Eastham, Wellfleet and beyond

Jerusha Nickerson

      Sex: F

Individual Information

          Birth: 21 Nov 1739 - Chatham, Massachusetts ¹
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
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Parents

         Father: William Nickerson (Cir 1702-      )
         Mother: Hannah Baker (Cir 1702-      )

Spouses and Children

1. *Nathaniel Covell (Est 1733 -       )
       Marriage: 30 Apr 1756 - Chatham, Massachusetts ²
         Status:

Jesse Nickerson

      Sex: M

Individual Information

          Birth: 1717 - Harwich, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 1745 - Lost At Sea
         Burial: 
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Parents

         Father: John Nickerson (1686-Abt 1722)
         Mother: Sarah Bassett (Abt 1689-After 1744)

Spouses and Children

1. *Thankful Cook (12 Jun 1717 - 1772)
       Marriage: 25 Feb 1737 - Eastham, Massachusetts ³ ⁴
         Status:

Jesse Nickerson

      Sex: M

Individual Information

          Birth: Cir 1748 - (Harwich, Massachusetts)
        Baptism: 
          Death: 1775 - Lost At Sea
         Burial: 
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Parents

         Father: Reuben Nickerson (Abt 1707-1791)
         Mother: Ruth Arey (1721-1788)

Spouses and Children

1. *Tamisen Knowles (Mar 1749 -       )
       Marriage: 1773 - Eastham, Massachusetts
         Status: 

2. Eunice Snow (8 Feb 1751 - 1772) ⁵ 
       Marriage: 20 Dec 1770 - Eastham, Massachusetts ⁶
         Status:

Notes

General:

birth not in Harwich VR

Jesse Nickerson

      Sex: M

Individual Information

          Birth: 18 Sep 1792 - Provincetown, Massachusetts ⁷
        Baptism: 
          Death: 31 Oct 1862 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
         Burial: in Gifford cemetery, Provincetown ⁸
 Cause of Death:

Parents

         Father: Seth Nickerson (1737-1801)
         Mother: Isabel Eldridge (1753-1837)

Spouses and Children

1. *Mary Small (28 Oct 1796 - 14 May 1870) ⁹ 
       Marriage: 
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Amanda Melvina Nickerson (Cir 1823-      )
                2. Phebe Dyer Nickerson (Est 1829-      )

Jesse Nickerson

      Sex: M

Individual Information

          Birth: Est 1830 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
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Spouses and Children

Notes

General:

whaler, later officer of Boston-Provincetown packet

Joanna Nickerson

      Sex: F

Individual Information

          Birth: 29 May 1758 - Orrington, Maine
        Baptism: 
          Death: 15 Aug 1821 - Orrington, Maine
         Burial: 
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Parents

         Father: Eliphalet Nickerson (1731-      )
         Mother: Mary Higgins (1731-      )

Spouses and Children

1. *Shebna Swett (26 Jul 1762 -       )
       Marriage: 22 Oct 1789 - Orrington, Maine
         Status:

Notes

Marriage Notes (Shebna Swett)

Children, in Orrington
Molly SWETT b: 18 Aug 1790
Sarah C. SWETT b: 23 Jul 1792
Solomon SWETT b: 31 Jul 1794
Samuel SWETT b: 2 Apr 1797
Molly SWETT b: 9 Jun 1799
Jeremiah SWETT b: 3 Aug 1801
Elspy SWETT b: 19 May 1804
Solomon SWETT b: 7 Sep 1806
(dalemower)

Joanne Nickerson

      Sex: F

Individual Information

          Birth: Est 1840 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
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Spouses and Children

1. *Captain Frank Matheson (1834 - 23 Nov 1914)
       Marriage: 1859
         Status:

Job Nickerson

      Sex: M

Individual Information

          Birth: 1 Jan 1753 - Tisbury, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
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Parents

         Father: Shubael Nickerson (Cir 1722-      )
         Mother: Mary Hamilton (1727-      )

Jocelyn M Nickerson

      Sex: F

Individual Information

          Birth: Est 1930
        Baptism: 
          Death: 19 Jan 2006
         Burial: 
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Spouses and Children

1. *Leonard David Maza (Est 1920 -       )
       Marriage: 
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Leonard David Maza Jr (1950-2006)

John Nickerson

      Sex: M

Individual Information

          Birth: 1640 - Yarmouth, Plymouth colony
        Baptism: 
          Death: 17 Mar 1714 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents

         Father: William Nickerson (1604-1689) ¹⁰
         Mother: Ann Busby (1607-1686) ¹⁰

Spouses and Children

1. *Sarah Williams (Abt 1640 - Bef 1714)
       Marriage: 
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. John Nickerson (Est 1680-1762)
                2. William Nickerson (Abt 1685-Bef 1738)

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), 5.

2 Sheila M. Dann Westgate and Anna Lowell Tomlinson, Vital Records of Chatham, Massachusetts, 1696-1850. vol. 1 (1991. Chatham Mass.: Chatham Historical Society), 1:15 (Rev Stephen Emery).

3 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 99 (MD17:146). 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.

4 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 100 (MD17:149).

5 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 122 (MD27:104).

6 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 170 (MD32:173).

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

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

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

10 Jean Mayo-Rodwick, Rev. John Mayo and his Descendants (2001).

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