Joan (Dummer) Nelson (abt. 1619 - aft. 1654)

Born about 1619 in England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Nelson — married 15 Feb 1641 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts

Died after 1654 after about age 35 in England [uncertain]

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Joan (Dummer) Nelson migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Directory, by R. C. Anderson, p. 99) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Biography

Joan Dummer at age about 19, daughter of Thomas, came in the "Bevis in 1637/8, ^[1][2]

After her arrival in New England, married Thomas Nelson of Rowley as his second wife. (p. 592) ^[2] In the marriage contract of Joan to Thomas Nelson, Feb. 15, 1641, Thomas Dummer is of Bagdeth, Old England. (p. 113/114) ^[3] (p. 141) ^{[4] [5]}

Thomas Nelson, gentleman of Cottingham, Yorkshire, immigrated to New England in 1638, settling in Rowley, Massachusetts after the death of his first wife Dorothy. He married second, Feb. 15, 1641/2, Joan Dummer, daughter of Thomas, of North Stoneham, Hampshire. They had a son Samuel and a daughter Mercy who married John Stoke.

Thomas Nelson returned to England and died there before Feb. 21, 1650 the date of the proving of his will. He left a will dated 1645 in anticipation of his voyage, with a codicil dated in England in 1648. (p. 275)^[6]

Thomas Nelson, the wealthiest of Rev. Ezekiel Rogers Company that was granted land March 13, 1638/9 under the General Court concerning Rowley ; married here at Rowley, a second wife, Jane Dummer. He brought with him two children; his second wife had two. He went to England on business and there died Aug. 6, 1648. Will dated 24 Dec, 1645; proved 21-10 mo., 1649. ( Proem: p. viii) ^{[7] [3]}

In the will of Thomas Nelson of Rowley proven at Ipswich, Massachusetts, he names:

• his wife Joan
• sons Philip, Thomas and Samuel
• daughter Mercy

He appointed his aunt Katherin Withars, Richard Bellingham and his uncle Richard Dummer, executors; and appointed Mr. Ezekiel Rogers and Mr. John Norton as overseers. ^{[3] [7] [8] [5] [9]}

After Thomas' death, his widow Joan returned to England and was there in 1654 at Stoneham, County of Southampton, with the younger children. ^{[9] [7]}

In the Rowley book of grants 1661-2, mention is made of Mr. Thomas Nelson's children in England. ^[9] P. 109)^[7]

Children

1. Mercy born at Rowley, Massachusetts on Feb. 26, 1644 [26: 12m: 1643]^[10]; married John Stoke/Storke in England. ^{[5] [9]}
2. Samuel born at Rowley about 1646 ^[5]; died in England before 1676. ^[8][9]
3. ? John born about 1648; died young. ^[9]

Rowley Births:

Nelson, Mercy, d. Thomas and Joan, 26: 12m: 1643. (p. 144) ^[10]

[Note: In his will, dated December 24, 1645 Thomas mentions his child yet unborn; in the codicil Aug. 1648, he mentions that this child, since born, is Samuel Nelson. CH]

Research Notes

[Note: Several sources indicate that the Thomas Dummer on the Bevis was Joan's father, however, the Thomas Dummer on the Bevis is also age 19 and is indicated to be Thomas, son of John, nephew of Richard and Joan is the daughter of Thomas, niece of Richard his brother. Richard accompanied them on the Bevis. SEE: (p. 261) ^[11] CH]

Sources

1. ↑ Hotten, John C., editor. The Original Lists of Persons of Quality; Emigrants; Religious Exiles; Political Rebels; Serving Men Sold for a Term of Years; Apprentices; Children Stolen; Maidens Pressed; and Others who went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700 : with their ages and the names of the ships in which they embarked, and other interesting particulars; from mss. preserved in the State Paper Department of Her Majesty's Public Record Office, England, J. C. Hotten, London, England, 1874. p. 299.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Anderson, Robert C. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., 1995, NEHGS, Boston, MA, p. 592. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010)
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} The Probate records of Essex County, Massachusetts, Vol. 1 1635-1664, The Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, 1916. p. 109-113
4. ↑ The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts: With Some Related Families of Newbury, Haverhill, Ipswich, and Hampton, and of York County, Maine By David Webster Hoyt Genealogical Publishing Com, 1897
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} Richardson, Douglas, Kimball G. Everingham, editor. Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, Volume II, 2nd edition (2011) p. 275
6. ↑ Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, 2nd Edition By Douglas Richardson Edited By Kimball G. Everingham 2011
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3} The Early Records of Rowley, Massachusetts 1639-1672, Volume 1, Rowley, MA, 1894
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Richardson, Douglas. The Ancestry of Dorothy Stapleton, First Wife of Thomas Nelson of Rowley, Massachusetts, With A Provisional Royal Line. In: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Vol. 148, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1994. pp. 130-139
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5} Jewett, Amos Everett, editor. Early Settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts: A Genealogical Record of the Families who Settled in Rowley Before 1700, with Several Generations of Their Descendants, Rowley, MA, 1933. p. 243-4.
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1} Vital Records of Rowley Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 The Essex institute, 1928
11. ↑ The New England Historical and Genealogical Register: Volume 35 1881 By Henry Fritz-Gilbert Waters, New England Historic Genealogical Society Reprinted Heritage Books, Apr 1, 1996

• Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, 1636-1686 (The Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.,1912) Vol. 2: 1656-1662, Page 8: Court Held at Salem, 26: 9: 1656. "Contract of marriage between Thomas Nelson of Rowley and Joane Dumer, dated 15: 12: 1641." & Page 14