Judith was a member of the Society of Friends. [2][3]
She married, as his second wife Thomas Nichols of Amesbury, about May 24, 1721 [24: 3: 1720]. [1] intentions published on April 20, 1721. [5] Thomas was born at Amesbury, Massachusetts on October 16, 1670, son of Thomas and Mary (Moulton) Nichols. [5][2][3]
Thomas, also a member of the Friends, will was written on November 16, 1724 and proved on December 7, 1724. [2][6][7]
daughter Anna, wife of Samuel Colby, five shillings.
Mary, wife of Ralph Blasdell five shillings and two bushels of winter apples for ten years if she would 'go into the orchard and pick them.'
Esther, wife of Ichabod Colby, and at a later period the famous Widow Esther Colby Inn holder five shillings.
Thomas five shillings
David forty shillings
Rachel five pounds, when eighteen..
Stephen, Ebenezer, and Benjamin, all of his real estate [6]
my wife Judith all my estate during her widowhood, as long as she bears my name
my brother Jonathan Hoage and my friend Joseph Colby to be executors [7]
He also left instruction that as Almighty God has not bestowed on my son Ebenezer active and lively parts and faculties, as my other children, I appoint the heads of the meetings of the Society called Quakers, to do for Ebenezer as in their best judgement which may require reimbursement from my estate. [7]
Among the expenses submitted to the court on May 13, 1726 where L10 for the lying in of the widow and L10 for the keeping of the child 'to this day' [7]
On October 31, 1731, in an accounting submitted to the court by executor Jonathan Hoage, among those items mentioned where:
to widow Judith, for maintenance of son Ebenezer from December 1724 to December 1731at L15 per annum, total L105
to the widow, for the maintenance of her son Nathan Nichols, born after his father's death L40 [7]
On May 24, 1735 [24: 3: 1734], several men petitioned the court indicating that according to Thomas' will there would be maintenance for son Ebenezer out of his estate, and also according to the judgement of his friends, people called Quakers, and that widow Judith Nichols, should receive L20 for that maintenance. [7]
↑ 1.01.11.2 Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, The Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, 1911
↑ 2.02.12.22.32.42.5 The old families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts ; with some related families of Newbury, Haverhill, Ipswich and Hampton, Snow & Farnham Printers, Providence, Rhode Island, 1897, p 265-6
↑ 3.03.13.23.33.4 Jameson, Ephraim Orcutt. The Jamesons in America. 1647-1900 : Genealogical Records and Memoranda, Rumford Press, Concord Printers, Boston, Massachusetts, 1901 p. 4
↑ 5.05.15.25.35.4 Vital Records of Amesbury, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, The Topsfield Historical Society, Topsfield, Massachusetts, 1913
↑ 6.06.1 Merrill, Joseph. History of Amesbury: Including the First Seventeen Years of Salisbury, to the Separation in 1654; and Merrimac, from Its Incorporation in, Press of F. P. Stiles, 1880, Haverhill, Massachusetts, p. 181
↑ 7.07.17.27.37.47.57.67.7 Case 19514:p. 1-55: Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881 (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.)
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