This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Nelson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YYB.2ACI/1592.1 Message Board Post: I don't how long Nelsons were in Adams, but I'm sure interested in finding out. My great grandfather, John C., was born there (possibly Greene Twp.) in February, 1841. I'm still trying to run down info on his parents (listed on his 1880 Centus entry as both New Jersey born).