John Neilson is the son of Samuel Neilson and Mary Courtenay. He married Lydia Quitterfield 29 Jan 1775. At the beginning of the Revolution. Their children are: John, James, Lydia Mary, Samuel, Susannah "Sally", Charles. I have a school book dated 1795 that also has a William and Evert signatures in it. These may be children or grandchildren.
John's Will was written Will Book 9, page 104 April 5 1824
In the name of God Amen I John Neilson of Stillwater, county of Saratoga, being of sound and disposing mind, although infirm in body, do recommend my Soul to the being from whence it came, and my body to be decently interred [several words unreadable] devise and bequeath unto my wife Lydia during her natural life the farm and buildings on which I now live, together with all the household furniture and two milch cows. 2nd I give and devise unto my son Henry, out of any land of which I may die(?) posessed or ?, except the farm herein bequeathed and devised to my wife and the one on which my son Samuel resides, land to the value of fifteen hundred Dollars to be taken at the appraisal of men, out of such lands, as the said Henry shall select. 3rd I give and devise unto my Son Samuel his heirs and assigns for ever, the farm with all and singular the appurtenances thereunto belonging on which the said Samuel lives in the town of Saratoga. 4th I give and device unto my son Charles, ten acres of land, part of my pine plane lot, in the town of Malta, adjoining on the north the piece of five acres now owned by him, part of my said pine plane lot. 5. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Maria, two hundred Dollars, all the cows now called hers, and one bed and bedding and ten sheep. 6. I give and devise unto my grandchildren, the children of my son John, the dwelling house and one acre of land on which they now live, in the town of Stillwater during such times, as the said John Shall occupy the same, and I also give the said Grand children the household furniture in the said dwelling house, together with two milch cows now on said premises. 7th I give and devise unto my said grand children the farm and two lives lease there of called the Willcox farm in the town aforesaid out of which their father my said son John, is to be supported or permitted to improve the Same for that purpose. 8th I hereby nominate and constitute my wife Lydia Executrix and my sons Charles & Henry executors of this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all others made by me at any time before made. And I hereby direct and require my said Executirx and Executors to sell all my personal property, not here in otherwise disposed of, and the timber now on hand to take to New York and sold. and the avails of all which to be applied to the payment of my debts. And I also authorize and empower them to sell my lott of land in the town of Northern Malta and my five lots in the B? Lake tract in the county of (several words unreadable)...my pine plane lots in Malta, county of Saratoga (last line of page unreadable)
....part thereof or the timber theron standing and being as in their discretion shall seem best and with the avails thereof to pay and discharge my debts. 9th I give, devise and bequeath unto my children Charles, Henry and the children of my deceased daughter Lydia and Esther, wife of Richard Dunning and my daughter Maria, all the residue of my Estate and property that shall not be sold by my Said Executrix and Executors, or if sold the avails thereof, equally to be devided among them into 5 equal parts to be devided 10th In case the Estate being ? lease for lives hereby devised to my wife shall in any wise terminate before her death, then and in that case, it is my will and intent, that the residue of my said Estate devised to be equally divided between my said children and grand children shall be appropriated to the support and maintainance of my said wife, during her life. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 5 day of April 1824 John Neilson
Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of us, who Subscribed the Same, in the presence of the testator and of each other by his request David Newland, Ephraim Newland, H Metcalf
I George Palmer, Surrogate of the county of Saratoga do certify the preceeding record to be a true copy of the last will and testament of John Neilson, late of the town of Stillwater, in said county deceas
George Palmer
Title: History of Saratoga Co. NY History of the Villages and Towns of Saratoga Co
Author: Nathaniel Bartlett Sylvester
Publication: 1878
May have had a second marriage
"John Neilson, at the age on nineteen, left New Jersey with no capital but the axe upon his shoulders, his strong, robust frame and his manly determination to carve out for himself a home in the newer lands of the upper Hudson. He obtained employment, near Bemus Heights, of a Mr Quitterfield, and signalized his first day's work by splitting a tough black-oak log into rails. In 1775 he had accumulated enough to partly pay for a farm, married the eldest daughter of his employer, and bought the farm that has ever since been in the family, a farm that crowns the summit of the river hills in Stillwater, commands a wide and extensive view, and has become historic from the connection with the great battles of the Burgoyne campaign. Just settled and a little place cleared, the Revolutionary war opened, and John Neilson, with his neighbors; as show in Palmer's affidavit, gave up much of his time to the public service. He lived to see those troubles pass by and the new government established. He left four sons, John, Samuel, Charles, Henry. John settled north of the old place, Samuel in Saratoga, Henry in East Line, Charles on the old homestead. Daughters became the wives of Martin Vandenburg, Richard Dunning and A.H. Rudd.
John's Will was written Will Book 9, page 104 April 5 1824
In the name of God Amen I John Neilson of Stillwater, county of Saratoga, being of sound and disposing mind, although infirm in body, do recommend my Soul to the being from whence it came, and my body to be decently interred [several words unreadable] devise and bequeath unto my wife Lydia during her natural life the farm and buildings on which I now live, together with all the household furniture and two milch cows. 2nd I give and devise unto my son Henry, out of any land of which I may die(?) posessed or ?, except the farm herein bequeathed and devised to my wife and the one on which my son Samuel resides, land to the value of fifteen hundred Dollars to be taken at the appraisal of men, out of such lands, as the said Henry shall select. 3rd I give and devise unto my Son Samuel his heirs and assigns for ever, the farm with all and singular the appurtenances thereunto belonging on which the said Samuel lives in the town of Saratoga. 4th I give and device unto my son Charles, ten acres of land, part of my pine plane lot, in the town of Malta, adjoining on the north the piece of five acres now owned by him, part of my said pine plane lot. 5. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Maria, two hundred Dollars, all the cows now called hers, and one bed and bedding and ten sheep. 6. I give and devise unto my grandchildren, the children of my son John, the dwelling house and one acre of land on which they now live, in the town of Stillwater during such times, as the said John Shall occupy the same, and I also give the said Grand children the household furniture in the said dwelling house, together with two milch cows now on said premises. 7th I give and devise unto my said grand children the farm and two lives lease there of called the Willcox farm in the town aforesaid out of which their father my said son John, is to be supported or permitted to improve the Same for that purpose. 8th I hereby nominate and constitute my wife Lydia Executrix and my sons Charles & Henry executors of this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all others made by me at any time before made. And I hereby direct and require my said Executirx and Executors to sell all my personal property, not here in otherwise disposed of, and the timber now on hand to take to New York and sold. and the avails of all which to be applied to the payment of my debts. And I also authorize and empower them to sell my lott of land in the town of Northern Malta and my five lots in the B? Lake tract in the county of (several words unreadable)...my pine plane lots in Malta, county of Saratoga (last line of page unreadable)
....part thereof or the timber theron standing and being as in their discretion shall seem best and with the avails thereof to pay and discharge my debts. 9th I give, devise and bequeath unto my children Charles, Henry and the children of my deceased daughter Lydia and Esther, wife of Richard Dunning and my daughter Maria, all the residue of my Estate and property that shall not be sold by my Said Executrix and Executors, or if sold the avails thereof, equally to be devided among them into 5 equal parts to be devided 10th In case the Estate being ? lease for lives hereby devised to my wife shall in any wise terminate before her death, then and in that case, it is my will and intent, that the residue of my said Estate devised to be equally divided between my said children and grand children shall be appropriated to the support and maintainance of my said wife, during her life. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 5 day of April 1824 John Neilson
Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of us, who Subscribed the Same, in the presence of the testator and of each other by his request David Newland, Ephraim Newland, H Metcalf
I George Palmer, Surrogate of the county of Saratoga do certify the preceeding record to be a true copy of the last will and testament of John Neilson, late of the town of Stillwater, in said county deceas
George Palmer
Title: History of Saratoga Co. NY History of the Villages and Towns of Saratoga Co
Author: Nathaniel Bartlett Sylvester
Publication: 1878
May have had a second marriage
"John Neilson, at the age on nineteen, left New Jersey with no capital but the axe upon his shoulders, his strong, robust frame and his manly determination to carve out for himself a home in the newer lands of the upper Hudson. He obtained employment, near Bemus Heights, of a Mr Quitterfield, and signalized his first day's work by splitting a tough black-oak log into rails. In 1775 he had accumulated enough to partly pay for a farm, married the eldest daughter of his employer, and bought the farm that has ever since been in the family, a farm that crowns the summit of the river hills in Stillwater, commands a wide and extensive view, and has become historic from the connection with the great battles of the Burgoyne campaign. Just settled and a little place cleared, the Revolutionary war opened, and John Neilson, with his neighbors; as show in Palmer's affidavit, gave up much of his time to the public service. He lived to see those troubles pass by and the new government established. He left four sons, John, Samuel, Charles, Henry. John settled north of the old place, Samuel in Saratoga, Henry in East Line, Charles on the old homestead. Daughters became the wives of Martin Vandenburg, Richard Dunning and A.H. Rudd.
John Neilson is the son of Samuel Neilson and Mary Courtenay. He married Lydia Quitterfield 29 Jan 1775. At the beginning of the Revolution. Their children are: John, James, Lydia Mary, Samuel, Susannah "Sally", Charles. I have a school book dated 1795 that also has a William and Evert signatures in it. These may be children or grandchildren.
John's Will was written Will Book 9, page 104 April 5 1824
In the name of God Amen I John Neilson of Stillwater, county of Saratoga, being of sound and disposing mind, although infirm in body, do recommend my Soul to the being from whence it came, and my body to be decently interred [several words unreadable] devise and bequeath unto my wife Lydia during her natural life the farm and buildings on which I now live, together with all the household furniture and two milch cows. 2nd I give and devise unto my son Henry, out of any land of which I may die(?) posessed or ?, except the farm herein bequeathed and devised to my wife and the one on which my son Samuel resides, land to the value of fifteen hundred Dollars to be taken at the appraisal of men, out of such lands, as the said Henry shall select. 3rd I give and devise unto my Son Samuel his heirs and assigns for ever, the farm with all and singular the appurtenances thereunto belonging on which the said Samuel lives in the town of Saratoga. 4th I give and device unto my son Charles, ten acres of land, part of my pine plane lot, in the town of Malta, adjoining on the north the piece of five acres now owned by him, part of my said pine plane lot. 5. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Maria, two hundred Dollars, all the cows now called hers, and one bed and bedding and ten sheep. 6. I give and devise unto my grandchildren, the children of my son John, the dwelling house and one acre of land on which they now live, in the town of Stillwater during such times, as the said John Shall occupy the same, and I also give the said Grand children the household furniture in the said dwelling house, together with two milch cows now on said premises. 7th I give and devise unto my said grand children the farm and two lives lease there of called the Willcox farm in the town aforesaid out of which their father my said son John, is to be supported or permitted to improve the Same for that purpose. 8th I hereby nominate and constitute my wife Lydia Executrix and my sons Charles & Henry executors of this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all others made by me at any time before made. And I hereby direct and require my said Executirx and Executors to sell all my personal property, not here in otherwise disposed of, and the timber now on hand to take to New York and sold. and the avails of all which to be applied to the payment of my debts. And I also authorize and empower them to sell my lott of land in the town of Northern Malta and my five lots in the B? Lake tract in the county of (several words unreadable)...my pine plane lots in Malta, county of Saratoga (last line of page unreadable)
....part thereof or the timber theron standing and being as in their discretion shall seem best and with the avails thereof to pay and discharge my debts. 9th I give, devise and bequeath unto my children Charles, Henry and the children of my deceased daughter Lydia and Esther, wife of Richard Dunning and my daughter Maria, all the residue of my Estate and property that shall not be sold by my Said Executrix and Executors, or if sold the avails thereof, equally to be devided among them into 5 equal parts to be devided 10th In case the Estate being ? lease for lives hereby devised to my wife shall in any wise terminate before her death, then and in that case, it is my will and intent, that the residue of my said Estate devised to be equally divided between my said children and grand children shall be appropriated to the support and maintainance of my said wife, during her life. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 5 day of April 1824 John Neilson
Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of us, who Subscribed the Same, in the presence of the testator and of each other by his request David Newland, Ephraim Newland, H Metcalf
I George Palmer, Surrogate of the county of Saratoga do certify the preceeding record to be a true copy of the last will and testament of John Neilson, late of the town of Stillwater, in said county deceas
George Palmer
Title: History of Saratoga Co. NY History of the Villages and Towns of Saratoga Co
Author: Nathaniel Bartlett Sylvester
Publication: 1878
May have had a second marriage
"John Neilson, at the age on nineteen, left New Jersey with no capital but the axe upon his shoulders, his strong, robust frame and his manly determination to carve out for himself a home in the newer lands of the upper Hudson. He obtained employment, near Bemus Heights, of a Mr Quitterfield, and signalized his first day's work by splitting a tough black-oak log into rails. In 1775 he had accumulated enough to partly pay for a farm, married the eldest daughter of his employer, and bought the farm that has ever since been in the family, a farm that crowns the summit of the river hills in Stillwater, commands a wide and extensive view, and has become historic from the connection with the great battles of the Burgoyne campaign. Just settled and a little place cleared, the Revolutionary war opened, and John Neilson, with his neighbors; as show in Palmer's affidavit, gave up much of his time to the public service. He lived to see those troubles pass by and the new government established. He left four sons, John, Samuel, Charles, Henry. John settled north of the old place, Samuel in Saratoga, Henry in East Line, Charles on the old homestead. Daughters became the wives of Martin Vandenburg, Richard Dunning and A.H. Rudd.
John's Will was written Will Book 9, page 104 April 5 1824
In the name of God Amen I John Neilson of Stillwater, county of Saratoga, being of sound and disposing mind, although infirm in body, do recommend my Soul to the being from whence it came, and my body to be decently interred [several words unreadable] devise and bequeath unto my wife Lydia during her natural life the farm and buildings on which I now live, together with all the household furniture and two milch cows. 2nd I give and devise unto my son Henry, out of any land of which I may die(?) posessed or ?, except the farm herein bequeathed and devised to my wife and the one on which my son Samuel resides, land to the value of fifteen hundred Dollars to be taken at the appraisal of men, out of such lands, as the said Henry shall select. 3rd I give and devise unto my Son Samuel his heirs and assigns for ever, the farm with all and singular the appurtenances thereunto belonging on which the said Samuel lives in the town of Saratoga. 4th I give and device unto my son Charles, ten acres of land, part of my pine plane lot, in the town of Malta, adjoining on the north the piece of five acres now owned by him, part of my said pine plane lot. 5. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Maria, two hundred Dollars, all the cows now called hers, and one bed and bedding and ten sheep. 6. I give and devise unto my grandchildren, the children of my son John, the dwelling house and one acre of land on which they now live, in the town of Stillwater during such times, as the said John Shall occupy the same, and I also give the said Grand children the household furniture in the said dwelling house, together with two milch cows now on said premises. 7th I give and devise unto my said grand children the farm and two lives lease there of called the Willcox farm in the town aforesaid out of which their father my said son John, is to be supported or permitted to improve the Same for that purpose. 8th I hereby nominate and constitute my wife Lydia Executrix and my sons Charles & Henry executors of this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all others made by me at any time before made. And I hereby direct and require my said Executirx and Executors to sell all my personal property, not here in otherwise disposed of, and the timber now on hand to take to New York and sold. and the avails of all which to be applied to the payment of my debts. And I also authorize and empower them to sell my lott of land in the town of Northern Malta and my five lots in the B? Lake tract in the county of (several words unreadable)...my pine plane lots in Malta, county of Saratoga (last line of page unreadable)
....part thereof or the timber theron standing and being as in their discretion shall seem best and with the avails thereof to pay and discharge my debts. 9th I give, devise and bequeath unto my children Charles, Henry and the children of my deceased daughter Lydia and Esther, wife of Richard Dunning and my daughter Maria, all the residue of my Estate and property that shall not be sold by my Said Executrix and Executors, or if sold the avails thereof, equally to be devided among them into 5 equal parts to be devided 10th In case the Estate being ? lease for lives hereby devised to my wife shall in any wise terminate before her death, then and in that case, it is my will and intent, that the residue of my said Estate devised to be equally divided between my said children and grand children shall be appropriated to the support and maintainance of my said wife, during her life. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 5 day of April 1824 John Neilson
Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of us, who Subscribed the Same, in the presence of the testator and of each other by his request David Newland, Ephraim Newland, H Metcalf
I George Palmer, Surrogate of the county of Saratoga do certify the preceeding record to be a true copy of the last will and testament of John Neilson, late of the town of Stillwater, in said county deceas
George Palmer
Title: History of Saratoga Co. NY History of the Villages and Towns of Saratoga Co
Author: Nathaniel Bartlett Sylvester
Publication: 1878
May have had a second marriage
"John Neilson, at the age on nineteen, left New Jersey with no capital but the axe upon his shoulders, his strong, robust frame and his manly determination to carve out for himself a home in the newer lands of the upper Hudson. He obtained employment, near Bemus Heights, of a Mr Quitterfield, and signalized his first day's work by splitting a tough black-oak log into rails. In 1775 he had accumulated enough to partly pay for a farm, married the eldest daughter of his employer, and bought the farm that has ever since been in the family, a farm that crowns the summit of the river hills in Stillwater, commands a wide and extensive view, and has become historic from the connection with the great battles of the Burgoyne campaign. Just settled and a little place cleared, the Revolutionary war opened, and John Neilson, with his neighbors; as show in Palmer's affidavit, gave up much of his time to the public service. He lived to see those troubles pass by and the new government established. He left four sons, John, Samuel, Charles, Henry. John settled north of the old place, Samuel in Saratoga, Henry in East Line, Charles on the old homestead. Daughters became the wives of Martin Vandenburg, Richard Dunning and A.H. Rudd.
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