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William Nickerson, Sr.

William Nickerson, Sr.[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]

Male 1604 - 1690  (84 years)


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  • Name William Nickerson 
    Suffix Sr. 
    Birth 16 Oct 1604  Norwich, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
    • TAG 85:20 has between 1607 and 1609.
    Gender Male 
    Migration Apr 1637  From Ipswich, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8, 11, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25
    To New England
    aboard Rose
    John & Dorothy
     
    • Role: Family5
    • The 2 ships sailed together and arrived on 8 Jun 1637. It's not possible to determine which passenger came on which ship.
    Freeman 2 May 1638  [16
    Removed to BY Dec 1640  Yarmouth, Plymouth, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [26
    From: Boston
    Fidelity Oath 1 Jun 1641  [7
    Member Aug 1643  Yarmouth, Plymouth, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [27, 28
    the List of Those Able to Bear Arms 
    • Role: Member
    Court 1 Mar 1658/9  [29
    "Will[i]am Nicarson complained against Edward Sturgis, in an action of trespass on the case, to the damage of twenty pounds, for the unjust taking away of sundry goods and calves of his, in the custody of Richard Berrey. The jury find for the plaintiff. The calves that are alive to be delivered to Will[i]am Nicarson or his agents, at Yarmouth; and those that are dead, the value of them as they were prized when they were attached, in current pay, and forty shillings damage, for unjust molestation, and the cost of the suit, A review was granted unto the defendant, to be tried at the court in May next"
    Court 3 May 1659  [29
    upon review, "judgement [was] granted to Will[i]am Nicarson, according to the verdict" and a detailed schedule of expenses was drawn up
    Property 15 Jan 1661/2  Monomoy Island, Plymouth, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [30
    a grant of forty acres of upland and ten acres of meadow
    Elizabeth Nickerson, deed recipient
    Court 3 Mar 1662/3  Yarmouth, Plymouth, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [31
    "in an action of trespass in the case, to the damage of forty pounds, for withholding from him his shares of whale blubber, for several years past. Find for the defendants the cost of the suit. In reference to this suit, Mr. Anthony Thacher, Robert Denis, and Richard Tayler stand bound unto the court in the sum of forty pounds, in the behalf of the town of Yarmouth, to answer suit, commenced by William Nicarson, against the said town"
    Court 6 Jul 1669  [32
    to deliver the letter of William "Nicarson" complaining about defamation by several Indians
    Parties Involved:
    Josias Cook
    • Role: Plaintiff
    Property 3 Jul 1672  Monomoy Island, Plymouth, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [31
    "all the tract or tracts of lands, both upland and meadow ... and all their right and title to such lands as they had liberty to purchase of Indians"
    Gov. Thomas Hinckley, seller
    Hon. Josiah Winslow, seller
    Court 1 Nov 1679  [32
    unsuccessfully sued "Josiah Cooke Sr. of Eastham" for taking a pair of andirons and one silver dram cup, saying that "said Cooke did under color of his office, for he said he was constable of Eastham, and showed him ... his black staff; and his demand was 6s. 7 1/2d., which was the first part of the rate he demanded"
    Parties Involved:
    Josias Cook, defendant
    Alternate Name William Nicarson  [29]
    Occupation weaver  [1, 7, 8, 14]
    Death Between 30 Aug 1689 and 8 Sep 1690  Chatham, Plymouth, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [33
    Person ID I9025  Duane's Ancestors
    Last Modified 5 May 2020 

    Father William Nickerson,   b. Between 1560 and 1570, Norwich, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationbur. 25 Oct 1625, Norwich, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 65 years) 
    Mother Margaret ________,   b. Abt 1570 
    Marriage Y  [12
    Family ID F3474  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Anne Busby,   b. Abt 1607/8   d. Aft 18 May 1686, Chatham, Plymouth, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 78 years)  [7, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 34
    Marriage Abt 1627  Norwich, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 7, 8, 12, 15
    Children 
    +1. Nicholas Nickerson,   b. Abt 1628   d. Bef 26 Mar 1682, Yarmouth, Plymouth, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 54 years)
    +2. Elizabeth Nickerson,   b. Abt 1629   d. Bef 3 May 1706, Monomoy, Nantucket, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 77 years)
     3. Robert Nickerson,   b. Abt 1631   d. Bef 23 Jul 1713, Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 82 years)
     4. Thomas Nickerson,   b. 1633/4   bur. 21 Feb 1633/4, Norwich, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 0 years)
     5. Anne Nickerson,   b. 1635   d. Abt 1681, Chatham, Plymouth, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years)
    +6. Samuel Nickerson,   b. 1638, Watertown, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 3 Sep 1719, Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 81 years)
     7. John Nickerson,   b. 1640, Yarmouth, Plymouth, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1728 (Age < 87 years)
    +8. Sarah Nickerson,   b. Abt 1644, Yarmouth, Plymouth, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1715, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 72 years)
    +9. William Nickerson, Jr.,   b. 1646   d. Bef 7 Apr 1719, Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 73 years)
    +10. Joseph Nickerson,   b. Dec 1647, Yarmouth, Plymouth, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 1725 and 1731, Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 77 years)
    Family ID F3223  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Apr 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 16 Oct 1604 - Norwich, Norfolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Abt 1627 - Norwich, Norfolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMigration - To New England,aboard Rose
    John & Dorothy
      - Apr 1637 - Ipswich, Suffolk, England
    Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsRemoved to - From: Boston - BY Dec 1640 - Yarmouth, Plymouth, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMember - the List of Those Able to Bear Arms  - Aug 1643 - Yarmouth, Plymouth, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - a grant of forty acres of upland and ten acres of meadow,Elizabeth Nickerson, deed recipient - 15 Jan 1661/2 - Monomoy Island, Plymouth, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCourt - "in an action of trespass in the case, to the damage of forty pounds, for withholding from him his shares of whale blubber, for several years past. Find for the defendants the cost of the suit. In reference to this suit, Mr. Anthony Thacher, Robert Denis, and Richard Tayler stand bound unto the court in the sum of forty pounds, in the behalf of the town of Yarmouth, to answer suit, commenced by William Nicarson, against the said town" - 3 Mar 1662/3 - Yarmouth, Plymouth, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - "all the tract or tracts of lands, both upland and meadow ... and all their right and title to such lands as they had liberty to purchase of Indians",Gov. Thomas Hinckley, seller
    Hon. Josiah Winslow, seller - 3 Jul 1672 - Monomoy Island, Plymouth, British America
    Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Between 30 Aug 1689 and 8 Sep 1690 - Chatham, Plymouth, British America Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Coats of Arms
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  • Sources 
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    2.  2.  [S143] Burgess Genealogy - 1997, 82, 00087.

    3.  3.  [S30] The Pioneers of Massachusetts, 153, 00540.

    4.  4.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 79:441, 00390.

    5.  5.  [S251] Hopkins, 27, 00286.

    6.  6.  [S18] Salisbury and Amesbury, 569, 00466.

    7.  7.  [S459] Cape Cod Library, 1578, 00091.

    8.  8.  [S595] Robert Eldred, 73, 00457.

    9.  9.  [S482] Torrey 1st, 537, 00395.

    10.  10.  [S576] TGMSP, Thomas Williams, 00516.

    11.  11.  [S867] TAG, 85:242, 00863.

    12.  12.  [S867] TAG, 85:250, 00863.

    13.  13.  [S1137] Planters of the Commonwealth, 187, 00988.

    14.  14.  [S1410] Hotten, 290, 00299.

    15.  15.  [S985] TCN, 32:191, 00937.

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    17.  17.  [S38] The Standard Genealogical Encyclopedia, 2633, 00547.

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    24.  24.  [S576] TGMSP, Newsletter:17:28, 00516.

    25.  25.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 142:263, 00390.

    26.  26.  [S985] TCN, 32:192, 00937.

    27.  27.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 4:258, 00390.

    28.  28.  [S576] TGMSP, John Crow, 00516.

    29.  29.  [S576] TGMSP, Edward Sturges, 00516.

    30.  30.  [S595] Robert Eldred, 74, 00457.

    31.  31.  [S576] TGMSP, Anthony Thacher, 00516.

    32.  32.  [S576] TGMSP, Josias Cooke, 00516.

    33.  33.  [S459] Cape Cod Library, 1589, 00091.

    34.  34.  [S576] TGMSP, William Hedges, 00516.