Mary Nelson
(1774–1803)
BIRTH
December 19, 1774
PLACE
DEATH
1803
PLACE
FAMILY
FATHER
Thomas Nelson Jr.
(1738-1789)
CHILDREN
Lucy Grymes
(1743-1830)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
Mary Nelson Carter (1774–1803) was a daughter of Thomas Nelson Jr. and Lucy Grymes of Yorktown. Her birth in December 1774 appears in the Nelson family Bible. She married Robert Hill Carter and lived at Shirley Plantation in Charles City County. Their son Hill later inherited Shirley. Colonial Williamsburg identifies the couple in its portrait catalogue and dates their marriage to 1794 in its family notes; genealogical compilations instead give 1792, an unresolved difference.
EARLY LIFE
The Nelson family Bible records Mary Nelson's birth on December 19, 1774, to Thomas Nelson and Lucy Grymes Nelson.
No distinct public profession or office for Mary Nelson is established by the source summary used for this entry. The surviving record is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independent public career. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
Mary Nelson died in 1803. Mary Nelson Carter was a daughter of Thomas Nelson Jr. and Lucy Grymes of Yorktown. Her birth in December 1774 appears in the Nelson family Bible. She married Robert Hill Carter and lived at Shirley Plantation in Charles City County. Their son Hill later inherited Shirley. Colonial Williamsburg identifies the couple in its portrait catalogue and dates their marriage to 1794 in its family notes; genealogical compilations instead give 1792, an unresolved difference. The available account does not establish a medical cause or a dependable sequence of final symptoms and care.
POPULAR BIOGRAPHIES
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