Anne Nickerson

Anne Busby

• Anne Nickerson formerly Busby
• Born before 2 Feb 1608 in St Mary Coslany, Norwich, Norfolk, England
• Died 18 May 1686 in Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
• Daughter of Nicholas Busby and Bridget (Cocke) Busby
• Sister of Nicholas Busby, Catherine Busby, Abraham Busby and Sarah (Busby) Grout
• Wife of William Nickerson II — married 24 Jun 1625 in Norwich, Norfolk, England

Children

1. Nickerson, Nicholas, b. Bef 10 Aug 1628, Norwich, Norfolk, England. d. 26 Mar 1683, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts. (Age ~ 54 years)
2. Nickerson, Elizabeth, b. Dec 1629, Norwich, Norfolk, England. d. Bef May 1706, Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts. (Age ~ 76 years)
3. Nickerson, Robert, b. Nov 1631, Norwich, Norfolk, England. d. Bef Apr 1710, Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts (Age ~ 78 years).
4. Nickerson, Thomas, b. Jan 1634, Norwich, Norfolk, England. d. Feb 1634, Norwich, Norfolk, England. (Age ~ 0 years).
5. Nickerson, Anne, b. May 1635, Norwich, Norfolk, England. d. Bef Mar 1681, Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts (Age ~ 45 years)
6. Nickerson, Samuel, b. Abt 1638, Massachusetts. d. Abt Aug 1719, Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts (Age ~ 81 years).
7. Nickerson, John, b. Abt 1640, Massachusetts. d. Abt May 1714, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts. (Age ~ 74 years).
8. Nickerson, Sarah, b. Abt 1644, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts. d. Aft 1715, Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts. (Age ~ 72 years)
9. Nickerson, William, b. Jun 1646, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts. d. Abt Mar 1719, Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts (Age ~ 72 years).
10. Nickerson, Joseph, b. Dec 1647, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, d. Abt 1730, East Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts. (Age ~ 82 years).

Note: For the first five children born, baptism dates are given (Norwich)

Biography

Alt. marriage location--Norwich, England.

Sailed on John and Dorothy or Rose of Yarmouth, April 1637; landed in Boston, June 25, 1637. Traveled with her husband and parents.

Her husband purchased territory comprising Chatham, Orleans, Harwich, and Brewster of John Quason, chief of Monyicks, for the price of 12 hatchets, 12 hoes, 12 knives, 12 homespun suits, 12 English shillings, 12 wampum shilllings, and sundry other articles.

Source: handwritten pages of Nickersons, in collection of genealogical material in Hunt home.

Anne Busby and William Nickerson immigrated 08-Apr-1637 to Boston, Massachusetts; aboard the 'John and Dorothy', Captain William Andrews, Master. Anne Busby and William Nickerson removed to at Chatham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, in 1664.

William is listed as a weaver, aged 33 years old, and Anne is listed as his wife, aged 28, on that ship's registry.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Busby-33

Anne (Busby) Nickerson migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1620-1640).

Anne Busby, daughter of Nicholas and Bridgett (Cocke) Busby,

was baptized at St Mary Coslany, Norwich, Norfolk, England, 2 Feb 1607/8.[1][2].

Anne married William Nickerson[1][2] 24 June 1625 at St Mary Coslany Church, Norwich, Norfolk, England.[3]

William Nickerson, age 33, a weaver, and his wife Anne, age 28, were interviewed on 8 April 1637 for the record of ships and passengers.

They had four children: "Nicho, Robartt, Elizabeth and Anne" and stated their desire to emigrate to Boston in New England.[4]

On the same page of the record, six entries above the Nickerson's, is "Nichol Busbie", of Norwich, a weaver age 50, with his wife Bridgett age 53 and four children: "Nicho, John, Abraham and Sarah" who desire to emigrate to Boston, New England.[4] The Busbies are Anne Nickerson's parents and siblings.[4]

They all sailed on either the John and Dorothy of Ipswich with Mr. William Andrews, Master, or the Rose of Yarmouth, William Andrews Jr. his son, Master.[4][5] The ships arrived together at Boston on June 8th, 1637, as entered by Gov Winthrop in his journal, Vol 1, page 222.[5]

Anne (Busby) Nickerson is named the will of her father, Nicholas Busby, who died in Boston, Masssachusetts, 28 Aug 1657, bequeathing Anne NIckerson his thick Bible and fifty pounds.[3] Husband: William Nickerson Wife: Anne Busby Child: William Nickerson Death 18 MAY 1686 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, Age: 79

NICHOLSON, NICKERSON, The pioneers of Massachusetts, 1620 - 1650, page 329 < AncestrySharing >

"William, weaver, age 33, of Norwich, England, with wife Anne, age 28, and children Nicholas, Robert, Elizabeth and Anne, passed examination in April, 1637, to go to New England and settled at Boston. Made Freeman on May 22, 1638. They removed to Yarmouth; bought lands of the Indians at Manamoiet before 1 December 1663. His sons-in-law, Robert Eldred [Eldrech], Nathaniel Covell, and Tristram Hedges were in Court with him on 31 October 1666, on account of a letter he had written defaming Governor Hinckley. His sons: Nicholas, Robert, Samuel, John, and Joseph joined with them in a petition for land at Manamoiet, 5 June 1667. His daughter, Elizabeth married at Yarmouth, last week of Oct. 1649, Robert Eldred [Eldrech]. His wife Anne received a legacy from her father, Nicholas Busbey, in 1660."

References

1. Bush, Richard L. The English Ancestry of William and Anne (Busby) Nickerson of Chatham, Massachusetts, and of Nicholas and Bridget (Cocke) Busby of Boston. American Genealogist (D.L. Jacobus). (Oct 2011 (published May 2013)) 85:246 < AmericanAncestors > page 250-251
2. The New England Ancestry of Dorothy Chandler Stuart, pages 123-124
3. New Englanders in Nova Scotia Manuscript, page 65
4. The Founders of New England, NEHGR Vol 14, page 325
5. The Planters of the Commonwealth in Massachusetts, 1620-1640, page 187
6. The Planters of the Commonwealth in Massachusetts, 1620-1640, page 183 and 187
7. Ancestry.com. The Pioneers of Massachusetts, 1620-1650 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: Pope, Charles Henry, 1841-1918. The pioneers of Massachusetts, 1620 - 1650, a descriptive list, drawn from records of the colonies, towns and churches and other contemporaneous documents, page 329
8. England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, database at FamilySearch.org (Accessed: 30 December 2014), Record for Ann Busby, 02 Feb 1607; citing SAINT MARY AT COSLANY, NORWICH, NORFOLK, ENGLAND, reference ; FHL microfilm 993,652.
9. "Find A Grave Index," database at FamilySearch Ann Busby Nickerson, (accessed 11 July 2016), 1686 Burial at Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States of America, Nickerson Cemetery; citing Find a Grave Memorial #32637521
10. The Planters of the Commonwealth in Massachusetts, 1620-1640, by Charles Edward Banks (1930), which contains data on 3,600 passengers who sailed on 213 ships, extracted from the Custom House records of English ports, database online at Ancestry.com. William Nickerson family page 187, Busby family page 184
11. The Founders of New England, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2013.) NEHGR volume 14 (1860), page 325 William Nickerson
12. The English ancestry of William and Anne (Busby) Nickerson of Chatham, Massachusetts, and of Nicholas and Bridget (Cocke) Busby of Boston, by Richard L. Bush, TAG Vol 85 (Oct 2011), pp 242 - 253
13. New Englanders in Nova Scotia Manuscript. R. Stanton Avery Special Collections, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010.) Nicholas Busby and William Nickerson
14. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch.org, entry for Anne Busby, submitted by slittle2711168. (Accessed 2016-12-16)
15. The New England Ancestry of Dorothy Chandler Stuart, copyright (c) 2005 by Stuart Bloom, PO Box 487, Earlville, IL, All rights are reserved. Permission is hereby granted to link to any of these pages. You may not, however, reproduce these pages in any form without express written permission from the copyright holder. Such permission will normally be granted if the reproduction is for non-commercial purposes.
16. Kingsbury, Anna C.. A Historical Sketch of Nicholas Busby, the Emigrant (privately printed, 1924) Page 17, 19-20
17. https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Anne_Busby_%281%29 Cites
    1. Hawes, James W., "William Nickerson", in Library of Cape Cod History & Genealogy (vol 1-105). (Yarmouthport, Mass. (1912-1923): C.W. Swift) 1577. Anne was 28 when examined for emigration 8 Apr 1637 which places birth between 1608 and 1609. Mention in deed 18 May 1686, probably died before 30 Aug 1689 when not included in a deed, although can't be sure if should have been.
    2. Derick, Pauline Wixon; Elbert O Derick; and Roberta Gilbert Bratti. The Nickerson Family: The Descendants of William Nickerson, 1604-1689, First Settler of Chatham, Massachusetts. (Yarmouth, Massachusetts: Nickerson Family Association, 1973, 1975, c1997) 16. 1607-1608 in Norwich, Norfolk, England, d. aft. 16 May 1686.
    3. Bush, Richard L. The English Ancestry of William and Anne (Busby) Nickerson of Chatham, Massachusetts, and of Nicholas and Bridget (Cocke) Busby of Boston. American Genealogist (D.L. Jacobus). (Oct 2011 (published May 2013)) 85:252. 'Anne Busby [child of Nicholas and Bridget (Cocke) Busby], bp. St. Mary Coslany, 2 Feb 1607/8; m. Wiliam Nickerson. They settled in Boston, Mass.’
    4. St Mary Coslany Church: [1]