FHB Courtenay

Family History Book: Courtenay

Immediate Relatives

Children of Frances Courtenay and Robert Tucker

• Courtenay Tucker (1704-1757)

married Jacob Walker

• Robert Tucker II (1710-1767)

married Joanna Corbin

• John Tucker of Barbados (~1714-)

• Sarah Tucker (1716-1757)

married Benjamin Farmer

Child of Frances Courtenay and Thomas "Scotch Tom" Nelson

• Sarah "Sallie" Nelson

married Robert Burwell

Step-Children of Frances Courtenay with 2nd husband, Thomas "Scotch Tom" Nelson

• President William Nelson

married Elizabeth Burwell

Four children, including Thomas Nelson, Jr., signer of the Declaration of Independence

• Mary Nelson

married Col. Edmond Berkeley

• Secretary Thomas Nelson

married Lucy Armistead

Other Courtenay Relatives

• The Courtenay families of Devon & Powderham

As far as I know, other than her name there is no direct evidence that Frances Courtenay was related to the Courtenays of Devon and Castle Powderham.

Linked Families

• Nelson
• Tucker
• Walker

References

• The Complete Peerage, Vol. 4, pp 323-339, by George Edward Cokayne
• Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia, Bishop William Meade
• Thomas Nelson House, Yorktown, National Park Service

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