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Family
Group Record: William Nelson, Jr. & Martha Harrison
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HUSBAND William NELSON, Jr.
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BIRTH: PLACE:
CHR.: 2 Nov
1740 PLACE: Welton with Melton,
MAR.: 1 May
1766 PLACE: Cottingham,
DEATH: PLACE:
BURIAL: See
FATHER:
William
NELSON MOTHER:
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WIFE Martha HARRISON
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BIRTH: PLACE:
CHR.: 14 May
1746 PLACE: Hallgate
DEATH: PLACE:
BURIAL: 18 Feb 1779 PLACE: Welton with
Melton,
FATHER:
Francis
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CHILDREN
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1. NAME: Anne NELSON
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BIRTH: PLACE:
F CHR.: 7 Dec
1766 PLACE: Welton with Melton,
MAR.: 23 Nov
1796 PLACE: Hessle by
DEATH: 16 Apr
1828 PLACE:
BURIAL: 18 Apr
1828 PLACE: Skidby,
SPOUSE: Christopher WASLIN, Jr.
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2. NAME: Rebecca NELSON
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BIRTH: PLACE:
F CHR.: 11 Nov
1768 PLACE: Welton with Melton, Yorkshire, England
MAR.: 13 Aug
1789 PLACE: Cottingham, Yorkshire, England
DEATH: PLACE:
BURIAL:
PLACE:
SPOUSE: Robert BARKER
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3. NAME: John NELSON
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BIRTH: PLACE:
M CHR.: 6 Feb
1774 PLACE: Welton with Melton, Yorkshire, England
DEATH: PLACE:
BURIAL: 7 Feb
1774 PLACE: Welton with Melton, Yorkshire, England
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DOCUMENTATION
HUSBAND William NELSON, Jr.
CHRISTENING: Welton Parish Register Bishop's
Transcript; FHL film 0991075. IGI has same date; source is the same film
extracted. Note Sue Laing has seen the Parish Register and has a different
date: 25 Oct 1740; source Parish Register 1713-1751; at the Archive Office,
County Hall Beverley: "Wm son of Wm Nelson bap'd the 25th of 8ber,
paid." No other Wm Nelson chr/bur in the area for this time frame found.
Brenda Ball of Beverley has searched the same parish register and gives the
date Oct 1741. Likely the Parish Register date is the correct that as it is the
original entry--I use the Bishop's Trascript date simply because it is the date
that I (Vauna Green) personally have seen.
FATHER: wife's burial record reads
"Martha wife of Wm Nelson Junr"
MARRIAGE: Cottingham Parish Register Bishop's
Transcript; FHL film 0919478: "May 1 1766 Wm Nelson of ye Parish Welton
and Martha Harrison of this parish by Banns." Note Sue Laing transcribed
Banns as recorded in Welton Parish Register; at East Riding Archive Office,
County Hall, Beverley, England: "Banns of Marriage between William Nelson
of this parish and Martha Harrison of the parish of Cottingham were published
April ye 6th, 13th, & 20th by me: Geor: H. Paul, Cureate."
POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL CHILDREN: (Source IGI;
extracted chr records)
John Nelson chr 22
Apr 1775 Fish Street Independent, Hull Father William Nelson Mother Martha
Martha Nelson chr 10
Feb 1778 Independent, Swanland, Yorkshire Father William Nelson, Mother Martha
Need to search
these records to try to confirm or deny...Note mother Martha Harrison's family
belonged to an Independent Church in Cottingham.
POSS 2ND MARRIAGE-BURIAL: from Welton BT:
"William Nelson from Hull died Jan 16 1811 bur in church yard age 70 years
died from old age." Here is a timeline of events after Martha Harrison
Nelson's death:
Martha Nelson bur
18 Feb 1779 Welton wife of Wm Nelson Junr
Wm Nelson married
Elizabeth Daubner 21 Mar 1779 St Mary, Hull (Note this marriage is only a month
after Martha dies)
Mary Nelson chr 11
Apr 1779 St Mary, Hull dau of Wm Nelson Blacksmith (Note she would have been
conceived months before Martha Harrison died)
Wm Nelson married
Eliz Kirby 8 Dec 1781 Welton (by license, both of Welton) (Note the
licence--someone who could afford it)
Elizabeth Nelson
bur 10 Jun 1783 Holy Trinity Hull dau of Wm Nelson (Holy Trinity Parish
Register & the BT both say Jun 1783)
Eliz Nelson chr 10
Aug 1783 Welton dr of William & Eliz Nelson (This is the date the BT
gives--I would be interested to see if the Welton Parish Register gives a year-
i.e. 1782 -that would make it possible for these 2 entries to be the same
child...this is not the only thing about the entries of the years 1782-1783 in
this record that make me wonder if he transcribed the years incorrectly when he
did the BT.)
Richard Nelson chr
10 Oct 1786 Holy Trinity, Hull s of Wm Nelson whitesmith
Richard Nelson died
22 Sep 1787 bur Welton age 1 s of Wm Nelson Blacksmith Hull (Note that William
Nelson's father was a Blacksmith--he could have been also. But the Wm Nelson in
St Mary Parish Hull is also a Blacksmith--is this him?)
Margaret Nelson
died 26 Feb 1789 bur Welton dau of Wm Nelson Blacksmith of Hull (Note the
possibility that Wm Nelson's mother's name was Margaret) This could also be
William Nelson Jr's sister Margaret who was christened in 1742, but only if she
never married. She would be 46 in 1789.
James Nelson chr 5
Mar 1790 Holy Trinity Hull s of Willm & Eliz Nelson
(1791 - 1798 there
are 4 children chr or bur to a Wm Nelson in Holy Trinity, Hull but it is even
more unclear which Wm Nelson and by now at least 2 other Wm Nelsons had joined
the throng: there are also Wm Nelson -Farmer & wife Elizabeth, and & Wm
Nelson -Taylor & unknown wife having children chr or buried at Holy
Trinity, Hull at the same time.)
Eliz Nelson widow
buried 3 ___ 1805 Sculcoates
Elizabeth Nelson
widow buried 17 Aug 1808 St Mary, Hull
Elizabeth Nelson
wife of W Nelson of Hull died 14 Sep 1808 buried Welton 53 yrs (stated age is 9
years too young to be Elizabeth Kirby who was chr 1746 Cottingham, but ages
given at time of burial are never fully reliable.)
William Nelson died
16 Jan 1811 buried Welton, from Hull, age 70 years (noting that he had not had
his birthday yet, he would be exactly the age of our Wm Nelson)
NOTE that this Wm
Nelson Blacksmith of Hull & wife Elizabeth do not give their children any
names that our Wm Nelson & Martha Harrison have already given to their
children. This point is more important than it seems, since every family in
England seems to have an Anne and a John. They do, however, give them 2 names
that the siblings of our Wm Nelson, Jr bear: Margaret & Richard.
PROBATE: Search negative
WIFE Martha HARRISON
CHRISTENING: Hallgate Zion
Independent-Cottingham Parish Register; FHL film 0816615: "1746 - May 14th
Martha Daughter of Francis and Ann Harrison of Eppleworth in Cottingham Parish
baptized"
MARRIAGE: Cottingham Parish Register Bishop's
Transcript; FHL film 0919478: "May 1 1766 Wm Nelson of ye Parish
Welton and Martha Harrison of this parish by
Banns." Note Sue Laing transcribed Banns as recorded in Welton Parish
Register; at East Riding Archive Office, County Hall, Beverley, England: "Banns
of Marriage between William Nelson of this parish and Martha Harrison of the
parish of Cottingham were published April ye 6th, 13th, & 20th by me: Geor:
H. Paul, Cureate."
BURIAL: Welton Parish Register Bishop's
Transcript; FHL film 0991075: "Martha wife of Wm Nelson Junr buried 18th
Feb 1779" Letter from Frank Waslin of England with list of entries from
the Parish Register gives same date.
CHILD 1 Anne NELSON
PARENTS: We have Sue Laing & Elaine Harris
to thank for this wonderful find! They first located the christening of Anne
Nelson in the Welton Parish Register. They indicate that the christening of
Anne Nelson appears to be the only christening in the area that fits for time
and place. Even so, this researcher (Vauna Green) remained concerned that Anne
Nelson is such a common name--how could we be positive we have the right Anne
Nelson? But NOTE: Anne Nelson Waslin named her 3rd child (2nd son) Francis
Nelson Waslin. Where the name Francis came from in this family of common names
(Mary, John, Ann) has always been a mystery to me. but the Anne Nelson
christened in Welton was the granddaughter of Francis Harrison--he is the
namesake of Anne's son Francis Nelson Waslin!
CHRISTENING: My (Vauna Green) source is
Welton Parish Register Bishop's Trans; FHL film 0991075: "Anne daughter of
William and Martha Nelson was baptized Dec 7th 1766." Note Sue Laing &
Elaine Harris previously extracted the same date from the Parish Register; they
indicate they searched the entire area and this is the only Anne Nelson found
in all surrounding parishes in the appropriate time period. Their Parish
Register source: Welton Parish; 1752-1781; PE106/2[7]; East Riding Archive
Office, County Hall, Beverley, England
BIRTH: Manti Baptisms has 1770. Age given in
burial entry in Parish Register is 58, which puts birth 1770. Age given in
burial entry in Bishop's Transcript is 50, which would put birth 1778. There
was a big tendency to round DOWN to the even number, i.e., even if a person was
actually age 58 his/her age might be entered as 50 in a burial record. Besides,
I am more likely to accept the Parish Register as it is the original record
while the Bishop's Transcript is just that - a transcript. This chr date of
1766 is only 4 yrs earlier than date given in Manti records and Parish Register
burial entry, which is within acceptable limits.
DEATH: Manti Baptisms; Book A; FHL film
0170380; copy in poss of Vauna Green: Ann Waslin, born 1770 Skidby, York, Eng.,
Died 16 Apl 1828
MARRIAGE: Hessle Bishop's Trans; FHL film
0919427. Spinster of the parish of Hessle.
BURIAL: Skidby Parish Reg Bishops Trans; FHL
film 919445. Abode: Skidby, age 50. (Married) Surname spelled WASLING in this
rec. Also Skidby Parish Register; FHL film 1702893; item 11; Baptisms
1653-1831: 1828 Ann Wasling Burd April 18th Aged 58.
CHILD 2 Rebecca NELSON
CHRISTENING: Welton Parish Register Bishop's
Transcript; FHL film 0991075: "Rebecca dau of Wm and Martha Nelson."
Sue Laing extracted same chr date from Parish Register
MARRIAGE: Cottingham Parish Register Bishop's
Transcript; FHL film 0919478. both of Cottingham, md by Banns
CHILD 3 John NELSON
CHRISTENING: Welton Parish Register Bishop's
Transcript; FHL film 0991075: "John son of Wm and Martha Nelson." Sue
Laing has extracted same chr date from Par Reg
BURIAL: Welton Parish Register Bishop's
Transcript; FHL film 0991075
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