Thomas NELSON
Abt 1600 - 1648 (~ 48 years)1. Thomas NELSON was born about 1600 in Cottingham, Yorkshire, England (son of Thomas NELSON and Mary LEAVITT); died on 6 Aug 1648 in At Sea While On A Return Trip In England. Notes:
Thomas emigrated to New England in 1638, where he settled in Rowley,Massachusetts.
He came from Yorkshire, England, was one of founders of Rowley,Massachusetts.
Thomas was made Freeman in May 1639. In 1640 he erected a saw mill atRowley and was appointed in 1640 by the Court along with Edward Woodmanand William Paine to view and settle the bounds between Hampton andColchester (Salisbury). He was representative to the General Court 1641.
Thomas was the wealthiest of the Rogers company. In 1643 (says Winthrop)our supplies from England failing much, men began to look about them andfell to manufacture of cotton wherof we had store from Barbadoes and ofhemp and flax wherein Rowley to their great commendation exceeded allother towns. The mills built by Thomas Nelson were the first in Rowleyand among the first grists mills built in America and were never idle(although enlarged and modified) until the fire of Oct 1916.
He made a will as he planned a trip to England which he signed in 24 Dec1645 and it was desposed before the court by Jeremy Houchen 21 Oct 1649.He returned to England, where and died in 1643.Thomas married Dorothy STAPLETON on 27 Jan 1627 in All Saints, Yorkshire, England. Dorothy (daughter of Philip STAPLETON and Dorothy HILL) was born on 11 Aug 1608 in Pannall, Yorkshire, England; died before 27 Sep 1637 in Rowley, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Philip NELSON, Captain was born on 22 Jan 1635 in Cottingham, Yorkshire, England; died on 19 Aug 1691 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts.
2. Thomas NELSON was born about 1579 in Thoresby, Lincoln, England (son of William NELSON and Margaret UNKNOWN); died on 10 Aug 1614 in Newland, Drax, Yorkshire, England. Thomas married Mary LEAVITT before 1600 in Prob. England. Mary (daughter of Percival LEAVITT and Elizabeth ROTHERFORTH) was born on 3 Jul 1581 in Cottingham, Yorkshire, England; died in Newland, Drax, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Mary LEAVITT was born on 3 Jul 1581 in Cottingham, Yorkshire, England (daughter of Percival LEAVITT and Elizabeth ROTHERFORTH); died in Newland, Drax, Yorkshire, England. Children:
- 1. Thomas NELSON was born about 1600 in Cottingham, Yorkshire, England; died on 6 Aug 1648 in At Sea While On A Return Trip In England.
Generation: 3
4. William NELSON was born about 1553 in Barton Up Humber, Lincolnshire, England; died on 18 May 1598 in (Wd) Drax, Yorkshire, England. William married Margaret UNKNOWN about 1578 in Barton Up Humber, Lincolnshire, England. Margaret was born about 1557 in Barton Up Humber, Lincolnshire, England; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Margaret UNKNOWN was born about 1557 in Barton Up Humber, Lincolnshire, England; and died. Children:
- 2. Thomas NELSON was born about 1579 in Thoresby, Lincoln, England; died on 10 Aug 1614 in Newland, Drax, Yorkshire, England.
6. Percival LEAVITT was born in 1552 in Yorkshire, England (son of William LEAVITT and Joan YNGLANDE); died in 1625 in Yorkshire, England. Percival married Elizabeth ROTHERFORTH in 1574 in Yorkshire, England. Elizabeth (daughter of Alexander ROTHERFORTH and UNKNOWN) was born about 1561 in Yorkshire, England; died in Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Elizabeth ROTHERFORTH was born about 1561 in Yorkshire, England (daughter of Alexander ROTHERFORTH and UNKNOWN); died in Yorkshire, England. Children:
- 3. Mary LEAVITT was born on 3 Jul 1581 in Cottingham, Yorkshire, England; died in Newland, Drax, Yorkshire, England.
Generation: 4
12. William LEAVITT was born in 1528 in Appleton, Bolton Percy, Yorkshire, England (son of Richard LEAVITT and Ellen UNKNOWN); died on 6 Jul 1569 in Harewood, Yorkshire, England. William married Joan YNGLANDE. Joan was born in 1532 in Harewood, Yorkshire, England; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
13. Joan YNGLANDE was born in 1532 in Harewood, Yorkshire, England; and died. Children:
- 6. Percival LEAVITT was born in 1552 in Yorkshire, England; died in 1625 in Yorkshire, England.
14. Alexander ROTHERFORTH was born about 1522 in Yorkshire, England; and died. Alexander married UNKNOWN. was born about 1528 in Yorkshire, England; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
15. UNKNOWN was born about 1528 in Yorkshire, England; and died. Children:
- 7. Elizabeth ROTHERFORTH was born about 1561 in Yorkshire, England; died in Yorkshire, England.