Mary Nichols

Parents disputed. See below.

Mary Moulton married Thomas Nichols in 1655 in Charlestown or Malden

Children: Thomas, died young; Josiah, twin of Thomas, died young; Ebenezer (a daughter), married Benoni Tucker; Thomas, of whom further; Samuel; Rachel; John, married Abigail Sargent; Sarah, married Roger Stevens.

• Mary Moulton1
• F, #164545, b. circa 1642
• Mary Moulton was born circa 1642 at England.1 She married Thomas Nichols in September 1655 at Charlestown, Suffolk, MA.1,2
• Family Thomas Nichols b. c 1630, d. 1720
• Child
  • Thomas Nichols1 b. 16 Oct 1670, d. Nov 1724
• Citations
• [S11597] Ancestry.com, Submitted by Dale Clement.
• [S14] Unknown author, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, by Clarence Almon Torrey., p. 536.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p5478.htm#... ___________________________
• Mary,
• Family:
• Spouse: NICHOLS, Thomas
• d. 1720 Amesbury, Essex, Mass.
• Children:
  • NICHOLS, Sarah
  • NICHOLS, Ebenezar
  • NICHOLS, Mary
  • NICHOLS, Thomas
  • NICHOLS, Samuel b. 14 MAY 1672 Amesbury, Essex, Mass.
  • NICHOLS, Rachel b. 25 FEB 1674/5 Amesbury, Essex, Mass.
  • NICHOLS, John
• From: http://www.genealogyofnewengland.com/f_4b0.htm#79 _______________
• The old families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts ; with some related families of Newbury, Haverhill, Ipswich and Hampton by Hoyt, David Webster
• https://archive.org/details/cu31924025963772
• https://archive.org/stream/cu31924025963772#page/n280/mode/1up
• Pg.265
• 15 THOMAS NICHOLS of Amesbury, prob. there as early as 1665 ; meetinghouse seat and made "townsman" in 1667 ; owned land there in 1670 ; oath al. 1677 ; "training band" 1680 ; prob. liv. 1708, but dead in 1720. He m. MARY ---- .* Children :
  • 16 I EBENEZER, b. Aug. 3, 1664[S]; m. June, 1685 or '6, BENONI TUCKER (Morris). +
  • 17 II THOMAS, b. Oct. 16, 1670[A Nk S]; m. 1st, JANE3 JAMESTON; 2d, Judith Hoage. +
  • 18 III SAMUEL, b. May 14, 1672[A Nk S].
  • 19 IV RACHEL, b. Feb. 25, 1674-5[A Nk S].
  • 20 V JOHN, b. ---- ; m. Jan. 1, 1701-2[S], Abigail Sargent of Gloucester; res. A.; "snow-shoe man" 1708. Chil.: Mary, b. Oct. 19, 1702[A], [m. May 24, 1721, (36) James4 Dow?] ; John, b. July 12, 1704[A] ; William, b. Jan. 21, 1706[A] ; Jacob, b. Jan. 16, 1708[A] ; Joseph, b. Sep. 2, 1709[A]; Daniel, b. Sep. 30, 1712[A]; Moses, b. Feb. 25, 1715[A]; Anna, b. Jan. 30, 1717-8[A] ; Aaron, b. Oct. 2, 1719[A] ; Humphrey, b. April 18, 1723[A] ; Thomas, b. Jan. 18, 1724-5[A] ; Abigail, b. Mar. 18, 1727[A].
  • * THOMAS NICHOLS of Malden, m. Sep., 1655[Sv], Mary Moulton, may be the above. Chil.: Thomas and Josiah, b. Jan. 23, 1662; Josiah d. June 30, 1663 [W Ch].
  • https://archive.org/stream/cu31924025963772#page/n281/mode/1up
  • Pg.266
  • 21 [VI SARAH, b. ---- ; m. Nov. 24, 1698[AandS], ROGER STEVENS (Thomas) of A.?] Perhaps other chil.
• 17 THOMAS NICHOLS (Thomas), of Amesbury, b. 1670 ; m. 1st, (9) JANE3 JAMESON; 2d, pub. April 30, 1721, to Judith Hoage of Nb. A Friend ; will Nov. 16, Dec. 7, 1724. Children :
  • 22 I ANNA, b. May 1, 1694[or 5?][A]; m. Oct. 23, 1718[A], (54) SAMUEL4 COLBY; liv. 1724.
  • 23 II JONATHAN, b. Dec. 13, 1697[A]; prob. m. Jan. 16, 1718-9[A], (25?) MARY3 CHALLIS, Jr. ; res. A. ; liv. 1724.
  • 24 III MARY, b. Oct. 11, 1701[A]; m. April 10, 1718[A], (28) RALPH4 BLAISDELL, Jr. ; liv. 1724.
  • 25 IV ESTHER, b. Sep. 11, 1703[A]; m. Jan. 24, 1723-4, (63) ICHABOD4 COLBY; liv. 1724.
  • 26 V THOMAS, b. June 20, 1706[A] ; liv. 1724.
  • 27 VI DAVID, b. Oct. 26, 1709[A]; m. 1730, Hannah Gaskill; rem. to Salem; lost at sea, 1756.
  • 28 VII RACHEL, b. March 10, 1712[A] ; liv. 1724.
  • 29 VIII STEPHEN, b. Nov. 18, 1717[A], [by 1st wife] ; liv. 1724.
  • 30 IX EBENEZER, b. March 28, 1722[A], [by 2d wife]; liv. 1724.
  • 31 X BENJAMIN, b. Oct. 8, 1723[A] ; liv. 1724. ____________________________

origins

From http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/moulton/1408/

"had NEHGS do a research for me on the wife of Thomas Nicholas, it cost about $250 and the best they coud come up with is that day in 1655 a Mary Moulton married a Thomas Mitchel. they suggested I try to find the bookThe Thomas Nichols family in Amesbury, MA, written by Edythe Wilson Thoesen-I searched all the libraries i know and cannot find.So I have decided to go with the following.Thomas Nicholsm. Mary(unknown) in 1663 in Sudbury, MA. First child was a daughter, named Ebenezer b. 16 Jan, 1664/65 in Sudbury, second child Thomas b. 16 Oct 1670 in Amesbury, MA m. Jane Jameson, 3rd. Samuel b. 14 May 1672, 4th Rachel b. 25 Apr 1674/75 in Amesbury, m. Ebenezer Wood 5 Apr 1695, Rowley, MA. 5th John b. 1676 Amesbury, MA m. Abigail Sargent, 1 Jan 1701/02, 6th Sarah Nichols m. 24 Nov. 1698 to Roger Stevens, Amesbury.

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also the researcher could not find the parents of Thomas Nichols of of his wife Mary?---My ancestor is No. 4Rachel.--Sorry to be so long in replying, but I just got the research about a week ago.-They did make a thorough search of births, marriages etc. but no Mary Moulton."

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From http://www.jfredpeterson.com/tree/g10nich1.htm

There is considerable uncertainty about the wife of THOMAS NICHOLS. Savage says, "THOMAS NICHOLS, Malden, m. Sept. 1655, MARY MOULTON, may be he who at Salisbury, by w. Mary had Ebenezer, b. 3 Aug. 1664; perhaps, of Amesbury in 1677." A marriage in Malden of a couple from Hampton, NH and Amesbury, MA, certainly raises questions.
The marriage, in Malden, took place in Sept. 1655. This raises further questions, since the mother of William Moulton's wife was born about 1629. Any marriage in 1655 would most likely have to be someone other than the daughter of WILLIAM MOULTON. Further, Savage finds no evidence that the groom of the marriage was the subject of this biography.
Savage goes on to say that MARY MOULTON, daughter of WILLIAM of Hampton, married Jonathan Haynes of Hampton, Jan. 1, 1674, and that she died later that year. Savage then says there is no account of the parents of Mary Moulton. Jonathan Haynes is then said to have married Sarah Moulton, known to be a daughter of William of Hampton. Many researchers discount the marriage by Jonathan to Mary.
William Richard Cutter, in his Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Eastern Massachusetts, Vol. III, p. 1152, provides a date of birth for MARY MOULTON, daughter of WILLIAM of Hampton, as Jul. 27, 1654. This makes it impossible for her to be the wife of THOMAS NICHOLS and mother of his children.