William Nelson

- 1679

• Name	William Nelson  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Between 31 Oct 1679 and 15 Dec 1679	Plymouth, Plymouth Colony   [2, 3]
  Person ID	I38361	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of AW
  Last Modified	18 Sep 2022

  
  

  Family	Martha Ford,   b. Abt 1619   d. 20 Dec 1683, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony (Age ~ 64 years)
  Marriage	29 Oct 1640	Plymouth, Plymouth Colony   [1, 2, 3]
  Children	+ 1. William Nelson,   b. 1645, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony d. 22 Mar 1718, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F22532	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Sep 2022

  
  

• Notes

  "He was in Plymouth as early as 1636 for on the last day of March 1637 he was hired to keep the cows this year at the same wages he had last year. On 3 Aug. 1640 he was granted six acres of upland. He was a freeman in Plymouth in 1658 but in 1670 was a freeman of Middleboro." [Robert S. Wakefield, citation details below] Although he was granted land in Middleborough on 3 June 1662, his will, dated 31 Oct 1679, calls him "William Nelson Sr. of the Towne of New Plymouth in the Colony of New Plymouth in New England in America."

  
  

• Sources

  [S6622] The Nelson Family of Plymouth, Middleboro, and Lakeville, Massachusetts by William Ripley Nelson. 1964. [S6624] Robert S. Wakefield, "Men of the Fortune: Ford." The American Genealogist 56:32, 1980. [S6623] Mrs. John E. Barclay, "Goodwife Martha Ford Alias 'Widow' Ford, Her Second Husband, Peter Browne, and Her Children." The American Genealogist 42:35, 1966.