He was my
great-great-great-great-great-grandfather, Nicholas Nicholson. It all
sounds a little repetitive. He was born 7 Jun 1741 in Pasquotank
County, North Carolina to Thomas and Mary (Hill) Nicholson. It was
17 Nov 1762 when he married Sarah White, the daughter of Thomas and
Rachel (Jordan) White.
Note that the Quaker record
shows his birth date as 7th day of 4th month in 1741. Remember this
is before the calendar change in 1752, so the 4th month was June. It
also gives his parents as "dittos." This is in a series of
the children of Thomas and Mary Nicholson.
Last month, May 2017, I wrote
about some of his close family. His granddaughter, Phariby Nicholson,
daughter of his son Nathan, was on my blog 12 May 2017. Then his
niece, Miriam Bell, the daughter of his sister Miriam appeared on 23
May 2017. On 24 May I featured Rachel Jordan, who was his
mother-in-law. I enjoy seeing how these family members connect to
each other.
Apparently Nicholas was active
in the Quaker Pasquotank Monthly Meeting as he signed as a witness
for 10 marriages there plus 2 more from neighboring Perquimans
County. Of course it didn't hurt that he had a number of relatives
getting married. I was able to identify the relationship for 10 of
these: his father's 2nd marriage, 3 sisters, a brother, a
brother-in-law, 2 nieces, and 2 daughters. A family history does
state they lived in Perquimans County.
Nicholas was the 4th child of 7
born to Thomas and Mary and then he had 3 half-siblings from his
father's second marriage to Sarah (Smith) Nixon, widow of Thomas.
This Sarah was a 1st cousin once removed to Nicholas' wife, Sarah
White. Sometimes the relationships can get confusing.
In the abstracts of deed records
in Perquimans County it shows a deed from 1777 where Thomas Nicholson
deeded for "love I bear my son Nicholas, do give 100a[cres]."
Then again in 1784 for "love I bear my son Nicholas Nicholson of
Perq. do give 100a." It is good to have a father who loves you
enough to give you 200 acres.
In their 30 plus years of
marriage Nicholas and Sarah had at least 9 children. Their 7th child,
Nathan Nicholson, was my 4th great-grandfather. When Nathan was
married in 1799, his father was not listed as one of the witnesses,
but the record did not state that Nicholas was deceased. Some family
researchers have given his death date as 1800. Sarah died 22 Apr
1800. I have not found a record for Nicholas.
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