-H- 4th G grandparents |
Parents: Thomas Nickerson and Ruth Hinckley
Born 10 Apr 1769 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Married Lydia Godfrey 12 Oct 1793 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
1800 US Census Orrington, Hancock, Maine
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Children: Mary, Horace, Levi, George, Louisa, Frederick, Hannah, Rebecca, Walter, Winifred, George
Died 1857 Guilford, Piscataquis, Maine
Buried
Sources
1840 US Census Abbot, Piscataquis, Maine (age - probably 42)
Ruth H Nickerson
Born 1799 Massachusetts
Isaiah Nickerson (Jr)
Born 2 Oct 1800 Brewer, Penobscot, Maine
Occupation: (1850-60) Farmer
Born 10 Apr 1769 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Birth record for Isaiah |
Note: Intention to be married (engagement) published on 7 Sep 1793
Also, the New England Historical and Genealogical Register claims they were married 12 October 1791 page 47 volume 127
Died 29 Oct 1805 (Drown at sea, so no headstone)
Died 29 Oct 1805 (Drown at sea, so no headstone)
Note: A quote from an letter addressed to Colonel Porter and written by William E Mann (who was a druggist at the city drug store in Bangor Maine) Claimed: "Isaiah married, moved to Maine and was drowned." This letter was printed in the book: Brewer Orrington Holden Eddington, History and Families by Mildred N Thayer and Agnes H Ames published by L.H. Thompson Inc., in 1962
Sources
Birth: Massachusetts Town and Vital Records1800 US Census Orrington, Hancock, Maine
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Book: Brewer Orrington Holden Eddington, History and Families by Mildred N Thayer and Agnes H Ames published by L.H. Thompson Inc., in 1962
Lydia Godfrey
Parents: Richard Godfrey and Lydia Doane
Lydia Godfrey
Parents: Richard Godfrey and Lydia Doane
Born 9 May 1775 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Married 2) William Parsons 13 Dec 1807 Massachusetts
Married 2) William Parsons 13 Dec 1807 Massachusetts
Children: Philemon, Almira
Lydia's headstone |
Died 14 Sep 1836 Sangerville, Piscataquis, Maine
Buried: Knowlton Mills Cemetery, Piscataquis, Maine
Sources
Mayflower Births and Deaths Vol 1 and 2Birth: NEHGR
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Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64194116/lydia-parsons
George Nickerson
Born 1798 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Occupation: 1850: Shoemaker (except rubber) and farming: in census, he has $500 cash value of property: 20 acres of improved farmland, 28 unimproved, $15 worth of implements, he owns some animals worth $105: 2 'milch' cows, 2 oxen, 1 other 'cattle, 9 sheep and he grew 5 bushels of Indian corn and 10 bushels of oats
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64194116/lydia-parsons
CHILDREN
Born 1798 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Occupation: 1850: Shoemaker (except rubber) and farming: in census, he has $500 cash value of property: 20 acres of improved farmland, 28 unimproved, $15 worth of implements, he owns some animals worth $105: 2 'milch' cows, 2 oxen, 1 other 'cattle, 9 sheep and he grew 5 bushels of Indian corn and 10 bushels of oats
Married: Jane Holt 2 March 1826 Bangor, Penobscot, Maine
Children: Mary, Horace, Levi, George, Louisa, Frederick, Hannah, Rebecca, Walter, Winifred, George
Died 1857 Guilford, Piscataquis, Maine
Buried
Sources
1840 US Census Abbot, Piscataquis, Maine (age - probably 42)
8 August 1850 US Census Abbot, Piscataquis, Maine (age 52)
Marriage: Maine Marriages and Maine Vital Records
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Marriage: Maine Marriages and Maine Vital Records
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Ruth Nickerson headstone which also reads: A Christian woman consistent and faithful |
Born 1799 Massachusetts
Note: likely named after her paternal grandmother
Occupation: (1860) Servant
Occupation: (1860) Servant
Never Married
No Children
Died 21 March 1861 Sangerville, Piscataquis, Maine
Buried: Knowlton Mills Cemetery, Piscataquis, Maine
Sources
No Children
Died 21 March 1861 Sangerville, Piscataquis, Maine
Buried: Knowlton Mills Cemetery, Piscataquis, Maine
Sources
1850 US Census Sangerville, Piscataquis, Maine (living with the Mitchell family)
14 June 1860 US Census Sangerville, Piscataquis, Maine (age 60)
Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection
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-H- 4th G grandfather |
Born 2 Oct 1800 Brewer, Penobscot, Maine
Occupation: (1850-60) Farmer
Married 1) Mary Ann Orcutt 22 Apr 1827 Brewer, Penobscot, Maine
Children: James, John, Isaiah, Joseph, Samuel, Charles
2) Mary Ann Orcutt 4 Jul 1843 Brewer, Penobscot, Maine
Children: Henrietta, Maranda, Horace
Note: Yes, he married two women with the same name. It isn't a mistake. The two women were first cousins.
Died 3 Feb 1870 Holden, Penobscot, Maine
Children: James, John, Isaiah, Joseph, Samuel, Charles
2) Mary Ann Orcutt 4 Jul 1843 Brewer, Penobscot, Maine
Children: Henrietta, Maranda, Horace
Note: Yes, he married two women with the same name. It isn't a mistake. The two women were first cousins.
Died 3 Feb 1870 Holden, Penobscot, Maine
Buried
COD: Consumption
Buried Harts Corner Cemetery, Holden, Penobscot, Maine
Sources
1810 US Census Eddington, Penobscot, Maine
Sources
1810 US Census Eddington, Penobscot, Maine
1830 US Census Brewer, Penobscot, Maine (should be age 29) with first wife and first two sons; James, John)
1840 US Census Brewer, Penobscot, Maine (should be age 39) with first wife and their five surviving sons; Joseph had died)
1850 US Census Brewer, Penobscot, Maine (age 49, with second wife and children from both marriages, who also just happened to be cousins)
1860 US Census Holden, Penobscot, Maine (age 58)
Book: Brewer Orrington Holden Eddington, History and Families by Mildred N Thayer and Agnes H Ames published by L.H. Thompson Inc., in 1962 page 30
Marriage to first wife: Maine Marriages
Marriage to second wife: Massachusetts Town and Vital Records and Maine Marriages
Death and cause thereof: US Mortality Schedules for Holden, Penobscot, Maine
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Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94057440/isaiah-nickerson
Polly (Mary) Nickerson (did not find any record, so far, to tie her to Isaiah and Lydia)
Born about 1802
Married John D Finson II 13 March 1830 Dover-Foxcroft, Piscataquis, Maine, United States
Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94057440/isaiah-nickerson
Polly (Mary) Nickerson (did not find any record, so far, to tie her to Isaiah and Lydia)
Born about 1802
Married John D Finson II 13 March 1830 Dover-Foxcroft, Piscataquis, Maine, United States
Note Marriage intentions: 15 Feb 1830, 8 March 1830
Children?
Died - may have died young?
Buried
Sources
Born about 1804
Married?
Children
Died - may have died young?
Buried
Sources
Children?
Died - may have died young?
Buried
Sources
Marriage: Maine Marriages
Note: this is the only official record I've found and it doesn't name her parents.
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Lydia Doane Nickerson (did not find any record, so far, to tie her to Isaiah and Lydia)Born about 1804
Married?
Children
Died - may have died young?
Buried
Sources
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