Rachel (Peck) Nichols (1792 - 1863)

Born 1792 in Clarendon, Rutland, Vermont, United States

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Died 1863 at about age 71 in Huntington, Chittenden, Vermont, United States

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Biography

"Nichols, Charles H., Essex, is a farmer born in Richmond Vt. on January 5, 1820. He was a son of Charles H. and Rachel (Peck) Nichols. His paternal grandfather was James Nichols, a pioneer of Richmond, Vt. Charles H. Nichols, Sr, was a farmer by occupation and lived in Richmond, Vt., the greater part of his life and died in Bolton, Vt. He had a family of ten children – Maria, Minerva, James, Charles H., Polly, William S., Lidy M., Alexander, Sarah A., and Adoniram J.

Lucy Nichols, the mother of Charles Herma Chipman, was born in Richmond, Vt. July. 24, 1821, a daughter of Charles H. Nichols, a native of Harden. Ct., and of English descent He died when Mrs Chipman was ten years of age. Her mother, nee Rachel Peck, was born in Clarendon, Vt. of English descent. Thomas and Lucy Chipman were married in Vermont, and were the parents of two children – Charles H, the subject of this sketch, and Laura M, wife of Wilford Jodoin, of Vergennes, Vt. [2]

Sources

• Family records
• Find a Grave 27091049/lorenzo-holley

Rann, William S. (July 7, 1886). History of Chittenden County, Vermont: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers. D. Mason & Company. p. 844 – via Internet Archive.