Ancestry of
Lily James

TV and Movie Actress

Sarah Nelson

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• • 5th Great-grandmother of Lily James — 8th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 175 
  • Father:
  • John Nelson 
  • Mother:
  • Martha Patton   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1797 
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  • Death Date:
  • 6 Oct 1869 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Cornelius Van Buskirk
  • Marriage Date:
  • 16 Jan 1813 
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  Ophelia Van Buskirk

  Emeline Van Buskirk

  Charlotte Van Buskirk (Ahnentafel No:87 )

  Mary Van Buskirk

• Sources for Sarah Nelson

  • ¹ Register of Kentucky State Historical Society, 1944, Vol. 42, No. 140, pp. 246, 254.
  • ² Youngs, Florence E., ed., Genealogical Record: Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York, Vol. 1, New York: Printed by order of the Society (1905), 103.

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