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Bridget Nelson 1665 – 1713 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1665

Birth Location: Nelson's Choice, Accomack County, Virginia

Death Date: 1713

Death Location: Little Monie Creek, Somerset Co, MD

Father: John Laws

Mother: Katherine Bozman

Spouse(s): William Waller

Children(s): Thomas Wheeler

According to available records, Bridget Nelson was born in 1665 in Nelson's Choice, Accomack County, Virginia, the child of John Laws and Katherine Bozman. Following those early years, Bridget Nelson married William Waller, and their family grew to include Thomas J (Waller) Wheeler. In the later years of life, Bridget Nelson died in 1713 in Little Monie Creek, Somerset Co, MD.

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Parents

John Laws
1654 – 1697
Birth Location: Accomac, Virginia & Somerset Maryland
JL
Katherine Bozman
1648 – 1697
Birth Location: Princess Anne, Somerset, Maryland, Colonial America
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Spouses(s)

William Waller
1661 – 1713
Birth Location: Accomack, Somerset, Maryland
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Children(s)

Thomas Wheeler
1696 – 1767
Birth Location: Wallers Adventure, Little Monie Creek, Somerset County, Maryland Colony
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1665
    Event Place: Nelson's Choice, Accomack County, Virginia

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1713
    Event Place: Little Monie Creek, Somerset Co, MD
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
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