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Hannah <I>Brocklebank</I> Nelson

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Hannah Brocklebank Nelson

Birth
Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
5 Jun 1732 (aged 47)
Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Georgetown, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
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Age: 48
Parents: Saumel Brocklebank & Elizabeth Platts
Spouse: Joseph Nelson
Marriage: int. March 2, 1705/6
Age: 48
Parents: Saumel Brocklebank & Elizabeth Platts
Spouse: Joseph Nelson
Marriage: int. March 2, 1705/6

Inscription

HERE LYES BURIED
the BODY OF HAnnAH
NELSOn ye WIFE OF
mr IOSEPH NELSOn
WHO DIED IUNE ye 5th
1732 & IN Ye 48
YEAR OF HER AGE

GRAND-DAUGHTER OF CAPT SAMUEL BROCKLKBANK OF ROWLEY, WHO WAS SLAIN BY THE INDIANS, AT SUDBURY, APRIL 21, 1676, AND THE FIRST PERSON BURIED IN THIS PLACE.

Gravesite Details

These last lines were not on the stone originally, but were added by Syvanus Nelson in the 1850s, according to Sidney Perley.



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  • Created by: Bill Boyington
  • Added: Nov 30, 2005
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12550622/hannah-nelson: accessed ), memorial page for Hannah Brocklebank Nelson (26 Aug 1684–5 Jun 1732), Find a Grave Memorial ID 12550622, citing Union Cemetery, Georgetown, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Bill Boyington (contributor 46800933).