Eastham, Wellfleet and beyond


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picture Elizabeth Nickerson 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 11 Apr 1730 - Harwich, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Spouses and Children 
1. *Thomas Snow (23 Mar 1740 -       )
       Marriage: 
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Elizabeth Snow (1753-1810)



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Elizabeth Nickerson 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 28 Apr 1792 - Harwich, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Ebenezer Nickerson (1764-1852)
         Mother: Elizabeth Arey (1767-1839)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Josiah Linnell (23 Dec 1790 - 11 Jul 1881)
       Marriage: 
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Josiah Linnell (1813-1887)



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Elizabeth Nickerson 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 8 Aug 1732 - Harwich, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
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Spouses and Children 
1. *Eliphalet Hamilton (10 Jan 1736 -       )
       Marriage: 26 Apr 1762 - Chatham, Massachusetts
         Status:
Notes
Marriage Notes (Eliphalet Hamilton)
Children
Melatiah [Maltiah] HAMILTON b: 1763 in Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Seth HAMILTON b: 1765 in Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Nehemiah HAMILTON b: ABT 1767 in of Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Molly HAMILTON b: ABT 1770 in Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Elijah HAMILTON b: ABT 1771 in Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Eliphalet HAMILTON (II) b: 1772 in Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Elizabeth HAMILTON b: ABT 1775 in Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
(mewingnut)

picture Elizabeth Nickerson 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 15 May 1735 - Chatham, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 24 Apr 1827 - Cape Sable, Nova Scotia
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: William Nickerson (1701-1763)
         Mother: Sarah Covel (Abt 1705-Bef 1790)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Archelaus Smith (23 Apr 1734 - 3 Apr 1821)
       Marriage: 16 Jul 1752 - Chatham, Massachusetts 1
         Status: 



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Elizabeth Nickerson 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: Est 1733 - Chatham, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Spouses and Children 
1. *John Kenney (9 Nov 1730 - Bef 16 Dec 1757)
       Marriage: 16 Nov 1752 - Chatham, Massachusetts 2
         Status: 



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Elizabeth Nickerson 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 22 Jul 1747 - Harwich, Massachusetts 3
        Baptism: 
          Death: Feb 1812 - Harwich, Massachusetts
         Burial: in Harwich First Congregational 4
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Rev Joshua Nickerson (1719-1791)
         Mother: Thankful Eldridge (1728-1813)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Thomas Burgess (Cir 1747 - 11 Feb 1816)
       Marriage: 31 Oct 1765 - Harwich, Massachusetts 5
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Rebecca Burgess (1768-1832)
                2. Seth Burgess (1769-1831) 4
                3. Thomas Burgess (Cir 1771-1796)
                4. Joshua Burgess (Cir 1774-1808)
                5. Reuben Burgess (Cir 1776-1808)
                6. David Burgess (1777-Bef 1816)
                7. Captain Stephen Burgess (1780-1824)
                8. James Burgess (1783-1868)



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Elizabeth Nickerson 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 19 Jun 1766 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 6
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Seth Nickerson (1737-1801)
         Mother: Mary Smith (1740-1780) 7



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Elizabeth Nickerson 
      Sex: F
AKA: Lizzie D Nickerson 10
Individual Information 
          Birth: 31 Aug 1839 - Brewster, Massachusetts 9
        Baptism: 
          Death: 23 Apr 1880 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 9
         Burial: in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Wellfleet 9
 Cause of Death: consumption 11

Parents 
         Father: Henry Nickerson (1798-Bef 1851)
         Mother: Betsey Long (1804-      )
Spouses and Children 
1. *Solomon Lewis Harding (20 Jan 1837 - Feb 1920) 9 12 
       Marriage: 6 Jan 1858 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 13
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Effie A Harding (1859-1884) 10
                2. Solomon Lewis Harding Jr (1860-1939)
                3. Lizzie D Harding (1862-      ) 14
                4. Emma E Harding (1866-1874) 9
                5. Angie F Harding (1878-      ) 15
Notes
General:
marriage and death records are directly contradictory on her parents and birthplace:
marriage record for Elizabeth D Nickerson - born Truro, father Collins
[no Collins Nickerson in Truro VR]
death record for Elizabeth (Nickerson) Harding - born Brewster, parents Henry & Betsey

alive but sick 1894 in Exeter, NH
Medical:
age 40-7-23
married
domestic
d/o Henry & Betsey
born Brewster
Marriage Notes (Solomon Lewis Harding)
Solomon L. HARDING,  Self,  M,  Male,  W,  42,  MA,  Sailor,  MA,  MA;
Elizabeth D. HARDING,  Wife,  M,  Female,  W,  40,  MA,  ,  MA,  MA;
Effie A. HARDING,  Dau,  S,  Female,  W,  22,  MA,  Keeping House,  MA,  MA;
Solomon L. HARDING,  Son,  S,  Male,  W,  19,  MA,  Huckster,  MA,  MA;
Lizzie D. HARDING,  Dau,  S,  Female,  W,  17,  MA,  At Home,  MA,  MA;
Angie F. HARDING,  Dau,  S,  Female,  W,  2,  MA,  ,  MA,  MA;
William CHISM,  Other,  S,  Male,  W,  23,  ENG.,  Sailor,  ENG.,  ENG.
1880 US census: Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts.
FHL film1254519, NA Film # T9-0519, page 124B
(Name, Relation, Marital Status, Gender, Race, Age, Birthplace, Occupation, Father's Birthplace, Mother's Birthplace)
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picture Elizabeth Nickerson 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 18 Jan 1749 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Shubael Nickerson (1710-1770)
         Mother: Thankful Bearse (1724-      )



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Elizabeth Nickerson 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 6 Nov 1806 - Chatham, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 15 Jun 1865 - Chatham, Massachusetts 17
         Burial: in Union Cemetery, Chatham 4
 Cause of Death: consumption

Spouses and Children 
1. *Gideon H Eldridge (16 Jan 1803 - 27 Aug 1870)
       Marriage: 12 Jan 1824 - Chatham, Massachusetts 18
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Ephraim N Eldridge (1825-1871)
                2. Elizabeth N Eldridge (1835-1875)
                3. Gideon H Eldridge (1838-      )
                4. Abijah H Eldridge (1848-1871)
Notes
Medical:
age 56-7-9

picture Elizabeth Nickerson 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: Est 1757 - Chatham, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Spouses and Children 
1. *John Falkmore (Est 1750 -       )
       Marriage: 2 Oct 1777 - Chatham, Massachusetts 19
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. William Falconer (Est 1778-Bef 1812)



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Elkanah Nickerson 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 14 Feb 1722 - Chatham, Massachusetts 20
        Baptism: 
          Death: Bef 1778 - Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Robert Nickerson (Abt 1684-1755)
         Mother: Rebecca Jones (Abt 1684-Abt 1765)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Bathshua Snow (4 Oct 1723 -       ) 21 
       Marriage: 18 Oct 1742 - Eastham, Massachusetts 22
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. James Nickerson (1742-1808)
                2. Rebecca Nickerson (1743-      )
                3. Anne Nickerson (1745-      )
                4. Ensign Nickerson (Abt 1745-Bef 1807)
                5. Robert Nickerson (1748-      )
                6. Silvanus Nickerson (1750-1786)
Notes
Marriage Notes (Bathshua Snow)
Children
Silvanus Nicholson b: 9 Dec 1750 in Chatham
James Nickerson b: 3 Jun 1742
Rebeckah Nickerson b: 19 Feb 1742/43
Anne Nickerson b: 25 Jun 1745
Robert Nickerson b: 19 Aug 1748
Azubah Nickerson
Priscilla Nickerson

picture Elmira Stockwell Nickerson 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 18 Oct 1830 - Phillipston, Massachusetts 23
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Lieutenant Hezekiah E Nickerson (1799-1883)
         Mother: Marilla Stevens (1803-After 1880)



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Elvira Nickerson 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 6 Jan 1831 - Harwich, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 2 Jun 1911 - Falmouth, Massachusetts
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Freeman Nickerson (1783-1848)
         Mother: Syntha Small (1790-      )
Spouses and Children 
1. *Henry Wilson Jenkins (25 Feb 1829 -       )
       Marriage: Apr 1852 - Harwich, Massachusetts
         Status:
Notes
Marriage Notes (Henry Wilson Jenkins)
Children
Angelia Elwyn Jenkins b: 4 MAR 1855 in Harwich Barnstable Ma
Wilson Rawson Jenkins b: 13 OCT 1857 in Harwich Barnstable Ma

picture Emeline Nickerson 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 16 Nov 1805 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 24
        Baptism: 
          Death: After 1880 - Boston, Massachusetts
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Joseph Nickerson (1776-1841)
         Mother: Sally Bangs Clark (Est 1780-      )
Notes
General:
Marriage 1 Sylvanus DREW b: 19 Apr 1799 in Plymouth

picture Emeline Smith Nickerson 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 4 Jul 1833 - Orleans, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Josiah Nickerson (1801-      ) 25
         Mother: Eunice Smith (1799-      )



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Emily Crosby Nickerson 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 26 Mar 1834 - Boston, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 10 Mar 1887 - Dorchester, Massachusetts
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Daniel Nickerson (Est 1800-      )
         Mother:
Spouses and Children 
1. *Captain Joseph Henry Sears (8 Jun 1829 - 3 Feb 1885)
       Marriage: 26 May 1858 - Jamaica Plain (Boston), Massachusetts
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Alice May Sears (1859-      )
                2. Emily Nickerson Sears (1862-1957)
                3. Joseph Hamblen Sears (1865-1946)
                4. Marian Sears (1867-After 1920)
Notes
Marriage Notes (Captain Joseph Henry Sears)
" J. Henry Sears, born June 8, 1831, is a son of Joseph H. and Olive (Bangs) Sears and grandson of Joseph, who was a direct descendant of Richard Sears. Mr. Sears was married in 1858 to Emily, daughter of Daniel Nickerson of Boston. Their children are: Alice May, Emily N. and Joseph H. Mr. Sears, ship master and ship owner in early life, is now commission merchant."- Deyo (1890), 921 26

picture Emina Nickerson 
      Sex: F
AKA: Mina Nickerson 27
Individual Information 
          Birth: 2 Oct 1781 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 27
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Seth Nickerson (1737-1801)
         Mother: Isabel Eldridge (1753-1837)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Richard Collins (Sep 1774 - 18 Oct 1849)
       Marriage: 21 Apr 1799 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Richard Collins (1801-1806)
                2. Emina Collins (1806-1832)



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Enoch Nickerson 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 11 Aug 1805 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 28
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Allen Nickerson (1759-      )
         Mother: Molly Collins (1765-      ) 28



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Enos Nickerson 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 19 Sep 1770 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 6
        Baptism: 
          Death: 22 Jun 1825 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 29 30
         Burial: in Hamilton cemetery, Provincetown
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Seth Nickerson (1737-1801)
         Mother: Mary Smith (1740-1780) 7
Spouses and Children 
1. *Lucy Nickerson (3 Jul 1772 - 26 Aug 1834) 31 
       Marriage: 14 Feb 1793 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Olive Nickerson (1793-      )
                2. Enos Nickerson (1796-1867)
                3. Caleb Nickerson (1798-      )
                4. Lucy Nickerson (1800-      )
                5. Huldah Cook Nickerson (1802-1839) 30 31
                6. Harvey Nickerson (1805-      )
                7. Charles Nickerson (1807-      )
                8. Nathaniel Lewis Nickerson (1810-1839)
                9. Maria Nickerson (1816-      )
Notes
General:
stone:
SACRED
to the memory of
ENOS NICKERSON
who died
June 22, 1825
Æt. 54 4
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Sources

1 Sheila M. Dann Westgate and Anna Lowell Tomlinson, Vital Records of Chatham, Massachusetts, 1696-1850. vol. 1 (1991. Chatham Mass.: Chatham Historical Society), 1:13.

2 Sheila M. Dann Westgate and Anna Lowell Tomlinson, Vital Records of Chatham, Massachusetts, 1696-1850. vol. 1 (1991. Chatham Mass.: Chatham Historical Society), 1:14 (Rev Stephen Emery).

3 Harwich Massachusetts vital records (http://plymouthcolony.net/barnstable/vitalrecords/harwich/harlinktable.html
pages numbers refer to "Vital records, town of Harwich, Massachusetts, 1694-1850" 1982. Harwich Historical Society), 104. Please note: Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts is 100 miles from Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts. There is no 'Harwick.'

4 Robert Paine Carlson, Cape Cod Gravestones, 2003. Eastham MA. CapeCodGravestones.com.

5 Harwich Massachusetts vital records (http://plymouthcolony.net/barnstable/vitalrecords/harwich/harlinktable.html
pages numbers refer to "Vital records, town of Harwich, Massachusetts, 1694-1850" 1982. Harwich Historical Society), 151.

6 George Ernest Bowman and Ethel A. Richardson, "Provincetown, Massachusetts Vital Records" (Mayflower Descendant), 12:23, 14:149.

7 Charles Paul Smith, Five Generations of Descent from Ralph Smith, 1610-1685 of Hingham & Eastham, Mass. draft 7.5 (1996. http://www.lacolony.org/C.P.Smith-book.pdf), 140-1.

8 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Marriages, 1857-1858, in volume 2 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 98. Penmanship is particularly poor in these pages.

9 Pleasant Hill cemetery, Solomon L and Lizzie Harding family.

10 Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association, Wellfleet, Truro & Cape Cod Cemetery Transcriptions, section 9. Pleasant Hill and Oakdale Cemeteries, Wellfleet, Massachusetts (1986. Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association), lot 26-27. Hayman & Harding families.

11 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Deaths 1859-1907 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 24.

12 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:112. The children of Henry & Deborah Harding.

13 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Marriages, 1857-1858, in volume 2 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 98.

14 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1858-1910 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 6.

15 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1858-1910 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 23.

16 1880 US census, Wellfleet Massachusetts, p 124B.

17 Anee Lowell Tomlinson, Vital Records of Chatham, Massachusetts, 1851-1900. vol. 2 (1994. Chatham, Mass. : Chatham Historical Society), 2:186.

18 Sheila M. Dann Westgate and Anna Lowell Tomlinson, Vital Records of Chatham, Massachusetts, 1696-1850. vol. 1 (1991. Chatham Mass.: Chatham Historical Society), 1:206.

19 Sheila M. Dann Westgate and Anna Lowell Tomlinson, Vital Records of Chatham, Massachusetts, 1696-1850. vol. 1 (1991. Chatham Mass.: Chatham Historical Society), 1:88 (Mr Emery).

20 Sheila M. Dann Westgate and Anna Lowell Tomlinson, Vital Records of Chatham, Massachusetts, 1696-1850. vol. 1 (1991. Chatham Mass.: Chatham Historical Society), 3.

21 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 66 (MD15:231). Col. Leonard H Smith, Jr. and Norma H Smith. Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans. An authorized facsimile reproduction of records published serially 1901-1935 in "The Mayflower Descendant." With an added index of persons.
1980, 1993. Baltimore MD: reprinted for Clearfield Co. by Genealogical Pub. Co.

22 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 107 (20:95.

23 Vital Records of Phillipston, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (1906. Worcester MA: Franklin P. Rice), 33. "This township was originally parts of Templeton and Athol. It was incorporated; October 20, 1786, and named in honor of Elbridge Gerry; but dissatisfied with his measures after he became governor, the citizens, [on 5 Feb 1814], procured a change of name to Phillipston." Nason & Varney, 1890
The date of the name change comes from the Phillipston Town Clerk, 27 Apr 2009.
online

24 George Ernest Bowman and Ethel A. Richardson, "Provincetown, Massachusetts Vital Records" (Mayflower Descendant), 26:112.

25 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Eastham and Orleans, Mass., Vital Records (Mayflower Descendant [several sections]), 34:63.

26 Simeon L. Deyo, editor, History of Barnstable County Massachusetts, 1620-1890. Chapter 26. Brewster. (1890. New York: H. W. Blake & Co.), 921.

27 George Ernest Bowman and Ethel A. Richardson, "Provincetown, Massachusetts Vital Records" (Mayflower Descendant), 12:24, 14:149.

28 George Ernest Bowman and Ethel A. Richardson, "Provincetown, Massachusetts Vital Records" (Mayflower Descendant), 14:147.

29 Provincetown cemeteries (http://www.provincetowngov.org/historic/cem.htm). badly organized

30 George Ernest Bowman and Ethel A. Richardson, "Provincetown, Massachusetts Vital Records" (Mayflower Descendant), 15:149.

31 Provincetown cemeteries (http://www.provincetowngov.org/historic/cem.htm).

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