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About Thomas Nickerson
Descendant of Mayflower passengers Stephen Hopkins and Constance Snow (Hopkins)
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/270355/person/-2100840558/mediax/1?p...
"Nickerson, Capt., Master of a schooner bound from Boston
to Chatham, Cape Cod-murdered by pirates last Sunday;
also murdered was his brother and also
his brother-in-law named Newcomb; Boston dispatch of Nov. 19 (11/30)"
(Murdered at sea by cousin Ansel Nickerson)
Entries: 35027 Updated: 2004-07-25 20:17:17 UTC (Sun) Contact: Cindy Wilks
ID: I34062
Name: Thomas Nickerson 1 2
Sex: M
Birth: 19 MAR 1742/43 in Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Death: 15 NOV 1772 in Murderd at sea, by his cousin 1 of Murderd 1
Occupation: Master of a Schooner 1
Reference Number: 34062
Note:
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!Murdered aboard his ship by his cousin Ansel Nickerson who was never
convicted. Article in the New York Post-Boy
"Nickerson, Capt., Master of a schooner bound from Boston to Chatham, Cape
Cod-murdered by pirates last Sunday; also murdered was his brother and also
his brother-in-law named Newcomb; Boston dispatch of Nov. 19 (11/30)"
!Index of Obituaries 1704-1800 in the Boston newspapers (Pueblo, CO public library)
"Nickerson, Thomas, master of a schr. from Boston for Chatham, ,
killed by pirates was crosse d out and above it was written in, murderd at sea, Nov. 15. 1772. News list."
!The Nickerson Family by The Nickerson Family Association in Chatham, Massachusetts.
!Genealogical Data From Colonial New Haven, Connecticut Newspapers by ScottConway pages 358, 387, 390.
Father:
Thomas Nickerson b: 28 FEB 1719/20 in Chatham, Barnstable, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Mother:
Dorcas Sparrow b: 4 OCT 1722 in Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Marriage 1 Ruth Hinkley
Married: 27 OCT 1765
Children
Myrick Nickerson b: 27 MAR 1767 in Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Sources:
Title: irishconstant.gedRepository: Media: OtherText: Date of Import: Apr 17, 2003 Title: hobartjonnick1802.gedRepository: Media: OtherText: Date of Import: Apr 11, 2003
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/270355/person/-2100840558/mediax/1?p...
From Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of the State of Massachusetts (1910) Vol. 2, p742:
Thomas, son of Thomas and Dorcas (Sparrow) Nickerson, was born in Chatham, Massachusetts, March 19, 1744, believed to have been murdered at sea, in November, 1772. His residence was in Chatham, Massachusetts, and his occupation was that of mariner. He married, October 27, 1765, Ruth, of Harwich, Massachusetts, born there December 27, 1743, daughter of Thomas and Ruth (Myrick) Hinckley. She married (second) Abner Croswell ; (third) Gershom Phinney ; she died at South Yarmouth, Massachusetts, August 31, 1827. Children of Thomas and Ruth (Hinckley) Nickerson, born in Chatham, Massachusetts, were: I. Myrick, March 27, 1767. 2. Isaiah, April 10, 1;69. 3. David, July 18, 1771, see forward. 4. Thomas, May 3, 1773."
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Thomas Nickerson's Timeline
| 1744 |
March 19, 1744
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Chatham, Barnstable County, Province of Massachusetts
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| 1767 |
March 27, 1767
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Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
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| 1769 |
April 10, 1769
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Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
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| 1771 |
July 18, 1771
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Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
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| 1772 |
November 1772
Age 28
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Cape Cod Bay, Province of Massachusetts
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| 1773 |
May 3, 1773
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Chatham, Barnstable, MA, United States
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