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Sir Hugh Nelson 1591 – 1674 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1591

Birth Location: Penrith, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 12 Nov 1674

Death Location: Penrith, Eden District, Cumbria, England

Father: John Nelson

Mother: Lady Dawson

Spouse(s): Janet Wilson, Lady Nelson

Children(s): Thomas Nelson, Sir Nelson

In 1591, Sir Hugh Nelson entered the world in Penrith, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, born to John Clarke Nelson and Lady May Katherine Dawson. Years later, Sir Hugh Nelson married Janet Elizabeth Wilson and Lady Margert Marion Nelson, and the couple became parents to Thomas Nelson and Sir Lanclott William Humphrey Nelson. Sir Hugh Nelson died in 1674 in Penrith, Eden District, Cumbria, England.

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Parents

John Nelson
1557 – 1607
Birth Location: Penrith, Cumberland, England
JN
Lady Dawson
1545 – 1609
Birth Location: Penrith, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
LD

Spouses(s)

Janet Wilson
1558 – 1563
Birth Location: Penrith, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
JW
Lady Nelson
1600 – 1657
Birth Location: Penrith, Cumberland, England
LN

Children(s)

Thomas Nelson
1590 – 1675
Birth Location: Eng, Massachusetts, Eng
TN
Sir Nelson
1620 – 1670
Birth Location: Penrith, Eden District, Cumbria, England
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1591
    Event Place: Penrith, Cumberland, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1591
    Event Place: Penrith, Cumberland, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1575
    Event Place: Penrith, Cumberland, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1575
    Event Place: Penrith, Cumberland, England

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1591
    Event Place: Penrith, Cumberland, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1575
    Event Place: Penrith, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1591
    Event Place: Penrith, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Year: 29 May 1704
    Event Place: Appleby, Westmorland, England
    Record Source: England & Wales, Christening Index, 1530-1980

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Penrith, Cumberland, England
    Record Source: England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 12 Nov 1674
    Event Place: Penrith, Cumberland, England

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1671
    Event Place: Penrith, Cumberland, England

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1674
    Event Place: Penrith, Cumberland, England

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 12 Nov 1674
    Event Place: Penrith, Cumberland, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 12 Nov 1674
    Event Place: Penrith, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 15
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 12 Nov 1674
    Event Place: Penrith, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 16
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 12 Nov 1674
    Event Place: Penrith, Eden District, Cumbria, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 17
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Penrith, Eden District, Cumbria, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
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