Russel Timothy Nichols (1776 - 1849)

Born 30 Nov 1776 in Oxford, New Haven, CT , USA

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Riggs) Nichols — married [date unknown] in Christ Church, Quaker Farms, Oxford, New Haven, CT, USA

Descendants

Died 24 Jun 1849 at age 72 in Oxford, New Haven, CT , USA

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Biography

Timothy Russell NICHOLS was born 30 Nov 1776. He died 24 Jun 1849 in Oxford, New Haven, CT and was buried in Hillside Cemetery, Quaker Farms, Oxford, New Haven, CT. Timothy married Abigail RIGGS in Christ Church, Quaker Farms, Oxford, New Haven, CT.

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Sources

• J. L. Rockey, History of New Haven County, Connecticut, p. 534. " The registered freemen in the town at the time of its incorporation in 1798 and the next ten years following were: ..."

• Oxford Census.

• 1840 Oxford Census.

• Norman Litchfield & Sabrina Connolly Hoyt, Ph.D., History of the Town of Oxford, Connecticut (1960), p. 156. . " ... In Oxford, these funds were in the control of First Selectmen, Benjamin Nichols. He was born in Oxford, son of Russell and Nabby Riggs Nichols. He grew to manhood on the old family farm there ..." http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/Litchfield-Hoyt_History_of_Oxford/056.html.

• Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 537. "R. T. Nichols."

• John H. Wallace, Genealogy of the Riggs Family, New York, John H. Wallace, 1901, p. 19. "R. T. Nicholls."

• Compiled by Lorraine Cook White, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 8 - Derby 1655-1852, General Editor - Lorraine Cook White, Baltimore, Maryland, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1997, p. 272. "NICHOLS ...

Timothy Russell, s. Isaac & Abigail, b. Nov. 30, 1776."

• W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 127. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/127.html.

• Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Hillside Cemetery, p. 36. "Nichols, Lois, wife of Jonathan, died Mar. 29, 1847, age 73 yrs.

Nichols, Jonathan L., died May 29, 1821, age 48 yrs. Nichols, Isaac, died Mar. 5, 1806, age 57 yrs. Nichols, Abigail, wife of Isaac, died Mar. 20, 1825, age 77 yrs. Nichols, Isaac, died Dec. 23, 1826, age 56 yrs. Nichols, Sarah, daughter of Jonathan L. & Lois, died Apr. 20, 1868, age 71 yrs. Nichols, Jane Caroline, daughter of Riggs & Sally, died July 30, 1835, age 8 yrs. Nichols, Riggs, died May 17, 1844, age 43 yrs. Nichols, Russel, died June 24, 1849, age 73 yrs. Nichols, Nabby, wife of Russell, died Dec. 13, 1862, age 84 yrs. Nichols, Isaac, died Aug. 1, 1862, age 53 yrs." http://oxfordpast.net/hscemscan36.html.

• W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 127. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/127.html.

• Hillside Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT. http://oxfordpast.net/cem4001.html.

• Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Hillside Cemetery, p. 36. http://oxfordpast.net/hscemscan36.html.

• W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 135. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/135.html.

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