Eastham, Wellfleet and beyond


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picture Elizabeth Nickerson 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 6 Nov 1806 - Chatham, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 15 Jun 1865 - Chatham, Massachusetts 1
         Burial: in Union Cemetery, Chatham 2
 Cause of Death: consumption

Spouses and Children 
1. *Gideon H Eldridge (16 Jan 1803 - 27 Aug 1870)
       Marriage: 12 Jan 1824 - Chatham, Massachusetts 3
         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 Elkanah Nickerson 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 14 Feb 1722 - Chatham, Massachusetts 4
        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 -       ) 5 
       Marriage: 18 Oct 1742 - Eastham, Massachusetts 6
         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 7
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
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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: 
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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 8
        Baptism: 
          Death: After 1880 - Boston, Massachusetts
         Burial: 
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Parents 
         Father: Joseph Nickerson (1776-1841)
         Mother: Sally Clark (1780-      )
Notes
General:
Marriage 1830 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: 
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Parents 
         Father: Josiah Nickerson (1801-      ) 9
         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)
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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 10

picture Emina Nickerson 
      Sex: F
AKA: Mina Nickerson 11
Individual Information 
          Birth: 2 Oct 1781 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 11
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
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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 12
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Allen Nickerson (1759-      )
         Mother: Molly Collins (1765-      ) 12



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Enos Nickerson 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 19 Sep 1770 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 13
        Baptism: 
          Death: 22 Jun 1825 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 14 15
         Burial: in Hamilton cemetery, Provincetown
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Seth Nickerson (1737-1801)
         Mother: Mary Smith (1740-1780) 16
Spouses and Children 
1. *Lucy Nickerson (3 Jul 1772 - 26 Aug 1834) 17 
       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) 15 17
                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
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picture Enos Nickerson 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 30 Jan 1796 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 15
        Baptism: 
          Death: 27 Feb 1867 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 17
         Burial: in Hamilton cemetery, Provincetown
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Enos Nickerson (1770-1825)
         Mother: Lucy Nickerson (1772-1834) 17
Spouses and Children 
1. *Rebecca Nickerson (28 Nov 1795 - 18 Jun 1852) 17 
       Marriage: 26 Dec 1820 - Phillipston, Massachusetts 18
         Status: 

2. Ruth (1803 - 1 Oct 1861) 17 
       Marriage: 
         Status: 



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Enos Nickerson 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 17 May 1781 - Harwich, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 1820 - St. Thomas, West Indies
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Enos Nickerson (1761-1839)
         Mother: Deborah Chase (1769-1854) 19
Spouses and Children 



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Enos Nickerson 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: Est 1730 - Chatham, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 1782 - Harwich, Massachusetts
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: William Nickerson (1698-After 1759)
         Mother: Bethiah Harding (Est 1700-Est 1730) 20
Spouses and Children 
1. *Elizabeth Ellis (26 Dec 1738 -       )
       Marriage: 17 Oct 1769 - Harwich, Massachusetts
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. William Nickerson (1771-1817)



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Enos Nickerson 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 16 Jan 1761 - Oblong, New York
        Baptism: 
          Death: Mar 1839 - West Harwich, Massachusetts
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Enos Nickerson (Est 1730-1782)
         Mother:
Spouses and Children 
1. *Deborah Chase (1769 - 26 Dec 1854) 19 
       Marriage: 
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Enos Nickerson (1781-1820) 19
                2. Captain Nehemiah Kinney Nickerson (1783-1857) 21
Notes
General:
Nickerson genealogy:
"684. ENOS6 NICKERSON (Enos5, William4, Thomas3, William2, William), was the son of Enos (#259) and his first wife, who may have been a Chase girl. In his Revolutionary Pension Papers (W 13770) he says that he was born "16 Jan. 1761 at a place called the Oblong in Massachusetts." The Oblong was in New York (see Part 1, p. 34). His father lived there as is shown in Land Records of his purchase and sale of property in 1749-50. Enos probably returned to Harwich, MA with the family before 1769 when his father married Elizabeth Ellis there. Enos died in March 1839 at age 82 (G.S.) in West Harwich. On June 26, 1894 the Harwich Independent reported, "Remains of Enos Nickerson, an old Revolutionary Soldier, and those of his wife were removed from the Johnson property and buried in Pine Grove Cemetery." In Aug. 14, 1894, in an article on that cemetery, "A board painted white on which something was written in lead pencil rested against the ancient slab. The writing was deciphered as follows: 'Enos Nickerson, born 1757, entered Washington's army at 18 and served his country during the 7 years war with England. Discharged from American Army at age 25. d. 1839'. Buried upon his farm near his late dwelling near the Hotel Belmont (Johnson property). Buried Pine Grove June I 894. His wife, Deborah, died in 1 854 age 82. The land taken by the new Hotel Belmont, where these old people were buried, made it necessary to move the remains to the cemetery. These old people are remembered by some now living in the village, and the marble slabs on the bluffs have been known landmarks for years."

He married, int. 25 Dec. 1779, Yarmouth, MA, DEBORAH CHASE, b. 1769, Harwich; daughter of William and Mercy (Chase) Chase; d. 26 Dec. 1854, Harwich. They lived on the west side of Herring River in West Harwich where the Belmont Hotel now is, on land originally..."

picture Ensign Nickerson 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: Abt 1745 - Chatham, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: Bef 1807 - Sag Harbor, Long Island
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Elkanah Nickerson (1722-Bef 1778)
         Mother: Bathshua Snow (1723-      ) 22
Spouses and Children 
1. *Alice Mayo (18 Dec 1757 - 19 Oct 1782)
       Marriage: 1 Apr 1779
         Status:
Notes
General:
Marriage 1 Tabitha Eldredge RYDER

picture Ephraim Nickerson 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 9 Feb 1809 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 12
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Allen Nickerson (1759-      )
         Mother: Molly Collins (1765-      ) 12



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Ephraim Allen Nickerson 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 13 Aug 1820 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 20 Oct 1860
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Allen Nickerson (1789-1871)
         Mother: Sarah Nickerson (1791-1876)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Louisa Atkins Nickerson (Apr 1827 - 18 Nov 1852)
       Marriage: 18 Mar 1848
         Status: 



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Ernest Sheldon Nickerson 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 1894 - East Harwich, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Spouses and Children 
1. *Mary Elizabeth Campbell (Est 1898 -       )
       Marriage: 14 Nov 1918 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 23
         Status: 



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Esther Nickerson 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 30 Apr 1794 - Eastham, Massachusetts 9
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Joshua Nickerson (1755-1832)
         Mother: Jenet Young (1755-1833)



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Ethel G Nickerson 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 1895
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Captain Eugene Francis Nickerson (1855-1942) 24 25 26
         Mother: Paulina C. H. Chipman (1863-1932) 24 25
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Sources

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

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

3 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.

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

5 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.

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

7 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

16 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.

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

18 Vital Records of Phillipston, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (1906. Worcester MA: Franklin P. Rice), 79.

19 Pauline Wixon Derick, chairman, The Nickerson Family: the descendants of William Nickerson, 1604-1689, first settler of Chatham, Massachusetts. (1973 ff. Yarmouth MA: Nickerson Family Association).

20 genforum.genealogy.com, /harding/messages/539.html, 7/7/1999.

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

22 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 66 (MD15:231).

23 Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1918 marriages.

24 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 10. Eugene F . Nickerson families.

25 Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1888, p 29.

26 Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1942, p 36, death records.

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