Abigail (Bearse) Nichols (1647 - aft. 1689)

Born 18 Dec 1647 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Wife of Allen Nichols — married 12 Apr 1670 in Barnstable, Barnstable, MA

Descendants

Died after 1 Apr 1689 after age 41 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Born 18 DEC 1647 in Barnstable, Massachusetts (Barnstable)^[1][2]

Abigail married Allen Nichols on 12 April 1670 in Barnstable, Plymouth, Massachusetts. ^[3]

NICHOLS , ALLEN or ALLYN , Barnstable ; married , 1670 , Abigail , daughter of Austin Bearse ; had Nathaniel , born 1671 ; Mary , 1673 ; Josiah , 1676 , died at 2 years ; Joseph , 1678 ; Abigail , 1681 ; Priscilla , 1682 , died next March ; Experience, 1684 ; was baptised with Nathaniel , Mary and Joseph , 1688 ; and James , born , 1689 , baptised with Abigail May following.^[4]

Sources

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1. ↑ Massachusetts, Barnstable, Barnstable Vital Records, George Ernest Bowman, Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants; Boston, Massachusetts; 1904, Page number: page 392
2. ↑ "New York, Church Records, 1660-1954," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG56-36DG : 12 March 2021), Abigail Beirse, 18 Dec 1647; citing Birth, New York, United States, multiple churches, New York.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-PJYS : 19 May 2022), Allin Nicholls and Abigail Berse, 12 Apr 1670; citing Marriage, Barnstable, Plymouth, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009780.
4. ↑ The Spirit of '76: Devoted to the Principles, Incidents, and Men of '76 and Colonial Times, Volumes 10-12, Jan 1903 · Spirit of '76 Publishing Company; Within Vol 12, 1906, №6, there are the pages titled Genealogical Guide to the Early Settlers of America, page 386 is the one this tiny bit is from.

• NEHGR: The First Settlers of Barnstable, MS., The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1848) Vol. 2, Page 65
• Records of the Colony of New Plymouth 1633 -1689; Pub. Boston 1857 ; Pub. Baltimore 1976 transcribed by Claire Dietz
• Genealogy - Boston and Eastern Massachusetts by Cutter, William Richard, A. M.(Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York, 1908)
• Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families (F.B. & F.P. Goss, Publishers and Printers, Barnstable, Mass., 1888) Volume 1, by Amos Otis, pages 53-54]
• From out of the Past, Who Our Forefathers Really Were Our White and Indian Ancestors back to 1628 by Franklyn Ele-wa-tum "Swimming Eel" BeArce, (Library of Congress Manuscript)
• A Contribution to the Genealogy of the Bearse or Bearss Family in America 1618-1871 by Newcomb, John Bearss (Gazette Printing Co., Elgin Illinois Dec., 7, 1871)
• Vital Records of Barnstable and Sandwich Massachusetts, (Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, Boston) Vol. 02 - 1900
• Barnstable Town Record (Eben Lennart Johnson, 2007) Vol. 1, Part C Page 377