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Near/Nöhr, Johann Karl (Carl) (1675-1733). This genealogy begins with the Palatine ancestor Hans Jacob Nöhr (c. 1648-) and his son Johann Karl (Carl) Neher who immigrated to America in 1710, then follows the family of Johann Nicolaus Neher who adopted the surname spelling of Near. Two sons of Johann Nicolaus came to Canada in the later 1790’s. Henrich (Henry) Near (1745-) and his brother Johannes (John) Near (c.1752-1836) supported the British cause during the American Revolution. Henrich and his wife Anna Maria Huffman came to Ontario in 1785 and settled in Bertie Township, Welland County. John and his wife Elizabetha Kilmer arrived in Ontario in 1799 and settled in Humberstone Township, Welland County. Four children of a third brother, Jacobus (Jacob) Near (1756-) settled in Stamford and Bertie Townships, Welland County and are included. Includes five generations of descendants in many parts of southwestern Ontario including Welland, Wentworth, Wellington and Middlesex Counties, and in Michigan, and elsewhere in Canada and the United States. Descendant surnames included: Mordue, McConnell, Curley, Maylan, Burling, Bull, Vrooman, Leonard, Little, Kerry/Carey, Sharp, Heckadon, Canwell, South, Barja; Partridge; Woolavott; Rowland; Walley, Beam, Burgess, Purdy, Deterling, Mueller, Bearss, Ramey, Lockery, Bates, Clark, Ullyot, Dudley, Errett, St. Clair, Terry, Ballard, Fulmer, Klaras, Buskirk, Shippy, Hampton, Johnson, Edsall, Shaver, Kester, Wolfe, Knoll, Albrecht, Gilchrist, Smith, Neff, Michael, Berry, Brown, Williamson, Fawcett, Reeb, Davison, Flagg, Huffman, Buck, Marsh, McCleod, Zah, Stewart, Fogelsonger, Anthes, Weaver, Morningstar, Wambaugh, Killman, Shugg, Johnson, Kemp, Johnston, Hawkins, Mathews, Cregar, Fares, McMicking, Foote, Upper, Teskey, Reilly, Houck, Cooper, McLean, Henderson, Shortell, Henning, Shaw, Cottrell. 

Neff, Abraham (1746-  ) was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania on 10 May 1746 to Henry and Magdalena (Shantz) Neff and married in Strayer Lutheran Church, Dover Township, York County, Pennsylvania on 28 Dec 1768, Anna Catherine Schodder/Shoeber, daughter of Johannes Jacob Henrich and Catherine Augustine) Schoddar/Schoeber (c. 1751-1848).The couple lived in Dover Township, York County, Pennsylvania to the west of Lancaster and south of the city of Harrisburg then brought their family to Upper Canada (Ontario) in 1790, settling on Lots 29 and 30 Concession 2, Humberstone Township, Welland County. The lots are now both in the west central and northwest parts of the City of Port Colborne located along the west side of Elm Street north of Killaly Street West and south of Barrick Road. Steele Street forms the western boundary of the homestead. Highway 3 (Main Street West) runs through the centre part of the property east to west and Fielden Avenue is the dividing line between Lots 29 and 30.

Includes ancestors in Zurich, Switzerland, in Dühren, Heidelberg District, Baden, Germany and in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Also includes five generations of descendants in Ontario and western Canada and the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned: Barton, Winger, Augustine, Minor, Aikman, Albright, Bauslaugh, Cline, Lutz, German, Almas, Horning, Snider, Young, Wythe, Sager, Blackwell, Proctor, Wheeler, Foster, Hicks, Woock, Kenyon, Pennington, Minor, Robinson, Miller, Kinsey, Sternaman, Aches, Doan, Horning, Cudney, Shisler, Booker, Page, Bartlett, Phelps, McAfee, Sweitzer, Barrick, Poehlman, Bearss, Carver and many more. 

Neidrauer, Jacob (1827-1879) was born in Germany and came to Canada by about 1852 when he married Mary Jane Secord (c. 1836-  ) a granddaughter of Charlotteville Township pioneer Silas Secord and great-granddaughter of Niagara and Norfolk pioneer Peter Secord. The couple settled in Houghton Township, Norfolk County and had ten children.Includes four generations of descendants in Norfolk County, Ontario, in British Columbia and in New York and Florida in the United States. Descendant surnames included: McHugh, Carruthers, Branen, Cox, Barrett, Humphreys. 

Neill/Neal, George (c. 1750-1840) lived in South Carolina during colonial times. During the American Revolution he served as a Major in Colonel King’s Corps. Following the war he became a Methodist Minister and traveled in the southern states, then in 1788 came to Queenston in the Niagara District of Upper Canada. About 1793, he settled in Beverly Township, Wentworth County, then in Charlotteville Township, Norfolk County by 1815. Includes children. 

Nelles, Hendrick Wilhelm (1735-1791) was born to Willem Nelles and his wife Magdalena Klock in Stone Arabia, Albany County, New York and in colonial times lived with his wife Anna Margaretha Dillenbach on the north side of the Mohawk River immediately west of the meeting point of the Stone Arabia and the Klock and Nellis Patents in Albany (later Tryon then Montgomery) County, New York.During the American Revolution Hendrick went to the British military post at Fort Niagara and was appointed a Lieutenant in the Indian Department under Colonel Guy Johnson then promoted to Captain. Following the war, Captain Nelles had substantial grants of land in Grimsby Township, Lincoln County and received a 999 year lease from Six Nations Chief Joseph Brant a large block of land on the Grand River in Seneca Township, Haldimand County.

Includes ancestors and seven generations of descendants in Ontario, western Canada and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames include:  McDonald, Balkwill, Cushman, Merritt, Craig, Metcalf, Gilchrist, Herod, Hartley, Bennett, Bell, Davies, Steen, Nutt, Frame, Young, Stewart, Whitelaw, Gowland, Driver, Forbes, Mathisen, Anderson, Post, Zogg, Thompson, Pulliam, Baugh, Preston, Quillan, Cascadden, Belshaw, Hoffman, Barrick, McDiarmid, Walker, Darvill, Nelson, Ball, Cooper, Campbell, Slaght, Bridgeman, Eaton, Emery, Shaver. 

Nevill, John (1759-  ) and Moses Nevill (1763-  ) were born in Maryland. They married respectively the sisters Martha Mitchell (1759-1795) and Elizabeth Mitchell (1755-  ). They came to Upper Canada in Nov 1793 with their brother-in-law Thomas Welch (Walsh) who married Mary Mitchell.

John Neville received a Crown Grant of Lot 24 Concession 2 Humberstone Township, Welland County.  This property, now on the east side in the City of Port Colborne runs along the east side of Sider Road from the south side of Second Concession Road to the north side of Killally Street. Moses Neville received a Crown Grant of Lot 23 Concession 2 Humberstone Township, Welland County.  This property, adjoined that of his brother John on the west side of Babion Road.

The genealogy includes six generations in Welland, Norfolk and Elgin Counties in Ontario, and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned: Fairchild, Phillips, Laur, Snively, Locker, Kilmer, Gorvett, Wilson, Ullman, Hilton, Edwards, Purdy, Anger, Scidmore, Strong, Hobbs, Previl, Lindsay, Simpson, Grogan, Collins, Raymond, Soper, Bradley, Brennert, Yenzer and many more.

Nevills, James (c. 1749-1811). He married Anna Eve DeShired (c. 1759-1838. During colonial times, they lived in Sussex County, New Jersey and during the American Revolution James Nevills was loyal to the British cause.

James and Anna Nevills came to Upper Canada in 1787 and settled on Lot 80 in Stamford Township, Welland County.  This was located along the south side of Thorold Stone Road between Montrose and Kalar Roads in the present City of Niagara Falls. In James Nevills’ time this was entirely rural. He built a small sixteen square foot house, cleared a piece of meadow land and made other improvements.

In 1803, James Nevills purchased 100 acres in Lot 116 Thorold Township, Welland County then in 1805 added 100 acres in the adjoining Lot 115. This is located between Lundys Lane and Barron Road and the east side of Allanburg Road east of the village of Allanburg.

The genealogy includes biographies and six generations in Ontario and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned: Ostrander, Misener, Sensabaugh, Merritt, Anderson, Seburn, Blanford, McIntrire, Keller, Dockstader, Warner, Dresser, McElvoy, McEvoy, Goslin, Crowthers, Abbey, Hunt, Payne, Scanlan, Faw, Brown, Weaver, Smith, Beatty, Lamb, Simpson, Haws, Turner, Reaume, Errington, Graham, Roe, Nixon and many more.

Newkirk, Peter (1772-1853) son of Gerrit and Cornelia (Welsch/Wells) Newkirk, was baptized as Petrus Neukerk in the Dutch Reformed Church, Katsbaan, Ulster County on 13 Jan 1772. The Town of Katsbaan was a hamlet in the Town of Saugerties situated on the Hudson River in Ulster County, New York between Kingston and Catskill. In a marriage record of son Garrett Newkirk, his mother’s maiden name was given as Anna Wells. In the baptismal and marriage records her maiden name was recorded as Maria Wells. The couple were married in Katsbaan and their children were baptized there. At the time of the 1800 Census they were in Mamakating, Ulster County southwest of the city of Kingston.

The couple left New York with their family in 1810 and settled on a 200 acre farm in Lot 22, Concession 2, Walsingham Township in Upper Canada (Ontario) about a mile west of the village of St. Williams on the north side of County Road 42. Their younger children were born on the farm and it was the subsequent family homestead for nearly a century.

Includes ancestors and five generations of descendants in Norfolk and Elgin Counties in Ontario, in western Canada, and coast to coast in the United States. Some family members lived in Argentina, South America. Descendant surnames include: King, Mero, Pool, Dingman, Blachley, Cutright, Dolson, Gregg, Sharrard, Coggins, Thurby, Wyley, Everitt, Kyle, McKeun, Allison, Hutson, Simmons, Teske, Matman, Rohrer, Matthews, Ford, Haggerty, Tousey, Ostrander, Carroll, Weakley, Handley, McCash, Floyd, McIntosh, Cash, Buhl, Cronmiller, Howley, Colledge, Rutledge, Harris, Burke, Gates, Vannatter, Mills, Switzer, Becker, McCormick, Duggan, Underdown, Howard, Endsley, Phillips, Brewer, Peine, Fix

Newkirk, Samuel (1761-c. 1790), older brother of Peter Newkirk was baptized in the Dutch Reformed Church, Catskill, Greene County, New York on 4 Jun 1761. During colonial times Samuel Newkirk lived in Ulster County, New York then during the American Revolution in 1778 joined the Loyalist cause serving in Butler’s Rangers at Fort Niagara at the confluence of the Niagara River and Lake Ontario. He served in the Rangers until the end of the war and was discharged at the disbandment of the regiment on 24 Jun 1784. He married on 26 Sep 1788, Elizabeth Brown.

Following the end of the war, a number of Butler’s Rangers were given grants of land along the Thames River. Samuel Newkirk was given first a lot in Colchester Township, Kent County which he surrendered for a grant of river Lot 11 (Concession 2) located west of the present city of Chatham. Soon after his settlement, Samuel Newkirk was killed by the fall of a tree leaving a young widow with a son and daughter.

Includes five generations of descendants in Kent and Essex Counties in Ontario and in Michigan in the United States. Descendant surnames include: Thackery, Drury, McIntyre, McIsaac, Benson, McGuire, Parks, Labadie, Johnston, Clements, Boley, Chittin, O’Loane

Newkirk, Cornelius (1725-1786) was baptized in the Dutch Reformed Church, Kingston, Ulster County, New York on 28 Feb 1725, a son of Adrian Newkirk and Aaltjen Bogart and an uncle of Peter and Samuel Newkirk above. He married in Kingston on 28 May 1752, Lea Van Etten (c. 1730-  ).

During colonial times, Cornelius Newkirk lived in Ulster County, New York and during the American Revolution served in the Loyalist forces under Major Grant. His sons James and John went to Fort Niagara and served in Butler’s Rangers. Following the war, Cornelius and Lea were brought to Upper Canada by their son James in 1786 and Cornelius died soon after his arrival. 

Newman, George William (1819-1901) came from England to Canada in 1845 and married Harriet Arnold. By 1850, they settled in Walsingham Township, Norfolk County near the village of St. Williams. Includes children and grandchildren in Norfolk and Haldimand Counties, and in Saskatchewan.  

Nichol, Robert (c. 1780-1824), general merchant and trader, came from Scotland to Upper Canada in 1792 and lived successively at Fort Detroit, Amherstburg, Essex County and in Fort Erie, Bertie Township, Welland County until 1809 when he settled in Port Dover, Woodhouse Township, Norfolk County. He served as a Member of the Legislature of Upper Canada for Norfolk County. Includes children. 

Nickerson, Moses Chapman (1804-1871) and his brother Eleazar Freeman Nickerson (1806-1862) were born in Windsor County, Vermont then lived in New York. In 1831, they established a store in Mount Pleasant, Brantford Township, Brant County, then settled in Colborne, Windham Township, Norfolk County. Moses moved to Port Dover in Woodhouse Township, where he was active in developing the village and port. He later settled in Wisconsin. Eleazer settled in Michigan. Includes parents and three generations of descendants in Norfolk and Essex Counties, and in Michigan. Descendant surnames included: White, Scott. 

Nickerson. Includes four unrelated families. Eliud Nickerson (1760-1843) born in Danbury, Connecticut and lived in Hamilton Township, Northumberland County then in Grantham Township, Lincoln County. His son Eliud settled in Windham Township, Norfolk County by 1850. Includes three generations of descendants in Norfolk and Brant Counties and in Michigan. Descendant surnames included: Swayze, Hooker. Sarah H. Nickerson (c. 1811- ), widow of Nathaniel Nickerson, settled in Townsend Township, Norfolk County about 1849. She lived later in Decatur County, Kansas. Includes children and grandchildren in Norfolk and Elgin Counties, and in Kansas. Descendant surnames included: Walker, Johnson, Hull, Williams. Benjamin Nickerson (c. 1814- ) came from Nova Scotia and settled in Townsend Township, Norfolk County before 1850. Includes children and grandchildren in Norfolk County and in Michigan. Descendant surname included: Sanford. John Nickerson (c. 1828-) came from the United States by 1881 when he married Elizabeth Ransom. They lived in Simcoe then in Lafayette, Louisiana. Includes children. 

Nigh/Nie, Adam (c. 1795-  ) was born in Germany or possibly Alsace-Lorraine and married Magdalena Miller (c. 1802-1892). The couple came to Upper Canada about 1828 and settled initially in Bertie Township, Welland County. In 1836, Adam Nigh purchased 100 acres of land in Lot 26 in the second cross concession of Willoughby Township, Welland County. This was located on the north side of Townline Road about one kilometre west of the hamlet of Snyder.

The genealogy includes six generations in Willoughby and Haldimand Counties, Ontario and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned: Burger, Winger, Berlinghoff, Kohler, Ruch, Baker, Sider, House, Learn, Anger, Foster, Sartz, Varey, Garner, Anger, Calvert, Hoffman, Bretzler, Sharp, Robillard, Pinkel, Van Scoter, Coakley, Book, Morningstar and many more.

Nigh/Neu, Johann Wilhelm (1746-1804) was born in Germany and married in North Annville, Lebanon, Pennsylvania on 18 Apr 1769, Juliana Fernsler (daughter of Johann Philip and Maria Barbara (Georg) Fornsler). Their children Henry Philip, Adam, Mary Christina (Barnhart) and Sarah (Sherk) settled in Bertie Township, Welland County, Upper Canada east of the village of Ridgeway. Sons John and John Frederick settled in Markham Township, York County near Unionville.

The genealogy includes six generations in Ontario and coast to coast in the United States. Descendant surnames mentioned: Barnhart, Sherk, Palmer, Anderson, Hoover, Spofford, Young, Traviss, Teal, Scott, Burger, Johnston, Hare, White, King, McMillan, McCann, Atkinson, Murphy, Reid, Brooks, Curtis, Robertson, Frizell and many more.

Nunamaker, John Jacob (c. 1760) lived in Pennsylvania and during the American Revolution, joined the King’s Royal Regiment of New York. After the war he settled in Cornwall Township, Stormont County, Upper Canada. His son Jacob Nunamaker settled in Townsend Township, Norfolk County by 1812. Includes children. 

Nunn, Joshua Edward (c. 1766-1852) and his brother Benjamin Nunn (1775-1863) came from Schooley’s Mountain Morris County, New Jersey to Upper Canada in 1796 and settled in Pelham Township, Lincoln County. In 1816, Joshua moved to Bayham Township, Elgin County. Then in 1819 he settled in Middleton Township, Norfolk County. Benjamin settled in Walpole Township, Haldimand County, and late in life lived with his children in Townsend Township, Norfolk County. Includes ancestry and three generations of descendants in Norfolk and Elgin Counties, and in Michigan and elsewhere. Descendant surnames included: Ribble, Dennis, Austin, White Thompson, Hankinson, Anderson, Shipman, Brown, Christopher, Abbey, Hoover, O'Malley, Clearwater, Marsh, Sewell, Abbe, Renner, Walker, Buck.