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Richard Nichols

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
Death: April 05, 1732 (52)
Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
Place of Burial: Pleasant Street, Stoneham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, 02180, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of John Nickols, of Reading and Abigail Nickols
Husband of Abigail Nichols
Father of John Nichols; Mary Damon; Hepzibah Russell and Richard Nichols, Jr
Brother of Nathaniel Nichols; Abigail Flint; Samuel Nichols; Thomas Nichols; Kendall Nichols and 3 others

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About Richard Nichols

Richard Nickols

  • BIRTH 1680
  • DEATH 5 Apr 1732 (aged 51–52) Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
  • BURIAL Old Burying Ground, Wakefield, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
  • PLOT Sec. B Row 12 MEMORIAL ID 193107809

Richard settled in the West Parish (Reading) on a homestead (on Franklin Street near Pearl). His son Richard4 built the house which still stands today. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nichols_House. He married 26 Nov. 1706 Reading, Abigail Damon do Samuel & Mary (Davis) Damon. They were the parents of eight children. Richard died intestate with a documented estate. [4] He and Abigail are buried in the Old Burying Ground [5]

Parents
John Nickols 1652–1721
Abigail Kendall Nickols 1655–1721

Spouse
Abigail Damon Nickols 1688–1732 (m. 1706)

Siblings
Thomas Nichols 1682–1765

References

[1] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/193107809/richard-nickols

[2] https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L697-RNF

Sources

[3] Eaton’s Genealogical History of Reading. . . p 307.

[4] Historical Sketch of Ancient Redding, Massachusetts. . .1638 for about 100 Years (Volume 1). [Reading, Mass: s.n., 1935.], 251-254.

[5] William E. Eaton's Reading's "Old Burial Ground" now Wakefield, Massachusetts 1688, 1935.


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Richard Nichols
Male
24 December 1679–5 April 1732

Brief Life History of Richard

When Richard Nichols was born on 24 December 1679, in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Richard Nichols, was 55 and his mother, Anna Agnes, was 48. He married Abagail Danon on 26 November 1706, in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States in 1679. He died on 5 April 1732, in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 52, and was buried in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

Spouse

Richard Nichols
Male
1679–1732

Male

Abagail Danon
Female
1689–1732

Female

Marriage
26 November 1706
Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America

Children (9)

Abigail Nichols
Female
1708–1732

Female

John Nichols Sr
Male
1711–1775

Male

Mary Nichols
Female
1713–1758

Female

Richard Nichols
Male
1715–1791

Male

Joshua Nichols
Male
1718–1769

Male

Jacob Nickells
Male
1720–Deceased

Male

Hepzibath Nichols
Female
1721–1807

Female

Mehetable Nichols
Female
1723–1771

Female

Jacob Nichols
Male
1726–Deceased

Male

Parents

Richard Nichols
Male
1624–1674

Male

Anna Agnes
Female
1631–1692

Female

Siblings (7)

John Nickols
Male
1653–1721

Male

Thomas Nichols
Male
1654–1736

Male

Hannah Nichols
Female
1656–Deceased

Female

James Nichols
Male
1658–1745

Male

Mary Nichols
Female
1660–1717

Female

Joanna Nichols
Female
1660–1674

Female

Richard Nichols
Male
1679–1732

Male
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Richard Nichols's Timeline

1679
December 21, 1679
Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
1711
March 22, 1711
1713
March 30, 1713
Reading, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay
1715
April 10, 1715
Reading, Middlesex County, MA, United States
1721
February 28, 1721
Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
1732
April 5, 1732
Age 52
Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
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Old Burying Ground, Pleasant Street, Stoneham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, 02180, United States