Abraham Nelles, UE

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FamilySearch: Family Tree Abraham Nelles Birth  4 December 1775 • Palatine, Montgomery, New York, United States Death  7 July 1839 • Grimsby, Niagara, Ontario, Canada Parents  Major William Hendrick Nelles • Priscilla Ramsay Spouse  Catherine Elisabeth Ball Children  Catharine Matilda Nelles • Ellen Priscilla Hellen Nelles • John Abraham Nelles • Margaret Nelles • Maria Elizabeth Nelles • William Henry Nelles

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FamilySearch: Family Tree Abraham Nelles Birth  about 1775 • Albany, Albany, New York, United States

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Major Biography

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 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Willcocks) by 154 votes to 40.[1] (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Nelles-84#_note-0) 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 (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Nelles-22) .[2] (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Nelles-84#_note-1) Abraham served in the War of 1812, beginning as a Captain in the 4th Lincoln Militia,[3] (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Nelles-84#_note-2) promoted to Major on October 16, 1814. His name appears on a list of militia taken prisoner and held in the U.S.[ (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Nelles-84#_note-3)