Benjamin Nickerson (1714 - 1798)

Born 6 Sep 1714 in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Covell) Nickerson — married 13 Oct 1741 in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 9 Oct 1798 at age 84 in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Benjamin Nickerson (son of Samuel Nickerson and Hannah Hall) was born 06 Sep 1714 in Harwich, Mass., and died 09 Oct 1798 in Harwich, Mass.. He married Sarah Covell on 13 Oct 1741 in Harwich, Mass. (by Rev. Nathaniel Stone), daughter of Ephraim Covell and Mercy (or Mary).

Benjamin was town assessor in 1746-7 and was also commissioned to select a preacher. He was among those on the Southside who, beginning in 1744, initiated several petitions in an effort to have the town officially separated into two precincts. Harwich covered a large area, and those living inthe southern part found it wearisome and a hardship to travel to the town center on the north side for town meetings, church affairs and business dealings. There also were begining political anad religious differences. In January 1746-7, the Council and the House of Representatives concurred, and the Southside became a distinct and separate precinct. The North Precinct was incorporated as the Town of Brewster in 1803.

Sources

• http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/n/i/c/Ronald-L-Nickerson/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0218.html