Statistics for occurrence #1 of “John Nelson” in chapter 11 of Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register:

...mond Andross, Knight. Wait Winthrop. Simon Bradstreet. William Stoughton. Samuel Shrimpton. Bartholomew Gidney. William Brown. Thomas Danforth. John Richards. Elisha Cook. Isaac Addington. John Nelson . Adam Winthrop. Peter Sergeant. John Foster. David Waterhouse. Unable to resist the force arrayed against him, the Governor obeyed this summons, surrendered the fort, and with his associat...
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