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About Isaac Nichols, of Stratford
Burial record:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/226057695/isaac-nichols
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One of the first settlers of Stratford, CT. He was a soap boiler. His will was dated September 28, 1694 and probated in September 1695.
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Isaac Nichols Sr., wife Margaret Shuman married Feb. 25, 1646. He was born in England; died at Stratford, Conn. He was the owner of much real estate, was engaged in a flourishing mercantile business, and was a prominent and substantial citizen of the town. Isaac Sr. lived next to his father. His will made Sept. 28, 1694 and probated Nov. 6, 1695 mentions "wife Margerie". Source: The ancestors and descendants of Humphrey Nichols of Newark, New Jersey Lakehurst, N.J. : Published 1917 - Page 7
http://0-persi.heritagequestonline.com.alpha1.suffolk.lib.ny.us/hqo...
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- WASHBURN, Margaret
- b. ABT 1626 England
- d. Stratford, Fairfield, CT.
- Family:
- Marriage: 25 FEB 1645/6 Stratford, Fairfield, CT.
- Spouse: NICHOLS, Isaac
- b. 1620
- d. 1695 Stratford, Fairfield, CT.
- Children:
- NICHOLS, Mary
- NICHOLS, Sarah
- NICHOLS, Joseph
- NICHOLS, Isaac
- NICHOLS, Jonathan
- NICHOLS, Ephraim
- NICHOLS, Temperance
- NICHOLS, Margery b. 2 FEB 1662/3 Stratford, Fairfield, CT.
- NICHOLS, Benjamin
- NICHOLS, Elizabeth
- NICHOLS, Patience
- From: http://www.genealogyofnewengland.com/f_377.htm#70 _______________________
GEDCOM Note
Biography == Sedgeberrow parish register: Isaac Nichols baptized 27 Dec 1617, son of Francis<ref>Thompson, Neil D. "The Baptism of Isaac Nichols of Stratford, Connecticut." The American Genealogist 76:38 (2001)</ref>
Isaac married Margaret (_______) who was named in his will.<ref name=FooF>Jacobus, Donald Lines, MA (compiler, editor.) History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. Fairfield, Conn.: The Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution, 1930. p. 435</ref> She has been called Washburn. A reference in the will of JohnWashburn calls Isaac Nichols uncle. However it is far more likely that the relationship is because Isaac's sister was married to William Washburn.<ref>Thompson, Neil D. "The English Origin of Sergeant Francis Nichols of Stratford, Connecticut." TAG 75:267. The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) pp 270/1</ref>
He served as the Deputy from Stratford to the Connecticut Legislature May 1662 and Oct 1664.<ref name=FooF /> Will written 28 Sep 1694, proved 5 Nov 1695 in Fairfield, CT: wife Margery, son Benjamin, children of dau. Mary Chauncey; dau. Sarah Burritt, children of son Isaac dec'd; children of son Jonathan dec'd; children of son Ephraim; daus. Patience, Temperance, Elizabeth Webb, Margery<ref name=FooF />
Sources
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- Hawley, Elias. The Hawley Record (E. H. Hutchinson & Co., Buffalo, N.Y., 1890) Page 441*A genealogical dict. of the first settlers of New England, showing three generations of those who came before May, 1692. By James Savage. Boston. 1861. (4v.)v.3:280*The image of Isaac Nichols' genealogy is from a book named "Martin'sGeneaolgy." North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000. https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/61157/46155_b290114-00012/1733... Torrey, Clarence Almon. Torrey’s New England MarriagesPrior to 1700 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1985)* Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Provo, UT, USA, The Generations Network, Inc., 2004)* Edmund West, comp. Family Data Collection - Deaths (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001)* The Millennium File (Heritage Consulting, Salt Lake City, UT, USA)
Isaac was one of the early settlers of Stratford in 1639. he was probably the Sgt. appointed by the General Court of Conn. to train the militia of Stratford and Pequonnock in 1636. He married Margaret, their children were Sarah, Josiah, Isaac, Jonathan, Ephraim, Patience, Temperance, may, Margery, Benjamin, and Elizabeth. His trade was that of a soap builder. He died in 1694. In his will of Sept, 25 1694, he mentioned Margaret; his four sons were dead, but he gives a small legacy to each of the children of the last three sons; the others previously received their portions [1].
According to maps of Stratford around 1640, Isaac's home would be located approximately at what is now 1714 Main Street, Stratford, CT 06615 [2].
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Isaac Nichols, of Stratford's Timeline
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December 27, 1617
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London, Middlesex, England
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December 27, 1617
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Sedgeberrow, Worcestershire, England
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December 27, 1617
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1636
Age 18
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sailed from England to America with father's family
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February 25, 1645
Age 27
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Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
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February 2, 1647
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Stratford, Connecticut Colony
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November 6, 1649
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Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States of America
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1650
Age 32
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Fairfield County, CT
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