Capt
Peter
Nichols
Born in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony
Ancestors 
Son of Nathaniel Nichols
and Ann (Booth) Nichols
Brother of
Esther (Nichols) Holbrook, Philo Nichols, Phedima (Nichols) Curtiss, Richard Nichols, Austin Nichols, Elijah Nichols, Ann (Nichols) Canfield, Theophilus Nichols, Joseph Nichols and Josiah Nichols [half]
Husband of
Rebecca (Camp) Nichols
— married
29 Apr 1753 in Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony
Descendants 
Father of
Lemuel Nichols, Phedima (Nichols) Beers, Hester (Nichols) Meeker, Lavinah (Nichols) Hard, Sarah Nichols, Philo Nichols, Nathaniel Nichols, Sarah (Nichols) Booth and Polly (Nichols) Birch
Died
at age 66
in Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Nov 2014
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Biography
Sources
- Barbour Coll., CT VR, vol. 2, p.87 & vol. 1, p.70 (d.o.b., parents, loc.),vol. 2, p. 87 (d.o.d., parents, loc.), vol. 1, p. 26 & vol. 2, p. 86 (marr. info*);
- Beach, Rebecca Donaldson. Reverend John Beach and John Sanford and their descendants. The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Press. New Haven 1898, p. 236;
- Marriage Index: Connecticut, 1635-1860, Roll number: 0004967 through 0004984 (spouse, date, loc.)
- Virkus, p. 553 (Francis thru Wm. Theophilus Nichols);
- Newtown Cem. has Rev. War Flag at gravesite of Capt. Peter Nichols.
- Newtown, CT: Vital Records, 1704-1850 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, NEHGS, Boston, 2021) Vol. 1, Page 22 & Page 116 & Page 117: "Peter Nichols, born in Newtown, March 1, 1732."
- Connecticut Town Records (Barbour Collection), 1732/3, 1753 & 1799
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