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Capt John Nice

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Capt John Nice

Birth
Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
5 Jul 1806 (aged 67)
Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
Plot
300
Memorial ID
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Son of Wynard or Winnard Nice and Mary Weaver.

Revolutionary War Veteran

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The Historical Society of Pennsylvania
NICE Family Papers 1764-1864, Collection 451

JOHN NICE (b.1739) was the third of four children born to WINNARD and MARY NICE of Germantown, Pennsylvania. Nice joined the army as a young man, and by the age of twenty-one had achieved the rank of captain. He married Sarah Engle, daughter of Cornelius and Catherine Engle, in 1772, and the couple had seven children, five of whom outlived their father: James, Mary, Ann, Washington and Levi. Nice continued to serve through the Revolutionary War, and died in Philadelphia in 1806.

Papers of John Nice include records pertaining to Captain Nice's service in the Sixth and Thirteenth Pennsylvania Lines during the American Revolution.
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NOTE: Capt. John Nice's Parents were recorded incorrectly on the U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Application.

Family surname also Neuss, de Neuss, de Nyce
Son of Wynard or Winnard Nice and Mary Weaver.

Revolutionary War Veteran

* *
The Historical Society of Pennsylvania
NICE Family Papers 1764-1864, Collection 451

JOHN NICE (b.1739) was the third of four children born to WINNARD and MARY NICE of Germantown, Pennsylvania. Nice joined the army as a young man, and by the age of twenty-one had achieved the rank of captain. He married Sarah Engle, daughter of Cornelius and Catherine Engle, in 1772, and the couple had seven children, five of whom outlived their father: James, Mary, Ann, Washington and Levi. Nice continued to serve through the Revolutionary War, and died in Philadelphia in 1806.

Papers of John Nice include records pertaining to Captain Nice's service in the Sixth and Thirteenth Pennsylvania Lines during the American Revolution.
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NOTE: Capt. John Nice's Parents were recorded incorrectly on the U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Application.

Family surname also Neuss, de Neuss, de Nyce

Inscription

Capt. JOHN NICE /who departed this life / July 5th 1806 / Aged 67.



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