Jacob Nissley, Jr.

The Pioneer of the Nissley family in America was Jacob Nissley, who emigrated from Switzerland in 1719, and settled in Mt.joy Twp. Lancaster Co, Pa. the land remains in the Nissley family for 150 years, when it was bought by David Wolgemuth. Jacob Nissley was Nateralized in 1729 (Take from Biographical Annals of Lancaster Co, 1903.Vol II, pg 638.)

Jacob Nissley of Rossmere was the son of Hans Nissley* (July 1 1663 Steinfurt Germany- died in Lanc Co PA) and Anna Bar (July 1 1666 Steinfurt Germany- July 24 1702 Steinfurt Germany). Jacob and his brother John (Hans) are believed to have immigrated to America in 1710 on the Ship 'Mary Hope’. The elder Hans (1663) was the son of Jacob Knussli (Jan 23 1629 Zell, Canton Zurich, Switzerland- after 1685) and Verena Meyer (Jan 27 1639 Schleitheim, Schaffhausen, Switzerland). Anna was the daughter of Oswald Bar (abt 1614 Ebertswil, Switzerland)and Elsbeth Lamprecht (July 1621 in Birmensdorf, Canton Zurich, Switzerland-July 1 1662 Ittlingen, Baden, Germany). Jacob and Anna were married on June 10 1687 in Steinfurt, Germany.

Jacob Nissley b.1688. He was naturalized in 1729. and is stated that he came to Pennsylvania by 1717.He was first taxed at Conestoga in 1720.He died in 1749 at Manheim Twp. Lancaster Co,Pennsylvania..He married Mary Funk daughter of Henry Funk.He left 211 acres in Manheim Twp.Which hi oldest son Henry Nissley did not want,so his brother Jacob the second son took the property.Source : Richard Warren Davis:Emigrants,Refugees,and Prisoners.Vol I.

JACOB NISSLEY, the original settler of the family, emigrated to America from the Palatinate, Germany, at an early date, locating in now Mt. Joy township, Lancaster county, Pa. He had issue:

i. John, m. a Seegrist.

      ii.  Martin, m., first, a Snyder; secondly, a Stauffer.

      iii.  [A dau.], m. a Buhrman. 

       iv.  [A dau.], m. a Ebersole.

        v.  [A dau.], m. a Stewart.

Nissley Cemetery was also historically known as the Mennonite Cemetery or Mennonist Burial Ground, and also Indian Burial Ground. The latter name was due to the fact that twenty Conestoga Indian bodies (two names are unknown) were dumped in a single mound after they were slaughtered in 1763 by the Paxtan Boys in what is now referred to as the Conestoga Massacre. Historians have traditionally believed that Jacob Nissley's farm cemetery was the site of their mass burial.

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• Immigration: with parents and siblings - 1707 - Switzerland to Germany
• Immigration: 1717 - Germany to Pennsylvania
• Emigration: 1717 - Pa With ColoNew York, USA of 18 Other Mennonite Families.
  • Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Mar 29 2019, 1:31:57 UTC