Stephen Nickerson
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 10 Sep 1781 - Harwich, Massachusetts 1
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Stephen Nickerson (1754-1854)
Mother: Rebecca Cahoon (1756-1821)
Stephen Nickerson
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1 Oct 1726 - Chatham, Massachusetts 2
Baptism:
Death: Jun 1801 - Barrington, Nova Scotia
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: William Nickerson (1701-1763)
Mother: Sarah Covel (Abt 1705-Bef 1790)
Spouses and Children
1. *Dorcas Nickerson (12 Aug 1736 - After Dec 1787)
Marriage: Cir 1750
Status:
Children:
1. Seth Nickerson (1751-1784)
2. Stephen Nickerson (1754-1854)
3. Nehemiah Nickerson (1757- )
4. Uriah Nickerson (1757-1835)
5. Dorcas Nickerson (1760- )
6. Ebenezer Nickerson (1764-1852)
2. Martha Adams Hallett (Cir 1760 - Jun 1830)
Marriage: 17 Mar 1782 - Barrington, Nova Scotia
Status:
Children:
1. Elizabeth Nickerson (1782- )
2. Martha Nickerson (1790- )
3. Eunice Nickerson (1786- )
4. Sarah Nickerson (1791- )
Notes
Marriage Notes (Dorcas Nickerson)
He moved his family to Nova Scotia where his wife Dorcas left him and returned to Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts in 1769 and in 1770 recieved power of attorney to all of his goods in Chatham and the right to live there. Dorcas died at her son Ebenezer's house. 3
Captain Stephen Nickerson
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 6 Sep 1756 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 4
Baptism:
Death: 13 May 1832 - Phillipston, Massachusetts 5
Burial:
Cause of Death: suicide by drowning 6
Parents
Father: Seth Nickerson (1734-1789)
Mother: Martha Atwood (1736-1817)
Spouses and Children
1. *Hannah Eldredge (12 Aug 1761 - 4 Apr 1842)
Marriage: 13 Oct 1781 - Chatham, Massachusetts 7
Status:
Children:
1. Polly Nickerson (1783-1861)
2. Sabra Nickerson (1785- ) 8
3. Seth Eldridge Nickerson (1787-1860) 8
4. Hannah Nickerson (1791- ) 8
5. Stephen Nickerson (1793-1879)
6. Rebecca Nickerson (1795-1852) 9
7. Almira Nickerson (1801- ) 8
8. Francis Nickerson (1805- ) 8
Notes
General:
He was a sailor under John Paul Jones aboard the "Bon Homme Richard" whenMedical:
she captured the English frigate "Serapis" and took the prize (ship) to Le
Havre, France. On the way home, Stephen was captured, taken to Halifax, Nova
Scotia and imprisoned there in the British Fort from which he escaped.
age 75
Capt. Stephen Nickerson
Stephen Nickerson
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 11 Jun 1754 - Chatham, Massachusetts 10
Baptism:
Death: 17 Aug 1854 - Harwich, Massachusetts
Burial: in Evergreen Cemetery, East Harwich 11
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Stephen Nickerson (1726-1801)
Mother: Dorcas Nickerson (1736-After 1787)
Spouses and Children
1. *Rebecca Cahoon (1756 - 10 Mar 1821)
Marriage: 27 Mar 1777 - Harwich, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Seth Nickerson (1778-1828)
2. Deliverance Nickerson (1779- )
3. Stephen Nickerson (1781- )
4. Baty Nickerson (1783- )
5. Solomon Nickerson (1785- )
6. Warren Nickerson (1788-1791)
7. Percy Nickerson (1790- )
8. Nathan Nickerson (1793-1861)
9. Bangs Nickerson (1801-1852)
Notes
General:
Marriage 2 Lavina Wixon b: 1783 in Barnstable, Massachusetts
Married: 10 Apr 1825 in Harwich
Stephen Nickerson
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 21 Nov 1793 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 8
Baptism:
Death: 4 Nov 1879 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 12
Burial: in Gifford cemetery, Provincetown 13
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Stephen Nickerson (1756-1832)
Mother: Hannah Eldredge (1761-1842)
Spouses and Children
1. *Rebecca Ryder (9 Dec 1804 - 18 Mar 1896)
Marriage: Est 1823
Status:
Children:
1. Stephen Thomas Nickerson (1824-1893)
2. Francis Nickerson (1827-1913)
3. Luther Nickerson (1829-1903)
4. Mary R Nickerson (1832-1840)
5. Rebecca Ryder Nickerson (1834-1892)
Stephen Peck Nickerson
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 26 Feb 1816 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 15
Baptism:
Death: 6 Jan 1843 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 15
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Jonathan Nickerson (1781-1871)
Mother: Sally Miller (1785-1876) 16
Stephen Thomas Nickerson
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 6 Sep 1824 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 5 Apr 1893 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 12
Burial: in Gifford cemetery, Provincetown 13
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Stephen Nickerson (1793-1879)
Mother: Rebecca Ryder (1804-1896)
Spouses and Children
1. *Ruth S Covell (29 Aug 1828 - 5 Dec 1908)
Marriage: 27 Jan 1848 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 12
Status:
Notes
General:
1848 salt manufacturer, Provincetown
Captain Sullivan R Nickerson
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 30 Sep 1814 - Chatham, Massachusetts 17
Baptism:
Death: 12 Sep 1842 - Chatham, Massachusetts 18
Burial: in Union Cemetery, Chatham 11
Cause of Death: consumption
Parents
Father: Captain Jonathan Nickerson (1794-1833)
Mother: Thankful Higgins (1795-1882)
Spouses and Children
1. *Susannah Long (1817 - 11 Jun 1855)
Marriage: 1837 - Chatham, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Sullivan R Nickerson (1839-1856)
Sullivan R Nickerson
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Jun 1839 - Chatham, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 7 Dec 1856 - Orleans, Massachusetts 19
Burial: in Union Cemetery, Chatham 11
Cause of Death: consumption
Parents
Father: Captain Sullivan R Nickerson (1814-1842)
Mother: Susannah Long (1817-1855)
Notes
Medical:
age 17-6
carpenter
b Chatham
s/o Sullivan & Susanna Nickerson 20
Susan Nickerson
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 9 Feb 1788 - Shag Harbor, Shelburne, Nova Scotia
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Levi Nickerson (1759-1835)
Mother: Jane Wilson (1764-1836)
Susan Nickerson
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Est 1801 - Dennis, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Warren Phillips (17 Jul 1798 - )
Marriage: 1823 - (Dennis, Massachusetts)
Status:
Susan Nickerson
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Cir 1767 - Barrington, Nova Scotia
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Gideon Nickerson (Est 1740- )
Mother: Sarah Bearse (1745-1815)
Spouses and Children
1. *Absalom Nickerson (27 Sep 1767 - 3 Mar 1817)
Marriage: 4 Mar 1790 - Barrington, Nova Scotia
Status:
Children:
1. Captain Seth Nickerson (1799-1887)
Notes
Marriage Notes (Absalom Nickerson)
Children
Eunice NICKERSON b: 4 Jul 1790 in Barrington, Nova Scotia, Canada
Richard NICKERSON b: 4 Sep 1791 in Barrington, Nova Scotia, Canada
Mehitable NICKERSON b: 31 Mar 1793 in Barrington, Nova Scotia, Canada
Moses NICKERSON b: 28 Dec 1794 in Barrington, Nova Scotia, Canada
Sarah NICKERSON b: 17 Aug 1796 in Barrington, Nova Scotia, Canada
Seth NICKERSON b: 4 May 1799 in Barrington, Nova Scotia, Canada
Joshua NICKERSON b: 4 Dec 1801 in Cape Sable Island, Barrington, Nova Scotia, Canada
Mercy NICKERSON b: 9 Jun 1808 in Barrington, Nova Scotia, Canada
Berry Crowell NICKERSON b: 31 Jan 1812 in Barrington, Nova Scotia, Canada
(mark_law)
Susan C Nickerson
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 1844 - Harwich, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Edward E Doane (19 Dec 1838 - )
Marriage: 7 Jan 1863 - Harwich, Massachusetts 21
Status:
Children:
1. Laura Linwood Doane (1868-1925)
Susan D Nickerson
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 20 Mar 1828 - Boston, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 30 Jun 1911 - Boston, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death: hardened arteries and paralysis
Parents
Father: Ebenezer Nickerson (1768-1855)
Mother: Eudoxa White (1783-Bef 1850)
Notes
Medical:
age 83-3-10
Susan D Nickerson
single
b Boston, res 39 Hancock St, Boston, bur Walnut Hills, Brookline
d/o Ebenezer Nickerson, b Provincetown & Eudoxa White, b Phillipston 22
Susan Foster Nickerson
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 24 Sep 1894 - Eastham, Massachusetts 24
Baptism:
Death: 1938
Burial: in Evergreen Cemetery, Eastham
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: William Horton Nickerson (1867-1912)
Mother: Tamson A Clark (1873-1945)
Spouses and Children
1. *George Russell Wiley (1888 - 1970) 23
Marriage: 11 Nov 1913 - Eastham, Massachusetts 24
Status:
Susan Spear Nickerson
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 8 Mar 1830 - Chatham, Massachusetts 25
Baptism:
Death: 15 Nov 1888 - Orleans, Massachusetts
Burial: in Orleans Cemetery 26
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Joshua Nickerson (1797-1876) 27
Mother: Susan H Spear (1801- )
Spouses and Children
1. *Captain Heman Smith (25 Aug 1817 - 17 Mar 1891) 28
Marriage: 5 Jul 1855 - Lynn, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Heman Smith (1867-1875) 26
2. Rliza B Smith (1869-1875)
3. Charles W Smith (1870-1870)
4. Arthur C Smith (1871-1872) 26
Susanna Nickerson
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 1 Jun 1741 - Chatham, Massachusetts 29
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: William Nickerson (1698-After 1759)
Mother: Sarah Bassett (Est 1720-After 1761)
Susanna Nickerson
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 31 Mar 1780 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 30
Baptism:
Death: 3 Jul 1820 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 11
Burial: in Cemetery #1, Provincetown
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Phineas Nickerson (1738-1828)
Mother: Susannah Smith (1738-1802)
Spouses and Children
1. *Captain Simeon Conant (4 Jun 1780 - 26 Jul 1849)
Marriage: 22 Oct 1802 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Abigail Conant (1803-1834)
2. Susanna Conant (1805-1848)
Susanna Nickerson
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 1 Apr 1802 - Gerry, Massachusetts 31
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Nathan Nickerson (1763-1849)
Mother: Sally Nickerson (1761-1823)
Spouses and Children
1. *Daniel Maynard (Est 1800 - )
Marriage: 2 Apr 1823 - Phillipston, Massachusetts 32
Status:
Susannah Nickerson
Sex: F
AKA: Sukey Nickerson
Individual Information
Birth: 30 Jan 1789 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 28 Mar 1867 - Dennis, Massachusetts 33
Burial: in South Dennis Congregational cemetery 11
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: John Nickerson (Est 1760- )
Mother: Mary (Est 1760- )
Spouses and Children
1. *Seth Taylor Whelden (16 Nov 1786 - 9 Dec 1877) 34
Marriage:
Status:
Children:
1. Seth Taylor Whelden (1811-1843) 34
2. Abigail T Whelden (1813-1895) 34
3. Susan Whelden (1816-1872) 34
4. Mary N Whelden (1819-1901) 34
5. Captain Thomas Wells Whelden (1821-1873) 34
6. Andrew Whelden (1824-1890) 34
7. Thomas W B Whelden (1826- ) 34
8. Hannah Look Whelden (1829-1887) 34
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Please note: Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts is 100 miles from Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts. There is no "Harwick."
2. Sheila M. Dann Westgate and Anna Lowell Tomlinson, Vital Records of Chatham, Massachusetts, 1696-1850. vol. 1 (1991. Chatham Mass.: Chatham Historical Society), 1:21.
3. Lila Nickerson, My Bunch (Rootsweb file irish, with Nickerson Family records).
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5. Vital Records of Phillipston, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (1906. Worcester MA: Franklin P. Rice), 111. "This township was originally parts of Templeton and Athol. It was incorporated; October 20, 1786, and named in honor of Elbridge Gerry; but dissatisfied with his measures after he became governor, the citizens, [on 5 Feb 1814], procured a change of name to Phillipston." Nason & Varney, 1890
The date of the name change comes from the Phillipston Town Clerk, 27 Apr 2009.
online
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28. births by family 1628-1855, in "Vital Records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (2002. Oxford, Mass: Holbrook Research Institute (2 CDs). files H01_01a - H01_01g), 128.
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