Nicholas
Porter
Born in Weymouth, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Son of John Porter
and Deliverance (Byram) Porter
Brother of
Mary Porter, Mary (Porter) Petty, Susanna (Porter) Pratt, John Porter, Samuel Porter, Thomas Porter, Ruth (Porter) Willis, Sarah Porter and Ebenezer Porter
Husband of
Bathsheba (Reed) Porter
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Sarah (Lunt) Porter
— married
10 Jun 1725 (to 31 Dec 1770) in Abington, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Descendants 
Father of
Nicholas Porter Jr., William Porter, Bathsheba (Porter) French, Daniel Porter, Susanna Porter, Job Porter, Esther (Porter) Fobes, Abner Reed Porter and Sarah Porter
Died
at age 98
in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Province of Massachusetts Bay
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Biography
Origin
Nicholas was born on at at Weymouth, Suffolk County (Norfolk after 1793), Massachusetts, a son of .
Marriage
Nicholas married by 1699 at Weymouth/Marshfield, to Bashua/Bashna/Bathsheba Reed, daughter of William Reed.[1][2]
Children
Children of Nicholas and Bathsheba:[3]
- Nicholas Porter, b 27 Oct 1699 Weymouth /alternate 26 Oct 1700 Abington
- William Porter b 19 Aug 1702, Weymouth
- Bathsheba Porter b 17 Sep 1707 m. David Fornek
- Daniel Porter b 15 Jun 1708 in Abington
- Susannah Porter 20 Mar 1710 in Abington m Abner Bradford of Kingston
- Job Porter b 26 Jun 1714 in Abington
- Esther Porter b 27 Nov 1716 in Abington m Joshua Forbes
- Abner Porter b 27 Nov 1718 in Abington m Jane Chessman
- Sarah Porter b 3 Apr 1722 in Abington
Nicholas was born before 1701. He passed away in 1770.
Sources
- ↑ Reed, John Ludovicus, (1901) The Reed Genealogy: Descendants of William Reade of Weymouth, Massachusetts from 1635 to 1902, Vol 1. Archive.org (Vol 1, Page 14).
- ↑ Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700. NEHGS Boston, AmericanAncestors.org (Vol 2, Page 1215). Text: PORTER, Nicholas (1672-) & Bathsheba [REED]; by 1699; Weymouth/Marshfield {Marshfield 184; Porter 19; Perrine Anc. 151; MD 23:73}
- ↑ Weymouth (Mass.) (1910) Vital Records of Weymouth, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 ... Vol 1, Births. Boston: NEHGS Archive.org (Vol 1, Pages 218).
See also:
- Ancestry Family Tree 2945427 Ancestry Family Trees] Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.
- Lewis & Young, Lawyers, 7/17/1967
- Porter Family Genealogy
- Smith, Henrietta E. S. The Anderson, Perrine, Barbour-Smith, Howell-Clark, Porter and Savery Families: With a Genealogical and Biographical Record of Some Who Were Pioneers in America; Also Genealogical Sketches of Allied Families. Detroit: Perrine Press, 1902. Pages 151-3.
- Lysander Salmon Richards, History of Marshfield, (Plymouth,MA: Memorial Press, 1901), . Vol 2 Pages 184-5.
- *Chamberlain, G.W.; History of Weymouth, Mass., Vol. 4, p. 488.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Nicholas by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Nicholas by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- Charles Hastings
:
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test HVR1 and HVR2, haplogroup W4a1, FTDNA kit #920411
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~0.39%
Janie (Goodwin) Oickle :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Cal Moore :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A843885 [compare], yourDNAportal CALf6b55321, Ancestry member calhun
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[Living Emmons]
Porter-22343 and Porter-5147 appear to represent the same person because: same spouse and child
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Porter-5147 and Porter-16432 appear to represent the same person because: Same birth date
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