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
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)Josiah Nickerson
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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) 4Josiah Nickerson
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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- )Josiah Nickerson
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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) 3Josiah Nickerson
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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- )Josiah Nickerson
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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)Josiah H Nickerson
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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
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) 12Josiah Oakes Nickerson
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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- )
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.
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Thomas W. Baldwin, compiler, Vital Records of Cohasset, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 (1916. Boston: NEHGS), 78.
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