Nelson, John (1735-1789)

Name:

Nelson, John (1735-1789)

Title:

Signer, Act of Association, Barnstead, 1776

Other Names:

John Nelson Jr.

Born:

00/00/1735

Birthplace:

Portsmouth, NH

Died:

03/28/1789

Death Location:

Gilmanton, NH

Residence:

Portsmouth, NH, 1755-1772
Lee, NH, 1773-1774
Barnstead, NH, 1776
Gilmanton, NH, 1779-1789

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Goldsmith, Silversmith, 1759-1789

Father:

Nelson, Mark (1712-1765)

Mother:

Mann, Elizabeth Kennard (1707-1741)

Relations:

Siblings:
Nelson, Mark (c.1733-1787; silver and goldsmith in Portsmouth; m1. Hannah Hunter; m2. Mary Fernald Evans; 9 children, including John II, who was also a Portsmouth goldsmith)
Nelson, Mary (c.1741-)
Parents: Elizabeth Kennard (formerly Mrs. Peter Mann) and Mark Nelson, m. 1732, of Portsmouth, NH. Mark was a cordwainer, as was his older brother Matthew (who also had a son John Nelson).
Grandparents: John Kennard of Portsmouth; Agnes Rackliff (c.1671-1726) and Mathew Nelson (c.1650-c.1713)

Spouse:

Moulton, Sarah

Notes:

"Corrections and Additions to Published Genealogical Works," New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 46(January 1915), 85.

Henry N. Flynt and Martha Gandy Fales, The Heritage Foundation Collection of Silver. With Biographical Sketches of New England Silversmiths, 1625-1825. (Old Deerfield, Massachusetts: Heritage Foundation, 1968), 286-287.

Jeremiah P. Jewett, History of Barnstead From Its First Settlement in 1727 to 1872. (Lowell, Massachusetts: Marden and Rowell, 1872), 252.

John M. Moses, "Nelsons of Portsmouth: Descendants of Matthew Nelson of Portsmouth, N.H." Ms., New Hampshire Historical Society Library.

Charles S. Parsons, New Hampshire Silver. (Cranbury, NJ: Adams Brown Company, 1983), 115-116.

"Robbery/Reward" Advertisement, New-Hampshire Gazette, Portsmouth, NH, April 1, 1757, 2.

"To Be Sold By John Nelson, Goldsmith" Advertisement, New-Hampshire Gazette, Portsmouth, NH, June 22, 1759, 2.

"To Be Sold By John Nelson, Goldsmith" Advertisement, New-Hampshire Gazette, Portsmouth, NH, November 23, 1764, 4.

John Nelson Estate Probate Notice, Advertisement, New Hampshire Gazetteer, Exeter, NH, April 10, 1790, 2.