Philip NELSON, Captain

1635 - 1691  (56 years)

• Name	Philip NELSON
  Suffix	Captain
  Birth	22 Jan 1635	Cottingham, Yorkshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	19 Aug 1691	Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts
  Person ID	I23356	kirkpatrick
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2006

  
  

  Father	Thomas NELSON,   b. Abt 1600, Cottingham, Yorkshire, England d. 6 Aug 1648, At Sea While On A Return Trip In England (Age ~ 48 years)
  Mother	Dorothy STAPLETON,   b. 11 Aug 1608, Pannall, Yorkshire, England d. Bef 27 Sep 1637, Rowley, Yorkshire, England (Age 29 years)
  Marriage	27 Jan 1627	All Saints, Yorkshire, England
  Family ID	F7750	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth LOWELL,   b. 16 Feb 1646, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts d. 14 Dec 1731, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	1 Dec 1666	Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts
  Children	1. Martha NELSON,   b. 30 Oct 1677, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts d. 19 Apr 1743 (Age 65 years)
  Family ID	F6575	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Apr 2007

  
  

• Notes

  Philip Nelson, the eldest son of Thomas, came to America with his fatherin 1638. He graduated from Harvard in 1654, and was admitted freeman in1667. He caused some trouble in the church at Rowley by pretending tocure a deaf and dumb boy in imitation of our Saviour, by sayingEphphatha. The ministers of the neighbouring churches were calledtogether, and the boy was brought before them to see whether he couldspeak or not. He was interrogated, but "there he stood," say the records,"like a deaf and dumb boy as he was." They could not make him hear, norcould he speak. Coffin, MS Letter. Philip died 20 Aug. 1691.