Friday, February 26, 2010

Isaiah Nickerson 1801-1870 Mary Ann Orcutt 1811-1879

Isaiah Nickerson
Parents Isaiah Nickerson and Lydia Godfrey
Born 2 Oct 1800 Holden, Penobscot, Maine
Occupation:  Farmer (1850-60)
Married 1) Mary Ann Orcutt 22 Apr 1827 Holden, Penobscot, Maine
2) Mary Ann Orcutt 4 Jul 1843 Holden, Penobscot, Maine
Note: He DID marry two women with the same name. The two Mary Ann's were cousins and born the same year
Died 3 Feb 1870 Holden, Penobscot, Maine
Note: COD: Consumption (Tuberculosis)
Buried: Harts Corner Cemetery, Holden, Penobscot, Maine
Note:  There is no headstone
Sources
1850 US Census Brewer, Penobscot, Maine (age 49)
1860 US Census Holden, Penobscot, Maine (age 58)
Book 1, page 76, image 46 of 576 Brewer, Maine Vital Records Lineage Book -1 1743-1841 Lineage of the Inhabitants of the Town of Brewer, Book No 1
Family Search
ancestry.com
US Federal Census Mortality Schedule 1850-1885 for the year ending 1 June 1870
Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94057440/isaiah-nickerson


Mary Ann Orcutt Nickerson
FIRST wife of Isaiah
Mary Ann Orcutt #1
Born 2 Aug 1811 Holden, Penobscot, Maine
Parents: Emerson Orcutt and Jane Hardison Fletcher
Died 22 Mar 1843 Holden, Penobscot, Maine
Sources
Family Search
ancestry.com
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23135080/mary-ann-nickerson







Mary Ann Orcutt #2 (Cousin to first wife)
Parents: Seth Orcutt and Ann Fletcher
Born 11 Jul 1811 Eddington, Penobscot, Maine
Died Apr 1879 Eddington, Penobscot, Maine
Sources
1850 US Census Brewer, Penobscot, Maine (age 39)
1860 US Census Holden, Penobscot, Maine (age 48)
1870 US Census Holden, Penobscot, Maine (age 58)
Family Search
ancestry.com
Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94058147/mary-ann-nickerson
CHILDREN with Mary Ann #1
Book 1, page 76, image 46 of 576 Brewer, Maine Vital Records Lineage Book -1 1743-1841 Lineage of the Inhabitants of the Town of Brewer, Book No 1
Note: the year of their marriage should be 1827 and it only lists the first 3 children

James Hastings Nickersons
death record
James Hastings Nickerson
Born 15 Jan 1828 Holden, Penobscot, Maine
Occupation: Farmer
Married 1) Ann Josephine Hapworth 4 Sep 1859 Amherst, Hancock, Maine
Children:  Sarah
2) Rosetta Sumner 14 Oct 1863 Amherst, Hancock, Maine
Note:  her first husband was Eben Giles
Died 2 May 1910
COD: Heart Failure
Buried May 1910
Sources
1850 US Census Brewer, Hancock, Maine (age 22, with father and stepmother)
1860 US Census Amherst, Hancock, Maine (Age 32)
1870 US Census Amherst, Hancock, Maine (Age 42)
1880 Census taken in Amherst, Hancock, Maine page 9B
1900 US Census Amherst, Hancock, Maine (age 72)
James H Nickerson's death notice in paper
1910 US Census Amherst, Hancock, Maine (age 82, living with nephew Sewell Nickerson, his daughter, Clara's son)
US Civil War Draft Registrations
Note: shows him as a 35 year old farmer
Establishes lineage: Book 1, page 76, image 46 of 576, Brewer, Maine Vital Records Lineage Book -1 1743-184, Lineage of the Inhabitants of the Town of Brewer, Book No 1 Maine Marriages:  Ann Josephine Hapworth
Maine Death Record
Family Search
ancestry.com
Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection
Shared headstone for
John, Alice, Fremont, & Adelle 
John Warren Nickerson
Born 4 Aug 1829 Holden, Penobscot, Maine
Occupation: Farmer and Laborer
Married Alice M Orcutt 14 Sep 1853 Amherst, Hancock, Maine
Children:  Alonzo, Fremont, Adelle, Rose, Frank
Died 1887
Buried Amherst Cemetery, Amherst, Hancock, Maine
Sources
Birth:  Maine Births and Christenings
1860 US Census Amherst, Hancock, Maine (age 30)
1870 US Census Amherst, Hancock, Maine (age 40)
1880 Census taken in Amherst, Hancock, Maine page 10C (age 50)
Book 1, page 76, image 46 of 576 Brewer, Maine Vital Records Lineage Book -1 1743-1841 Lineage of the Inhabitants of the Town of Brewer, Book No 1
US Civil War Draft Registrations
Note: shows him as a 34 year old farmer
Maine Marriages
Family Search
ancestry.com
Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection
Headstone:  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87392807/john-warren-nickerson

Isaiah and Mandana's headstone
Isaiah Wilson Nickerson
Born 28 May 1831 Holden, Penobscot, Maine
Married Mandana Silsby 4 October 1856 Hancock, Maine
Children: Charles, Mary, Bertha, Gertrude, Joshua, Winfield
Died 19 Aug 1914 Amherst, Hancock, Maine
Buried Tannery Loop Cemetery, Amherst, Hancock, Maine
Sources
1850 US Census Brewer, Penobscot, Maine (age 19)
1860 US Census Holden, Penobscot, Maine (age 29)
1870 US Census Amherst, Hancock, Maine (age 39)
1880 US Census Amherst, Hancock, Maine page 7A (age 41)
1900 US Census Amherst, Hancock, Maine (age 69)
1910 US Census Amherst, Hancock, Maine (age 78)
Birth:  Maine Births and Christenings
Book 1, page 76, image 46 of 576 Brewer, Maine Vital Records Lineage Book -1 1743-1841 
Lineage of the Inhabitants of the Town of Brewer, Book No 1
US Civil War Draft Registration
Note: shows him as a 31 year old farmer
Family Search
ancestry.com
Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/87392888/isaiah-w-nickerson#view-photo=74411726


Joseph F Nickerson
Headstone
Joseph F (Lon) Nickerson
Born 11 Sep 1836 Holden, Penobscot, Maine
Died 3 Oct 1836 Holden, Penobscot, Maine
Buried: Harts Corner Cemetery, Holden, Penobscot, Maine
Sources


Samuel, Sarah, and Alvah's headstone
Samuel Emerson Nickerson
Born 7 Jul 1838 Holden, Penobscot, Maine
Occupation: Farmer
Married Clara Jane Silsby 2 Jul 1865
Children:  Alvah, Sewell, Hattie
Samuel's Death Certificate

Died 17 Oct 1908 Amherst, Hancock, Maine
COD: Chronic Brights Disease (Kidney disease) w/acute diarrhea 
Buried Mount Rest Cemetery, Amherst, Hancock, Maine
Note:  Previously known as Tannery Loop Cemetery
Sources
Birth:  Maine Births and Christenings
1850 US Census Brewer, Penobscot, Maine (age 11)
1860 US Census Holden, Penobscot, Maine (age 21)
1870 US Census Amherst, Hancock, Maine (age 31)
1880 US Census Amherst, Hancock, Maine page 8D (age 41)
1900 US Census Amherst, Hancock, Maine (age 62)
US Civil War Draft Registrations
Note: shows him as a 25 year old farmer
Cause of Death (COD): Death Certificate
Family Search
ancestry.com
Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection
Headstone: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=104324223

Civil War
Enlisted 29 April 1861
Mustered 15 July 1861
Discharged 7 March 1863
Charles Dudley Nickerson
Born 21 Oct 1842 Holden, Penobscot, Maine
Physical description:  5 ft 6 1/4, dark hair and eyes
Military:  Private in Civil War, 6th infantry regiment, Company B
Occupation: Farmer and Lumberman (1880)
Married: Hattie Florence Robinson 11 April 1879 Orrington, Penobscot, Maine
Children:  Frank
Died 14 Jul 1911 Jacksonville, Duval, Florida
Buried Craig Swamp Cemetery, Jacksonville, Duval, Florida
Sources
Birth:  Maine Births and Christenings
1850 US Census Brewer, Penobscot, Maine (age 8)
1860 US Census Holden, Penobscot, Maine (age 18)
Charles and Hattie's headstone
1870 US Census Amherst, Hancock, Maine (age 28, in household of brother, John)
1880 Census taken in Amherst, Hancock, Maine page 10D (age 37)
1900 US Census South Jacksonville, Duval, Florida (age 58)
1910 US Census South Jacksonville, Duval, Florida (age 67, widowed)
Maine Marriages
Military: Maine, State Archive Collection
US Civil War and Pension Index
US Vets Administration Pension Payment Card
Family Search
ancestry.com
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9747382/charles-dudley-nickerson

CHILDREN with Mary Ann #2


Henrietta holding Maud


*Henrietta Godfrey Nickerson
Born 24 Apr 1844 Holden, Penobscot, Maine
Married Horatio Southgate Hapworth 30 Jun 1861
Children Maud, Horace, Horatio
Died Oct 1878 Eddington, Penobscot, Maine
Sources
1850 US Census Brewer, Penobscot, Maine (age 37)
1860 US Census
1870 US Census
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77900141/henrietta-godfrey-hapworth
Family Search
ancestry.com
Miranda Frances Nickerson
Born 15 Aug 1845 Holden, Penobscot, Maine
Died 3 Jun 1846 (age 19 months)
Meranda and brother Horace headstone
Buried in same grave as brother
Note: Her name is spelled Meranda on tombstone
Sources
Family Search
ancestry.com Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23135052/meranda-f-nickerson
Horace Nelson Nickerson
Born 12 Feb 1849 Holden, Penobscot, Maine
Died 4 Aug 1851 age 2y 6m
Buried in same grave as sister
Sources
Family Search
ancestry.com

1 comment:

  1. My name is Michelle Dodge Hawthorne. My Mother maiden name was Nickerson. Her Mother Estella Vibert Nickerson and Fremont Nickerson was her Father. Do you have the history of my grandfather? I'm trying to get my Ancestory all sorted out for my family as a surprise xmas gift this year. Thank you! P.S. His brother was John Nickerson and his wife was Dorris Nickerson of which my Mother was named after. My mother Dorris Nickerson with 2 R's. lol Thank you! Michelle

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