Mary Peggy (Burden) Nickens (abt. 1773 - aft. 1870)

Born about 1773 in Culpeper, Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of James Nickens — married 17 Jul 1793 in Culpeper, Virginia, United States

Descendants

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Mary (Burden) Nickens is a part of US Black heritage.

Biography

Mary was born about 1773. She was the daughter of Thomas Burden and Priscilla Timbers. She passed away after 1870.

Sources

Fauquier Co. Mg. Bk. #1, pg. 411, July 15, 1793: William McClanahan, Culpepper: “I do hereby certify I am willing that Peggy Berden (Bender?) alias Timber, a free colored mulatto who was bound to me, should intermarry with James Nickins, both of whom are people of color.”

Note: the man William McClanhan in the document above is: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/McClanahan-125

His son John McClanahan is the one who testified in court later in SC that Priscilla Timbers Burden was born free, of a free white indentured servant, Sarah.

The William McClanahan family was the employer of the white woman Sarah, who some have called Aikens, but I can not confirm that is her maiden name. She had children which used the Timbers surname, and these children were Mulatto. Meaning, Sarah partnered with a black male, and had free colored children.

By law, those kids would be indentured to a white family, in this case the William McClanahan family of central Virginia.

In the statement, William proves he had Peggy as bound servant, and she was getting married to a free man of color.

• Name: James Nickens

Birth Date: Birthplace: Age: Spouse's Name: Mary Peggy Berden Spouse's Birth Date: Spouse's Birthplace: Spouse's Age: Event Date: 17 Jul 1793 Event Place: Culpeper, Virginia Father's Name: Mother's Name: Spouse's Father's Name: Spouse's Mother's Name: Race: Marital Status: Previous Wife's Name: Spouse's Race: Spouse's Marital Status: Spouse's Previous Husband's Name: Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M86874-4 System Origin: Virginia-EASy GS Film number: 30927 Reference ID: P 70 Sources

"Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XRHJ-2TP : accessed 04 May 2013), James Nickens and Mary Peggy Berden, 17 Jul 1793.

http://freeafricanamericans.com/fauquierfn.htm Fauquier Register of Free Negroes, 1817-1865 LVA Microfilm Reel 115

Eliza Nickens, 19, 28 August 1829, 5'2", dark Mulatto, Born free.

Priscilla Nickens, 28, 28 August 1829, 5'2-1/2", a Mulatto woman, Born free.

Patsey Nickens, 36, 28 August 1829, 5'2-1/2", a Mulatto Woman, __

Catherine Nickens alias Catherine Butler, round face, black eyes, 25, 23 July 1832, 5'1-1/2", Bright Mulatto woman, Born free.

William Nickens, 24, 23 December 1822, 5'8-3/4", Black man, born free.