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(IV) Jonathan, eldest child of Thomas and Mary (Bangs) Nickerson, was selectman of Provincetown, Massachusetts, in 1749. He married (first) Jane Covill, and had children : Judith, Jane, Jonathan and Simeon; he mar- ried (second) Sarah Collins, by whom he had one child, Seth.
(V) Seth, only child of Jonathan and Sarah (Collins) Nickerson, was born in Province- town, Massachusetts, May 28, 1734, and died in the same town, September 10, 1789. He married Martha, daughter of Stephen and Sarah Atwood; she was born in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, 1735-36, and died in Province- town, August 28, 1817. Their children, all born in Provincetown, were: Jonathan, see forward; Stephen, born September 6, 1756; Martha, May 7, 1759; Joshua, December 7, 1761; Seth, April 17, 1764; Rebecca, August 25, 1766; Bethia, April, 1768; Ruth, 1771 ; Sarah, June 29, 1773 ; Nathaniel, December 24, 1775; Reuben, November 21, 1778.
(VI) Jonathan (2), eldest child of Seth and Martha (Atwood) Nickerson, was born July 5, 1754, and died in Provincetown, June
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17, 1807. He was married in Wellfleet, Mass- achusetts, December 9, 1776, to Bethiah Young, who was born in 1755, and died in Province- town, October 19, 1834. Their children were : Abigail, born August 26, 1777; Isaiah, March 18. 1779; Jonathan, see forward; Elisha, born July 14, 1783; Levi, November 2, 1785; Bethiah, March 14, 1788; Thomas, April II, 1790; Anna, October 29, 1792; Betsey, Janu- ary 2, 1796; Abigail, March 15, 1797; Sally, drowned when a young child.
(VII) Jonathan (3), second son and third child of Jonathan (2) and Bethiah (Young) Nickerson, was born in Provincetown, Massa- chusetts, August 19, 1781. He was a sea cap- tain for a number of years, and during the war of 1812 his vessel was captured by a Brit- ish frigate, but he managed to escape during the night. Later he was a merchant and a ship owner. In religion he was a Universalist, and his political affiliations were with the Re- publican party after the organization of that body. He was married to Sally, daughter of William and Rebecca (Nickerson) Miller, the marriage intention being published in Pro- vincetown, October 23, 1802-03 ; she was born in Provincetown, September 22, 1785, and was a direct descendant in the sixth generation from William Nickerson, the immigrant an- cestor, who came to this country in 1637. They had children, all born in Provincetown : Amos, born October I, 1804, was lost at sea; Jona- than, born December 27, 1807; Franklin, March 22, 1810; Sarah Miller, August 3, 1813 ; Stephen Peck, February 26, 1816; Josiah, May 18, 1821; Amos, see forward.
(VIII) Amos, youngest child of Jonathan (3) and Sally (Miller) Nickerson, was born November 6, 1823. He was engaged in trade as a merchant. He was attendant of the Uni- versalist church. In politics he was a Republi- can and was for some years councilman in Somerville, Massachusetts. He married, No- vember 15, 1852, Mary Abby, daughter of William and Lucy (Covill) Emery; she was born in Hampden, Maine, July 16, 1830, and was descended from Anthony Emery, of New- bury, Massachusetts, who came to this country in 1635, her immediate ancestors living for several generations in Hampden. The chil- dren of Amos and Mary Abby (Emery) Nick- erson are: William Emery, see forward, and Alice May, born in Somerville, Massachusetts, November 15, 1870.
(IX) William Emery, only son of Amos and Mary Abby (Emery) Nickerson, was
born in Provincetown, Massachusetts, No- vember 5, 1853. His early education was acquired in the public schools of Provincetown, and he was graduated from the high school in 1870, and from the department of chemistry of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1876. His business career has been a not- able one. He followed the profession of chem- istry until 1881, being engaged in experimental work connected with the tanning industry, from 1877 to 1879; was engaged in assaying and gold and silver refining in 1879 and 1880; from 1881 to 1886, inclusive, he was occupied with gold mining and lumbering in northern and middle Georgia; from 1887 to 1890 was engaged with improvements and inventions relating to passenger and freight elevators ; from 1890 to 1895, connected with the manu- facture of electric incandascent lamps, having invented and perfected vacuum pumps and other apparatus used in this business; from 1896 to 1902 he made many improvements and inventions in the mechanisms for the automatic weighing and packing of coffee, tea, cereals, powder and other articles of com- merce ; from 1902 to the present time he has been actively engaged in the manufacture of the Gillette Safety Razor, having perfected it and invented and designed all the processes and the automatic machinery used in the manu- facture of this well known article. He has made a great many inventions, some of which are of great importance, many of them being still in public use, and others having served as stepping-stones to further development. The number of patents credited to Mr. Nickerson in the United States patent office is very large, and is probably exceeded by very few Amer- icans. Mr. Nickerson is a thirty-second de- gree Mason and a member of Boston Com- mandery, Knights Templar. He has always upheld the principles of the Republican party, but in his busy life has never aspired to public office. His religious affiliations are with the Universalist church. He married, in Somer- ville, Massachusetts, September 1, 1875, Nellie Rosalie Partridge, born in Boston, Massachu- setts, August 15, 1857, daughter of Horace and Martha Ann (Stratton) Partridge, the former a merchant in Boston, and who had children : Jenny Lind, Franklin Pierce, Nellie Rosalie and Horace, the last named dying young. Mr. and Mrs. Nickerson had one child, William Emery, Jr., born in Somer- ville, February 9, 1880, died there April 21, 188I.
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(For first generation see preceding sketch).
(II) Joseph, son of Will-
NICKERSON iam Nickerson, was born in Yarmouth, Massachu- setts, in 1647, baptized in Barnstable by Rev. John Lothrop. He accompanied his father to Chatham. In 1674 he received from his father forty acres of upland and ten acres of meadow in Manamoitt. In 1680 he was chosen a grand- juryman in the new constablewick, and in 1684 a constable. The records state that Joseph Nickerson married Mary It is supposed her full name was Mary Bell, daughter of John Bell.
(III) William (2), son of Joseph Nicker- son, was born in Eastham, date of birth un- known. He resided in that part of Chatham called Manamoitt, and in 1707 was appointed administrator of the estate of Edward and Sarah Small, of Manamoitt. The name of his wife is not recorded, but the records show that he had sons William and John.
(IV) John, son of William (2) Nickerson, was born in Chatham, and lived there his en- tire life. The Christian name of his wife was Mary.
(V) Phineas, son of John and Mary Nick- erson, married Reliance - ---: children : I. Solomon, born March 25, 1765. 2. John, Sep- tember 23, 1775. 3. Nathan, July 29, 1778. 4. Rebecca, April 13, 1780. 5. Elkanah, Au- gust 5, 1782. 6. Deborah, August 31, 1789. Phineas Nickerson married (second) Ruth and had son Jacob, born May 17, 1795.
Phineas Nickerson, afore mentioned, served in the revolution. He was a corporal in Cap- tain Elijah Smalley's company, Major Zenas Winslow's regiment; service three days, on alarm at Bedford and Falmouth, September, 1778.
(VI) Elkanah, son of Phineas and Reliance Nickerson, was born at Harwich. He received but limited educational advantages, though he became a well informed man. He was a pro- found reader of the Bible, and for many years preached the gospel in the Methodist Episcopal church. He was a useful and pious man and was much esteemed and beloved by all who knew him. His name was everywhere regard- ed on Cape Cod, as a synonym for truthful- ness and honesty. He married Elizabetlı Young ; children : 1. Thomas, born September 8, 1804. 2. Elkanah, November 13, 1806. 3. Jerusha, June 25, 1809. 4. Lorenzo Dow, May 14. 1811. 5. Phineas, April 25, 1814. 6. Adam, June 25, 1817. 7. Joshua, November
30, 1819. 8. Medford C., February 15, 1822. 9. Caleb, April 4, 1824.
(VII) Phineas, son of Elkanah and Eliza- beth (Young) Nickerson, was born at Har- wich, April 25, 1814. He received his educa- tional training in the district school, and early in manhood learned the shoemaking trade, which line of work he pursued for a number of years and finally engaged at manufacturing shoes at Harwich. After spending fifteen years of his career in New York City he returned to Harwich, where he spent the remaining years of his life. He married Mary Stewart Hurd, daughter of Luther and Olive (Linnell) Hurd; children: I. Louisa, died in infancy. 2. Phineas A., see forward. 3. Mary, born August 10, 1840. 4. Lorenzo Dow. 5. Will- iam P., born July 17, 1844, see forward. 6. Abbie. 7. George W., born January 2, 1852; see forward.
(VIII) Phineas Adams, son of Phineas and Mary Stewart (Hurd) Nickerson, was born at Harwichport, Massachusetts, June 19, 1837. His educational training was limited to the neighborhood schools. When but twelve years of age he went to sea and began a seafaring life. His career has been a most remarkable one extending over a period of more than fifty years. He soon acquired a thorough knowledge of navigation, having sailed to foreign lands in square-rigged ships that car- ried cargoes to most ports of the world. His early training and discipline stood him in good stead, for early in manhood he became master of a sailing vessel and he soon became known in marine circles as a successful navigator. His fidelity to duty and thorough discipline was soon recognized by ship owners in this country and abroad. He was next given the position of captain on steamships plying between Bos- ton and Prince Edward Island. He next sailed for many years between the ports of Boston and Philadelphia. After continuing as cap- tain of ocean going steamships for many years, and as a result of his thorough knowledge of mechanism and navigation, Captain Nicker- son became instrumental in the designing and construction of several ocean going steam- ships for the Philadelphia steamship company. His services became recognized by the leading ship building concerns in this country. In 1900, after a career of over fifty years as a mariner and navigator, Captain Nickerson re- tired from the sea ; with a record of over thir- teen hundred round trips from port to port ; and during this time had not met with any serious accident. During his career Captain
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Nickerson became acquainted with many prom- inent families who were among his patrons aboard his ships, many of them having become his staunchest friends. His family was for many years residents of Roxbury, Massachu- setts. In 1884 Captain Nickerson became a resident of Winchester, Massachusetts, where he has done much by his enterprise toward the progress and development of the town. He built a number of commodious and attractive houses at a moderate cost, which were soon purchased by people who were looking for durable and conveniently arranged houses, other houses followed, ever varied in design, and Captain Nickerson's "ready-to-occupy- houses" became a favorite type. He has been regularly engaged in building enterprises since coming to Winchester, and is regarded as one of the progressive and useful citizens of the town. In addition to his material interests, Captain Nickerson has become identified with social and fraternal interests as well. He is a member of the Masonic Lodge of Winches- ter, and of the Royal Arch Chapter of the same order at Harwich, Massachusetts. He has been for many years a member of the Boston Marine Society. He is also a member of the Ship Masters' Association of the City of New York, and of the Calumet Club of Win- chester. Politically he is a staunch supporter of the principal policies of the Republican party.
Captain Phineas A. Nickerson married, at Somerville, Massachusetts, April 20, 1861, Sallie Cahoon Nickerson, born at Harwich, Massachusetts, October 19, 1840, daughter of Josiah and Hepsibeth ( Ellis) Nickerson. Of this marriage was born one child, Herbert Hill, born at Roxbury, Massachusetts, May 6, 1864; he married, October 3, 1893, Eugenia Rice Brown, daughter of Cyrus and Ella Brown, of Maine; children: I. Frederick Herbert, born June 2, 1895; died March 19, 1901. 2. A son, died in early life.
(VIII) William Penn Nickerson, son of Phineas and Mary Stewart (Hurd) Nicker- son, was born at Harwichport, Massachusetts, July 17, 1844. He pursued his studies at the district school and seminary until fifteen years of age, and then went to sea as quartermaster's clerk. He continued at sea for thirty-five years, mainly as quartermaster and purser. He be- gan in sailing vessels, but changed to steam- ships as they came into general use, and was all the time engaged in the coasting and West Indies trade. In 1894 he retired from a sea- faring life and invested capital in a job print-
ing plant in Boston, in which line of business he is engaged at the present time ( 1908). He is a Republican in politics, a partizan, but has never sought or held public office. About 1888 he joined by permit William Parkman Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of Win- chester, and has been a member ever since. He is also a member of De Molay Command- ery, Orient Council, Royal Arch Chapter, and Winchester Country Club. Mr. Nickerson is unmarried.
(VIII) George Whitefield Nickerson, son of Phineas and Mary Stewart (Hurd) Nick- erson, was born in Harwich, Massachusetts, January 2, 1852. He received a common school education, and at the early age of thir- teen years went to sea. When about of age he became mate, and for ten years past has been a master mariner still following the sea. His family residence is at Orleans, Massachu- setts, and when off sea duty he is to be found at the office of his brother, William P. Nicker- son, 125 Summer street, Boston. He is a Congregationalist in religion, and a Republi- can in politics. He married, in Boston, April 16, 1883, Effie Byron Baker, daughter of Syl- vanus and Polly ( Cahoon) Baker. Children : I. Ethel Gray, born May 1, 1885, died April 30, 1887. 2. Paul Gould, born September 29, 1887. 3. Stuart Alfred, born February 25, 1895.
(For preceding generations see William Nickerson 1) (IV) Thomas, son of NICKERSON Thomas and Mary ( Bangs) Nickerson, was born in Chatham, Massachusetts, December 24, 1696. His residence was in Chatham, Massachusetts. He married, March 16, 1716, Lydia, of Chat- ham, Massachusetts, born July 12, 1701, died in Chatham, October 18, 1750, probably daugh- ter of Joseph and Lydia (Steward) Covell. Children, born in Chatham, Massachusetts : I. Desire, February 5, 1718. 2. Thomas, Feb- ruary 28, 1720, see forward. 3. Lydia, March 30, 1722. 4. Lydia, February 16, 1724. 5. Ansel, May 2, 1727. 6. Prince, August 10, 1729.
(V) Thomas, son of Thomas and Lydia (Covell) Nickerson, was born in Chatham, Massachusetts, February 28, 1720, died there between the date of making will, December 18, 1799, and the probate of said will, June 20, 1800. His residence was in Chatham, and his occupation was that of farmer. He served in the revolution as captain of Seventh (Second Harwich) company, Second (Barnstable)
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regiment, Massachusetts militia; in list of officers chosen in said regiment, as returned by Joseph Doane; ordered in council April 20, 1776, that said officer be commissioned; re- ported commissioned April 20, 1776. He was also captain in Major Zenas Winslow's regi- ment, service nine days, on alarm at Bedford and Falmouth, September, 1778; roll sworn to in Barnstable county. He married, May 6, 1742, Dorcas, of Eastham, Massachusetts, born there October 4, 1722, died (probably before February 27, 1798), daughter of Jona- than and Dorcas (Vickery) Sparrow. Chil- dren, born in Chatham, Massachusetts : I. Sparrow, February 23, 1743. 2. Thomas, March 19, 1744, see forward. 3. Phebe, Octo- ber 9, 1745. 4. Hugh, December 18, 1748. 5. Rachel. 6. Sarah. 7. Sabra, March 10, 1765. 8. Dorcas.
(VI) Thomas, son of Thomas and Dorcas (Sparrow) Nickerson, was born in Chatham, Massachusetts, March 19, 1744, believed to have been murdered at sea, in November, 1772. His residence was in Chatham, Massachusetts, and his occupation was that of mariner. He married, October 27, 1765, Ruth, of Harwich, Massachusetts, born there December 27, 1743, daughter of Thomas and Ruth (Myrick) Hinckley. She married (second) Abner Cros- well: (third) Gershom Phinney; she died at South Yarmouth, Massachusetts, August 31, 1827. Children of Thomas and Ruth ( Hinck- ley) Nickerson, born in Chatham, Massachu- setts, were: I. Myrick, March 27, 1767. 2. Isaiah, April 10, 1769. 3. David, July 18, 1771, see forward. 4. Thomas, May 3, 1773. (VII) David, son of Thomas and Ruth (Hinckley) Nickerson, was born in Chatham, Massachusetts, July 18, 1771 (town record), died at sea, February 27, 1819, from fever contracted in Africa. His residence was in Brewster, Massachusetts, and his occupation was that of sea captain. He married (first ) October 8, 1797, Priscilla, born in Brewster, Massachusetts, March 31, 1777, died there January 5, 1815, daughter of Joseph and Pris- cilla (Berry) Snow. Married (second) (in- tentions, Brewster, August 24, 1815) Eunice, born in Brewster, December 31, 1790, died there February 5, 1829, daughter of Lemuel and Polly (Doane) Freeman. Children of first marriage, born Brewster: I. David, Au- gust 11, 1799. 2. Joseph, March 3, 1804. 3. Jonathan Snow, March 18, 1807. 4. Frederic, December 15, 1808; see forward. 5. Thomas, September 19, 1810. 6. Priscilla Snow, May
IO, 1814. Children of second marriage, born in Brewster: 7. Francis Freeman, March 9, 1817. 8. Isaiah, March 30, 1819.
(VIII) Frederic, son of David (I) and Priscilla (Snow) Nickerson, was born in West Brewster, Massachusetts, December 15, 1808, died at South Boston. His educational ad- vantages were limited, owing to the fact that he was left an orphan at an early age, and therefore more or less dependent upon his own efforts for a livelihood ; he and his brother Thomas were taken into the home of an uncle. Frederick went to sea at a very early age, and being a large and well-developed boy, physi- cally and mentally, rose rapidly in his pro- fession, and before he was twenty years old was master of a vessel, a square-rigged ship. After a successful career as ship master, dur- ing which time he accumulated a considerable capital, he embarked in commercial business in Boston with his brother David, under the firm name of David Nickerson & Company, the undertaking proving most profitable, and this connection was continued until the death of David, when the firm name was changed to F. Nickerson & Company. Mr. Nickerson became well and favorably known in com- mercial circles, his integrity and intelligent management of business affairs qualifying him for positions of trust and responsibility in financial and industrial enterprises. For seven years he served in the capacity of president of the South Boston Savings Bank from its organization, was a director in the Mechanics' Bank of Boston for four decades, was a director of the Union Pacific Railway; Boston Marine Society, New England Insurance Com- pany, Boston Board of Trade, and was identi- fied with a number of railroad interests in the west, and was a director in their boards. In his business relations Captain Nickerson was a type of the substantial, honored and influ- ential merchants of Boston, and throughout his entire active career won and retained the esteem and confidence of all with whom he had relations either in business or social life. He was universally loved for his many ex- cellent traits of character, his kindly sym- pathy with those in need or distress being chief among them.
He married, June 23, 1833, Adeline Thomp- son Beck, born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, September 16, 1809, died July 27, 1887, at Brew - ster, Massachusetts. Children : I. Frederic William, born February 22, 1835 ; see forward. 2. Octavius Michael, born 1838; died in early
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life. 3. Alfred Alexander, born March, 1840; died in Dresden, Germany, August 23,, 1907 ; married Elmyra Mayo, daughter of Thomas and Mary Mayo ; children : Maud Mayo, mar- ried Dr. Harold Sidebotham, and resides in California ; Myra; Alfred A., Jr., is married and resides in Boston; Adeline M. 4. Pris- cilla Snow, born in Boston, December 17, 1842. 5. Adeline, died in infancy. 6. Adeline, born November 20, 1845; married, April 27, 1882, George Judson Parker, one of the leading oratorio singers of Boston.
(IX) Frederic William, son of Frederic and Adeline Thompson (Beck) Nickerson, was born in South Boston, Massachusetts, Feb- ruary 22, 1835, died October 11, 1890, in Bos- ton. He was engaged in business as a mer- chant, was a member of the Unitarian church, and a Republican. He married, at South Bos- ton, June 10, 1858, Lucy Blanchard, born in Marion, Massachusetts, November 6, 1837, daughter of Francis and Eliza (Clark) Howard. Children, born in Boston, Massa- chusetts : I. Frederic Howard, May 2, 1859; died in infancy. 2. Augustus, July 30, 1860 ; see forward. 3. Cora, September 24, 1862. 4. Lucy, April 6, 1869; died in infancy.
(X) Augustus, son of Frederic William and Lucy Blanchard (Howard) Nickerson, was born in South Boston, Massachusetts, July 30, 1860. He was educated in a private school, and the Bigelow grammar and English high school of Boston, taking a post-graduate course in the latter institution. His first busi- ness position was as clerk with F. W. Nicker- son & Company, from 1878 to 1886; treasurer of Boston & Savannah Steamship Company, from 1886 to 1888; in the shoe finding busi- ness, 1888 to 1895; public accountant from 1895 to the present time. He entertains free trade views, but has no party affiliations. He is a member of a Royal Arcanum Lodge, Bos- ton Athletic Association, and Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, tracing his descent through Elder Brewster. He and his family attend the First Unitarian Church, of Dorchester. He married, in Dorchester, June 12, 1883. Nellie Sophia, born in Boston, Massachusetts, April 24, 1860, daughter of
Edmund Whitney and Sophia (Smith) Tar- bell, the former dying at the age of twenty- three years, leaving children : Edmund Charles and Nellie Sophia. Children of Augustus and Nellie S. Nickerson, born in Boston, Massa- chusetts, are : I. Mary Priscilla, Septem- ber II, 1887. 2. Howard Tarbell, March 21, 1891.
(For ancestry see Joseph Nickerson VII).
(VIII) Joseph, son of
NICKERSON David and Priscilla ( Snow ) Nickerson, was born in Brewster, Massachusetts, March 3, 1804, and died February 28, 1880. He went to sea when very young and followed this calling until the age of thirty years, when he began business in Boston. He was a man of courage, skill and the energy necessary to take advantage of any opportunity that presented itself, and it was not long before he occupied an enviable position in business circles. One of the most important enterprises in which he was engaged was the Arlington Woolen Mills, whose suc- cess was mainly due to his undivided efforts. These mills were incorporated in 1865 with a capital of two hundred thousand dollars, and two years later Joseph Nickerson, one of the four incorporators, was made president, an office he continued to hold until his death, at which time the capital stock had increased to two millions of dollars, and the plant and its output had grown in proportion. He was the owner of a number of ships and also engaged in the manufacture of cordage and cotton duck, which he carried on in connection with his shipping interests. Later he transferred much of his capital and enterprise to railroad- ing, and at the time of his death was one of the wealthiest citizens of Boston. In its early days there was a time when it looked as if the holders of securities had made a permanent investment and the road was built to the state line in Kansas, but it had no railroad connec- tions and no market for its bonds. A meeting was called of those principally interested and Mr. Nickerson stated that he had made up his mind that the road was to be built to Pueblo, Colorado, where they could connect with the Denver and Rio Grande railroad; saying he was satisfied to shoulder the entire responsi- bility if necessary, he asked for the subscrip- tion papers, and headed the list with two hun- dred and seventy-five thousand dollars; in a very short time five hundred thousand dollars had been subscribed and success was assured. It is not saying too much when we assert the boldness and confidence displayed by Mr. Nickerson secured this success, and he thereby became a public benefactor. He was one of the directors of the Mexican Central road, in which his financial interests were also large.
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