Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties

Richard Nelson

Male Bef 1666 - 1709  (> 43 years)


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  • Name Richard Nelson 
    Birth Bef 1666 
    Gender Male 
    Death 18 Apr 1709  Charles County, Maryland - probate Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I11622  Tree1
    Last Modified 21 Mar 2024 

    Family ID F8024  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary Beck,   b. 15 Nov 1673, Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 1710 and 1716, Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years) 
    Marriage Between May 1705 and 21 May 1706  Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F7112  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Mar 2024 

    Family 2 Female MNU Nelson,   b. Bef 1671   d. Abt 1705, Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 34 years) 
    Marriage Bef 1687  Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Barbary Nelson,   b. 1687, Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]
     2. Margaret Nelson,   b. 1689, Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jun 1755, Charles County, Maryland - inventory Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)  [Father: natural]
     3. Eleanor Nelson,   b. 1691, Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]
     4. Alice Nelson,   b. 1695, Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]
     5. Richard Nelson,   b. 1698, Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Nov 1728, Charles County, Maryland - account Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 30 years)  [Father: natural]
     6. William Nelson,   b. Abt 1700, Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Mar 1781, Charles County, Maryland - probate Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 81 years)  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F8023  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Mar 2024 

  • Notes 
    • Nellson, Richard, Chas, County, 9th Feb., 1708; 18th Apr., 1709.
      To eld. dau. Barbary and dau. Eleanor, personalty.
      To dau, Margrett, 117 A. adjoining "Christian Temple Manor," it being 1/2 of "Cole."
      To dau. Alice, 117 A., residue of "Cole."
      To dau-in-law Mary Beck, personalty.
      To sons Richard and William jointly, 224 A., "Howland" where George Britt lived.
      To son John, dwelling plantation at decease of wife, it being residue of "Howland " afsd
      To wife Mary, extx. plantation afsd, and personalty.
      Trustees: Robt. Hanson, Jno. Cofer of Chas, County, during minority of child.
      Test: Rich. Edgar, Thos. Phisiett, Francis Sarson. Part 2-12. 33.
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      Richard Nelson 30,278 1 CH £123.1.0 Apr 23 1709
      Appraisers: Mathew Sanders, John Sanders.
      Approvers: Margret Nelson (daughter), Alice Nelson (daughter).
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      Richard Nelson 32A.35 A CH £123.1.0 #35887 Oct 4 1710
      The amount of the inventory is equivalent to #29532.
      Payments to: Thomas Osburne, Dr. Gustavus Browne, William Warden, Joseph Maning.
      Legatees: Barbary Nelson paid to her husband Thomas Robins, Elinor Nelson, Margret Nelson, Alice Nelson.
      Executrix: Mary Gray, wife of John Gray.
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      Britt, George, Chas. County, 26th Feb., 1704; 26th May, 1705.
      To wife Eliza, extx., dower rights.
      dau. Susanna Noble and to Mary Hewlitt., personalty. sons William., George, Henry and Richard and dau. Martha Baker, residue of estate., real and personal.
      Test: Robt. Hanson, Thomas Plunkett,, Jno. Hanson, 3. 485.
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      George Brett 26.31 A CH £78.11.6 £58.8.10 May 21 1706
      Payments to: Mr. Frazer, Dr. William Loch, William Brett, Henry Hawkins, William Foster, Capt. Thomas Smoote, John Barker, Col. John Contee, Robert Hanson, George Brett, Jr. (son), Mr. Nottley Rozer, Richard Nellson, Capt. Philip Hoskins, Francis Gray, Richard Boughton,
      Legatees: William Brett, Martha Barker wife of John Barker.
      Executrix: Elisabeth Brett (relict).
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      Richard Nelson 30,278 1 CH £123.1.0 Apr 23 1709
      Appraisers: Mathew Sanders, John Sanders.
      Approvers: Margret Nelson (daughter), Alice Nelson (daughter).
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      Richard Nelson 32A,35 A CH £123.1.0 #35887 Oct 4 1710
      The amount of the inventory is equivalent to #29532.
      Payments to: Thomas Osburne,, Dr, Gustavus Browne, William Warden, Joseph Manning
      Legatees: Barbary Nelson paid to her husband Thomas Robins, Elinor Nelson, Margret Nelson, Alice Nelson.
      Executrix: Mary Gray, wife of John Gray.
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      Richard Nelson names on List of Debts for Mr. William Rosewell
      In the Inventories & Accounts is a list of the debts for the estate of Mr. William Rosewell. The list is dated 1695. This list can be found in Liber 13B. Folios 125-132.

      === Contributed by Ralph D. Smith

      June 1699 - Richard Nelson and wife Mary.
      Source: Charles Co., Md. Circuit Court, Liber X, Page 127.

      Apr. 1715 - John Gray & his wife Mary executrix of Richard Nelson (Charles Co.) to render additional accounts.
      Source: Maryland Prerogative Court, Testamentary Proceedings, Liber 22, Page 445.

      ===??? wife of Richard or Benjamin or William Hall ?
      Mary Hall 19.100 I CH £11.17.0 Jun 17 1699
      Appraisers: George Britt, Richard Nelson.
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      Daniel Steward 26,187 1 CH £20,17.6 Mar 12 1706
      Appraisers: Mathew Sanders, Richard Nelson.
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      Mary Hall 19.100 I CH £11,17,0 Jun 17 1699
      Appraisers: George Britt, Richard Nelson.
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      Charles County Maryland Land Records, Liber Z, Page 96
      Recorded at request of Richard Neilson (Nelson):
      4 Apr 1704; Indenture from Francis Dunnington and Margaret his wife to Richard Neilson; for 1,400# tobacco; a tract called Howland on the north side of Piscataway River and south side of Mattawoman Creek; containing 200 acres; /s/ Francis Dunnington, Margaret Dunnington (mark); wit. Henry Barnes, Saml. Hanson, Thomas Thompson; ack. 4 Apr 1704 by Francis Dunnington and Margarett his wife; Richard Neilson paid alienation the same date
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      1726-1730 Prince George’s County, Maryland Land Records Liber M, [Elise Greenup Jourdan]; Page 341 - 343
      Petition of Walter Pye of Charles Co. on behalf of his brother, Charles Pye:
      Memorandum from Charles, Lord Baltimore, to the justices regarding boundaries of two parcels of land called Cornwallis Neck [?Cornwallis]:
      Deposition of Henry Barns, age ca 52; mentions Charles Pye and Matthew Sanders 26 years ago, Mattawoman Neck and Richard Nelson
      Deposition of John Clemens, age ca 49; mentions ca 26 years ago Charles Pye, Matthew Sanders, Thomas Plunkett and Richard Nelson
      Deposition of John Coffer, age ca 63; mentions ca 26 years ago Charles Pye, Henry Barns, William Noble, Thomas Plunkett and Matthew Sanders
      Deposition of John Gardiner, age ca 76; mentions Richard Nelson, Mr. Pye and Indian Town
      Deposition of Henry Moore, age ca 64; mentions Richard Nelson, Mr. Pye, Matthew Sanders, Richard Edgar, John Mason, leave for part of Cornwallis Neck
      Deposition of John Coffer, Jr., age ca 34; mentions Richard Nelson, Cornwallis Neck
      /s/ George Noble, John Stoddert, Pet. Dent, Thos. Marshall Enrolled 28 Nov 1728
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      Charles County Land Records 1790-1792; Liber K#4; Page 127. Notice & Depositions. Thomas Parsons, the heir at law of William Parsons decd, wanting to perpetuate the testimony of sundry witnesses respecting his descentage and title to a moiety of a tract of land called Cole, lying in Durham Parish in CC, which sd tract was originally devised by Richard Nelson to his daughters, Margaret and Alice (to wit) to Margaret, 117 acres thereof, adjoining to the east side of Christian Temple Manor, and 117 acres, the remaining part of sd tract to sd Alice, descending to Richard Warden, heir at law to sd Margaret, and the other, being the latter moiety, descended to William Parsons, heir at law to sd Alice and grandfather to the present Thomas Parsons afd. Sd Thomas Parsons gave the following public notice, which was set up at the courthouse door of CC, to wit, CC, Aug 2, 1790
      - I hereby give public notice that I intend to take the
      depositions of witnesses respecting my descentage and title to a moiety of land called Cole, lying in Durham Parish in CC, which I claim and now hold as heir at law to William Parsons, my father, decd, on this Aug 26, at the house of Thomas Thompson, my tenant on the premises. Signed - Thomas (.x his mark) Parsons.
      On Aug 26, 1790 came Joseph Green, deputy sheriff of CC, and made oath that he set up at the CC courthouse door, the original notice, on Aug 2, 1790. Signed - Dan Jenifer*.
      The following persons met on Aug 26, 1790 at the house of Thomas Thompson on the premises, to wit, Mrs. Mary Peale Bussell and John Parsons, her younger son, and Thomas Parsons, on his own part when the following depositions were taken, in the presence of CC Justice Daniel Jenifer
      The deposition of Mary Peale Bussell, late the widow of William Parsons decd, aged 47 years, says that afd Thomas Parsons is her eldest son by William Parsons, her late husband, by whom she had 3 other sons younger than Thomas afd, to wit, John, now present, and David and Joseph, both decd, that her sd son Thomas was 22 years old on this Aug 12, that her late husband, William Parsons, was the eldest son of William Parsons, who was the eldest son and heir at law to David Parsons, who married Alice, the daughter of Richard Nelson, by whom a moiety of a tract of land called Cole, was devised by her father, Richard Nelson, and from her the same descended to William, the father of her late husband, and from him to her husband, from whom it descended to the afd Thomas as heir in law, who is now in possession of sd moiety of land. Signed - Mary Peell Bussell. Wit - Dan Jenifer*_
      The deposition of James Peale Bowie, aged 44 years, or thereabouts, says that Thomas Parsons, now personally present, is the eldest son of William Parsons, whose first and only wife was this deponent's sister, Mary Peale Bowie, by whom sd William Parsons had 2 other sons younger than sd Thomas (to wit) John, now present, and David and Joseph, both decd, that Thomas Parsons afd was 22 years old in Jul last or Aug this present month, that William Parsons who married this deponent's sister) was the eldest son of William Parsons, who was the son of David Parsons, from whom a moiety of a tract of land called Cole, descended from father to son until it came into the possession of the present Thomas, as heir at law, on which moiety, this deposition is taken. Signed - James Peel Bowie. Wit - Dan Jenifer*. Recorded Aug 27, 1790.
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      1642-1753 Rent Rolls Charles County, Maryland Hundred - Chicamuxen: Rent Roll page/Sequence: 359-54: HOWLAND: 200 acres; Possession of - 200 Acres - Nelson, Richard: Surveyed for George Howes at Mattawoman and resurveyed 24 Oct 1700 for Richard and Mary Nelson for 334 Acres at the yearly rent: Other Tracts Mentioned: BREEDENS NECK; ; ; other notes - alias BREEDENS NECK (CC Land Records Liber R #1),
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      1642-1753 Rent Rolls Charles County, Maryland Hundred - Chicamuxen: Rent Roll page/Sequence: 361-72: COALLE: 236 acres; Possession of - 236 Acres - Nelson, Richard: Surveyed 22 July 1689 for Richard Nelson beginning at a bound White Oak the bound tree of CHRISTIAN TEMPLE MANOR: Other Tracts Mentioned: CHRISTIAN TEMPLE MANOR; other notes - 50 Acres - William Winter from David and William Parsons 8 March 1732, Bayne Smallwood from Joseph Clement (sp?) 27 Feb 1745,118 Acres - William Winter from William Parson 13 August 1752., ,
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      Prince George's County Circuit Court
      Land Surveys and Condominium Plats

      Coall, 236 Acres; Certificate
      Developer/Owner: Nelson, Richard 1695 Patent Record BB 3, Page 531 0 0 MSA S 1596-1088

      Coall, 236 Acres; Patent
      Developer/Owner: Nelson, Richard 1695 Patent Record BB 3, Page 531 0 0 MSA S 1596-1089

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