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William Nelson

BIRTH

1711

Yorktown, Virginia

DEATH

November 19, 1772

Yorktown, Virginia

Governor of the Province of Virginia

1770-1771

FAMILY

FATHER:

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Thomas Nelson

(1738-1789)

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Nelson, William

(1711-1772)

William Nelson was a Yorktown merchant, planter, and longtime president of Virginia's Governor's Council. He briefly served as acting royal governor in 1770–1771 and was the father of Revolutionary leader and Declaration signer Thomas Nelson Jr.

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BROTHER

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Thomas Nelson Jr

(1738-1789)

BROTHER

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Hugh Nelson

(1833-?)

WIFE

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Elizabeth Burwell

(1718-1772)

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Thomas Nelson Jr

(1738-1789)

Places
Image
Address
GPS
Site
Colonial Williamsburg
101 Visitor Center Dr, Williamsburg, VA 23185
MUSEUM
Virginia Capitol Building
E Duke of Gloucester St, Williamsburg, VA 23185
MUSEUM
Nelson House
200 Nelson St, Yorktown, VA 23690
MUSEUM

DIED:

Yorktown, Virginia

Nov 19, 1772

The exact date and place of William 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.

The available biographical record identifies William Nelson with work or public activity as a statesman. Those roles provide the clearest documented basis for including this person in the database and should be read in the political, military, professional, or household context of the period. William Nelson died on Nov 19, 1772 in Yorktown, Virginia. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.

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