When Nelson Jolly Sr was born on 17 February 1741, in Middletown Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, his father, Samuel Jolly, was 31 and his mother, Leticia Nelson, was 19. He married Mary Graham about 1760, in Middletown Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Bedford, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America for about 1 years. He died in 1818, in Cloverport, Breckinridge, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in William Hardin Pioneer Cemetery, Hardinsburg, Breckinridge, Kentucky, United States.
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1741–1818 Male
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English, Scottish, and French: nickname for someone of a cheerful or attractive disposition, from Middle English, Old French jolif, joli ‘cheerful, lively, pretty’. In North America, this surname is also an altered form of the most common French variant Joly .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
ID: I839 Name: NELSON JOLLY SR. Given Name: NELSON Surname: JOLLY Suffix: SR. Sex: M Birth: 17 FEB 1740 in MIDDLETOWN TWP, BUCKS CO., PA Death: ABT 1818 in BURIAL:WILLIAM HARDIN PIONEER CEM. (HARDIN # …
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