ADDITIONAL PARTISANS N-R HENDRICK H. NELLES. See Henry H. Nellis in “The Bloodied Mohawk”. HENRY WILLIAM NELLES. He served as a captain in the Indian Department throughout the war. For his Loyalty to the British Crown, he forfeited to the State of New York 232 acres of land with a stone house deeded to him by gift from William Nelles on February 16, 1767; 100 acres woodland from a deed of gift from Robert Nelles dated March 18, 1779; 100 acres of land and a frame house he purchased from Frederick Geler on February 2, 1775; 100 acres of land and a frame house he purchased from John Hadcock on July 7, 1772; 50 acres of woodland and a frame house he purchased from John Hadcock on June 5, 1767; 100 acres of woodland he purchased from Warner Tygert on October 4, 1769; a sawmill, and six Negroes (Audit Office 13/14/442-456). His file contains depositions by [Johann] Adam Young and John Young. JOHANNES NELLES. On August 13, 1773 he purchased from Leendert L. Helmer a portion of Lot 8 of the Francis Harrison Patent. It is stated in the deed that Lot 8 had been previously equally divided by the Leendert Helmer deceased and William Nelles into two separate halves and that Helmer’s portion had been furthered subdivided into six lots. The deed transfers to the said Nelles, Sublots 3 & 6 of Helmer’s portion of Lot 8. Sublot 3 contained 50 acres and Sublot 6, adjoining the rear line of the patent, contained 17 acres and 2 roods of land. The deed was witnessed by John Frey and Johannes Bellinger (Montgomery County Deeds 1:134). See also Lenard Helmer Junior. ROBERT NELLES. During the Revolutionary War he was in possession of 150 acres of land in Lot 64 of the John Groesbeck Patent (Gerrit Y. Lansing Papers 8:11). CHRISTIAN NELLIS. He signed his Last Will & Testament on November 28, 1807. His will was probated on October 11, 1808. In his will he left to his sons: John C. Nellis & Jacob C. Nellis all of Lot 25 of the December 21, 1754 Klock-Nelles Patent the description of which mentions an ash house located near the Timmerman Creek. The first portion of the said 25 he willed to his sons contains instructions to maintain a line at least five from the westerly side of the ash house and enough land on the east side of the said creek necessary to build a mill or mills near where the Timmerman Creek makes a short turn to the south, but not to exceed two rods in width or eight acres in total and road to the said portion of Lot 25 extending from the main road. Christian in his will transfers title to the remaining lands in Lot 25 of the Klock-Nellis Patent to his sons John C. And Jacob C. Nellis. Christian’s son, John C. Nellis received title to that portion of Lot 12 of the Francis Harrison Patent which Christian bought from George Wiles on August 20, 1803 and upon which he now lives. Also his son John C. Nellis was to receive the 100 acres of the Harrison Patent, with all of the buildings beginning on the southwest corner of the portion purchased from George Wile’s and which adjoined the Mohawk Turnpike Road and Jacob J. Klock’s farm. John C. Nellis and Jacob C. Nellis also received title to a farm in the Abraham Van Horne Patent on the south side of the Mohawk River in the Town of Minden which was being occupied at that time by Adam Eyganbroadt. His on Jacob C. Nellis was to receive title to Lot 26 of the Klock-Nellis Patent. And last, his sons, John C. Nellis and Jacob C. Nellis, were to receive Christian’s five shares in the Mohawk Turnpike Road. Christian’s daughter, Margrate Nellis, wife of Henry J. Bellinger was to receive title to Lot 135 of the Klock-Nellis Patent. Christian’s daughter, Elizabeth Nellis, wife of John J. Klock was to receive title to Lot 134 of the Klock-Nellis Patent. Christian’s trusty Friend Jacob J Klock, and his sons John C. Nellis and Jacob C. Nellis were named as executors of the will. His Will was witnessed by the autograph letter signatures of Christian Klock, Peter March, and Corns C. Beekman (Montgomery County Wills 1:462; Original Last Will & Testament in the Department of History & Archives in Fonda, New York). DEOBALD NELLIS. On April 20, 1767, Christian Nellis of Canajohary sold to Deobald Nellis of Canajohary for £100 currency of New York 100 acres of woodland in Lot 12 of the Francis Harrison Patent, with a right of way being excepted for the usage of Adam Nellis and Christian Nellis Junior. The deed is executed by the unique CN mark of Christian Nellis and is witnessed by the autograph letter signatures of Adolf Walrath and Jacob G: Klock (Original deed in the Department of History & Archives in Fonda, New York). [GEO] NELLIS. During the Revolutionary War he possessed 125 acres of land and [Ludwick] Nellis possessed 150 acres of land in Lot 42 & northerly half of 43 of the Second Division of the Christian Garlock or Stone Arabia Patent; as well as 100 acres of land in Lot 9 of the Second Division of the Christian Garlock or Stone Arabia Patent; as well as 27 acres in Lot 12, 30 acres of land in Lot 1, and 20 acres of land in Lot 8 of the Third Division of the Christian Garlock or Stone Arabia Patent (Certificates of Quit Rent Remissions, Mss #A1211). JACOB NELLIS. He served as a private in the Canajoharie District Regiment of Tryon County Militia and was killed by British forces in the field on June 27, 1780 (New York State Archives Audited Accounts A-292). JOHN NELLIS. During the Revolutionary War he possessed a farm of 125 acres all within the Christian Garlock or Stone Arabia Patent. The lands apparently shared with Ludwick Nellis, consisted of 150 acres of land in Lot 42 & northerly half of Lot 43 (50 acres) of the Second Division of the Patent; as well as 100 acres of land in Lot 97 of the Second Division of the Patent; as well as 27 acres in Lot 13 of the Patent; 30 acres of land in Lot 1 of the Patent; and 20 acres of land in Lot 8 of the Third Division of the Patent (Certificates of Quit Rent Remissions, Mss #A1211). LUDWICK NELLIS. During the Revolutionary War he possessed a farm of 150 acres all within the Christian Garlock or Stone Arabia Patent. The lands apparently shared with Ludwick Nellis, consisted of 150 acres of land in Lot 42 & northerly half of Lot 43 (50 acres) of the Second Division of the Patent; as well as 100 acres of land in Lot 97 of the Second Division of the Patent; as well as 27 acres in Lot 13 of the Patent; 30 acres of land in Lot 1 of the Patent; and 20 acres of land in Lot 8 of the Third Division of the Patent (Certificates of Quit Rent Remissions, Mss #A1211). GOTLEP NESTELL. During the Revolutionary War he was in possession of 150 acres of land in the Harmanus Van Slyck & Abraham DePeyster Patent (Gerrit Y. Lansing Papers 8:11). MARTIN NESTELL. Map #12 drawn for the Commissioners of Forfeitures by New York Deputy Surveyor General Isaac Vrooman shows that at the time of the American Revolution occupied a house in the Harmanus Van Slyck & Abraham DePeyster Patent . On September 21, 1768 a Martin Nessel received an eight year lease on the northern part of [Woodland] Lot 1 and a Homestead Lot of 12 acres in the Van Slyck/De Peyster Patent where on Nessel was residing from Hendrick H. Van Wie of Bethlehem in the Colony of Rensselaer Wyck in Albany County, New York; on September 21, 1768 his lease was renewed for an additional two years. Included in the aforesaid lease was written permission for Nessel to remove lumber and fuel from Van Wie's Woodland Lot 6 in the same patent. The same said lease was witnessed by Johan Ger [George] Wafle whose land abutted the said Lot 1 (S. L. Frey Papers Box 6). See also Martin Nestles in “The Bloodied Mohawk” for the description of a Revolutionary War farmstead possessed by a Marten Nestell. GOTLIEB NESTLE, Disabled. He sustained an injury to his right eye while loading cargo onto a wagon in 1777. He served as a private in the Mohawk District Regiment of Tryon County Militia. MARTIN NESTLE, RWPA #W16354. He was age 61 when deposed on February 16, 1821. He married in Johnstown, Fulton County, New York in October of 1778, Catharina Gunderman. He died July 27, 1827. His file contains a Family Bible Record. In 1781, he enlisted at Stone Arabia in Montgomery County, New York in Captain [ ] Flemming's Company of Colonel John Lamb's Regiment of Artillery as a matross . He fought in the Battle of Johnstown. He was discharged from the service in1783 while at Stony Point about 36 miles above the City of New York on the Hudson River. He states that his discharged was destroyed when the home of Jost Spraker in the Town of Palatine in Montgomery County, New York was consumed by fire. Peter Wormuth states that he, Wormuth, enlisted as a private in Captain Flemming’s Company in the spring of 1782 and states that he saw Nestle serving within the same company at the time.