| Name: | Nathaniel Aldridge |
| Born: | circa 1730s probably Virginia |
| Died: | between 1790 and 1800 probably Abbeville County, South Carolina |
| Married: | Rosamond (maiden name unknown) |
| Children: | Nathaniel Aldridge Jr. |
Overview
Nathaniel Aldridge Sr. received land grants in colonial Orange County, North Carolina, in 1761 and 1762, on the waters of the Flat River in what is today Person County. He had the unfortunate coincidence of settling in the same colonial county at around the same time as William Alldredge and his family, and of being born close to the same time as William's son Nathan Alldredge (b. 1739). The has led to a great deal of genealogical confusion between Nathaniel and Nathan, both to records of Nathaniel being ascribed to Nathan, and vice versa; to Nathaniel and Nathan sometimes being conflated as the same person; and to both men being connected to the same family. Recent DNA research, however, has concluded that the two men were distinct, separate individuals, belonging to completely unrelated families.
DNA evidence
== North Carolina land grants === Orange County
=== Tryon County