Nathan
is my 3rd great-grandfather. He was born in 1801 in Perquimans
County, North Carolina, whic is in the northeastern corner of the
state. I was privileged to visit that area in 1996. The Albertsons
had lived in that area for over a century as Nathan's 3rd
great-grandfather Albert settled a land grant there in 1694.
By the
time Nathan was ten, his mother had died, as his father, Benjamin
Albertson, remarried in 1811, to a widow, Margaret (Bagley) Nixon,
with three children from her previous marriage. Nathan gained a
half-brother William in about 1814. Nathan's father had died before
October 1824, when Nathan married Phariby Nicholson in a Quaker
ceremony at Suttons Creek Monthly Meeting. Nathan's step-mother,
Margaret Albertson's name was listed as one of the witnesses.
Nathan
and Phariby followed the trend of Quakers moving north in the 1830's
and purchased government land in Rush County Indiana in 1834. They
continued moving, buying land in Hancock County Indiana in 1837 and
then in 1855 buying land in Hardin County, Iowa. By the 1880 census
Nathan and Phariby were living with their son Benjamin's family in
Marshall County, Iowa.
A
family history (Genealogy
of the Bell Family: A Record of the Decendants of Lancelot Bell
) gives Nathan's death date as 12 January 1883. Benjamin's family is
listed on the 1885 Nebraska state census with Phariby in their
household.
See
Nathan on my website:http://www.joanneskelton.com/p9.htm#i215
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