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Born in in Yorktown, Virginia, Nelson was the grandson of Scottish immigrants. His father was William Nelson, one of the wealthiest families of Virginia. At the age of fourteen, he was sent to England for an education. Nelson would graduate from Cambridge University and returned to America in 1761. The following year, he married Lucy Grymes of Middlesex County and she bore him eleven children. He would embrace all things English until the [[Stamp Act]]. He opposed Britain's attempt to impose colonial taxation. In 1775, as a member of the House of Burgesses, he introduced a resolution for organizing a militia force in the colony. This put him in direct opposition to [[England]].