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| The Upton,MA History 1735-1935 says that "Samuel Nelson with mother, wife and sister had his home loom at work as early as 1726". In another place it says,"Before the town was incorporated, Samuel Nelson wove cloth for which his daughter,Dorothy, did the spinning and his 'accompt book' names many patrons. Many other homes spun and wove cloth from the wool of their own sheep. (The sister was Hannah,RN=108.) Samuel Nelson was the progenitor of the Upton,MA Nelsons. He was dismissed from the Rowley church to "Mandon",25 October 1735. He settled in the southerly part of Upton,then included in Mendon not long after his uncle Gershom came to the Josiah Wood farm in what is now Hopedale. Their homes were only about two miles apart. He was known and much respected in Upton as Deacon Samuel Nelson. At a meeting, 10 November,1735, it was voted to build a meeting house 35x40 ft. to be located at a site in the old graveyard. The minister, Rev.Thomas Weld, was ordained in 1738 and promptly afterward Deacon Samuel Nelson prepared the first Sacrament and continued that function through 1743. On January 4,1749, Samuel Warfield and Samuel Nelson as deacon of the First Church of Christ in Upton brought the members of the Church together and led in signing a strong Covenant in renewal of their faith. Besides the deacons,there were twenty-one men (the negro Pompey being one) and there were three women signers. "Deacon Samuel Nelson divided his land, giving each son a part, Thomas living at the immediate homestead with his father. Francis built anew and lived on the northern portion. Deacon Samuel had a brother,Jonathan,who went to Upton and who had a son, David. David went to Shrewsbury and became the ancestor of the Shrewsbury Nelsons."(From a letter of Elijah RN=514 to Henry RN=2386 dated 26 Dec 1877) In the woods, a half mile from the Church yard of the first meeting house, among the great pines, is a burying place of some of the Nelsons. North of the common a half mile is a second cemetary and across the highway is Lakeview. There is also Maplewood. By 1790, the old Nipmuck Trail had widened into a good road from Mendon, past Deacon Nelson's buildings and so on to Grafton. | ||||||||||
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