John
Nicholson
Esq
Born in Dublin, Ireland
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Nicholson
and Christian (Jaffray) Nicholson
Brother of
Abigail Nicholson, Lydia (Nicholson) Bell, Robert Jaffray Nicholson, Christiana Nicholson, Isabella (Nicholson) Clibborn and Mary Nicholson
Husband of
Isabella (Wakefield) Nicholson
— married
27 Oct 1785 in Moyallon, Co. Down, Ireland
Descendants 
Father of
Hannah Wakefield Nicholson, Christiana Nicholson, Hannah Wakefield Nicholson, Mary Nicholson, Thomas Nicholson, Alexander Jaffray Nicholson MD, Wakefield Nicholson, Isabella Nicholson, Charlotte Wakefield (Nicholson) Beatty, Richardson Nicholson, Rawdon Hautenville Nicholson, Medowes Taylor Nicholson, Robert Jaffray Nicholson, Elizabeth Blacker (Nicholson) Williams and Lydia Holmes Nicholson
Died
at age 63
in Stramore House, Gilford, County Down, Ireland [uncertain]
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John was a Friend (Quaker)
Biography
John Nicholson Esq[1] was born Dublin 25 June 1762. [2] He was the son of Thomas Nicholson & Christian Jaffray. [3][4] He was descended from the Nicholsons of Cumberland[5], making him a cousin of the Nicholsons of Balloo. He was a Quaker. [6] He married Isabella Wakefield, Friends Meeting House, Moyallon, County Down, 27 October 1785. [6] He resided at Stramore House, Gilford, County Down. [1] He died aged 63, 09 August 1825. [1] His gravestone is at Tullylish Old Graveyard, Banbridge, County Down. [1]
John was born in 1762. He passed away in 1825.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156400624/john-nicholson : accessed 21 December 2020), memorial page for John Nicholson (1762–9 Aug 1825), Find a Grave Memorial no. 156400624, citing Tullylish Old Graveyard, Banbridge, County Down, Northern Ireland ; Maintained by Colleen Coey Weis (contributor 48144283).
- ↑ Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Family Lists, image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.ie/record?id=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FMM11M-3%2F0055&parentid=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FBIRTH%2F4386 : accessed 05 December 2019), birth of John Nicholson in Dublin on 25d 6mo (Jun) 1762, father: Thomas, mother: Christian; citing Dublin MM Family lists 1655-1699, Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives.
- ↑ The Blackburn Family Association, by Kevin Howley, http://www.blackburn-tree.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I66846&tree=blackburn
- ↑ "The Nicholsons: Quakers, Bleachers, and Soldiers", by Eric McElroy, Journal of Craigavon Historical Society, volume 8, number 1, http://www.craigavonhistoricalsociety.org.uk/rev/mcelroythenicholsons.html
- ↑ The India Mutiny, 1914, by Edward Gilliat, http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=gilliat&book=mutiny&story=nicholson
LADY EDWARDES, Kaye, Trotter, Bosworth Smith, Lord Roberts, and others give many details of the life of John Nicholson. His earliest ancestors seem to have been of Cumberland descent; they went across to Ireland and settled in Derry and County Down.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Marriage Registration - Quaker Records Ireland - Marriage of John Nicholson and Isabella Wakefield on 27 October 1785 in Friends Meeting House, Moyallon, Co. Down, Ireland - The Religious Society of Friends, Lurgan Meeting, Volume 2, Page 264 - MR1785-27-10-JN-IW", http://www.sinton-family-trees.com/ft_main.php?rin=5265
- Family Search ID: MZVJ-PMX
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Nicholson-7114 and Nicholson-3578 appear to represent the same person because: Same place same dates
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