Thomas Nichols

Male Abt 1614 - 1696  (82 years)


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  • Name Thomas Nichols  [1
    Born Abt 1614  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 8 Nov 1696  Hingham, Ma Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I660  Paul's Tree
    Last Modified 2 Jul 2018 

    Father Walter Nichols,   b. Bef 1582,   d. Bef 16 May 1639  (Age < 57 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Elizabeth Cattlyn,   d. Bef 11 Jan 1627/28, Great Coggeshall, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 2 Jun 1607  High Roothing, Essex, Eng. Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Family ID F418  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Rebecca Josselyn,   b. Abt 1617, Ardleigh, Essex co., England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Sep 1675, Hingham, Ma Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years) 
    Married Abt 1638 
    Children 
     1. Thomas Nichols,   b. Abt 1639, Hingham, Ma Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     2. Rebecca Nichols,   b. Abt 1641  [natural]
     3. Elizabeth Nichols,   b. Abt 1643, Hingham, Ma Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     4. Hannah Nichols,   b. Abt 1646, Hingham, Ma Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     5. Ephriam Nichols,   b. Abt 1648, Hingham, Ma Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 May 1693  (Age 45 years)  [natural]
     6. Israel Nichols,   b. Abt 1650, Hingham, Ma Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jan 1734, Hingham, Ma Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)  [natural]
     7. Nathaniel Nichols,   b. Abt 1653, Hingham, Ma Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1730, Pembroke Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)  [natural]
     8. Mary Nichols,   b. Abt 1653, Hingham, Ma Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     9. Sarah Nichols,   b. 15 Jul 1655, Hingham, Ma Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     10. Charity Nichols,   b. 3 May 1658, Hingham, Ma Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     11. Patience Nichols,   b. 25 Dec 1660, Hingham, Ma Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Oct 1709, Hingham, Ma Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 2 Jul 2018 
    Family ID F364  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Dorcas,   d. 15 Oct 1694 
    Married 23 Sep 1681 
    Last Modified 2 Jul 2018 
    Family ID F417  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • From "History of the Town of Hingham, Mass." by George Lincold 1982

      "Thomas, first of the name in Hing., had a grant of land here in 1637; also other grants at subsequant dates. Nichols's Hill, refered to in early deeds prob. took its name from him. In the 11th of March, 1653, he added to his real estate by purchasing of Thomas Josselyn, et. al., dw.-house, barn, etc., with three acres of land, which had previously belonged to Stephen Lincoln, bounded by the "common" north and south; the "commons" and Thomas Nichols west; and Thomas Lincoln, husmandman, east.... "Farmer" Selectman 1676. Resided on Fort Hill St. a short distance from the West Hing. railroad station."

  • Sources 
    1. [S24] "History of the Town of Hingham, Mass" George Lincoln 1982.

    2. [S797] The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-35, V5 M-P, pp.258-9.


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