Eastham, Wellfleet and beyond


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picture Rebecca Nickerson 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 25 Aug 1766 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 1
        Baptism: 7 Sep 1766 - Truro, Massachusetts
          Death: 20 Oct 1795 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 2
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Seth Nickerson (1734-1789)
         Mother: Martha Atwood (1736-1817)
Spouses and Children 
1. *William Miller (30 Dec 1760 -       ) 3 
       Marriage: 
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Sally Miller (1785-1876) 3
                2. Robert Miller (1797-      ) 2
                3. Rebecca Miller (1802-      )
                4. Isabel Miller (1804-      ) 2



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Rebecca Nickerson 
      Sex: F
AKA: Rebekah Nickerson 2
Individual Information 
          Birth: 28 Nov 1795 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 2
        Baptism: 
          Death: 18 Jun 1852 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
         Burial: in Hamilton cemetery, Provincetown
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Captain Stephen Nickerson (1756-1832)
         Mother: Hannah Eldredge (1761-1842)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Enos Nickerson (30 Jan 1796 - 27 Feb 1867)
       Marriage: 26 Dec 1820 - Phillipston, Massachusetts 5
         Status: 



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Rebecca Nickerson 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 1821 - Chatham, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
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Parents 
         Father: Ezra Nickerson (Est 1790-      )
         Mother: Elizabeth (Est 1800-      )
Spouses and Children 
1. *Gideon H Eldridge (16 Jan 1803 - 27 Aug 1870)
       Marriage: 10 Mar 1870 - Chatham, Massachusetts 6
         Status:
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picture Rebecca Nickerson 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 28 May 1773 - Chatham, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 7 Mar 1832 - Chatham, Massachusetts
         Burial: in Peoples's Cemetery, Chatham
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Moses Nickerson (1739-1826)
         Mother: Rebecca Atkins (1744-Bef 1816)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Thacher Rider (Cir 1770 - 16 Dec 1824)
       Marriage: 14 Feb 1793 - Chatham, Massachusetts
         Status: 



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Rebecca Atkins Nickerson 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 14 Sep 1824 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
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Parents 
         Father: Thomas Nickerson (1790-1852)
         Mother: Polly Paine (1793-1849)



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Rebecca F Nickerson 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: Oct 1855 - Eastham, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 23 Dec 1857 - Eastham, Massachusetts
         Burial: in Evergreen Cemetery, Eastham
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Asa Gill Nickerson (1829-      )
         Mother: Rebecca Gould (Est 1830-      )



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Rebecca Franklin Nickerson 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 26 Oct 1829 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 8
        Baptism: 
          Death: 11 Jan 1853 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 9
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Jonathan Nickerson Jr (1807-1873) 9
         Mother: Rebecca Dyer Watkins (1810-1873) 9
Spouses and Children 
1. *Seth Lewis Nickerson (Est 1826 -       )
       Marriage: 
         Status: 



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Rebecca L Nickerson 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 1837 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 1915
         Burial: in Provincetown, Massachusetts
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Nathaniel Lewis Nickerson (1810-1839)
         Mother: Rebecca Cook (1813-1901) 9



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Reuben Nickerson 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: Abt 1707 - Harwich, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 10 Dec 1791 - Eastham, Massachusetts
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: John Nickerson (1686-Abt 1722)
         Mother: Sarah Bassett (Abt 1689-After 1744)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Priscilla Rogers (1710 - 1742)
       Marriage: 1728 - Harwich, Massachusetts
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Eliphalet Nickerson (1731-      )
                2. Ruth Nickerson (1729-1795)

2. Ruth Arey (30 Jun 1721 - 1788)
       Marriage: 30 Mar 1744 - Eastham, Massachusetts 10
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Paul Nickerson (1752-1826)
                2. Jesse Nickerson (Cir 1748-1775)
                3. Joshua Nickerson (1755-1832)



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Reuben Nickerson 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 21 Nov 1777 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 12
        Baptism: 
          Death: 13 Sep 1864 - Orleans, Massachusetts
         Burial: in Orleans Cemetery
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Seth Nickerson (1734-1789)
         Mother: Martha Atwood (1736-1817)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Apphia Young (25 Jun 1782 - 22 Jun 1811) 13 
       Marriage: Est 1804
         Status: 

2. Keziah Young (14 Mar 1771 - Abt 1832)
       Marriage: Mar 1813 - Eastham, Massachusetts 14
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Reuben Nickerson Jr (1814-      )

3. Mehitable Doane (15 Nov 1785 - 7 Mar 1843) 11 
       Marriage: 1832 - (Orleans, Massachusetts)
         Status:
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Sources

1 George Ernest Bowman and Ethel A. Richardson, "Provincetown, Massachusetts Vital Records" (Mayflower Descendant), 12:25.

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

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

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

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

6 Anee Lowell Tomlinson, Vital Records of Chatham, Massachusetts, 1851-1900. vol. 2 (1994. Chatham, Mass. : Chatham Historical Society), 2:239.

7 Margaret H. Weiler, Cemetery Inscriptions. Congregational & Soldiers Cemetery, Evergreen Cemetery, Eastham Mass. (1987. Eastham Mass: Eastham Historical Society).

8 George Ernest Bowman and Ethel A. Richardson, "Provincetown, Massachusetts Vital Records" (Mayflower Descendant), 23:143.

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

10 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 109 (20:157. 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.

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

12 George Ernest Bowman and Ethel A. Richardson, "Provincetown, Massachusetts Vital Records" (Mayflower Descendant), 11:218, 12:25.

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

14 Vernon R. Nickerson, Marriages and Marriage Intentions, 1795-1844. Town of Eastham, Masachusetts (1969. New England Historical & Genealogical Register 123: 117-124, 198-204), by Mr. Shaw. numerous transcription errors

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