Dr. John Neilson (1717-1745)
M.D., emigrated from Belfast to Raritan, New Jersey
He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and was the uncle of William Neilson. His elder brother, James Neilson (1700-1783), had already emigrated to Perth Amboy, New Jersey, where he had become an important merchant and the owner of several ships that traded between Europe and America via the Caribbean. When John died in 1745, James adopted his newborn son, John, and made him his heir.
