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Thomas Nelson was born at Yorktown, in Virginia, on December 26,1738. William Nelson was the father of Thomas Nelson Jr. He was a native to England, and went to America about the beginning of the 16th century. Thomas was the oldest son of his family. His father sent him to England at the age of fourteen to be educated at a private school not to far from London. He was educated at Christ's College at Cambridge University. Thomas graduated in 1760, and he returned to Virginia the next year, when he was 22. In 1762, he married Lucy Grymes Together, they would have 13 childrenand their son, Hugh Nelson (1768-1836), would later serve in the US Congress. His 1st term which was served in 1777, did not last that long in Congress due to illness. But later that year he wasa able to sign the most honorable declerations of all The Decleration Of Ind​ ependence.