Christopher Nation (Nations) - Sorting out Elizabeths & Christopher Nation

Agree. We need to sort the Sharp families; this should bring insight to the Nation(s) as well.

Let's start compiling resources.

Dan Cornett I'm not sure I have an opinion yet on which Elizabeth was Christopher's wife, but in learning a little about my (possible) 7th great uncle - he was a Regulator! (A pre revolutionary war reform movement that historians consider an important step to independence). Very cool stuff.

This was a little too easy - she's named "my daughter Elizabeth Nation" in the will of Thomas Sharp of Frederick VA, 1762

See http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ourte... which I will upload to profiles as a source.

That confirms the parents of one Elizabeth Nation-born-Sharp.

However, the real issue, I think, still is figuring out the spouses of the three women with married name of Elizabeth Nation; I have little doubt about the parents of those 3 women. I *am* doubtful that those three women all married the same Christopher Nation.

They surely didn't. I'm still putting the kids in the right spot but I did notice there are likely 2 Elizabeth daughters of John Sharp ll - b 1719 & 1726, so perhaps the 1st is a died young. Have not seen the wife of Christopher Nations Jr b abt 1745 as yet & he was clearly mixed up in records with his father. The Swaim family is associated with the Nation family (& the Robins & Vickery) so the "clan map" should include them. Nation at this point do not seem to be formal Society of Friends members but they are clearly sympathetic & associated by marriage & proximity (land), in NJ, VA & NC. Do I have a feeling we'll be able to build more.

Notes from Private profile for Christopher Nation

Christopher Nation was apparently married twice (to two women named Elizabeth):

* 1st to Elizabeth Sharp, daughter of Thomas Sharp and Elizabeth Harrison.
* 2nd to Elizabeth Swaim, daughter of Michael Anthony Swaim and his 1st wife Elizabeth Cortelios.

So Dan I'm comfortable that Christopher d 1799 married 1) Elizabeth Sharp, mother of his children, & leaning to but unverifed 2) Elizabeth Swain. However there are issues with her death date (she died after 1799) & parents (if she was of Dutch background from Staten Island, how did she come to VA?)

So more input needed on those questions ....

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