Shadrach Nelson

Brief Life History of Shadrach

When Shadrach Nelson was born in 1732, his father, Polycarpus Nelson, was 52 and his mother, Ruth Gedney, was 47. He died after 1754.

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Family Time Line

Polycarpus Nelson
1680–1738
Ruth Gedney
1685–1738
Enoch Nelson
1712–1767
Roxana Exana Nelson
1716–1738
Gloriana Nelson
1718–1822
Thomas Nelson
1722–1796
Edward Nelson
1725–1737
Polycarpus Nelson
1727–1737
Mary Nelson
1730–1762
Esther Nelson
1730–
Sibyl Nelson
–1771
Mary Nelson
1718–1800
Ruth Nelson
1719–1737
Maher-Shalal-Has-Baz Nelson
1720–1785
Esther Nelson
1724–1737
Enoch Nelson
1728–1763
Elijah Nelson
1730–1757
Shadrach Nelson
1732–after 1754

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  • Will of Polycarpus Nelson

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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