Conrad Sr. allong with brothers Caspar, and Jacob were the sons of Johannes Near and Anna Christina and came from Germany

Conrad Near Sr. married Anna Eva Empie, daughter of Philip Empie and Elisabet Barbara Shultz and was killed in a Revolutionary War battle Oct. 19 - 21, 1780 at Klock's Field in the Mohawk Valley of New York. Their son Conrad Jr. was placed in another home and he and his grandfather Philip Empie were captured by indians while catching horses in a pasture. Philip was able to escape with a pen knife that the indians overlooked. Conrad was sleeping too heavy that Philip couldn't wake him. Conrad Jr. was taken to Montreal and was placed with a widow until the end of the war. Nothing is known of Anna Eva Empie after the death of her husband Conrad Sr, As her father Philip Empie and his brother William had been tried as Loyalists (Tories)they then fled to Canada where they stayed and died and were buried in Cornwall, Ontario Canada.

Caspar married Margaretha ??? and Jacob married Maria Loescher, Caspar and Jacob stayed in the Montgomery, Oneida, Madison area, and fought in the Revolutionary War in Col. Klock's regiment, their descendants stayed in the area.

Conrad Near Jr: the only child of Conrad Near Sr. and Anna Eva Empie Near
b. ca 1771-1773, Palatine/Stone Arabia, Montgomery County New York
d. ca. 1850, - buried Hamburg Cemetery, Livingston County, Michigan
m. 18 Jan. 1795, Anna Nancy Fox
b. 14 Jan. 1778, Montgomery County, NY. dau. of William W. Fox/Fuchs and Anna Eva Loucks/Laux
d. ca. 1840 - buried Hamburg Cemetery, Livingston County, Michigan

After his marriage to Anna Nancy Fox he was found in Montgomery County, NY. as stated by the baptismal records of his 3 youngest children. The 1820 census has them in Madison County, N.Y. while in 1830 they are found in the town of Vernon, Oneida County, NY. Deeds show them to be in Chautauqua County NY. by 1833 where they lived for awhile. Finally they settled in Livingston County, Michigan where they both died surrounded by all their children except the oldest John Conrad, who remained in Chautauqua County, N.Y. at Tammy's request.

Children of Conrad Jr, and Anna Nancy Fox Near: 8
John Conrad b. 31 July 1795 Stone Arabia, N.Y.,
Anna b. 29 Sept. 1797 Stone Arabia,
Catarina b. 26 Feb 1802 Stone Arabia,
Elizabeth(Betsey)Ann b. 7Aug. 1804 Stone Arabia,
Twins: Charles Nellis & Charlotte b. 8 Jun 1810, Charlotte died during 1814
Sybe b. 22 Apr. 1812
and finally
Irene b. 1813 Ellery, Chautauqua County, N.Y.

John Conrad Near: son of Conrad Near Jr and Anna Nancy Fox Near.
b. 31 July 1795, Montgomery County, N.Y.
d. 21 Feb 1882, Town of Ellicott, Chautauqua County, NY. buried Fluvannah Cemetery
m. 2 Aug.1817, Tamison (Tammy) Lounsbury/Lounsberry
b. 24 Jan 1800, Schaghticoke, Renessealer County, NY. dau of Thomas Lounsbery Jr.
d. 30 Aug 1871, Town Of Ellicott, Chautauqua County, NY. buried Fluvannah Cemetery

It's not certain where John Conrad and Tammy were married and lived for their first 10 to 12 years. (Cemetery records say they were married in Stone Arabia in 1817) his name was probably overlooked in the 1820 census of Oneida county, where his father was found. Their son Charles D. was born in Spartensburg, Crawford County, Pa. The 1830 census shows John Conrad living in the town of Lenox where his cousin Jaspar(Caspar II) was living. In 1833 at Tammy's request to live near her sister Mary, the family settled in the Town Of Ellicott where they remained. John Conrad was a farmer, republican and member of the Christian Church.

Children of John Conrad and Tammy Lounsbury Near : 13
Caroline b. 29 Jan 1819, d. 27 Oct, 1887
William b. 29 Feb 1820, d. 20 Jan. 1912
Mary b. 2 Dec 1822,
Amelia b. 2 Nov. 1824, d. 16 April 1909,
Charles (born and died at birth)
Charles D. b. 16 May 1826, d. 19 May 1909
Arvilla b. 16 Jun 1828, d. 1915
Nancy b. 16 Mar. 1830,
Jane E. b. 4 Oct 1833, d. 26 Dec. 1864
John b. 30 Apr. 1835, d. 15 Nov. 1919
Martha b. 7 Oct. 1837, d. 18 Jan 1896
Persis b. 23 Mar. 1839, d. 20 Dec. 1906
and
Lafayette b. 7 Apr. 1843, d. 19 Dec. 1922

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