When Jacob Philip Nellis was born on 24 June 1795, in Stone Arabia, Palatine, Montgomery, New York, United States, his father, Philip Andrew Nellis, was 48 and his mother, Elizabeth Dietz, was 43. He married Maria Parkhurst about 1816, in Montgomery, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Little Falls, Herkimer, New York, United States in 1870 and Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States in 1880. He died on 14 June 1883, in Rome, Oneida, New York, United States, at the age of 87.
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Established in 1797.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
Flemish and German: variant of Nelis .
Irish (Ulster): shortened form of Mac Niallghuis, see McNelis , Nelis .
English (North Yorkshire): of uncertain origin. A derivation from Middle English Nellis, an unrecorded rhyming pet form of Ellis, is not impossible. Alternatively, it might be variant of Neels , though this name is rarely recorded in northern England. The earliest spellings of the name have final -t (Nellist), generally assumed to be excrescent, and not original to the name, but the ubiquity of this feature suggests it may be intrinsic to the true etymology.
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