Capt. Phillip Nelson

Justice of the Peace and a large landowner (said to have been 3,000 acres). He was Captain of a military company under the command of Sir William Phipps who went against the French at Nova Scotia.

"His coffin says he died August 20, 1691, and tells a sad story about his delusion as to the power of working miracles."

Apparently this gravestone comment relates to the following event described by John Langdon Sibley in "Biographical Sketches of Graduates of Harvard University," Vol. I, 1642-1658:

"According to Gage, Nelson was also 'the occasion of other difficulties in the church by pretending to cure a deaf and dumb boy in the imitation of our Saviour, by saying Epphatha. The ministers of the neighbouring churches were called together, and the boy was brought before them, to see whether he could speak or not. He was interrogated, but 'there he stood,' says the church records, 'like a deaf and dumb boy as he was."

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• 'The historic genealogy of the Lowells of America from 1639 to 1899 (1899)
• http://www.archive.org/details/historicgenealo00lowegoog
• http://www.archive.org/stream/historicgenealo00lowegoog#page/n65/mo...
• 1. PERCIVAL LOWELL1 (Lowle), b. in England 1571, "Percefall dyed Jan. 8, 1664 at Newbury, Mass. M. in England Rebecca ___ , d. in Newbury, Mass. Dec. 28, 1645. He was therefore 68 years of age when he came to New England, and 93 when he d. In England he res. at Kingston-Seymour, Clevedon, Portbury, Weston-in-Gardano, all of Somersetshire, also Bristol of Gloucestershire. He came to Newbury, Mass., New England, from Bristol, England 1639 in the ship "Jonathan." In 1597 he was assessor in Kingston-Seymour, England. The early parish records covering his early life in England unfortunately are lost, leaving much unknown that would have been of great interest. Percival and family must have been well conditioned people in England. They had their well authenticated coat of arms with other evidence of their high position. They had in Bristol. England, a large mercantile establishment under the firm name of "Percival Lowle and Co." This firm was composed of the father Percival, the son John, and perhaps the son Richard, and possible William Gerrish, who came over with the Lowles and subsequently m. Percival's sister, Mrs. Joanna Oliver, widow of John Oliver.
• http://www.archive.org/stream/historicgenealo00lowegoog#page/n67/mo...
• 1653 Percival Lowell was appraiser of the estate of Thomas Millard of Newbury. Mass. This Thos. Millard m. Abigail Goodale, sister of Elizabeth, wife of John Lowell, oldest son of Percival.
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/historicgenealo00lowegoog#page/n71/mo...
  • SECOND GENERATION.
• Children of Percival1 [1] and Rebecca ___ Lowell:
  • 2. I. JOHN2, b. in England 1595, d. in Newbury, Mass. July 10, 1647; m. 1st in England Margaret (Mary (written in)) ___ , d. soon after the b. of her fifth child, 1639, the same year of her arrival in New England. m. 2nd in Newbury, Mass. 1639, Elizabeth Goodale, b. in Yarmouth Norfolk Co., England, d. in Newbury, Mass. April 23, 1651, dau. of John Goodale and wife, widow Elizabeth Taylor of Newbury, Mass.
  • Elizabeth Goodale, with her mother and family, came from Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England 1638, to Newbury, Mass. The Goodale family consisted of the mother, and son Richard, daus. Abigail or Ann, who m. 1st Thomas Millard of Boston, Mass., and 2nd in Newbury Mass. Dec. 26, 1654, Daniel Pierce, Elizabeth who m. John Lowell, and Susanna Taylor, a half-sister, who m. Abraham Tappan of Newbury. John Goodale's will is dated at Yarmouth, England, June 1625, in which is mentioned Elizabeth and others.
  • For will of John Lowell, see A in appendix. For will of his wife Elizabeth, see B in appendix. John Lowell came to New England 1639, with his father, bringing wife and four children. He was a man of good education for those early days; was a man of prominence and influence in the community. Feb. 2, 1640, he was made freeman; was constable Dec. 10, 1641; Deputy in the General Court March 7, 1644; was appointed May 14, 1645, as one of three Commissioners of this town to settle small disputes, involving less than 20 shillings, and reappointed, holding the position until his d. ; he held the office of town clerk at his d. While yet in England he apprenticed himself in 1619, when 24 years of age. to Richard Baugh of Bristol, England, who was a "Glover." He was admitted as a citizen of Bristol, England in 1629. Sept. 7, 1637, he had Richard Dole apprenticed to him for seven years. Dole came with the Lowells to America and became a merchant of wealth and prominence in Newbury, where he settled. For "peticon" (petition] addressed to the General Court of Mass. Bay Colony, and the Court's action, see C in appendix. March 17, 1742, he, with his father, was a freeholder.
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  • The John Lowell line
    • THIRD GENERATION.
  • Children of John2 [2] (Percival1) and 1st wife Mary ___ Lowell : ......
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    • ' 13. VIII. ELIZABETH3 b. Newbury, Mass. Feb. 16, 1646, d. in Rowley, Mass. Dec. 14, 1731. Int. Pub. Nov. 1, 1666, and m. Jan. 1, 1667, Capt. Phillip2 Nelson of Rowley, Mass., b. in England 1636, d. at Rowley, Mass. Aug. 19, 1691, son of Thomas and Joan (Dummer) Nelson, who came from England Dec. 1838, to Salem, Mass., and the next spring settled in Rowley, Mass. Philip2 received a double portion by his father's will dated 1645. He was grad. by H. C. 1654, was freeman 1655, was captain of a Rowley Co. in the expedition to Quebec, 1690. He was an eccentric
    • http://www.archive.org/stream/historicgenealo00lowegoog#page/n79/mo...
    • ' character and is said to have been frequently disciplined at the University, and to have stirred up the sedate people of Rowley, Mass. "He was probably the largest land owner in the town, holding nearly 3,000 acres." One of his descendants says: "His landed estate was immense, probably more than 3,000 acres, much of it bounded by the Merrimac above and below Haverhill, Mass." He m. 1st 1657, Sarah Jewell, d. Feb. 14, 1665, and had two children by her, one was Philip, b. in Rowley, Mass. April 16, 1659. Elizabeth and Philip had : .....
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• Marriage to Sarah Jewett: (24 Jun 1657 — Age: 23) Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
• Marriage: (24 Jun 1657 — Age: 23)
  • Updated from Ancestry Genealogy via brother Charles Nelson by SmartCopy: Nov 29 2015, 2:50:59 UTC

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Capt Philip Nelson Memorial

Birth: 1633 Cottingham East Riding of Yorkshire Unitary Authority East Riding of Yorkshire, England Death: Aug. 19, 1691 Rowley Essex County Massachusetts, USA

PHILIP NELSON, baptized at Cottingham, Yorkshire 22 Jan 1634/5, graduated Harvard College 1654, died Rowley, Massachusetts 19 Aug 1691.

He married (1) at Rowley, Massachusetts 24 Jun 1657 SARAH JEWETT, 3 Jan 1635/6, buried at Rowley, Massachusetts 17 Feb 1665/6.

Children by 1st wife, SARAH JEWETT

i PHILIP, b. 16 Apr 1659; m. Widow Sarah Hobson ii MARY, b. 26 Mar 1662; m. John Haseltine

He married (2) at Rowley, Massachusetts 1 Dec 1666 ELIZABETH LOWELL, born at Newbury, Massachusetts 16 Feb 1646, died at Rowley, Massachusetts 14 Dec 1731.

Children by 2nd wife ELIZABETH LOWELL

iii JOHN, b. 30 Jun 1668; m. Mary Trumble iv JEREMIAH, b. 23 Nov 1670; bur. 18 Jan 1670-1 v ELIZABETH, b. 24 Jan 1671-2 vi SARAH, bp. 8 June, 1673; m. 8 Sept1696, Robert Wadleigh of Exeter. vii JEREMIAH, b. 15 Nov 674; m. Ann Hopkinson viii MARTHA, b. 30 Oct 1677; m. George Dickinson ix RUTH, b. 20 Aug 1680; m. Samuel Dickinson x JOSEPH, b. 28 Nov 1682; m. Hannah Brocklebank xi JEMIMA, b. 22 Oct 1686; m. Dr. William Bennet xii LUCY, b. 14 Jan 1688-9; m. 22 Nov 1706
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References: The Descendants of JUDGE JOHN LOWELL of Newburyport, Massachusetts, by Scott C. Steward, Christopher C. Child (Oct 2011), page 6,7,8

Early Settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts, compiled by George Brainard Blodette, A.M., Revised, Edited and Published by Amos Everett Jewett,(1933) pages 243-244

Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, Volume III, 2nd edition 2011, by Douglas Richardson, Kimball G. Everingham, editor, page 275, 460

Family links:

Parents:

 Thomas Nelson (1601 - 1648)

 Dorothy Stapleton Nelson (1608 - 1637)

Spouses:

 Sarah Jewett Nelson (1636 - 1664)

 Elizabeth Lowell Nelson (1645 - 1731)

Children:

 Joseph Nelson (1682 - 1743)*

 Jemima Nelson Parsons (1687 - 1752)*

Sibling:

 Philip Nelson (1633 - 1691)

 Thomas Nelson (1635 - 1712)*

• Calculated relationship

Burial: Rowley Burial Ground Rowley Essex County Massachusetts, USA GPS (lat/lon): 42.7131, -70.8772

Created by: Paula Towne McRonald Record added: Jan 17, 2012 Find A Grave Memorial# 83585382

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Justice of the Peace and a large landowner (said to have been 3,000 acres). He was Captain of a military company under the command of Sir William Phipps who went against the French at Nova Scotia.

"His coffin says he died August 20, 1691, and tells a sad story about his delusion as to the power of working miracles."

Apparently this gravestone comment relates to the following event described by John Langdon Sibley in "Biographical Sketches of Graduates of Harvard University," Vol. I, 1642-1658:

"According to Gage, Nelson was also 'the occasion of other difficulties in the church by pretending to cure a deaf and dumb boy in the imitation of our Saviour, by saying Epphatha. The ministers of the neighbouring churches were called together, and the boy was brought before them, to see whether he could speak or not. He was interrogated, but 'there he stood,' says the church records, 'like a deaf and dumb boy as he was."

_________ 'The historic genealogy of the Lowells of America from 1639 to 1899 (1899) http://www.archive.org/details/historicgenealo00lowegoog http://www.archive.org/stream/historicgenealo00lowegoog#page/n65/mo... 1. PERCIVAL LOWELL1 (Lowle), b. in England 1571, "Percefall dyed Jan. 8, 1664 at Newbury, Mass. M. in England Rebecca ___ , d. in Newbury, Mass. Dec. 28, 1645. He was therefore 68 years of age when he came to New England, and 93 when he d. In England he res. at Kingston-Seymour, Clevedon, Portbury, Weston-in-Gardano, all of Somersetshire, also Bristol of Gloucestershire. He came to Newbury, Mass., New England, from Bristol, England 1639 in the ship "Jonathan." In 1597 he was assessor in Kingston-Seymour, England. The early parish records covering his early life in England unfortunately are lost, leaving much unknown that would have been of great interest. Percival and family must have been well conditioned people in England. They had their well authenticated coat of arms with other evidence of their high position. They had in Bristol. England, a large mercantile establishment under the firm name of "Percival Lowle and Co." This firm was composed of the father Percival, the son John, and perhaps the son Richard, and possible William Gerrish, who came over with the Lowles and subsequently m. Percival's sister, Mrs. Joanna Oliver, widow of John Oliver. http://www.archive.org/stream/historicgenealo00lowegoog#page/n67/mo... 1653 Percival Lowell was appraiser of the estate of Thomas Millard of Newbury. Mass. This Thos. Millard m. Abigail Goodale, sister of Elizabeth, wife of John Lowell, oldest son of Percival. http://www.archive.org/stream/historicgenealo00lowegoog#page/n71/mo... SECOND GENERATION. Children of Percival1 [1] and Rebecca ___ Lowell: 2. I. JOHN2, b. in England 1595, d. in Newbury, Mass. July 10, 1647; m. 1st in England Margaret (Mary (written in)) ___ , d. soon after the b. of her fifth child, 1639, the same year of her arrival in New England. m. 2nd in Newbury, Mass. 1639, Elizabeth Goodale, b. in Yarmouth Norfolk Co., England, d. in Newbury, Mass. April 23, 1651, dau. of John Goodale and wife, widow Elizabeth Taylor of Newbury, Mass. Elizabeth Goodale, with her mother and family, came from Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England 1638, to Newbury, Mass. The Goodale family consisted of the mother, and son Richard, daus. Abigail or Ann, who m. 1st Thomas Millard of Boston, Mass., and 2nd in Newbury Mass. Dec. 26, 1654, Daniel Pierce, Elizabeth who m. John Lowell, and Susanna Taylor, a half-sister, who m. Abraham Tappan of Newbury. John Goodale's will is dated at Yarmouth, England, June 1625, in which is mentioned Elizabeth and others. For will of John Lowell, see A in appendix. For will of his wife Elizabeth, see B in appendix. John Lowell came to New England 1639, with his father, bringing wife and four children. He was a man of good education for those early days; was a man of prominence and influence in the community. Feb. 2, 1640, he was made freeman; was constable Dec. 10, 1641; Deputy in the General Court March 7, 1644; was appointed May 14, 1645, as one of three Commissioners of this town to settle small disputes, involving less than 20 shillings, and reappointed, holding the position until his d. ; he held the office of town clerk at his d. While yet in England he apprenticed himself in 1619, when 24 years of age. to Richard Baugh of Bristol, England, who was a "Glover." He was admitted as a citizen of Bristol, England in 1629. Sept. 7, 1637, he had Richard Dole apprenticed to him for seven years. Dole came with the Lowells to America and became a merchant of wealth and prominence in Newbury, where he settled. For "peticon" (petition] addressed to the General Court of Mass. Bay Colony, and the Court's action, see C in appendix. March 17, 1742, he, with his father, was a freeholder. http://www.archive.org/stream/historicgenealo00lowegoog#page/n76/mo... The John Lowell line THIRD GENERATION. Children of John2 [2] (Percival1) and 1st wife Mary ___ Lowell : ...... http://www.archive.org/stream/historicgenealo00lowegoog#page/n77/mo... By 2nd m. http://www.archive.org/stream/historicgenealo00lowegoog#page/n78/mo... ' 13. VIII. ELIZABETH3 b. Newbury, Mass. Feb. 16, 1646, d. in Rowley, Mass. Dec. 14, 1731. Int. Pub. Nov. 1, 1666, and m. Jan. 1, 1667, Capt. Phillip2 Nelson of Rowley, Mass., b. in England 1636, d. at Rowley, Mass. Aug. 19, 1691, son of Thomas and Joan (Dummer) Nelson, who came from England Dec. 1838, to Salem, Mass., and the next spring settled in Rowley, Mass. Philip2 received a double portion by his father's will dated 1645. He was grad. by H. C. 1654, was freeman 1655, was captain of a Rowley Co. in the expedition to Quebec, 1690. He was an eccentric http://www.archive.org/stream/historicgenealo00lowegoog#page/n79/mo... ' character and is said to have been frequently disciplined at the University, and to have stirred up the sedate people of Rowley, Mass. "He was probably the largest land owner in the town, holding nearly 3,000 acres." One of his descendants says: "His landed estate was immense, probably more than 3,000 acres, much of it bounded by the Merrimac above and below Haverhill, Mass." He m. 1st 1657, Sarah Jewell, d. Feb. 14, 1665, and had two children by her, one was Philip, b. in Rowley, Mass. April 16, 1659. Elizabeth and Philip had : ..... ________________ Marriage to Sarah Jewett: (24 Jun 1657 — Age: 23) Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Marriage: (24 Jun 1657 — Age: 23) Updated from Ancestry Genealogy via brother Charles Nelson by SmartCopy: Nov 29 2015, 2:50:59 UTC

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Birth: 1633 - Cottingham, Yorkshire, England
Death: Aug 19 1691 - Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Father: Thomas Nelson
Wife: Elizabeth Nelson (born Lowell)
Wife: Sarah Nelson (born Jewett)
Children: Philip Nelson, Mary Hazeltine (born Nelson), John Nelson, Jeremiah Nelson, Elizabeth Nelson, Sarah Nelson, Jeremiah Nelson, Martha Dickerson (born Nelson), Ruth Dickinson (born Nelson), Joseph Nelson, Jemima Nelson, Lucy Coburn (born Nelson)
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Birth: Jan 22 1635 - Cottingham, Yorkshire, England
Death: Aug 19 1691 - Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Province
Parents: Thomas Nelson, Dorothy Nelson (born Stapleton)
Siblings: Thomas Nelson, Thomas Nelson
Wife: Elizabeth Nelson (born Lowell)
Children: Philip Nelson, Thomas Nelson, Mary Hazeltine (born Nelson), John Nelson,, Jeremiah Nelson, Sarah Wadleigh (born Nelson), Jeremiah Nelson, Martha Dickinson (born Nelson), Ruth Dickinson (born Nelson), Joseph Nelson, Jemimah Bennett-todd-parsons (born Nelson Bennett, Todd), Lucy Colburn (born Nelson Colburn)
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Phillip NELSON
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Birth: Jan 20 1634 - Cottingham, Yorkshire East Riding, England
Death: Aug 19 1691 - Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
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Philip NELSON
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Birth: 1633 - Of Rowley, Essex, Mass
Death: Aug 20 1691 - Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts
Parents: Thomas NELSON, Mrs. Dorothie NELSON
Spouses: Sarah JEWETT, Elizabeth LOWELL, Sarah JEWETT
Children: Lucy NELSON, Jemima NELSON, Joseph NELSON, Ruth NELSON, Martha NELSON, Jeremiah NELSON, Sarah NELSON, Elizabeth NELSON, Jeremiah NELSON, John NELSON
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Captain Philip NELSON
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Birth: Jan 22 1634 - Cottingham, Yorkshire, England
Death: Aug 19 1691 - Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
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Siblings: Thomas NELSON, Katherine NELSON, Thomas NELSON
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Philip NELSON
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Birth: 1634 - Cottingham, Yorkshire, Royaume-Uni
Death: Aug 19 1691 - Rowley, Massachusetts, Usa
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Death: Aug 19 1691
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Birth: Jan 20 1634 - Cottingham, Yorkshire East Riding, England
Death: Aug 19 1691 - Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Parents: Thomas Nelson, Dorothy Nelson (born Stapelton)
Siblings: Dorithea Nelson, Katherina Nelson, Mary Nelson, Dorothy Nelson, Thomas Nelson
Wife: Elizabeth Nelson (born Lowell)
Wife: Sarah Nelson (born Jewett)