Individual Details
John Nichols
(Abt 1710 - 10 Jan 1801)
Came from Ireland in 1727 at 17 years of age. Bought a large piece of land in Oxford and what is now the south part of Charlton. Died at age 91.
Nancy Tyler Nichols, who m. Samuel Meriam, was the dau of John(3) Nichols of Charleton. Nancy and Samuel's son, Rufus N. Meriam wrote a Meriamm Geneaology and says this about the Nichols: " Her (Nancy Tyler Nichols) gr.-gr.-father, John(1) Nichols, came from Ireland at the age of 17, probably about 1727, as he died Jan 10, 1801, aged 91; and bought a large tract of land in Oxford and what is now the south part of Charlton. He m. Hannah, dau of Capt. Jonathan Tucker, Sen., of Charlton, by whom he had two children, John (2) and Hannah (2). His will is dated May 12, 1798 and proved Mar 3, 1801.
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This is another John Nichols who lived in Sutton. This John Married Lydia ? and had a child Anna I may not have the correct Johns
There was also an Alexander Nichols that was the father of John Nichols the 3rd. I need to look into this.
Essex Antiquarian, vol. I, pp. 53-56. Obtained a farm of 150 acres
in Topsfield from his father in January 1678/9.
Moved from Topsfield, to Sutton, Worcester County, in 1725.
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These are notes I found on the Internet. See Nichols9 database in my records:
THESE MEMORIES WERE WRITTEN BY DR.J. NICHOLS FEB 22,1892 WHEN ¦
¦ HE WAS ABOUT 66YR OF AGE. THEY WERE COPIED BY MY FATHER F.J
¦ NICHOLS JAY). DR. J. NICHOLS WRITES: ¦
¦ THE MOST REMOTE ANCESTOR OF THE NAME OF NICHOLS WHICH I HAVE ¦
¦ ANY KNOWLEDGE AUTHENTIC WAS LIEUTENANT JOHN NICHOLS WHO WAS ¦
¦ BORN ABOUT 1710 AT LONDONERRY IRELAND AND CAME TO BOSTON ¦
¦ ,MASS. AS A SAILOR ABOUT 1732. HE DID NOT RETURN BUT FOUND
¦ WORK AT WAGES FOR A TAVERN KEEPER IN ROXBURY NOW THE SOUTH ¦
¦ PART OF BOSTON. WITH HIS SAVINGS HE SOONAFTER PURCHASED 1000 ¦
¦ ACRES OF LAND ON THE FRENCH RIVER IN OXFORD ,MASS.,ABOUT 40 ¦
¦ MILES FROM BOSTON. TTHE HOUSE HE BUILT "A ONE STORY WOODEN ¦
¦ STRUCTURE PAINTED RED WITH WHITE TRIMMINGS AND COVERING A
¦ LARGE PIECE OF GROUND" WAS OCCUPIED AS A ¦
¦ DWELLING WHEN I WAS A BOY, AND I THINK IS STILL STANDING. ¦
¦ .......WHEN HE MOVED TO HIS NEW PLACE AT OXFORD HE TOO WITH
¦ HIM THE TAVERN KEEPERS DAUGHTER WITHOUT HER FATHERS CONSENT.. ¦
¦ THEIR ONLY SON AFTERWARDS CAPT. JOHN NICHOLS OF THE ARMY OF ¦
¦ THE REVOLUTION WAS BORN 1733 AND HE WITH A YOUNGER DAUGHTER ¦
¦ WERE THEIR ONLY CHILDREN. HIS COMMISSION AS A LIEUT. WAS ¦
¦ EARNED IN 1745 AT THE CAPTURE OF LOUISBURG WHICH HAD BEEN
¦ DEEMED IMPREGNABLE AND ITS CAPTURE BY THE NEW ENGLAND MEN ¦
¦ NEARLY FROM MASS. ASTONISHED EUROPE AND FILLED THE ENGLISH ¦
¦ COLONIES WITH JOY. THE DAUGHTER ABOVE MENTIONED WAS MARRIED ¦
¦ TO A PHILLIPS. THE PHILLIPS FAMILY WAS NOTED FOR MENTAL AND
¦ BODILY VIGOR. ¦
¦ LIEUT. NICHOLS' WILL WHICH WAS DRAWN UP 40 YRS BEFORE ¦
¦ HIS DEATH IS NOW IN MY MOTHERS POSSESSION A AUBURN MASS.
¦ DRAWN UP AT THAT EARLY , I SUSPOSE TO BE SECURE THE RIGHT OF
¦ HIS NATURAL SON TO HE BEQUESTHED ALL HE HAD AFTER MAKING WISE ¦
¦ PROVISIONS FOR HIS DAUGHTER AND HER FAMILY. AS HE DIED 1800
¦ HE WAS ABOUT 90 YEARS OF AGE. THE PLACE OF HIS BURIAL IS ¦
¦ UNKNOWN. ¦
¦ JOHN NICHOLS HIS SON BORN IN 1733 WAS A FARMER DEVOTED
¦ TO BUSINESS AND MUST HAVE BEEN RESPECTED AS HE WAS CHOSEN ¦
¦ CAPTIAN OF A COMPANY RAISED IN 1775. I HAVE HEARD MY ¦
¦ GRANDMOTHER AND OTHERS DESCRIBE INCIDENTS AT BATTLES ON LONG ¦
¦ ISLAND AND WHITE PLAINS BEFORE NEW YORK IN 1776. THERE WAS
¦ GREAT SUFFERING AMONG THE SOLDIERS FORM HEAT AND THIRST AND ¦
¦ MY GREAT GRANDFATHER'S INLAW WAS MISSING AND NEVER HEARD FROM ¦
¦ AFTERWARDS.
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10 Aug 1757 2ND DETACHMENT FROM OXFORD TO SHEFFIED
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Oct 1775 UNDER CAPT.JOHN LARNED "MINUTE EXPEDITION"
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FARMER LT. IN FRENCH AND INDIAN WARS
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20 MAY 1765 SEATED AT MEETING HOUSE
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SEE HISTORY OXFORD p 297
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WORKED PASSAGE FROM IRELAND WHEN 17 YRS
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TENANT OF HEIRS OF GOV DUDLY SO. PART OX.
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CHOSEN TO PROSECUTE DEER HUNTERS 1742
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BROTHERS -WILLIAM, ALEXANDER(1)
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Some Merriams and Their Connection with Other Families by Rufus N Meriam, Worcester, Mass; Private Press of Franklin P Rice.
1888. Reprinted from the Proceedings of The Worcester Society of Antiquity for 1887.
p 49
Samuel (7), s. of James (6), m. Nancy Tyler, dau. of John (6) Nichols of Carlton, and settled on the old homestead at Oxford North Gore. Her gt.-gr.-father, John (1) Nichols, came from Ireland at the age of 17, probably about 1727, as he d. Jan 10, 1801, aged 91; and bought a large tract of land in Oxford and what is now the south part of Charlton. He m. Hannah, dau. off Capt. Jonathan Tucker, Sen., of Charlton, by whom he had two ch., John (2) and Hannah(2). His will is dated May 12, 1798 and proved March 3, 1801.
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Nancy Tyler Nichols, who m. Samuel Meriam, was the dau of John(3) Nichols of Charleton. Nancy and Samuel's son, Rufus N. Meriam wrote a Meriamm Geneaology and says this about the Nichols: " Her (Nancy Tyler Nichols) gr.-gr.-father, John(1) Nichols, came from Ireland at the age of 17, probably about 1727, as he died Jan 10, 1801, aged 91; and bought a large tract of land in Oxford and what is now the south part of Charlton. He m. Hannah, dau of Capt. Jonathan Tucker, Sen., of Charlton, by whom he had two children, John (2) and Hannah (2). His will is dated May 12, 1798 and proved Mar 3, 1801.
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This is another John Nichols who lived in Sutton. This John Married Lydia ? and had a child Anna I may not have the correct Johns
There was also an Alexander Nichols that was the father of John Nichols the 3rd. I need to look into this.
Essex Antiquarian, vol. I, pp. 53-56. Obtained a farm of 150 acres
in Topsfield from his father in January 1678/9.
Moved from Topsfield, to Sutton, Worcester County, in 1725.
================================
These are notes I found on the Internet. See Nichols9 database in my records:
THESE MEMORIES WERE WRITTEN BY DR.J. NICHOLS FEB 22,1892 WHEN ¦
¦ HE WAS ABOUT 66YR OF AGE. THEY WERE COPIED BY MY FATHER F.J
¦ NICHOLS JAY). DR. J. NICHOLS WRITES: ¦
¦ THE MOST REMOTE ANCESTOR OF THE NAME OF NICHOLS WHICH I HAVE ¦
¦ ANY KNOWLEDGE AUTHENTIC WAS LIEUTENANT JOHN NICHOLS WHO WAS ¦
¦ BORN ABOUT 1710 AT LONDONERRY IRELAND AND CAME TO BOSTON ¦
¦ ,MASS. AS A SAILOR ABOUT 1732. HE DID NOT RETURN BUT FOUND
¦ WORK AT WAGES FOR A TAVERN KEEPER IN ROXBURY NOW THE SOUTH ¦
¦ PART OF BOSTON. WITH HIS SAVINGS HE SOONAFTER PURCHASED 1000 ¦
¦ ACRES OF LAND ON THE FRENCH RIVER IN OXFORD ,MASS.,ABOUT 40 ¦
¦ MILES FROM BOSTON. TTHE HOUSE HE BUILT "A ONE STORY WOODEN ¦
¦ STRUCTURE PAINTED RED WITH WHITE TRIMMINGS AND COVERING A
¦ LARGE PIECE OF GROUND" WAS OCCUPIED AS A ¦
¦ DWELLING WHEN I WAS A BOY, AND I THINK IS STILL STANDING. ¦
¦ .......WHEN HE MOVED TO HIS NEW PLACE AT OXFORD HE TOO WITH
¦ HIM THE TAVERN KEEPERS DAUGHTER WITHOUT HER FATHERS CONSENT.. ¦
¦ THEIR ONLY SON AFTERWARDS CAPT. JOHN NICHOLS OF THE ARMY OF ¦
¦ THE REVOLUTION WAS BORN 1733 AND HE WITH A YOUNGER DAUGHTER ¦
¦ WERE THEIR ONLY CHILDREN. HIS COMMISSION AS A LIEUT. WAS ¦
¦ EARNED IN 1745 AT THE CAPTURE OF LOUISBURG WHICH HAD BEEN
¦ DEEMED IMPREGNABLE AND ITS CAPTURE BY THE NEW ENGLAND MEN ¦
¦ NEARLY FROM MASS. ASTONISHED EUROPE AND FILLED THE ENGLISH ¦
¦ COLONIES WITH JOY. THE DAUGHTER ABOVE MENTIONED WAS MARRIED ¦
¦ TO A PHILLIPS. THE PHILLIPS FAMILY WAS NOTED FOR MENTAL AND
¦ BODILY VIGOR. ¦
¦ LIEUT. NICHOLS' WILL WHICH WAS DRAWN UP 40 YRS BEFORE ¦
¦ HIS DEATH IS NOW IN MY MOTHERS POSSESSION A AUBURN MASS.
¦ DRAWN UP AT THAT EARLY , I SUSPOSE TO BE SECURE THE RIGHT OF
¦ HIS NATURAL SON TO HE BEQUESTHED ALL HE HAD AFTER MAKING WISE ¦
¦ PROVISIONS FOR HIS DAUGHTER AND HER FAMILY. AS HE DIED 1800
¦ HE WAS ABOUT 90 YEARS OF AGE. THE PLACE OF HIS BURIAL IS ¦
¦ UNKNOWN. ¦
¦ JOHN NICHOLS HIS SON BORN IN 1733 WAS A FARMER DEVOTED
¦ TO BUSINESS AND MUST HAVE BEEN RESPECTED AS HE WAS CHOSEN ¦
¦ CAPTIAN OF A COMPANY RAISED IN 1775. I HAVE HEARD MY ¦
¦ GRANDMOTHER AND OTHERS DESCRIBE INCIDENTS AT BATTLES ON LONG ¦
¦ ISLAND AND WHITE PLAINS BEFORE NEW YORK IN 1776. THERE WAS
¦ GREAT SUFFERING AMONG THE SOLDIERS FORM HEAT AND THIRST AND ¦
¦ MY GREAT GRANDFATHER'S INLAW WAS MISSING AND NEVER HEARD FROM ¦
¦ AFTERWARDS.
==============================================
10 Aug 1757 2ND DETACHMENT FROM OXFORD TO SHEFFIED
=============================================
Oct 1775 UNDER CAPT.JOHN LARNED "MINUTE EXPEDITION"
==============
FARMER LT. IN FRENCH AND INDIAN WARS
===================
20 MAY 1765 SEATED AT MEETING HOUSE
==================
SEE HISTORY OXFORD p 297
=======================
WORKED PASSAGE FROM IRELAND WHEN 17 YRS
======================
TENANT OF HEIRS OF GOV DUDLY SO. PART OX.
==============
CHOSEN TO PROSECUTE DEER HUNTERS 1742
=================
BROTHERS -WILLIAM, ALEXANDER(1)
============================
Some Merriams and Their Connection with Other Families by Rufus N Meriam, Worcester, Mass; Private Press of Franklin P Rice.
1888. Reprinted from the Proceedings of The Worcester Society of Antiquity for 1887.
p 49
Samuel (7), s. of James (6), m. Nancy Tyler, dau. of John (6) Nichols of Carlton, and settled on the old homestead at Oxford North Gore. Her gt.-gr.-father, John (1) Nichols, came from Ireland at the age of 17, probably about 1727, as he d. Jan 10, 1801, aged 91; and bought a large tract of land in Oxford and what is now the south part of Charlton. He m. Hannah, dau. off Capt. Jonathan Tucker, Sen., of Charlton, by whom he had two ch., John (2) and Hannah(2). His will is dated May 12, 1798 and proved March 3, 1801.
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Events
| Birth | Abt 1710 | Youghal, Cork County, Ireland | |||
| Birth | Abt 1710 | Youghal, Cork County, Ireland |  | ||
| Marriage | Abt 7 May 1736 | Oxford, Massachusetts Bay, British America - Hannah Tucker | | ||
| Will Dated | 12 May 1798 |  | |||
| Death | 10 Jan 1801 | Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States | | ||
| Will proved | 3 Mar 1801 | |
Families
| Spouse | Hannah Tucker (1718 - 1742) |
| Child | Captain John Nichols II (1734 - 1812) |
| Child | Hannah Nichols ( - ) |
Notes
Birth
Or LONDONDERRY IRELANDMarriage
or Roxbury, MAEndnotes
1. Rufus N. Meriam, Some Meriams and Their Connection with Other Families (Worcester, Mass: Private Press of Franklin P. Rice, 1888), p. 49.
2. Rufus N. Meriam, Some Meriams and Their Connection with Other Families (Worcester, Mass: Private Press of Franklin P. Rice, 1888), p 49.
3. "Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data from Massachusetts town and city clerk records in Jay and Delene Holbrook, Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. (Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute) microfiche collection., Page 403, Oxford Births, Marriages, Deaths, Ancestry Image 219/1999.
4. Systematic History Fund, Vital Records of Oxford, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849 (Worcester, Massachuseets: Franklin P Rice, 1905), p. 300.
5. Rufus N. Meriam, Some Meriams and Their Connection with Other Families (Worcester, Mass: Private Press of Franklin P. Rice, 1888), p 49.