Hi, Priscilla, Here is all the information I have on the NELSON surname. I hope you can find your gr x grandfather and maybe some of his siblings or children, etc. Sue [email protected] ARTHUR, John D., merchant, of Catskill m 11/18/29 Dorinda H. NELSON, oldest dau of William, Esq. of Peekskill in Peekskill; Rev. LEGGET - Poughkeepsie Journal 11/23/29 DE GRAFF, Simeon m 7/10/96 Mrs. NELSON, both of Fishkill - Poughkeepsie Journal 7/13/96 GRANGER, Henry F. of Keeseville m 10/31/31 in NYC Jane A. NELSON of Poughkeepsie - Poughkeepsie Journal 11/23/31 GRENZEBACH, John of NYC m 12/20/25 Hannah NELSON of Poughkeepsie; Rev. Dr. REED - Poughkeepsie Journal 12/28/25 JACOB, Charles D. of Upper Red Hook m 12/10/29 Eliza NELSON of Hyde Park in Hyde Park; Rev. William CAHOON - Poughkeepsie Journal 12/16/29 NELSON, _____ (Capt.) d 11/13/12 (killed in action "on the Niagara") - Plattsburgh Republican 12/18/12 NELSON, (given name not stated) m 10/23/28 Rachel CUDGILL of Fishkill; Rev. M. W. DWIGHT - Poughkeepsie Journal 11/26/28 NELSON, Alva m Laura WELLS in Woodbury, VT (This entry includes a LONG statement of the tangled family relationships existing among the bride, groom, and the two witnesses " yet there was no blood relation between the bride and bridegroom") - Poughkeepsie Journal 12/24/28 NELSON, Jacob, 37 or 57, d 12/16/15 in Poughkeepsie. - Poughkeepsie Journal 12/20/15 NELSON, Jacob of Cairo, NY m 1/1/24 Julia SMITH of Hyde Park; Rev. REED - Poughkeepsie Journal 1/7/24 NELSON, Jacob M. (Capt.), about 45, of Poughkeepsie d 3/3/34 (funeral at the Episcopal Church) (deceased is survived by his wife "and children") - Poughkeepsie Journal 3/5/34 NELSON, John Milton of Freedom m 2/15/22 Eliza SMITH, dau of Granville SMITH of Poughkeepsie in Hyde Park; Rev. BROWN. - Poughkeepsie Journal 2/20/22 NELSON, John P. of Newark, NY m 5/5/30 Cornelia LOW of Poughkeepsie; Rev. D. CUYLER - Poughkeepsie Journal 5/12/30 NELSON, Joseph (Capt.), 25, of Poughkeepsie, formerly editor of the POLITICAL BAROMETER, d 11/3/12 in NYC (surv by wf and 3 small ch) (Capt. NELSON commanded the Artillery Company of Poughkeepsie stationed on Staten Island) - Poughkeepsie Journal 12/11/12 NELSON, Joseph of Somerstown (perhaps Somers in West. Co.?) m 2/6/25 Clarissa HAMLEN of Beekman; Rev. ARNOLD of Freedom. - Poughkeepsie Journal 2/23/25 NELSON, Nicholas m 11/28/16 Mrs. Hannah OSTROM, dau of Isaac Lomarce, all of Clinton (Dut. Co.) - Poughkeepsie Journal 12/11/16 NELSON, Richard, one of the proprietors of the DUTCHESS OBSERVER, m 11/5/18 Mrs. Cornelia ADAMS; Rev. LEONARD. All of Poughkeepsie. - Poughkeepsie Journal 11/11/18 NELSON, Samuel of Poughkeepsie m 11/14/20 Christina BENNER, dau of late Henry, Esq. of Red Hook; Rev. KITTLE - Poughkeepsie Journal 11/22/20 NELSON, Samuel (Hon.), judge of the 6th Circuit District, m 4/7/25 Catharine Ann RUSSELL, only dau of John, Esq., in Cooperstown; Rev. TIFFANY - Otsego Herald/Freemen's Journal 4/11/25 NELSON, Thomas of Poughkeepsie m 2/2/04 Mrs. Mary DELAVAN of Franklin in Franklin; Rev. McNIECE - Poughkeepsie Journal 2/7/04 NELSON, Thomas m 11/10/05 Jamima SMITH, both of Poughkeepsie; Teunis TAPPEN, Esq. - Poughkeepsie Journal 11/12/05 NELSON, Thomas, Esq., "a very aged citizen", d 11/1/23 at his home in Poughkeepsie - Poughkeepsie Journal 11/5/23 NELSON, Thomas J. (Dr.) m 9/20/27 Mary NEWCOMB in Pleasant Valley; Rev. Dr. REED - Poughkeepsie Journal 9/26/27 >I am looking for my gggrandfather's parents or siblings. My >gggrandfather was George B. Nelson born 12 Sept 1804 in Massena, NY >which is now in St. Lawrence County. I don't know his father's first >name nor his mother's first name. But She was ------ Boynton from VT. >His father was from NY also.