Brief Life History of Abraham
When Abraham Nelson was born in 1789, in Northampton, North Carolina, United States, his father, William John Nelson, was 29 and his mother, Mary Polly Williams, was 27.
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1760– Male
1762– Female
Siblings (13)
1785–1849 Male
1787–1831 Male
1789– Male
1790–1812 Female
1791– Female
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1789 · The United States Constitution
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Name Meaning
English: patronymic from the personal name Nell or Nele, either of which might be a pet form of Elias or less commonly of Niel (from Latin Nigellus). See also Neal .
Americanized form of Swedish Nilsson and also of the Danish, Norwegian, and North German cognates Nielsen and Nilsen (compare Nelsen ). Compare also Neilson and Nielson .
History: The Nelson name was an important one in 18th-century VA, starting with Thomas ‘Scotch Tom’ Nelson, who emigrated to VA at the close of the 17th century from Penrith, Cumbria, where the Nelsons were numerous. Scotch Tom settled c. 1700 at Yorktown, VA, where he became a successful merchant and landholder. His son was sheriff and a member of the VA Council, and his grandson, Thomas Nelson (1738–89), a signer of the Declaration of Independence, was governor of VA.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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