Capt.
Benjamin
Nichols
Born in North Kingstown, Kent, Rhode Island
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Nichols
and Hannah (Griffin) Nichols
Brother of
Thomas Nichols, Susannah (Nichols) Hazard, John Nichols, Robert Nichols, Hannah (Nichols) Arnold, Jonathan Nichols, Joseph Nichols and Elizabeth (Nichols) Freeborn
Husband of
Mary (Sisson) Nichols
— married
1698 (to 1730) in East Greenwich, Kent Co., RI
Descendants 
Father of
Benjamin Nichols, Jonathan Nichols, Ruth Nichols, Joseph Nichols, John Nichols, William Nichols, Thomas Nichols, George Nichols and Ann Nichols
Died
at about age 59
in East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island
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Biography
Birth
- 28 January 1676 at North Kingstown, Rhode Island[1]
Note
A Benjamin Nichols showing (1676-1736) is listed in New England Marriages Prior to 1700 as marrying a Mary (??) b 1678 in E. Greenwich, RI.
Sources
- ↑ "Rhode Island, Births and Christenings, 1600-1914," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F87K-V7W : accessed 12 Oct 2014), Benjamin Nichols, 28 Jan 1676; citing NORTH KINGSTOWN, WASHINGTON, RHODE ISLAND, reference ; FHL microfilm 908270.
- Arnold, James Newell. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 (Narragansett Hist. Pub. Co., Providence, R.I., 1894) Vol. 5: Washington County, North Kingstown Births & Deaths, Page 86. Birth record.
- Austin, John Osborne. The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island (Genealogical Publishing Co., 1887) Page 138.
- Alden Gamaliel Beaman, Ph.D, "Some Descendants of Robert Spink of Kingstowne," Rhode Island Genealogical Register, Vol.3, Jan 1981
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benjamin by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Benjamin:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benjamin by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Benjamin:
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Nichols-82 and Nichols-2261 appear to represent the same person because: same
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May 27, 1709 - Kings Town. He and twelve others bought 1,824 acres of the vacant lands in Narragansett, situated near Devil's Foot.
1725-26 - Deputy - He bore the title of Captain at this time.
Oct 1, 1736 - Will- Proved.To son --, certain land. To second son Joseph, a farm in East Greenwich. to third son John, certain land. He mentions also sons William and George, daughter ? (to whom he gives negro Phillis), and then gives son Thomas, rest of estate.