John Nickerson 2nd (abt. 1773 - abt. 1820)

Born about 1773 in Woods Harbour Shelb Co NS

Ancestors

Husband of Dorothy James (Burke) Nickerson — married 6 May 1790 in Woods Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada

Descendants

Died about 1820 at about age 47 in Woods Harbour, NS

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Biography

John Nickerson was born about 1773 son of John and Jerusha (Knowels) Nickerson

He married 06 May 1790 in Woods Harbour Dorothy James Burke and had 11 children

• Knowles, b. Abt 1795, Woods Harbour, NS d. Abt 1876, Cape Sable Island, Barrington, NS (Age ~ 81 years)

• John, b. 22 Apr 1797, Woods Harbour, NS d. 25 Nov 1815 (Age 18 years)

• Marinda, b. 13 Aug 1799, Woods Harbour, NS d. Bef 1881, Cape Sable Island, Barrington, NS (Age 81 years)

• Judah, b. 23 Jun 1801, Woods Harbour, NS d. 7 Feb 1895, Clark's Harbour, NS (Age 93 years)

• Watson, b. Aug 1804, Woods Harbour, NS d. 22 Aug 1865, Clark's Harbour, NS (Age ~ 61 years)

• Phineas, b. 10 Jul 1806, Woods Harbour, NS d. 12 Nov 1898, Clark's Harbour, NS (Age 92 years)

• Anna, b. 1808, Woods Harbour, NS d. 1839, Argyle Sound, Yarmouth, NS (Age 31 years)

• Joshua L., b. 19 Feb 1811, Barrington, Woods Harbour, NS d. 1890, Clark's Harbour, NS (Age 78 years)

• Dorcas Archer, b. 22 Sep 1815, Woods Harbour, NS d. 9 Apr 1900, Yarmouth, NS (Age 84 years)

• Esther, b. 1821, Barrington, NS d. Abt 1884, Cape Sable Island, Barrington, NS (Age 63 years)

• Mahala, b. Woods Harbour, NS d. 1852, Sheet Harbour, Halifax, NS

He died about 1820 in Woods Harbor

Sources

• Nickerson Family Association The Next Generation

• The Nickerson Family Association maintained by Nancy Corey, last modified 11/9/2013; http://www.nickersonassoc.com/TNG; viewed 2/21/2016 Wilbur-403 15:18, 21 February 2016 (EST)

Nickerson Genealogy Project www.nickersonassoc.com There are five published volumes of The Nickerson Family: The Descendants of William Nickerson (1604-1689) First Settler of Chatham, Massachusetts covering seven generations beginning with William Nickerson and Anne Busby. Parts I through IV, resulted from the dedicated work of Pauline Derick. She tapped into resources created by Anna Kingsbury and others, spearheaded by NFA founder William Emery Nickerson. She was also ably assisted by many, many Nickerson relations. Pauline’s son Burt carried this work forward after her death in 1997.

• Doug Coldwell, firsthand knowledge. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Doug and others.