Ira Nichols (1789 - 1874)

Born 5 Apr 1789 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Huldah (Edwards) Nichols — married 1811 in Trumbull, Fairfield, CT

Died 20 Apr 1874 at age 85 in Trumbull, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Charlotte Vardy [send private message]

There were two Ira Nichols - this one in Trumbull/Stratford area and one in Huntington, Fairfield, CT (s/o Phil Nichols and Caty Curtis) - I will try and straighten this info out in this file.

Biography

• Mother: Anna Hawley
• Mentioned in his will:
  1. William P. Edwards, brother of deceased wife
  2. Edward I. Peet
  3. John B. Peet
  4. Charles C. Nichols
  5. Prosper Nichols
  6. Charles L. Nichols of Bridgeport
  7. Robert C. Nichols
  8. The heirs of Abijah M. Nichols
  9. Birdsey B. Plumb, executor

Sources

• findagrave.com
• Nicholls, Walter (1909) Sergeant Francis Nicholls of Stratford, Connecticut, 1639, and the Descdendants of his son, Caleb Nicholls. The Grafton Press, Genealogical Publishers, New York. page 40 (#188)

From behind the ancestry.com subscription wall:

• Connecticut, Town Marriage Records (Barbour Collection), 1823
• Connecticut Town Birth Records (Barbour Collection), 1789
• Connecticut Church Record Abstracts, 1874
• Connecticut Wills & Probate Records, 1874

-1860 CENSUS TRUMBULL, FAIRFIELD CO., CT M653-74 p. 899 Nichols, Ira 71 bookkeeper , Hulda 61

-1870 CENSUS TRUMBULL, FAIRFIELD CO., CT, p.221, M593-99 Image 5 Nichols, Ira 81 , Huldah 71