Abraham Nelles (1775 - 1839)

Born 4 Dec 1775 in Palatine Bridge, Tryon County, New York

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Lewis) Nelles — married 1795 (to about 1796) in Upper Canada

Husband of Catharine Elizabeth (Ball) Nelles — married 2 May 1797 in Niagara, Lincoln, Upper Canada

Descendants

Died 7 Jul 1839 at age 63 in Grimsby, Lincoln, Upper Canada

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Biography

Abraham Nelles served in the 4th Regiment of Lincoln Militia, Canada in the War of 1812
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Abraham ran as a Tory-leaning, pro-government candidate in the 1812 elections in the riding of 1st Lincoln and Haldimand and was defeated by reformer Joseph Willcocks by 154 votes to 40.^[1] Willcocks was expelled from the assembly for defecting to the Americans during the War of 1812, and in a February 1814 byelection, the seat was won by Abraham's brother Robert.^[2]
Abraham served in the War of 1812, beginning as a Captain in the 4th Lincoln Militia,^[3] promoted to Major on October 16, 1814. His name appears on a list of militia taken prisoner and held in the U.S.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Elwood H. Jones, “WILLCOCKS, JOSEPH,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 5, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed August 17, 2016, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/willcocks_joseph_5E.html.
2. ↑ H. V. Nelles, “NELLES, ROBERT,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 7, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed August 17, 2016, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/nelles_robert_7E.html.
3. ↑ Soldiers of the King, William Gray, pg. 141.
4. ↑ War of 1812 Lincoln Militia Casualties, Compiled by David F. Hemmings in 2012 for the Niagara Historical Society Museum, and the Lincoln & Welland Regiment Museum

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