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John NELSON
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Name John NELSON Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Baptised 4 Jul 1645 St. Peter’s Church, Sandwich, Kent, England
Gender Male Church Office From 1666 to 1718 Parisk Clerk - ** IF I have the right burial only **
His burial entry shows he had been 'Parish Clark' for 52 years
Will 3 Dec 1718 Written Buried 22 Feb 1718/19 St. Clement’s Church, Sandwich, Kent, England
- ** may well be wrong burial - too many family events for this John were not at St. Clement's, which seems unlikely if he were the Parish Clerk at St. Clements. **
Probate 26 Mar 1719 Archdeaconry Court, Canterbury, Kent, England
Occupation Tailor
Siblings5 brothers and 2 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch
Thomas NELSON, b. Est 1612, Kent, England
, bur. 27 Feb 1694/95, St. Peter’s Church, Sandwich, Kent, England
(Age ~ 83 years) (Father) 
Elizabeth BROAD, b. Est 1614, Kent, England
, bur. 15 Sep 1672, St. Peter’s Church, Sandwich, Kent, England
(Age ~ 58 years) (Mother) 
Person ID I28068 All Last Modified 11 Feb 2019
Father Thomas NELSON, b. Est 1612, Kent, England
, bur. 27 Feb 1694/95, St. Peter’s Church, Sandwich, Kent, England
(Age ~ 83 years)
Other Partners: Joanna HUNT m. 17 Nov 1672Mother Elizabeth BROAD, b. Est 1614, Kent, England
, bur. 15 Sep 1672, St. Peter’s Church, Sandwich, Kent, England
(Age ~ 58 years) Married 30 Aug 1640 St. Peter’s Church, Sandwich, Kent, England
- Elizabeth named as mother in some of the children's baptisms: John and Thomas, no mother named for Elizabeth and Henry and latter. Since there is no evidence of a death of an Elizabeth and a remarriage of Thomas during the period during which Thomas's children were born, but there is the burial of an Elizabeth, wife of Thomas, some years later, it seems that they were all the children of Elizabeth.
Family ID F10844 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 1 Sarah HAWKER, bur. 10 Jan 1671/72, St. Clement’s Church, Sandwich, Kent, England
Married 13 Aug 1666 St. Clement’s Church, Sandwich, Kent, England
Children4 children Last Modified 11 Feb 2019 Family ID F10868 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 2 Elizabeth MOCKET, bur. 8 Dec 1680, St. Clement’s Church, Sandwich, Kent, England
Married 12 May 1672 St. Clement’s Church, Sandwich, Kent, England
Children5 children Last Modified 10 Feb 2019 Family ID F10848 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 3 Ann SHEPPARD, bur. 22 Aug 1690, St. Peter’s Church, Sandwich, Kent, England
Married 7 Apr 1681 St. Nicholas’ Church, Ash, Kent, England
Children4 children Last Modified 11 Feb 2019 Family ID F10845 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 4 Mary DRAYTON, b. Abt 1649, bur. 22 Feb 1692/93, St. Clement’s Church, Sandwich, Kent, England
(Age ~ 44 years)
Other Partners: George COCKERTON m. 4 Feb 1672/73Marriage License 4 Feb 1690/91 Canterbury, Kent, England
- "Nelson, John, of Sandwich, tailor, widr.,
and Mary Cockerton of S. Andrew,
Cant., w. At Littleboume or Wingham.
Wm. Drayton of Cant., silk-
weaver, bonds. Feb. 4. 1690."
Married 5 Feb 1690/91 St. Vincent’s Church, Littlebourne, Kent, England
- From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 9 Feb 2019)
"John Nelson & Mary Cockerton were married Feb. 5. 1690."
Last Modified 11 Feb 2019 Family ID F10860 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 5 Judith HUGGELL, bur. 19 Oct 1703, St. Peter’s Church, Sandwich, Kent, England
Other Partners: Richard HARRIS m. 13 Aug 1674Married 27 Jul 1693 St. John the Baptist Church, Barham, Kent, England
Marriage License 27 Jul 1693 - "Nelson, John, of S. Clement in Sandwich,
tailor, widr., and Judith Harris,
s. p., w. At same, Barham or Ickham.
July 27, 1693"
Last Modified 11 Feb 2019 Family ID F10865 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 6 Judith BASSETT, b. Abt 1654, bur. 29 Jan 1716/17, St. Peter’s Church, Sandwich, Kent, England
(Age ~ 63 years)
Other Partners: Gregory BAKER m. 12 May 1681; Isaac CLARK m. 12 Jul 1694Marriage License 16 Dec 1703 Canterbury, Kent, England
- "Nelson, John, tailor, widr., and Judith
Clarke, w., both of Sandwich. At
S. Clement in S. Dec. 16, 1703."
Married 19 Dec 1703 St. Clement’s Church, Sandwich, Kent, England
Last Modified 11 Feb 2019 Family ID F10866 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- ** IF I have the right burial only **


