Born in Cohasset, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Hector Stockbridge
— married
11 Oct 1807 in Cohasset, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
[children unknown]
Died
at age 56
in Cohasset, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
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Biography
Clara, or Clarissa, Nichols was born in Cohasset, Massachusetts, in 1783, the daughter of Caleb and Lydia (Kent) Nichols.[1] (Note that her headstone gives her year of birth as 1784. Also note that her birth record says she is the daughter of Caleb and Hannah Nichols.)
She was a resident of Cohasset, MA, in 1807, when she married Hector Stockbridge, also of Cohasset.[2] They had one child:
- Lewis Nichols, 1807-1882
After Hector died in 1810, she remarried in 1818 to Henry Pratt. They had 4 children:
- Adaline, 1819-1890
- Louisa, 1821-1903
- Hannah Hobart, 1824-1906
- Henry T., 1829-1864
Clarissa died in 1839 when she was 55 years old. She is buried with her second husband at the Cohasset Central Cemetery.[3]
Sources
- ↑ Birth: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
citing Digital film/folder number: 007009695_002_M9ZJ-MRF; FHL microfilm: 886766; Image number: 22; Packet letter: D; Indexing batch: I00913-1
FamilySearch Record: F4JM-372 (accessed 4 March 2024)
FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-9979-SSBZ
Clara Nichols born on 2 Apr 1783, daughter of Caleb Nichols & Hannah Nichols, in Cohasset, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. - ↑ Marriage: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
citing Digital film/folder number: 007009695_001_M9ZJ-MRX; FHL microfilm: 886766; Image number: 56; Packet letter: C; Indexing batch: I00913-1
FamilySearch Record: FHQY-X4J (accessed 4 March 2024)
FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-9979-SSJY
Clarissa Nichols marriage to Hector Stockbridge on 11 Oct 1807 in Cohasset, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. - ↑ Burial: Find a Grave (has image)
Find A Grave: Memorial #112675966 (accessed 4 March 2024)
Memorial page for Clarissa “Clara” Nichols Pratt (2 Apr 1784-6 Oct 1839), citing Cohasset Central Cemetery, Cohasset, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA (plot: 326, Owners, Henry Pratt, Lewis Stockbridge, James Hobart); Maintained by Charles Gilbert (contributor 47648910).
- Title: The Litchfield Family in America 1630-1900
- Author: Wilford J Litchfield
- Publication: Discontinued publication
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- Media: Book
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