NOURSE-ABBOTT

NOURSE - ABBOTT

The James Nourse family emigrated from England in 1769 and settled in Hampton, VA and later moved to Piedmont, a plantation near Charleston, VA (now Berkley County, West Virginia).  In 1775 James Nourse first visited Kentucky – he later died in 1784 at  his second home in Annapolis, MD. Later, in the 1790’s several children of James Nourse migrated to different parts of Kentucky, primarily Bardstown, Louisville and Logan County. Later descendants moved to Daviess County and later to Butler and Ohio County.

Artemisia Ann Nourse, born Logan County 3 Nov 1839, married William Grandison Abbott from Butler County. Their children were:

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Other descendants with connections to Ohio County are:

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Source:  James Nourse and his Descendants

By: Maria Catharine Nourse Lyle

Published 1897