Thomas Nickerson, V

Thomas Nickerson's great  great great grandfather is Giles Hopkins, who arrived on the Mayflower in 1620 with his father, Stephen Hopkins, and family. (Mercy6 in our Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Vol. 6: Stephen Hopkins book, covering the accepted descendants of Stephen Hopkins).

Nickerson migration from Barnstable Massachusetts to Waldo Maine

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Thomas Nickerson V

Born 3 May 1773 in Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Son of Thomas Nickerson and Ruth (Hinckley) Nickerson

Brother of Isaiah Nickerson

Husband of Bethia (Snow) Nickerson — married 13 Jul 1792 in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States

Father of Ephram Nickerson and Thomas Nickerson

Died 23 Sep 1839 in Readfield, Kennebec, Maine, United States

Profile last modified 19 Jun 2019 | Created 16 Dec 2014

Biography

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.[1] It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Name

Thomas /Nickerson/ V[2]

Birth

Date: 03 MAY 1773 Place: Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States[3]

Death

Date: 23 SEP 1839 Place: Readfield, Kennebec, Maine, United States[4]

Death: Date: 23 SEP 1839 Place: Readfield, Kennebec, Maine, USA Found multiple copies of DEAT DATE. Using 23 SEP 1839Array

Burial

Place: Unity, Waldo County, Maine[5]

Sources

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From Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of the State of Massachusetts (1910) Vol. 2 p746:

"Thomas Nickerson (7), father of Sylvina (Nickerson) Nickerson, was born Brewster, Massachusetts, May 3, I773, and died at Readfield, Maine, September 23, 1839. He married, at Brewster, July 13, 1792, Bethia Snow, born September 9, 1773, died September 27, 1855. He removed to Harwich, Massachusetts, and from thence to Orrington, Maine, about 1800, where in 1803 be was a member of school committee, and also held other public offices there and in Augusta. In Orrington he purchased from General John Blake a saw mill, April 14, 18o2, for the sum of five hundred dollars. He sold it to Theodore Barstow, June 17, 1805, and was styled a merchant. In May, 18o1, be was petitioner for a Masonic Lodge at Hampden, now Rising Virtue Lodge, of Bangor, Maine. About I8o9-1o he removed to Readfield. He and his wife were original members of the Congregational church at Brewer, Maine. He was a trusted man of affairs, active and influential, and founded the family in Maine, which worthily represents the forbears from whom he sprang. The children of Thomas and Bethia (Snow) Nickerson were: 1. Ephraim, born in Harwich, Massachusetts, May 10, 1793. 2. Priscilla, born in Harwich, Massachusetts, December 14, 1795. 3· Thomas, born in Harwich, Massachusetts, April 7, 1798. 4· Benjamin F., born in Orrington, Maine, April 18, 1801. 5. Hiram Snow, born in Orrington, Maine, March 21, 1803. 6. Melinda, born in Orrington, Maine, November 21, 1805. 7. Sophia, born in Orrington, Maine, December 26, 1807. 8. Bethia. 9. Caroline. 10. Sylvina, born in Mortimer, Maine, February 7, 1817; married Mr. Nickerson, as above stated."