John Nicely

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Husband John Nicely ¹

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            AKA: John Kneisle 1
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         Father: [Father] Kneisle (      -      )
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General Notes: Husband - John Nicely

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He came in 1730 from Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, landing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, after a tedious voyage of six months. He was accompanied by his two brothers, Anthony and Jacob, and also by Jacob Bergen and John Yeager, the two last-named bringing their families with them. Leaving Philadelphia the little company of immigrants travelled on foot to the southwestern part of Pennsylvania, settling in what was then Donegal township, later became part of Ligonier township, Westmoreland County. It was about four miles west of Fort Ligonier, on the banks of the Four-Mile Run, that they found an abiding place. The Nicely brothers took up, among them, about twelve hundred acres, clearing a large part of this and planting corn. They carried their produce to Cumberland, Maryland, and purchased their salt at Saltsburg, Westmoreland County. They suffered frequently and severely from the aggressions of the Indians, the wife and two children of Jacob Nicely being slain by them. This so discouraged the unfortunate man that he left the neighborhood and is supposed to have gone to Armstrong County, where many of the name of Nicely claim a Jacob Nicely for their ancestor. Anthony and John Nicely remained in Westmoreland County.

1 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 857.