolve the data warnings.

Data Warnings

Upon saving, 22 May 2022, the following warnings were received:

• A child's birth date (Nelson-4457 born 1702) should not be before a parent is six years old (mother UNKNOWN-215085 born 1700) * A child's birth and death date (Nelson-4457 born 1702 died 1753) should not be before a parent was 13 years old (mother UNKNOWN-215085 born 1700) .

To resolve this, the birth date of "about 1702" was replaced with the duplicate profile's "before 1735" birth date. However, that triggered another warning:

• A child's birth date (DeLashmette-3 born 1721) should not be before a parent is six years old (Nelson-4457 born 1735).

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I15241&tree=tree1
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Will of John Nelson, Sr. (father). Frederick County, Maryland, Will Book A-1-40. Viewable onilne in collection "Maryland, Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-24293-55304-82?cc=1803986&wc=9YSS-92W:146535301,147297001 : accessed 12 Aug 2014), Frederick > Wills 1744-1777 vol 1 > image 29 of 315; citing Hall of Records, Annapolis.
3. ↑ See Marie's profile.
4. ↑ The FamilySearch page that the image is on has the heading "Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999 Frederick Wills 1744-1777 vol 1", but John does not say where he is "of" in the will.
5. ↑ http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~mobley/genealogy/dixon.txt The Mobleys and Their Connections--By-- William Woodward Dixon, 1915

• Will of John Nelson, Sr. (father). Frederick County, Maryland, Will Book A-1-40. Viewable onilne in collection "Maryland, Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-24293-55304-82?cc=1803986&wc=9YSS-92W:146535301,147297001 : accessed 12 Aug 2014), Frederick > Wills 1744-1777 vol 1 > image 29 of 315; citing Hall of Records, Annapolis.
• https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I15241&tree=tree1
• American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)
• Tracey, Grace L. and Dern, John Philip, Pioneers of Old Monocacy: The Early Settlement of Frederick County, Maryland, 1721-1743, pg. 61

Sources listed for daughter Marie (as of 20 April 2022):

• http://mearsm2.tripod.com/Waggoner.html
• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Scott Ledbetter for creating WikiTree profile Nelson-4457 through the import of Ledbetter01.ged on Jun 8, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Scott and others.