Benjamin NICHOLS was born 2 Feb 1665/6 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony; the son of Isaac Nichols and his wife Margaret.[1]
He married (1st) to Abigail in 1700 in Stratford. She apparently died for he married (2nd) in 1711 to Rebecca Sandford, widow of John Seeley and daughter of Ezekiel Sandford.[2]She was born on December 13, 1672.[1]
Benjamin died in 1715 at Stratford, Fairfield, Conncticut Colony. The administration of his will was granted to Jonas Wooster of Stratford on February 2, 1714/15. The inventory was taken April 9, 1717 and presented October 8, 1718.[1]
His widow, Rebecca, married (3rd) to John Mann on May 24, 1716 at Stratford.[1][2]
Rebecca (Sandford) Seeley, Nichols, Mann died at Stratford in March of 1725/6.[1]
Sources
↑ 1.01.11.21.31.4 Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, CD-Local and Family Histories: CT, 1600's - 1800's, (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000) vol 1, p 438.
p. 439, 440.see at hathitrust.org
↑ 2.02.1 Early New England Families, 1641-1700. (Original Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013. (By Alicia Crane Williams, Lead Genealogist.) Sketch for George Squire. p. 4.need subscription
The image of Isaac Nichols' genealogy is from a book named "Martin's Geneaolgy." North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000.[1]
Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogies of Connecticut Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983), vol 3, p 595.
Susan Woodruff Abbott, Families of Early Milford, Connecticut, CD-Local and Family Histories: CT, 1600's - 1800's, (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), p. 331.
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I've seen it numerous times (at least 50% of individuals who have records in the Barbour Collection) in different transcriptions of the Barbour Collection - I don't know why either.