Just a note to you that may be interested, I have found a lead on the von Nida genealogy in the year 1150. It now appears that the name "von Nida" was derived from the Dutch name "van Nida".(David Edward Niday, Sr. Route 1 Box 170 Cement, Oklahoma 73017 405-489-7186)

Commonly called David, lived in Maryland early, probably in the Cumberland area and married a German girl, Mary also of Maryland. Family records indicate that h served in the Revolutionary War from 1775 until its close. David lived in Berkeley Co., Virginia in 1780 (p73-76)