Display Patriot - P-255251 - Philip NELLIS

Philip NELLIS

SAR Patriot #: P-255251

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
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State of Service: NY      Qualifying Service: Private
DAR #: A082051

Birth: 01 Dec 1746 Stone Arabia Patent / Albany / NY
Death: 10 Nov 1818 Fairfield Twp / Herkimer / NY

Qualifying Service Description:

NSDAR cites PVT, CAPT ZEELY, COL JACOB KLOCK, TRYON CO MILITIA


Additional References:
  1. NSDAR cites
    • NARA, M881, COMP MIL SERV RECS, ROLL #748
    • FERNOW, DOCS REL TO THE COL HIST OF STATE OF NY, "NY IN THE REV," VOL 15, pg 435

Spouse: Elizabeth Dietz
Children: George; Jacob Philip; Peter Philip; Henry Philip; Catherine; Ann Nancy;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1997-03-17 AZ 202133 James Robert Snyder (147909) George   
Burial:
Yellow Church Cemetery (C-0103946)
Location:
Manheim Center / Herkimer / NY / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
2246614
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
n/a
Find A Grave Memorial #:
36889593
Marker Type:
SAR Stake
SAR Grave Dedication Date:
bef 01 MAR 2011

Comments:

Large monument dating to the late 1800s early 1900s. Unclear if he is interred at this location or if it's a cenotaph



Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:


Author: Mark Andrew Davis

Philip Nelles was born 1 December 1746 at Palatine, New York, a son of Andreas Nelles and Catherine Fox. His given name of Philip is also found in records as Philibs and Philles. 

He married Elizabeth Dietz about 1770 in Montgomery County, New York. Their children were: Henry Philip was born on 25 February 1771.

  • Catharine was born on 17 December 1772.
  • Philip was born on 22 August 1774.
  • Mary E. was born on 22 April 1776.
  • Nancy was born on 3 September 1779.
  • Eva was born on 17 July 1781.
  • Peter Philip was born on 17 September 1783.
  • George Philip was born on 24 February 1786.
  • John Philip was born on 8 April 1788.
  • Jacob Philip was born on 24 June 1795.
  • Anna Eva was born on 17 July 1797.

The Second Continental Congress convened on 10 May 1775 at Philadelphia, following fighting between American and British troops at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts. Congress voted to authorize force against England. At a 15 May 1775 meeting of the Freemen of the town of Palatine, the Grand Jury moved to endorse the acts of the Continental Congress. Philip Nelles was among the fifty-seven men to sign the declaration.

Philip was found in the rolls of Colonel Jacob Klock’s Second Regiment of the Tryon County Militia. Few records supporting the details of his service have been found, however, Klocks’ Regiments were actively engaged throughout the war.

By the time of the birth of their daughter Eva in 1781, the Nellis family was near German Flatts, Herkimer County, New York. 

Philip died on 10 November 1818 in Fairfield Township, Herkimer County, New York, and was buried at Yellow Church Cemetery at Manheim Center, Herkimer County.

 

Sources:

  1. Roberts, James A., Comptroller, New York in the Revolution as Colony and State, 2nd Edition, New York. Albany: Brandow Printing Company, 1898, pages 177, 258.
  2. Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War. Micropublication M881, roll 748. Washington: National Archives.
  3. Mutrie, R. Robert, Andrew Nelles: A New Canadian, 1798, His Life, Ancestry and Some of His Descendants, Ontario. Ridgeway: Log Cabin Publishing, 1993.
  4. New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962; Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, German Flatts Township, Herkimer, New York. Online database at FamilySearch.org. Accessed 3 July 2020.
  5. Find a Grave.com, digital record, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com: accessed 3 July 2020), memorial for Philip Nellis, Find A Grave Memorial # 36889593, Manheim Center, New York.

 


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