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James Nourse

Male - 1784


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  • Name James Nourse 
    Gender Male 
    Death 10 Oct 1784  Annapolis, Anne Arundel, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I34674  Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
    Last Modified 2 May 2021 

    Family Sarah Fouace   d. Aft 10 Oct 1784 
    Marriage 30 Sep 1753  [1
    Children 
    +1. James Nourse,   b. 11 Mar 1758, London, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jul 1799, near Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years)
    Family ID F20385  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 May 2021 

  • Notes 
    • He was a woolen draper of London. He and his wife emigrated to Virginia in 1769, first settling near Hampton, then removing the following year to Piedmont. in 1778 he was a representative for Berkeley County to the Virginia House of Delegates. Later, in 1781, he was appointed commissioner to settle the claims of Maryland against the infant Federal government, and relocated to Annapolis as a result.

      He is said to have been born 19 Jul 1731 at Weston-under-Penyard, Herefordshire, a son of John Nourse and Eliza Gregory.

  • Sources 
    1. [S5568] James Nourse and His Descendants by Maria Catharine Nourse Lyle. Lexington, Kentucky: Transylvania Printing Co., 1897.