Nicholas Williamson (1762 - 1856)

Born 8 Oct 1762 in Sixmile Run, Somerset, New Jersey

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Died 18 Aug 1856 at age 93 in New Jersey, United States

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Biography

Private Nicholas Williamson served with New Jersey Militia during the American Revolution.

Nicholas Williamson is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A126911.

Nicholas Williamson is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P-321315
Rank: Private

He was a farmer and storekeeper at Neshanic, NJ, and a minute man (a Private) during the Revolutionary War. For a time he was stationed at Perth Amboy, and was under fire from the British ships in Raritan Bay.

He was an Elder in the Reformed Dutch Church at Neshanic, and a treasurer of a local branch of the American Tract Society.

Sources

• "New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1980", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2SZ-GL95 : 26 August 2020), Nicholas Williamson, 1762.

• "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH5L-3RK : 20 February 2021), Nicholas Williamson, Hillsborough, Somerset, New Jersey, United States; citing 4, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 83; FHL microfilm 337,936.

• "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRG-P4L : 8 December 2020), Nicholas Williamson, Hillsborough Township, Somerset, New Jersey, United States; citing p. 117, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6M5-JCN : 23 December 2020), Nicholas Williamson, Hillsborough, Somerset, New Jersey, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "New Jersey Deaths and Burials, 1720-1988", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZWD-5MF : 19 January 2020), Nicholas Williamson, 1856.

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25742078/nicholas-williamson

• https://books.google.com/books?id=o4JbAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA5&lpg=PA5&dq=#v=onepage&q&f=false

• https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_History_of_the_First_English_Presbyt/emXUAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq="nicholas+williamson"+neshanic&pg=PA166&printsec=frontcover

• https://www.google.com/books/edition/Somerset_County_Historical_Quarterly/1BFJAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq="nicholas+williamson"&pg=PA202&printsec=frontcover

• https://www.google.com/books/edition/American_Tract_Magazine/lyYNAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq="nicholas+williamson"+tract&pg=PA34&printsec=frontcover

• https://sarpatriots.sar.org/patriot/display/321315

• DAR Patriot Record A126911 (link above)

• https://www.google.com/books/edition/New_Brunswick_in_History/XXQoBOi3Ct4C?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Williamson