Mary Nelson

Brief Life History of Mary

When Mary Nelson was born in 1794, in Ohio, United States, her father, Daniel Nelson, was 35 and her mother, Esther McDonald, was 30.

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Family Time Line

Daniel Nelson
1760–1814
Esther McDonald
1765–1821
John Nelson
1786–1850
Daniel Nelson Jr
1790–
Margaret Nelson
1792–
Mary Nelson
1794–
Martha R. Nelson
1796–1831
Elizabeth Nelson
1800–1875
Nancy Ferguson Nelson
1802–
Rebecca McDonald Nelson
1807–

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  • Daniel Nelson Will 1814

World Events (3)

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

1803

Ohio was the first state admitted to the Union from the Northwest Territory.

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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