Nelson, Mark (1733-1787)

Name:

Nelson, Mark (1733-1787)

Title:

Naval Service, Frigate Raleigh, 1776
Private, Marines, Continental Army, 1777-1778

Born:

00/00/1733

Birthplace:

Newington, NH

Died:

01/08/1787

Death Location:

Portsmouth, NH

Residence:

Portsmouth, NH

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Silversmith
Goldsmith

Father:

Nelson, Mark (1712-1765)

Mother:

Mann, Elizabeth Kennard (1707-1741)

Relations:

Brother-in-law of George Hunter (1741-), silversmith
Siblings:
Nelson, John (1735-1789; m. Sarah Moulton; gold and silversmith; res. Portsmouth, Lee, and Gilmanton, NH)
Nelson, Mary (c.1741-)
Parents: Elizabeth Kennard (formerly Mrs. Peter Mann) and Mark Nelson, m. 1732, of Portsmouth, NH. Mark was a cordwainer, as was his older brother Matthew (who also had a son John Nelson).
Grandparents: John Kennard of Portsmouth; Agnes Rackliff (c.1671-1726) and Mathew Nelson (c.1650-c.1713).

Spouse:

(1) Hannah (Hunter) Melony, July 5, 1759
(2) Mary (Fernald) Evans, March 4, 177

Children:

Mark (1760-)
Anna or Amey (1762-)
Thomas (1764-)
John, born 1768; died 1818; b., res. d. Portsmouth, NH; m1. Margaret Arnold; m2. Mrs. Betsy LeBlanc; 1 child, Nancy, who married Capt. Samuel Handy)
Samuel (1770-)
Hannah (1774-)
Elizabeth (1776-)
Samuel (1779-)

Notes:

Henry N. Flynt and Martha Gandy Fales, The Heritage Foundation Collection of Silver. With Biographical Sketches of New England Silversmiths, 1625-1825. (Old Deerfield, Massachusetts: Heritage Foundation, 1968), 286-287.

John M. Moses, "Nelsons of Portsmouth: Descendants of Matthew Nelson of Portsmouth, N.H." Ms., New Hampshire Historical Society Library.

Charles S. Parsons, New Hampshire Silver. (Cranbury, NJ: Adams Brown Company, 1983), 115-116.

Oliver P. Remick, Compiler. Appendix, A Record of the Services of Commissioned Officers and Enlisted Men of Kittery and Eliot, Maine, Who Served Their Country on Land and Sea in the American Revolution, From 1775 to 1783. (Boston, Massachusetts: A. Mudge & Son, Printers, 1901), 221.

New Hampshire Genealogical Records, III/28, V/135.

New Hampshire State Papers, Probate, 1754-1787.

Records, First Church, Portsmouth, NH, 32, 34, 95.

Advertisement, New-Hampshire Gazette, Portsmouth, NH, August 23, 1783.

Death Notice, "Fowle's New-Hampshire Gazette and General Advertiser, Portsmouth, NH, January 13, 1787, 3.

Vital Records, New Hampshire State Archives