Eastham, Wellfleet and beyond


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picture Mehetable Walker 
      Sex: F
AKA: Mehitable
Individual Information 
          Birth: 18 Mar 1754 - Eastham, Massachusetts 1
        Baptism: 
          Death: 11 Jun 1808 - Eastham, Massachusetts
         Burial: in Bridge Road cemetery, Eastham
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Samuel Walker (1713-      ) 2
         Mother: Rebecca Freeman (1720-1764) 3
Spouses and Children 
1. Colonel Elisha Cobb (27 Oct 1730 - 29 Jan 1802) 4 
       Marriage: 1784 - (Eastham, Massachusetts)
         Status: 

2. *Joel Doane (17 Feb 1754 - 28 Jan 1781)
       Marriage: 22 Oct 1776
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Dorcas Doane (1778-1797)
Notes
General:
stone:
In memory of
MEHITABLE
Widow of
Col. Elisha Cobb
died June 11th
1808
in the 55th year
of her age 5
Marriage Notes (Colonel Elisha Cobb)
"Married: 3 DEC 1784 in Wellfleet, MA" but not seen in Wellfleet VR.

picture Mehitabel Walker 


      Sex: F
AKA: Mehitable Walker
Individual Information 
          Birth: 4 Apr 1728 - Eastham, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 21 May 1761 - Eastham, Massachusetts
         Burial: in Bridge Road cemetery, Eastham
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: John Walker (1696-1760)
         Mother: Mercy Brown (Est 1690-      )
Spouses and Children 
1. *Silvanus Snow (16 Feb 1705 - 23 Mar 1772)
       Marriage: Apr 1751 - Eastham, Massachusetts
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Sylvanus Snow (1756-1806)
                2. Hannah Snow (1759-      ) 6
Notes
General:
stone:
Here lies ye Body of
Mrs MEHETABLE SNOW
wife of Mr SILVANUS
SNOW, who Died
MAY ye 21st 1761
In the 33d Year
of her Age

The Eastham records imply she died 22 Mar 1759, in that her death is noted along with the birth of Hannah then, but the gravestone record is definitive. 5

picture Mehitable Walker 
      Sex: F
AKA: Mehetable Walker
Individual Information 
          Birth: 1700 - Eastham, Massachusetts 7
        Baptism: 
          Death: 11 Oct 1752 - Haddam, Connecticut 7
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: William Walker (1659-1744)
         Mother: Susanna Ring (1661-      )
Spouses and Children 
1. *Lieut. John Knowles (28 Jun 1698 - 22 Sep 1752) 7 
       Marriage: 1721 - Eastham, Massachusetts
         Status:
Notes
Marriage Notes (Lieut. John Knowles)
John and Mehitable Knowles moved to central Connecticut, and their children were apparently born there. 8

picture Mercy Walker 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 4 Mar 1718 - Eastham, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: John Walker (1696-1760)
         Mother: Mercy Brown (Est 1690-      )
Spouses and Children 
1. *Barnabas Cook (7 May 1695 - 1757)
       Marriage: 4 Mar 1747 - Eastham, Massachusetts 9
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Mercy Cook (1755-1843)
                2. Saul Cook (1757-1846)

2. John Griffith (Est 1715 -       )
       Marriage: 1757 - Eastham, Massachusetts
         Status: 



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Mercy Walker 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 7 Nov 1704 - Eastham, Massachusetts 10
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Jabez Walker (1668-Abt 1742) 11
         Mother: Elizabeth Bickford (1671-Bef 1741)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Nathaniel Smith (Cir 1704 - 1775)
       Marriage: 3 Jan 1733 - Eastham, Massachusetts 6
         Status:
Notes
Marriage Notes (Nathaniel Smith)
"Nathaniel, along with Ephraim Covel, Andrew Clarke, Nathaniel Doane and Samuel Burge, Jr. were founders of the second church of Harwich on November 12, 1747. That church became the First Congregational Church of Harwich and the original building stood close to where the present church was built. Nathaniel was "impowered to finish the upper inside and do the plastering that is to be done" for the house being built for the new pastor. Letters of administration for the estate of Nathaniel Smith were to John Smith on December 12, 1775. No will was filed. Settlement of the estate was by inventory and agreement and provided a widow's benefit. No children or grandchildren were named in documents, only creditors Deacon Edward Hall, Samuel Ellis, Samuel Kendrick, Isaac Knowles, Desire Bangs, Nathan Hall, James Baker, Reuben Eldridge, and Gershom Hall."
(2749079)

picture Mercy Walker 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 17 Aug 1804 - Eastham, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 12 Sep 1881 - Eastham, Massachusetts
         Burial: in Bridge Road cemetery, Eastham
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Peter Walker (1764-      )
         Mother: Abigail Brown (Est 1767-Bef 1832)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Captain Joshua Walker Nickerson (12 Aug 1805 - 24 Mar 1868) 12 
       Marriage: 1830 - Eastham, Massachusetts 13
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. William H Nickerson (1836-1838) 5
Notes
General:
stone:
MRS.
MERCY NICKERSON
WIDOW OF
CAPT. JOSHUA W. NICKERSON
DIED SEPT. 12, 1881
AGED 77 YRS.
5 MOS. 5 DYS.


NO MORE ON EARTH THY FACE WE SEE
REST DEAR MOTHER REST 5
Marriage Notes (Captain Joshua Walker Nickerson)
Nickerson genealogy:
"1891. JOSHUA7 WALKER NICKERSON {Uriah6, Hatsel5, William4, Thomas3, William2, William1) was born Eastham, MA, 12 Aug. 1805 (1), son of Uriah and Deborah (Cook) Nickerson. He died there 24 Mar. 1868, age 62y 9m, buried Bridge Street Cemetery, Eastham, with his wife (2,3).

He married Eastham, 1830 (int. 10 May 1830), by Mr. Shaw, MERCY WALKER (4,5), born there 17 Aug. 1804 (6), daughter of Peter and Abigail (Brown) Walker. She died Eastham, 12 Sep. 1881, age 77y 5m 5d (2,3).

Joshua is called Captain on his gravestone. In the 1850, 1860 census records his is called a farmer (2,7).

His will, written 26 Dec. 1865, gives to sons, William H. Nickerson and John D. Nickerson, his homestead, with conditions that they shall support him and his wife, as long as she remains a widow. He gave son Joshua land and money to daughters, Abigail Shattuck, Sarah Nickerson, Laura Holbrook, Hannah A. Hopkins and Mercy A. Nickerson. He gave grandson, George S. Nickerson, money when be became 21 years old. (George was the illegitimate son of daughter Sarah Nickerson, who was living with his grandparents in the 1850 census.)(7)

CHILDREN: born Eastham, MA (6,9,10).
4537. ABIGAIL BROWN, b. 18 Aug. 1830; m. 1 Nov. 1849, Abel SHATTUCK; d. 13 June 1888.
4538. JOSHUA WALKER, b. 3 Mar. 1833; m. 19 Jan. 1865, Mary A. GARRON; d. 3 Oct. 1893.
4539. SARAH HIGGINS, b. 18 Sep. 1834; m. 11 Mar. 1867, Robert Ellery OLIVER; d. 20 Mar. 1912.
4540. WILLIAM H., b. 6 July 1836; d. 17 July 1838, age 2y 11d, buried Bridge Road Cemetery.
4541. LAURA ANN, b. 8 Sep. 1838; m. 1 Jan. 1861, George Lewis HOLBROOK.
4542. WILLIAM HENRY, b. 11 July 1841; m. 11 Jan. 1872, Dora B. BROWN; d. 21 July 1915.
4543. JOHN DAVIS, b. 4 Feb. 1843; rn. Mary E. CROSTON; d. 1929.
4544. HANNAH RUSSELL, b. 19 May 1844; m. 1863, Warren Henry HOPKINS; d. 28 May 1884.
4545. MERCY ADELINE, b. 26 Oct. 1846; m. 28 Feb. 1872, John MINES; d. 8 Mar. 1928.

REFERENCES: 1. WEN #0-6, Eastham V.R., p. 274. 2. Gravestone at Bridge Road Cemetery. 3. Mayflower Descendant, 9:69. 4. N.E.H.G.R. (Apr. 1969, 123:121, 124). 5. Mayflower Source Records, 1986, pp. 166, 169. 6. WEN #0-6, Walker Memorial, family chart from nephew, Charles Edward Nickerson. 7. 1850, 1860 census. 8. Barnstable Probate #5394 (Joshua Nickerson). 9. N.E.H.G.R., (July 1969,123:202.10. Eastham Marriages, 1836-1907, p. 26. 11. NFA #681." 12

picture Mercy Walker 
      Sex: F
AKA: Marcy Walker 15
Individual Information 
          Birth: 3 Jan 1771 - Eastham, Massachusetts 15 16
        Baptism: 
          Death: 5 Jan 1816 - (Wellfleet, Massachusetts) 16
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Andrew Walker (1728-      ) 16
         Mother: Dorcas Paine (Est 1740-      ) 16
Spouses and Children 
1. *Benjamin Higgins (23 Sep 1767 - 4 Nov 1852) 16 
       Marriage: 15 May 1794 - (Eastham, Massachusetts) 16
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. John Walker Higgins (1796-1870)
                2. Elkanah Higgins (1797-1828) 17
                3. Dorcas Higgins (1799-1837)
                4. Benjamin Higgins (1801-1880) 17
                5. Phebe H Higgins (1803-1893)
                6. Andrew Walker Higgins (1806-1872)
                7. Bartlett Higgins (1808-1849)
                8. Anna Jay Higgins (1810-1866)
                9. Justus Higgins (1812-1890)
                10. Mercy Higgins (1814-1895)



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Nathan Walker 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 17 Oct 1795 - Harwich, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 5 Mar 1839 - Harwich, Massachusetts
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Seth Walker (1768-1856)
         Mother: Mercy Bassett (1768-      )



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Nathanael Walker 
      Sex: M
AKA: Nathaniel Walker
Individual Information 
          Birth: 17 Jan 1722 - Eastham, Massachusetts 18
        Baptism: 
          Death: 17 Dec 1748 - Billingsgate (Eastham), Massachusetts
         Burial: in Duck Creek Cemetery, Wellfleet
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: William Walker (1692-1780)
         Mother: Anne Young (1691-      )
Spouses and Children 
1. *Miriam Hatch (9 Sep 1718 -       )
       Marriage: 1748
         Status:
Notes
General:
"Here lyes the body of Mr. Nathaniel Walker, died Dec. the 17th., 1748 in the 27th. year of his age." 19
Marriage Notes (Miriam Hatch)
Probably this marriage did not happen, based on dates of intentions and Nathanael's death.

picture Nathanael Walker 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 8 Mar 1725 - Eastham, Massachusetts 20
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Richard Walker (1695-1755)
         Mother: Joanna Tomlin (Est 1698-      )
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Sources

1 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 112 (MD24:89). 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.

2 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 20 (MD5:198).

3 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 24 (MD6:204).

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

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

6 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 94 (MD17:80).

7 New England Historical and Genealogical Register (New England Historic Genealogical Society. Boston), 80:13 The Knowles Family of Eastham, Mass.

8 New England Historical and Genealogical Register (New England Historic Genealogical Society. Boston), 80:13-15 The Knowles Family of Eastham, Mass.

9 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 136 (MD28:83).

10 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 46 (MD8:246).

11 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 45 (MD8:245).

12 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).

13 Vernon R. Nickerson, Marriages and Marriage Intentions, 1795-1844. Town of Eastham, Masachusetts (1969. New England Historical & Genealogical Register 123: 117-124, 198-204), 121. Rev Mr Shaw. numerous transcription errors

14 Katharine Elizabeth Chapin Higgins, Richard Higgins, a resident and pioneer settler at Plymouth and Eastham, Massachusetts, and at Piscataway, New Jersey, and his descendants. (1918. Worcester, Mass.: Higgins, 811 pgs.), p 244. This is a major source, which seems accurate.

15 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 54 (MD15:57).

16 Katharine Elizabeth Chapin Higgins, Richard Higgins, a resident and pioneer settler at Plymouth and Eastham, Massachusetts, and at Piscataway, New Jersey, and his descendants. (1918. Worcester, Mass.: Higgins, 811 pgs.), p 244.

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

18 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 56 (MD15:68).

19 Elizabeth Freeman, Wellfleet, Truro, & Cape Cod Cemetery Transcriptions. Section Three. Duck Creek Cemetery, Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Asscociation), 26.

20 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 59 (MD15:74).

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