Deborah Nelson

F, (14 April 1765 - 15 September 1817)
Father-Biological*Josiah Nelson1
Mother-Biological*Elizabeth Thayer1
Last Edited=15 Oct 2022
     Deborah Nelson was born on 14 April 1765 at Milford, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Josiah Nelson and Elizabeth Thayer.1 Deborah Nelson was christened on 14 August 1765 at Milford, Massachusetts.1

Deborah Nelson, age 21, married Jonathan Jones, age 23 , son of Jonathan Jones and Mary Wood, on 28 May 1786 at Milford, Massachusetts.

Children:
1. Philip Jones (1787-1794)
2. Levi Jones (1789-____)
3. Jonathan Jones (1791-1816)
4. Charlotte Jones (1793-____)
5. Josiah N. Jones (1798-1815)
6. George Washington Jones (1800-____)
7. Emily N. Jones (1810-____.)


Deborah Nelson died on 15 September 1817 at Orange, Massachusetts, at age 52. She was buried at Jones Cemetery, Orange, Massachusetts. Deborah's epitaph reads:

Mrs. Deborah Jones
Wife of Mr. Jonathan Jones
Died 15 September 1817 in her 53rd year
Death is a sweet sonorous sound
To those who have salvation found.
It wafts them to the courts of bliss
Where all is joy and happiness.


Citations

  1. Ballou, Adin. History of the Town of Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts From its First Settlement to 1881. Boston: Franklin Press: Rand, Avery, & Co, 1882.