Follow Us
Like Us
Matching family tree profiles for Captain Stephen Nickerson
view all 23
Immediate Family
-
wife -
daughter
-
daughter
-
-
daughter
-
-
daughter
-
daughter
-
-
-
daughter
-
mother
About Captain Stephen Nickerson
He was a sailor under John Paul Jones aboard the "Bon Homme Richard" when she captured the English frigate "Serapis" and took the prize (ship) to Le Havre, France. On the way home, Stephen was captured, taken to Halifax, Nova Scotia and imprisoned there in the British Fort from which he escaped.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paul_Jones
links
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Nickerson-3120
Stephen Nickerson (1756)
Stephen Nickerson
Born 6 Sep 1756 in Provincetown, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Son of Seth Nickerson and Martha (Atwood) Nickerson
Brother of Johathan Nickerson, Martha (Nickerson) Mayo, Joshua Nickerson Sr., Seth Nickerson, Rebecca (Nickerson) Miller, Bethiah (Nickerson) Atkins, Ruth (Nickerson) Atkins, Sally Nickerson, Nathaniel Nickerson and Reuben Nickerson Sr.
Husband of Hannah (Eldredge) Nickerson — married 13 Oct 1781 in Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Father of Mary (Nickerson) Collins, Sabra (Nickerson) Sawtell, Seth Eldredge Nickerson, Hannah Nickerson, Stephen Nickerson, Rebecca Nickerson, Hezekiah Nickerson, Almira Nickerson and Francis Nickerson
Died [date unknown] [location unknown]
Profile last modified 5 May 2022 | Created 18 Mar 2021
Biography
Stephen was born in 1756, the son of Seth and Martha Nickerson.
Sources
"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQD6-X6T : 14 January 2020), Stephan Nikeson, 1756.
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZX-LZQC : 31 October 2019), Stephen Nickerson and Hannah Eldredge, 13 Oct 1781; citing Marriage, Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007010727.
"United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRZ-8ML : accessed 18 March 2021), Stephen Nickerson, Provincetown, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 59, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 13; FHL microfilm 205,611.
view all 14
Captain Stephen Nickerson's Timeline
| 1756 |
September 6, 1756
|
Provincetown, Barnstable County, Province of Massachusetts
|
|
| 1783 |
June 22, 1783
|
Provincetown, Barnstable County, MA, United States
|
|
| 1785 |
October 9, 1785
|
Provincetown, Barnstable County, MA, United States
|
|
| 1787 |
July 23, 1787
|
Provincetown, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
|
|
| 1791 |
May 18, 1791
|
Provincetown, Barnstable County, MA, United States
|
|
| 1793 |
July 22, 1793
|
Provincetown, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States
|
|
|
November 21, 1793
|
Provincetown, Barnstable County, MA, United States
|
||
| 1795 |
November 28, 1795
|
Provincetown, Barnstable County, MA, United States
|
|
| 1799 |
January 31, 1799
|
Provincetown, Barnstable County, MA, United States
|