Johannis Nellis

Brief Life History of Johannis

When Johannis Nellis was born in 1766, in Palatine, Montgomery, New York, United States, his father, Christian Nellis Jr, was 32 and his mother, Christina Keyser, was 34.

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Family Time Line

Christian Nellis Jr
1734–1807
Christina Keyser
1732–1807
Christian Nellis III
1761–
Anna Nellis
1761–
Anna Joh Nicol Nic Starring or Staring
–1845
Margaretha Nellis
1763–1817
Johannis Nellis
1766–
Elizabeth Nellis
1767–1809
Johannis Christian Nellis
1769–1839
Jacob Christopher Nellis
1771–1843
Christian Nellis
1773–

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    World Events (3)

    1772

    Historical Boundaries 1772: Tyron, New York Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Tyron, New York, United States 1784: Montgomery, New York, United States

    1776

    Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

    1776 · The Declaration to the King

    """At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""""""

    Name Meaning

    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.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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