Nelson, John (1778-1859)

Name:

Nelson, John (1778-1859)

Title:

Dartmouth, class of 1803
Served on several committees, Haverhill, NH

Born:

01/04/1778

Birthplace:

Exeter, NH

Died:

05/03/1859

Death Location:

Haverhill, NH (probably)

Residence:

Boston, MA -- studied law
Haverhill, NH -- by 1807, where he set up a law practice

Occupation:

Lawyer

Father:

Nelson, Jonathan

Mother:

Folsom, Martha

Spouse:

1. Susan Brewster
2. Lois Leverett

Children:

14 children, all born in Haverhill, NH:
Nelson, Mary Sewall (1819-70; m. Ira Perley of Concord, NH; 8 children)
Nelson, Susan Brewster (1820-1900; second wife of William Coombs Thompson of Plymouth, whose first wife was Martha Leverett, a sister of Mrs. Nelson)
Nelson, John Leverett (1821-22)
Nelson, Martha (1823-49; m. William Hooper, lawyer and editor)
Nelson, Lois Leverett (1824- ; m. David Dickey, lawyer)
Nelson, John Leverett (1825-26)
Nelson, Thomas Leverett (1827-97; m1. Anna Hastings Hayward; m2. Louisa A. Small; lawyer & judge)

Notes:

M1. Susan Brewster (c.1781-1815) 1810, dau. of General Ebenezer and Hannah Brewster of Hanover, NH
M2. Lois Bunham Leverett (1790-1859) 1818, dau. of John and Lois Burnham Levertt.
Excerpt from History of Haverhill: [John Nelson's] second wife was of a distinguished family which gave to Harvard College ... a president; to the Massachusetts Colony a governor. Her father was an eminent Vermont lawyer, a graduate of Harvard and for several terms member of congress. Two of her sisters were, respectively, the first and second wives of Dea. Abel K. Merrill. She was a woman of superior intellect and of unusual literary taste and culture. Indeed the Leverett family was no small factor in the religious and social life of the Corner. Both Mr. and Mrs. Nelson were interested in home and foreign politics; were strongly anti-slavery in their sentiments, and their large family was a credit to its parentage and training."