Susanna Nelson
(1780–1850)
BIRTH
October 3, 1780
PLACE
DEATH
1850
PLACE
FAMILY
FATHER
Thomas Nelson Jr.
(1738-1789)
SISTER
Mary Nelson
(1774–1803)
BROTHER
Hugh Muir Nelson
(1833-?)
SISTER
Judith Nelson
(1939-2012)
CHILDREN
Lucy Grymes
(1743-1830)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
Susanna Nelson Page (1780–1850) was a daughter of Virginia governor Thomas Nelson and Lucy Grymes. Her birth on October 3 is recorded in the family Bible. In 1806 she married Francis Page of Rugswamp in Hanover County; they had seven children. Her 1835 letter to Lucy Smith Digges preserves memories of her mother’s education, music, marriage, and family life in Williamsburg. She was the grandmother of author Thomas Nelson Page, whose writing recalled Virginia’s past.
EARLY LIFE
The exact date and place of Susanna Nelson’s birth have not been established in the source used for this entry. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
No distinct public profession or office for Susanna 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
Susanna Nelson died in 1850. Susanna Nelson Page was a daughter of Virginia governor Thomas Nelson and Lucy Grymes. Her birth on October 3 is recorded in the family Bible. In 1806 she married Francis Page of Rugswamp in Hanover County; they had seven children. Her 1835 letter to Lucy Smith Digges preserves memories of her mother’s education, music, marriage, and family life in Williamsburg. She was the grandmother of author Thomas Nelson Page, whose writing recalled Virginia’s past. The available account does not establish a medical cause or a dependable sequence of final symptoms and care.
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