WILLIAM NICKERSON, son of William Nickerson and Anne Busby
MERCY WILLIAMS, daughter of Thomas Williams and Elizabeth Tate
William, the son of William Nickerson and Anne Busby, was baptized on 1 June 1646 in Barnstable. [WSC1] He died before 7April 1719. He married Mercy, the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Tart [!]) Williams. [WSC1]
Mercy died on 7 March 1739, age 90 or 95. [WSC1]
William was a soldier in King Philip's War under Captain Henry Gold. [WSC1]
He was a grandjuryman in 1681 and a constable in 1683 in Chatham. [WSC1]
He took the oath of freeman on 24 June 1690. [WSC1]
He was the first clerk of Monomoit (Chatham), serving for 15 years. He was the first treasurer, serving for six years. He was a selectman. [WSC1]
Letters testmentary were granted to the widow Mercy on 7 April 1719. [WSC1]
Children of William Nickerson and Mercy Williams:
i. Thomas Nickerson married Mary, the daughter of Jonathan Bangs of Harwich. [WSC1]
ii. William Nickerson married first Deliverance Lombard. He married second Anna Atwood.
iii. Nathaniel Nickerson was born in 1680 or 1681. [WSC1] He married Katherine, the duagher of Hugh Stuard, on 13 May 1702. [WSC1]
iv. Robert Nickerson married Rebecca, the daughter of Jeremiah Jones of Yarmouth. [WSC1]
v. Elizabeth Nickerson married William Cahoon. [WSC1]
vii. Unknown Daughter Nickerson went to Duck Creek in 1711 with her husband. [WSC1]
viii. Judith Nickerson (possible daughter) married Nathaniel Covell on 1 or 5 March 1696/7. [WSC1]
References:
WSC1. William C. Smith, A History of Chatham, Massachusetts (Hyannis: F.B. & F.P. Goss, 1909), 110–131.
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14-Jul-2020