Joseph Hopper Nicholson

Personal and Family Information

Joseph was born on 15 MAY 1770 in Maryland, the son of unknown parents.

He died on 4 MAR 1817. The place is not known.

His wife was Rebecca Lloyd, who he married on 10 OCT 1793 in Maryland. Their only known child was Joseph Hopper (1806-1872).

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Notes

Note 1

Grave 25 Joseph Hopper Nicholson may be a grandson of this Joseph H Nicholson 1770-1817 and Rebecca Lloyd 1771-1848?

"It was to Judge Nicholson, that Francis Scott Key, gave the manuscript of our national anthem, " The Star Spangled Bannar" "

Grave 25

Here lies Interred the remains of

Joseph Hopper Nicholson

Infant son of Joseph Hopper Nicholson

& Elizabeth Anne his wife

He died in the city of Washington

the 9th day of April 1850

At the age of 2 years 2 months and 7 days.

Note 2

Joseph Hopper Nicholson in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005

Birth Date 15 May 1770, Residence Place Maryland, USA

Elected Office(s) Representative, Delegate

Biography

a Representative from Maryland, born in Chestertown, Kent County, Md., May 15, 1770

completed preparatory studies, studied law, was admitted to the bar and practiced

member of the State house of delegates 1796-1798

elected as a Republican to the Sixth and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1799, until his resignation on March 1, 1806

one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in January 1804 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against John Pickering, judge of the United States District Court for New Hampshire, and in December of the same year against Samuel Chase, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

participated in the defense of Fort McHenry during the War of 1812

served as chief justice of the sixth judicial district of Maryland and was associate justice of the court of appeals from March 26, 1806, until his death at his home in Baltimore County, Md., March 4, 1817

interment in the family cemetery on the Lloyd estate, known as ''Wye House,'' near Easton, Talbot County, Md.

Sources

1. Cemetery - Lloyd Family at Wye House with marker inscriptions and arrangement drawing

   Source:	Cemetery - Lloyd Family at Wye House with marker inscriptions and arrangement drawing
   Date:	JUN 2012
   Publisher:	Arthur Bowie Bentonville, Ark http://www.bookofbowie.net/Cemtry/Lloyd.html

   Cemetery -Ll...

2. Cemetery - Lloyd Family at Wye House with marker inscriptions and arrangement drawing

   Source:	Cemetery - Lloyd Family at Wye House with marker inscriptions and arrangement drawing
   Date:	JUN 2012
   Publisher:	Arthur Bowie Bentonville, Ark http://www.bookofbowie.net/Cemtry/Lloyd.html

   Cemetery -Ll...