Joseph Nichols was born calculated 1686. He died 10 Mar 1733 in Waterbury, New Haven, CT and was buried in Grand Street Cemetery, Waterbury, New Haven, CT. Joseph married Elizabeth Wood.
Name
Joseph Nichols
Death
10 MAR 1732/3 Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut
Sources
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 237. vol 1, p 437-8. " ... first at Newtown, L. I., bought land in Derby 20 May 1715, and abt. 1728 rem. to Waterbury ..."
Copied and compared with the original by Nancy O. Phillips, Sarah Riggs Humphrey Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Derby, Connecticut Town Records, 1655-1710 (New Haven, CT, The Tuttle, Morehouse and Taylor Company, 1901.), p. 4. . "...Isaac Nichols of Stratford guniar have Sold.. unto Ebenezer Johnson of Pagasett, ... which was formerly Given to me by my honared mother in Law ElizaBeth Fowler .. hogges Meadow.."
"Ancient Burying-Grounds of the Town of Waterbury, Connecticut", Publications of the Mattatuck Historical Society (Mattatuck Historical Society, Waterbury, Conn., 1917) Page 80 & Page 123: #481 "Son of Isaac Nichols, Jr., of Stratford, where his birth is recorded as in 1680."
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Nichols-9798 and Nichols-704 do not represent the same person because: These are not the same two Joseph Nichols. 9798 was s/o John Nichols and Abigail Desborough; bap. 1704 and died 1856; m. Abigail Sarah and had different children than Nichols-704. #9798 was a son of Isaac Nichols' older brother, John. #704 was a descendant of Isaac Nichols.
Nichols-9798 and Nichols-704 appear to represent the same person because: These two appear to be duplicates and should be merged. Please approve and merge if appropriate.
Nichols-8696 and Nichols-704 appear to represent the same person because: The source in Nichols-8696 confirms that there is a discrepancy in the birth date, but they are the same person.