Eastham, Wellfleet and beyond


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picture Captain Josiah Nickerson

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 9 Nov 1770 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 1
        Baptism: 30 Dec 1770 - Truro, Massachusetts
          Death: 3 Apr 1805 - Boston, Massachusetts
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 

Events
• Alt Death 2, 3 Apr 1805 in Provincetown, Massachusetts


Parents
         Father: Elijah Nickerson (1748-1832)
         Mother: Jemima Atkins (1745-1806)

Spouses and Children
1. Sarah Nickerson (29 Jun 1773 - 3 Mar 1794) 3 
       Marriage: Cir 1791
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Anna Nickerson (1792-1793) 2
                2. Josiah Nickerson (1793-1794) 2

2. *Mary Cahoon (1 Aug 1775 - 5 Jan 1799) 4 
       Marriage: 24 May 1796 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 5
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Sally Nickerson (1797-1798) 2
                2. Josiah Nickerson (1798-      )

3. Ruth Lombard (15 Sep 1773 -       )
       Marriage: 12 May 1801 - Truro, Massachusetts 6
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Mary Nickerson (1802-      )
                2. Jemima Atkins Nickerson (1804-1805) 2

Notes
General:
He is buried with his first wife Sally.
He was a master mariner and at the time of his death owned 1/4 of the schooner Traveler, 1/2 of the schooner Julian, the schooner Chatham, 3/8 of the brigantine Eunice, a dwelling house, a fish store, a small barn, fish flakes, and 1/2 a pew in the meeting house. 3

picture Josiah Nickerson

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: Cir 1685 - (Yarmouth, Plymouth colony)
        Baptism: 
          Death: Cir 1737 - Harwich, Massachusetts
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Joseph Nickerson (1647-1725)
         Mother: Ruhamah Jones (1650-Cir 1735)

Spouses and Children
1. *Rachel Maker (Est 1690 -       )
       Marriage: 20 Jun 1714 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts 7
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Priscilla Nickerson (1717-      )
                2. Bethia Nickerson (Est 1714-1797)


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Josiah Nickerson

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 16 Aug 1798 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 2
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Captain Josiah Nickerson (1770-1805)
         Mother: Mary Cahoon (1775-1799) 4


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Josiah Nickerson

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 17 Aug 1801 - Eastham or Orleans, Massachusetts 8
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 


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

Spouses and Children
1. *Eunice Smith (19 Mar 1799 -       )
       Marriage: 
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Captain Asa Smith Nickerson (1828-1907)
                2. Emeline Smith Nickerson (1833-      )
                3. Betsey Jane Nickerson (1837-      )


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Josiah Nickerson

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 29 Dec 1793 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 2
        Baptism: 
          Death: 2 Aug 1794 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 2
         Burial: in Cemetery #1, Provincetown 9
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Captain Josiah Nickerson (1770-1805)
         Mother: Sarah Nickerson (1773-1794) 3


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Josiah Nickerson

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 17 Mar 1751 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 


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


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Josiah Nickerson

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 19 Jun 1798 - Harwich, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Tully Nickerson (1770-1854)
         Mother: Marcy Rogers (1769-Bef 1811)


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Josiah H Nickerson

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 10 Dec 1803 - Orrington, Maine
        Baptism: 
          Death: 29 Mar 1882 - Orrington, Maine
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Eliphalet Nickerson (Est 1765-      )
         Mother: Sarah Swett (1767-1846)

Spouses and Children
1. *Martha Baker (23 Sep 1803 - 29 Sep 1870)
       Marriage: 27 Oct 1825 - Orrington, Maine
         Status: 

Notes
Marriage Notes (Martha Baker)
Children in Orrington
Sophia A. NICKERSON b: 22 Jan 1827
Enoch George NICKERSON b: 29 Aug 1832
Julia G. NICKERSON b: 6 Mar 1837

picture Josiah March Nickerson

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 18 Mar 1821 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 11
        Baptism: 
          Death: 24 Apr 1849 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: Captain Jonathan Nickerson (1781-1871)
         Mother: Sally Miller (1785-1876) 12


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Josiah Oakes Nickerson

      Sex: M

Individual Information
          Birth: 6 Oct 1834 - Cohasset, Massachusetts 13
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 


Parents
         Father: George Lewis Nickerson (1799-1889)
         Mother: Harriet N Beal (1807-      )
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Sources


1 George Ernest Bowman and Ethel A. Richardson, "Provincetown, Massachusetts Vital Records" (Mayflower Descendant), 12:76, 14:150.

2 George Ernest Bowman and Ethel A. Richardson, "Provincetown, Massachusetts Vital Records" (Mayflower Descendant), 15:150.

3 Lila Nickerson, My Bunch (Rootsweb file irish, with Nickerson Family records).

4 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:17.

5 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:546. Marriages.

6 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 204. Return of marriages made by Revd Jude Damon to Anthony Snow, Town Clerk.

7 Louise H. Kelly and Dorothy Straw, compilers; Wynn, Rachel Linnell, author, Vital records, town of Harwich, Massachusetts, 1694-1850 (1982. Harwich MA: Harwich Historical Society), 20. Please note: Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts is 100 miles from Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts. There is no Harwick.

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

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

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

11 George Ernest Bowman and Ethel A. Richardson, "Provincetown, Massachusetts Vital Records" (Mayflower Descendant), 26:114.

12 George Ernest Bowman and Ethel A. Richardson, "Provincetown, Massachusetts Vital Records" (Mayflower Descendant), 12:79, 14:149.

13 Thomas W. Baldwin, compiler, Vital Records of Cohasset, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 (1916. Boston: NEHGS), 78.


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