Thomas Nicholson (abt. 1753 - 1807)

Born about 1753 in Connecticut Colony [uncertain]

Husband of Rebecca Crosby — married about 18 Jan 1774 in Worcester, Massachusetts Colony [uncertain]

Husband of Elizabeth Broussard — married 25 Aug 1795 in St. Martinsville, St. Martin, Louisiana

Died Dec 1807 at about age 54 in Vermilion, Orleans Territory, Louisiana

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Name: Rebeckah Crosby

Event Type: Marriage

Marriage Date: 18 Jan 1774

Marriage Place: Worcester, Massachusetts

Spouse Name: Thomas Nichols^[1]

Name: Rebeckah Crosby

Event Type: Marriage

Marriage Date: 13 Jan 1774

Marriage Place: Worcester, Massachusetts

Spouse Name: Thomas Nichol ^[2]

Note : Discrepancy in where he was born and when he arrived in Louisiana.

Louisiana Records

Thomas Nicholson (Nickelson) was born about 1753 in Connecticut according to Louisiana Genealogical and Historical Society, PROCEEDINGS OF THE SIXTEENTH ANNUAL GENEALOGICAL INSTITUTE; 31 Mar 1973; Prepared by Mary Elizabeth Sanders; p. 13. Born in CT, was in Louisiana by 1784. [Note: "NICKELSON, Thomas - of Boston, here for 3 yrs" on his marriage record to Isabelle BROUSSARD in 1795 (SM Ch: v.4, #119).] He died in 1807 in Vermillion, St. Martin, LA and was buried 25 Dec 1807 St. Martinville, St. Martin, LA. Death at his home at Vermillion [present-day Lafayette, LA], bur. 25 Dec. 1807. Probate: 9 Aug 1808 St. Martinville, St. Martin, LA ^[3]

Census: 1803 Grande Prairie, Attakapas, LA ^[4]

Family

Father: Alexander NICHOLSON

Mother: Eugenie HART

First Wife Rebecca Crosby ^[5]

Second wife Isabelle Broussard ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
3. ↑ Title: Southwest Louisiana Records, 1750-1900: compact disk #101; Author: Donald J. Hébert; Publication: Rayne, LA: Hébert Publications, 2001; CD 101. Personal Copy.

   Text: NICKELSON, Thomas - of North America d. at his home at Vermillion, bur. 25 Dec. 1807 at age 70 yrs [sic]; Fr. Gabriel ISABEY (SM Ch.: v.4, #489)

   NICKELSON, Thomas has only one brother, Rufus NICKLSON. Executor Bond dated 9 Aug. 1808. (SM Ct. Hse.: Succ. #19)

   NICKELSON, Rufus brother of Thomas NICKLSON. In Succ. of Thomas NICKLSON dated 9 Aug. 1808. (SM Ct. Hse.: Succ. #19)

4. ↑ Title: Attakapas Gazette; Page: vol. XIV, no. 4 (winter 1979), p. 178.

   Text: In household #9: Thomas NICHLESON, age 50, with 16 arpents of land, 100 head of cattel, 25 horses;

   Ve. MEAUX NICHLESON, 50;

   Thomas NICHLESON fils, 23;

   Vital MEAUX, 15

5. ↑ Title: Southwest Louisiana Records, 1750-1900: compact disk #101; Author: Donald J. Hébert; Publication: Rayne, LA: Hébert Publications, 2001; CD 101. Personal Copy.

   BROUSSARD, Zabelle - veuve de [widow of] Pierre LAPOINTE m. 25 Aug. 1795 Thomas NICKELSON - of Boston, here for 3 yrs., veuf de [widower of] Rebecca CROSBY Wits: Jean Baptiste BROUSSARD, Theodore BROUSSARD, Antoine MAU, Achille BERARD, Francisco CUJO [CASO] y LUENGO. Fr. Michel Bernard BARRIERE (SM Ch.: v.4, #119)

6. ↑ Title: Southwest Louisiana Records, 1750-1900: compact disk #101; Author: Donald J. Hébert; Publication: Rayne, LA: Hébert Publications, 2001; CD 101. Personal Copy.

   NICKELSON, Thomas of Boston (maj. son of Alexandre(?) & Eugenie HART) m. contract dated: 7 Aug. 1795 Isabelle BROUSSARD - of Acadie; wid. of Pierre LAPOINTE (Joseph & Ursule TRAHAN) Wits: Olion BROUSSARD, Francois GONSSOULIN, D. BROUSSARD; Francisco CASO Y LUENGO (SM Ct.Hse.: OA-vol.16, #96)

   NICKELSON, Thomas - of Boston, here for 3 yrs., veuf de Rebecca CROSBY m. 25 Aug. 1795 Zabelle BROUSSARD, veuve de Pierre LAPOINTE Wits: Jean Baptiste BROUSSARD, Theodore BROUSSARD, Antoine MAU, Achille BERARD, Francisco CUJO [CASO] y LUENGO. Fr. Michel Bernard BARRIERE (SM Ch.: v.4, #119)