Born in Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada
Ancestors 
Daughter of Caleb Nickerson
and Mary Ann (Worthen) Nickerson
Sister of
Martha Ann (Nickerson) Madden, Mary (Nickerson) Worthen and Sarah Catherine (Nickerson) Snow
Wife of
Benjamin Ellis Atwood
— married
13 Dec 1862 in Nova Scotia
Descendants 
Mother of
Herbert Leslie Atwood
Died
at age 82
in Clyde River, Shelburne Co., Nova Scotia [uncertain]
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Biography
Dorcas Swaine Nickerson was born on 7 May 1842 in Cape Sable Island, Shelburne Co., Nova Scotia daughter of Caleb Nickerson and Mary Ann Worthen. Dorcas married 13 Dec 1862 Benjamin Atwood, and Dorcas passed away on 18 Oct 1924 in Clyde River, Shelburne Co., Nova Scotia[1] Death reg also has birth date,
Sources
- Nickerson Family Association The Next Generation
- http://records.ancestry.com/dorcas_nickerson_records.ashx?pid=130629625
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dorcas by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Dorcas:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dorcas by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Dorcas:
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~3.12%
~12.50%
Kevin Reynolds 
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T872084 [compare], FTDNA kit #480575
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~0.78%
Kenneth McIsaac :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member kmcisaac45
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~0.78%
Heather Leighton :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A506269 [compare], Ancestry member h_waddingham
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