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Colonel John Neilson was an early trustee and benefactor of Queen's College (later Rutgers University). His parents were John Neilson (c. 1710s-1745) and Joanna Coeymans. His father died shortly before Neilson was born.
Colonel John Neilson was an early trustee and benefactor of Queen's College (later Rutgers University). His parents were John Neilson (c. 1710s-1745) and Joanna Coeymans. His father died shortly before Neilson was born.
Neilson was born in Raritan Landing, New Jersey to Dr. John Neilson, an Irish physician who emigrated to the British America in 1740, and Joanna Coeymans, who was of Dutch ancestry. [2] Neilson's father died eight days after his birth and he was subsequently raised by his uncle James Neilson, a merchant.
A young John Neilson (b. 1753, d. 1834) moved in 1772 or 73 from Elizabeth, NJ northward through the Hudson River Valley to Stillwater, NY. While his purpose is unclear, once in Stillwater, he clearly spent a few years working hard for a local farmer, Abner Quitterfield.
John Neilson was born at Stranraer in Wigtonshire, Scotland, the son of William Neilson and Jessie McFarlane. He migrated to Australia with his mother and step-father, John Shaw, in the 1850s at the age of nine.
Early life. He was the fourth child of Sir John Gladstone, a Scottish-born businessman who settled in Liverpool and made a large fortune initially from trading in corn with the United States and cotton with Brazil, and later through sugar plantations in Jamaica. [1] . His mother was Anne MacKenzie née Robertson, from Dingwall. [2] .
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John Neilson was born on March 11, 1745 in Raritan Landing, New Jersey, United States. He was the only son of Dr. John Neilson, who came to America from Belfast, Ireland, and Joanna Coejeman, of the Albany family of that name.
