Thomas NELSON

Abt 1600 - 1648  (~ 48 years)

• Name	Thomas NELSON
  Birth	Abt 1600	Cottingham, Yorkshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	6 Aug 1648	At Sea While On A Return Trip In England
  Person ID	I23383	kirkpatrick
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2006

  
  

  Father	Thomas NELSON,   b. Abt 1579, Thoresby, Lincoln, England d. 10 Aug 1614, Newland, Drax, Yorkshire, England (Age ~ 35 years)
  Mother	Mary LEAVITT,   b. 3 Jul 1581, Cottingham, Yorkshire, England d. Newland, Drax, Yorkshire, England
  Marriage	Bef 1600	Prob. England
  Family ID	F7760	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	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
  Children	1. Philip NELSON, Captain,   b. 22 Jan 1635, Cottingham, Yorkshire, England d. 19 Aug 1691, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts (Age 56 years)
  Family ID	F7750	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Apr 2007

  
  

• 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.