Polycarpus Nelson

[1] He held lands In Dutchess County, where he was involved in the Great Nine Partners Patent.Polycarpus was born to John and Hendrickje Nelson on Long Island, New York.

[5] Nelson Hill, which bore the name of the father of Polycarpus, was made memorable on the day before the Battle of White Plains, when Colonel Smallwood cut off a large British force commanded by Major Robert Rogers stationed on Nelson hill.

[1] 33 years after the original Great Nine Partners Patent was issued, Nelson bought 1304 acres of land, lying on Crum-Elbow Creek in the town of Clinton, from three attorneys of David Jamison.

[6] Nelson was a signer of the declaration by the country's leading citizens in support of William and Mary and against the house of Stuart.

He was sent to arrest one of his own employees; when a man stuck him with a tanner's cleaver, splitting his head and killing him instantly.