Ancestry of
Lily James

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John Nelson

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• • 6th Great-grandfather of Lily James — 9th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 350 
  • Father:
  • Thomas Nelson 
  • Mother:
  • Mary -----   
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  • Death Date:
  • 24 Sep 1845 
  • Death Location:
  • Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Martha Patton
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1790 
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  • Child:

  Sarah Nelson (Ahnentafel No:175 )

  • Notes: 

  • Revolutionary War veteran

• Sources for John Nelson

  • ¹ Register of Kentucky State Historical Society, 1944, Vol. 42, No. 140, pp. 246-248, 253.
  • 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), 254.

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