John Nickerson (1664 - 1745)

Born 10 Sep 1664 in Yarmouth, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Baker) Nickerson — married 19 Aug 1696 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Plymouth

Descendants

Died 23 Jul 1745 at age 80 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

John Nickerson was born on September 10, 1664, in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, to Nicholas Nickerson and Mary Derby.^[1] John married Elizabeth Baker on August 14, 1696, in Yarmouth, Massachusetts.^[2][3] Elizabeth was born about 1675, the daughter of John and Alice (Pierce) Baker. Together, John and Elizabeth had eight children who lived to adulthood. John died on July 23, 1745, in Dennis, Massachusetts, having lived a long life of 80 years.

"In the 1712/13 division of land by the proprietors, John Nickerson received considerable land north of his father's land in what is now South Dennis, extending easterly, in some cases as far as the Harwich town line. It was this land on which his sons Israel and John Jr settled, moving up toward what is now Highbank in South Dennis, near the Indian Lands. John's son Eleazer inherited his father's properties.

"John built his first house on his father’s land just north of where the South Dennis Congregational Church (aka the Sea Captains’ Church) stands today. He left that house to his son John. Just before his death in 1745. he built a house directly across from the church on Main Street. His first house also still stands, which he gave to son John. He left the new house to his son Eleazer."^[4]

Research Notes

In 1620, the Plymouth Colony was established. It eventually spread over today's Plymouth, Barnstable, and Bristol Counties.

Yarmouth was organized and incorporated as part of the Plymouth Colony on September 3, 1639. On June 2, 1685, Plymouth colony established a county system and was divided into three counties: Plymouth, Bristol, and Barnstable. Yarmouth was included in the boundaries of the newly created Barnstable County.

There was a short lived experiment as the Colonies of Massachusetts Bay, New Hampshire, and Plymouth united as the Dominion of New England from 1686 to 1689.

October 7, 1691, a new charter was granted to Massachusetts Bay Colony, uniting it with Plymouth Colony. Parts of Maine and Nova Scotia were also added to Massachusetts.

November 19, 1707, Barnstable County lost the town of Rochester, when it was moved into the jurisdiction of Plymouth County

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Children

John and Elizabeth had nine children:^[5]

1. Elizabeth born 11 May 1699; married Silas Sears
2. Mary born 12 June 1701; married Eleazer Sears in 1729
3. John born 1 June 1703; married Mary Small in 1729
4. Patience born 15 April 1705; married Thomas Sears in 1732
5. Israel born 31 March 1709; married Hannah Small
6. Gershon (twin) 31 March 1709; died in infancy
7. Tabatha born 15 June 1713; married Judah Crowell, six children
8. Marcy/Mercy born 22 November 1716; married David O'Killey in 1741
9. Eleazer born 2 April 1718; married Sarah Bearce in 1742

John NICKERSON was born ^[6] 10 Sep 1664 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay.

Sources

1. ↑ Millennium File [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2003.
2. ↑ U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012.
3. ↑ Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005, Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0945512.
4. ↑ Massachusetts and More Genealogy Blog, by Chris
5. ↑ The Twining Family - Descendants of William Twining Sr. of Eastham, Mass., Where He Died 1659, published by Thomas Jefferson Twining, http://interactive.ancestry.com/15191/dvm_GenMono000615-00013-0/21?backurl=http%3a%2f%2ftrees.ancestry.com%2ftree%2f8983548%2fperson
6. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCHT-KQ7 : 4 December 2014), John Nickerson, 10 Sep 1664; citing YARMOUTH,BARNSTABLE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 1589030 IT 1-2.

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See Also

• Ancestry Family Tree: Bishop Family Tree
• Find A Grave Memorial# 52589171

Acknowledgements

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