John Nichols (bef. 1601 - bef. 1655)

Born before 16 May 1601 in Sedgeberrow, Worcestershire, England

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Died before 19 Jun 1655 at about age 54 in Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

John Nichols, son of Francis Nichols and Frances (Wimarke) Nichols, was baptized in Sedgeberrow, Worcestershire, England on 16 May 1601.^[1][2]

John was, says Bond, a land-holder at Watertown in 1636 or 7 and was probably the same, who was an early settler of Fairfield, and who was granted a home-lot from the town 2.5 acres of land, on the SE side of the Frost Square, lying between Richard Wescott's and Daniel Frost's home-lots. He was a dividend land-holder, and stood among the leading citizens of Fairfield. He died intestate, and his widow Grace soon after married Richard Perry of Fairfield. On May 18, 1649, she gave up her interest in the homestead to her son John at his request; to her children Samuel, John, and Sarah, she gave six pounds each and five more to Samuel. She appointed her brother Isaac of Stratford, and Andrew Ward of Fairfield administrators in her place, on her first husband's estate (A. Town Deeds. ) a distribution of John Nichols estate was made by his brother Isaac ad Andrew Ward June 9 1655, in which six children were named ^[3]

John Nichols first married to an unknown woman (choosing Esther as was originally in this profile seems to be simply because they had a daughter Esther) and he married secondly to a Grace of uncertain maiden surname.^[4]

He died about 1655 before his estate inventory was taken on 19 June 1655. ^[5]

Children

1. Hester Nichols
2. Elizabeth Nichols
3. Hannah Nichols
4. Isaac Nichols
5. Sarah Nichols
6. John Nichols
7. Samuel Nichols, b: c1655.

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Sources

1. ↑ James Harvey Bloom Bloom Collection, a Collection of Notes On Local Topography, Transcripts of Parish Registers, Copies of Tombstone Inscriptions, and Other Matter Relating to the District Around Stratford-Upon-Avon (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1965), Records of Sedgeberrow Item 3, Baptisms, marriages, burials, 1566-1783, 11:77, Film # 008005070, digital image 326 of 586 by subscription FamilySearch.org.
2. ↑ Samuel Orcutt A History of the Old Town of Stratford and the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut, Part I (New Haven, Connecticut: Press of Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, 1886) 129 and 184, digital image available Archive.org p. 129 and p. 184.
3. ↑ The History of Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, from the Settlement of the Town in 1639 to 1818, Elizabeth Hubbell Schenck, Vol I, New York 1889 [1]
4. ↑ Donald Lines Jacobus, ed. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Vol. 1, Pt. IV 1:434 (New Haven: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1930-1932), digital image at HathiTrust Vol 1. p. 434
5. ↑ "Abstract of Probate Records at Fairfield, County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut" by Spencer P. Mead, L. L. B., v1 1648-1656 p8; Text: NICHOLLS, John, late of ______, inventory taken June 19, 1655, by Alexander Knowles and Jehu Burr, and estate distributed to his widow Grace, and children Hester, Elizabeth, Hannah, Isaac, Sarah, and John

See also:

• Thompson, Neil D. "The English Origin of Sergeant Francis Nichols of Stratford, Connecticut" The American Genealogist of New Haven, Connecticut; TAG 75:267; D. L. Jacobus, 1937-; AmericanAncestors.org online database by New England Historic and Genealogical Society, 2009 - , digital image online by subscription AmericanAncestors.org.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #148383183 for John Nichols (16 May 1601–19 Jun 1655); unknown burial; contains no headstone or sources.