9710 Individuals in our Database | | | | CAPT. Christopher Nation Sex: Male | | | |  | Birth Date | 1721 Upper Freehold Township,, Monmouth County, New Jersey, Colonial America | Death Date | 1799 Rowan, Randolph County, North Carolina, United States | Father | John Nation Capt. | Born: 1697 North Petherton, Somerset, England | Died: 1772 | Mother | Bethiah Robins | Born: 1701 | Died: 1774 | | Christopher Nation Notes: | Christopher Nations was born in New Jersey but mostly raised in Virginia. He left Virginia for North Carolina about 1750, and first appeared on Rowan Co., North Carolina tax rolls in 1759. He was soon appointed a Justice of the Peace. He was among the leaders of the Regulator rebellion movement in North Carolina just prior to the Revolutionary War, but was later pardoned by the Royal Governor. He probably was not a Quaker, but was associated with Quakers and married a Quaker girl (Elizabeth Sharp, his first wife).
| |  | Birth Date | 1719 | Death Date | 1789 | Father | Michael Swaim | Born: 1715 | Died: 1782 | Mother | | Born: | | | |
Ancestors Chart Parents 2 | 4 persons | 8 persons | 16 persons | 32 persons | 64 persons | 128 persons | 256 persons | 512 persons | 1024 persons | - | Capt. John Nation Quakers b.1697 North Petherton, Somerset, England d.1772 See Notes | John Nation III b.1672 North Petherton, Somerset, England d.1703 | John Nations II b.1651 d.1702 | John Nation I b.1625 d.1702 | Henry Nation b.1593 d.1665 | William Nation b.1553 North Petherton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
| | | | | | | | | | | | Capt. John Nation Quakers b.1697 North Petherton, Somerset, England d.1772 See Notes | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Elizabeth BETTY b.1655 d.1677 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Frances Parsons b.1678 Waxall, Somerset, England d.1710 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Parents 2 | 4 persons | 8 persons | 16 persons | 32 persons | 64 persons | 128 persons | 256 persons | 512 persons | 1024-persons | - | Bethiah Robins b.1701 d.1774 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 persons | 4 persons | 8 persons | 16 persons | 32 persons | 64 Persons | 128 persons | 256 persons | 512 persons | 1024 persons | - | | | | |