With this post, I will show the second line of descent from
William Nickerson, through his daughter ii. Sarah.
1ST GENERATION
i. William Nickerson and Anne Busby had children:
Nicholas (1628 Norwich , Eng -
1683 Yarmouth , MA
ia. Elizabeth (1629 Norwich , Eng – 1706 Monomoit ,
MA
Robert (1631 Norwich ,
Eng – 1710) m. Rebecca Cole
Thomas (1633-1633 Norwich ,
Eng)
Anne (1631 Norwich ,
Eng – 1681) m. Tristram Hedges
Samuel (1638 Yarmouth , MA –
c. 1719 Harwich , MA
John (1640 Yarmouth ,
MA – 1714) m. Sarah Williams
iib. Sarah (1644 Yarmouth , MA – c. 1716 Yarmouth
MA
iiic. William (1646 Yarmouth , MA
– 1719 Chatham , MA
Joseph (1647- Yarmouth , MA –
c. 1730 Harwich , MA
iib. Sarah Nickerson must have been an able administrator as
she was engaged in several land transactions after her father’s death. William
had arranged for the management of his entire domain to be handled by Sarah,
which she did competently. Nathaniel Covel came to Boston on Aug 26, 1653, at the age of 9, to
be the indentured servant of Edward Winslow. Nathaniel’s father had arranged
for this as he lay dying. For part of the 7 years, Mr. Winslow assigned
Nathaniel to Peregrine White, his son-in-law. When his indenture was over,
Nathaniel moved to Yarmouth
where he met and married Sarah Nickerson. Note that the name is spelled both
Covel and Covell. To be consistent I’ve chosen the former.
iib. Sarah Nickerson and Nathaniel Covel had 6 children:
Sarah (1669-1713) m. (in 1688) Benjamin Phillips (1668-1747)
Nathaniel (1670-?) m. (in 1697) Judith Nickerson (?- c.
1746)
William (1673-1760) m. Sarah Unknown
iiib. Joseph (1675-1741) m. (in 1704) Hannah Bassett
(1669-1741) – 7 children
Ephraim (1677-1748) m. Mercy Brown – 1 child
iiib. Joseph Covel was married first to Lydia Stewart, who died
before 1703. There was one child from this marriage but there is no further
information, leading one to think the child and mother may have died together.
He married Hannah Bassett in 1704 and had 7 children.
iiib. Joseph Covel and Hannah Bassett had 7 children:
ivb. Sarah (1705-1790) m. (in 1723) William Nickerson*
(1701-1763) – 12 children
Constant (1706-1772) m. Ebenezer Nickerson* (c. 1697-?) – 7
children
James (c. 1709-?) m. Mehitable Nickerson*
Joseph (1710-?)
Nathaniel (?-?) m. Mary Chase
Dorcas (1714-1803) m. James Nickerson* (1704-1757) 1 – child
Hannah (1714-?)
ivb. Sarah Covel married in 1723 William Nickerson:
This William Nickerson was b. in Chatham ,
MA , May 15 1701 and died Feb 1763 in Chatham , MA Connecticut
and grew rapidly, had broken away from the established Church. They entertained
more liberal views, believing, among other things, that a true preacher need
not have a formal education and that the mode of performing the baptismal rite
should be a matter of personal choice. They objected strenuously to being taxed
for the support of the ministers of the Standing Order and submitted many fruitless
petitions requesting to be relieved from this tax. On refusal to pay the tax
some highly respectable men were imprisoned in Barnstable jail. In the 1740's, Joshua,
William and Samuel Nickerson of Harwich were active in this movement. For a
reason, that has not been discovered, he was known as William "Red
Stockings". "Chatham Records April ye 18, 1739. I ye widow bassit of
Chatham do oblige my self to you William Nickerson red stocking of said town if
I can't find or make more by any means by your wife or find it my self I do
forfit two coverleds of like sort said witness our hands - Nathan bassit,
Nathaniel Bassit. Mary Bassit X her mark."
ivb. Sarah Covel and William Nickerson had 12 children:
Nicholas
Absalom (1724-?) m. Sarah Unknown – 1 child
Deliverance (1726-1780) m. (in 1742) Ebenezer Eldredge
(1709-1797) – 12 children
Stephen (1726-1801) m.1 (c. 1750) Dorcas Nickerson (1727-1787)
– 5 children divorced c. 1769
m.2 (in 1782) Martha Adams Hallett (1760-1830) – 4 children
James (1730-1781) m. (in 1749) Mehitable Covel
Mercy (1732-1805) m. (in 1752) Hemen Kenney (1732-1775)
vb. Elizabeth
William (1736-?) m. Martha Ellis (1737-1785)
Lumbart (1739-?) m. Eunice Rider
Susannah (1741-?) m. (in 1762) Isaac Howes
Joshua (1743-?) m. (in 1763) Deborah Rider
Gideon (1746-1811) m. (in 1764) Sarah Bearse (1748-1815) –
12 children
Their daughter vb. Elizabeth Nickerson m. Archelaus
Smith, a descendant of Ralph Smith of Eastham ,
MA
vb.
Elizabeth Nickerson was b. in Chatham ,
MA Elizabeth
died Apr 2 1828 in Cape Sable Is., at age 92.
She was married to Archelaus Smith, Jul 16 1752 in Chatham , MA Barrington , N.S.
"Archelous
Smith had sent for his family to come from Cape Cod to Barrington , but owing to evil reports about
the Indians sent a message to the contrary. When, however, he was departing
through West Passage, his wife and four children were coming in the East
Passage in Capt. Eldad Nickerson's vessel. Some fishermen, making fish at the
Head, helped Mrs. Smith and made a log house for her and left her what
provisions they could when they went away. He was storm-stayed and unable to
get back that winter with food and his house frame. The Indians helped her at
times and she fought off the bears with fire brands". Elizabeth Smith at her
death left five children, 56 grandchildren, 297 great-grandchildren, 64 of the
fifth, and one of the sixth generation living, exclusive of a daughter in the
United States, who had a large family and of several grandchildren who had
removed from Barrington.
Archelaus Smith Museum
" Enjoyed the power before she
died,
Of saying what's to most denied,
Rise daughter, to thy daughter run,
Thy daughter's daughter has a
son."
She
was described as a tall, masculine woman with an energetic temperament.
vb.
Elizabeth Nickerson and Archelaus Smith had 8 children:
Susannah (1753-1738) m. (in 1767) Joseph Atwood (1749-?) –
17 children
vib. Hezekiah (1754-1834) m. (in 1774) Abigail Doane
(1758-1847) – 15 children
Mercy (1759-1845) m. (c. 1787) John Cunningham (1755-1845) –
8 children Eunice (1760-?) m. (in 1776) Henry Newell – 4 children
James (1762-1843) m. (in1784) Sarah Wilson – 6 children
Stephen (1764-1826) m. (in 1785) Sarah Hinckley
Archelaus, Jr .
(1766-1836) m. (in 1785) Patience Hamilton – 2 children
Hannah (1768-?) m. (in 1785) Daniel Vincent
(nb. I have only included the numbers of children that I
could find. They don’t add up to 56, so there are several missing.)
vib. Hezekiah Smith m. Abigail Doane. They had 15 children:
Hezekiah, Jr. (1775-?) m. (in 1774) Mercy Crowell – 1 child
John
Osborne (1777-1823 m. Elizabeth
Nickerson (1782-?)
William
(1780-1817) m. (in 1799) Mary Nickerson
James
(1782-1842) m. (in 1805) Jane McLaren
Stephen
(1784-1785)
viib.
Stephen (1786-1870) m. in 1809) Elizabeth Spinney (1789-1874) – 9 children
Hannah
(1788-?) m. (in 1813) John Cunningham (1788-1871) – 7 children
Abigail
(1792-?) m. William Atkinson
Edward
(1794-?) m. Susanna Gardner
Mehetabel
(1797-1798)
Keziah
(1799-?) m. Duncan McCallum Cunningham -3 children
Charles
(1802-?)
Susannah
(1803-1818)
viib.
Stephen Smith and Elizabeth Spinney had 9 children:
Abigail
(1813-1899) m. Eleazer Crowell
Reliance
(1815-?) m.1 Oldham Brown
m.2 Benjamin Smith -3 children
Stephen
(1817-?) m. Hannah Williams (1822-1884)
Elias
(1819-?) m. Harriet Lewis (1816-?)
Nathaniel
(1821-?) m. Eliza Unknown
viiib.
Rachel (1823-1881) m.1 John Conrad Swansburg (1789-1850) – 3 children
m.2 Samuel Scarr
(c. 1814-?) – 2 children
Mary
(1825-?)
Susannah
(1827-1870) m. Alexander Phillips
Osborne
Doane (1829-?) m. Lucinda Unknown
Bartlet
Covel (1833-?) m. Susan Unknown
Nehmiah
Melvin (1833-1920) m. Jedidah Kimball Hopkins (1830-?) – 3 children
viiib.
Rachel Smith Swansburg and Samuel Scarr
ix.
Mary Ellen Scarr and Henry Gordon Carmichael
x.
Nora Edith Carmichael and Jesse Pye – my grandparents
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