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selectman several years between 1666 and 1675, and was deputy to the general court at Plymouth in 1669. He was chosen on a com- mittee May 14, 1669, to meet a committee from Swansea to settle a controversy. He was deacon of the church. He was appointed November 2, 1663, on the committee to buy or build a parsonage and to raise the funds for it. He contributed twenty-six pounds toward the fund to support the war against the Nar- ragansetts, the largest sum advanced in Reho- both out of seventy-seven contributors. The first and also the last bloodshed of King Philip's war took place in this town, which was particularly exposed to Indian attack. Dea- con Walker and all the able-bodied men of the town took part in the gallant fight against Philip. "There is not a single spot on his escutcheon. He was prosperous, accumulat- ing a property that was large for that period. He was entrusted with the most responsible office in the church, save that of minister. It was indeed a grateful record, his generous contribution for his country and for Christ. His office and his services are a proof of superior excellence in character and useful- ness, and leave no doubt that he was eminently. a Patriot and Christian. Cut down in the vigor of manhood, his death must have been a sore calamity to the colony and the church."
Children : 1. Samuel, born February, 1655, died August 12, 1712; married Martha Ide ; was a soldier in King Philip's war and rose to rank of captain; was deputy to the general court. 2. Sarah, born February 16, 1657, died 1693; married, December 27, 1677, Abraham Perrin, son of John. 3. Philip, born March, 1661-62, mentioned below. 4. Elizabeth, born 1661-62 (twin of Philip), accidentally drown- ed August, 1664. 5. Mary, born May, 1663, died May 8, 1694. 6. Experience, buried No- vember 10, 1674. 7. Elizabeth, born April I, 1666, married, March 31, 1687, Henry Sweet, of Swansea, who died December 8, 1704. 8. Michael, born March 1, 1667, fell through the floor of the saw mill upon the wheel and was drowned in February, 1677. 9. Ebenezer, born November, 1676, died March 13, 1717- 18; married, November 19, 1700, Mehitable Willmarth; (second) Dorothy Abell, who married (second ) John Reed. IO. Martha, not of age in 1680.
(III) Philip Walker, son of Philip Walker (2), born March, 1661-62, and buried at Re- hoboth, Massachusetts, where he died Febru- ary 17, 1739-40, in his seventy-eighth year. His wife was buried there May 22, 1694. He
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married (second) Sarah - -, died Febru- ary 6, 1739, in her sixty-eighth year. He joined the church April 25, 1697. On his gravestone in the old Seekonk cemetery is the epitaph: "Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord." Children of the first wife: I. Ebenezer, born October 21, 1688. 2. James, born September 3, 1690, died November 28,
1747; married Elizabeth who died December 29, 1747-48; resided at Rehoboth. 3. Philip, born August 13, 1693, died Novem- ber 5, 1742 ; married, December 7, 1721, Mary Chard; (second), March 4, 1737-38, Ann Mar- tin, of Bristol, Rhode Island. Children of sec- ond wife: 4. Sarah, born January 8, 1695- 96, married, February 3, 1724, Thomas Kil- ton. 5. Esther, born 1697, married
Avery. 6. Mary, born March 19, 1699-1700, married Robinson. 7. Jane, born March 21, 1702, married, December 23, 1724, Samuel Newman, Jr., of Rehoboth. 8. Na- thaniel, born January 31, 1703-04, mentioned below. 9. Daniel, born October 10, 1706, mar- ried, January 1, 1729-30, Mary Perry, daugh- ter of Jashiel and Rebecca Perry; he was in the Quebec expedition and took part in the capture of the city. 10. Stephen, born Aug- ust 7, 1709, married, January 2, 1733-34, Re- bekah Millard, daughter of Solomon Millard.
(IV) Nathaniel Walker, son of Philip Walker (3), was born in Rehoboth, January 31, 1703-04, died April 20, 1783. Married, May II, 1727, Anna Sweeting, daughter of Henry. She was born May 1, 1707, and died March 23, 1772. He is called "best-beloved son" in his father's will. He united with the church March 25, 1733, and held the office of deacon. He was deputy to the general court in 1750-51. He lived at Rehoboth. Children, born there: I. Nathaniel, born September 5, 1728, died March 24, 1814; married Nabby Smith, born May 8, 1731 ; lived in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. 2. Enos, born December 9, 1730, mentioned below. 3. Susanna (twin), born March 3, 1732-33, died November 19, 1744. 4. Anna (twin), born March 3, 1732- 33, died unmarried at Clarendon, Vermont. 5. Ephraim, born March 8, 1735-36, died March 29, 1815; married Priscilla Rawson. 6. Amos, born May 9, 1740. 7. Esther, born October 6, 1743, removed to Clarendon, Vermont. 8. Lewis, born December 13, 1745, died May 21, 1813; married Hannah Cooper and settled in Clarendon. 9. Benjamin, born April 1, 1747, died March 17, 1748.
(V) Enos Walker, son of Nathaniel Walker (4). was born in Rehoboth, December 9, 1730,
died May 3, 1782. Married, January 17, 1750, Patience Peck. He was a soldier in the Rev- olution, a minute man in Captain John Perry's company. He was killed by accident in at- tempting to repair some trouble with the water wheel in his saw-mill. Children: I. Benja- min, born August 14, 1751, mentioned below. 2. Charles Philip, born March 3, 1754, re- moved from Smithfield, Rhode Island, to Ballston, New York; he was crippled for life by a fall from a tree, and his death was caused by another accident in which his leg was again broken. 3. Enos, born March 14, 1756, prisoner in the Revolutionary war. 4. Richard, born March 10, 1758, captain in the Revolution and aided in bearing Colonel Mon- roe, afterward president, from the field at the battle of Trenton, New Jersey; married Abi- gail Estabrook, of Bristol. 5. Nathan, born July 21, 1760, enlisted in Continental army for three years, May 28, 1777; supposed to have died of yellow fever, having taken that disease when a prisoner on ship-board and be- ing put ashore by the British. 6. Jedidiah, born August 25, 1762, died January 19, 1841, in Covington, New York; was in Captain Amidon's company in the Revolution ; married Polly Goss and (second) Olive Squire. 7. Lewis, born November 18, 1765, married Mary Potter; lived at Clarendon and St. Albans, Vermont.
(VI) Colonel Benjamin Walker, son of Enos Walker (5), was born in Rehoboth, August 14, 1751, died May 14, 1822, in his seventy-third year. He married, November 15, 1773, Margaret Rawson, of Mendon, who died in Barre, Vermont, August 14, 1793, in her forty-first year, daughter of William and Margaret (Cook) Rawson. Her father was a lawyer and man of learning, son of Captain William Rawson, a farmer of Mendon, and graduate of Harvard College in 1703. Colo- nel Walker married (second), June, 1794, Mrs. Eunice (Willard) Caryl, widow of Dr. John Caryl, of Chester, Vermont. He re- moved from Grafton, Vermont, in 1793, to Barre, Vermont, where he died. He joined the army at the beginning of the Revolution and attained the rank of colonel. He was at the capture of Burgoyne and commanded his company of Massachusetts Line. He was then lieutenant. He took part in the battle of White Plains and in his later years was pen- sioned by the government, but because he had some property his name was taken from the rolls. He was a Universalist in religion and we are told by the family historian that
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all his descendants at Barre are of the same faith.
Children : I. Nancy, born April 29, 1775, died December 12, 1858; married Captain Allen Cole; resided at Seekonk. 2. Benja- min, born October 26, 1777, in Mendon, Mass- achusetts, died May 30, 1856 ; married, March 26, 1799, Jemima Farwell, born May 7, 1781, died December 29, 1809, daughter of Rev. William Farwell. He married (second), Feb- ruary, 1811, Mary Bigelow, of Dummerston, Vermont, who died in 1817. He married (third), at St. Charles, Missouri, April, 1822, Mrs. Abigail Farwell; was major of militia, town clerk, selectman, justice of the peace. 3. Patience, born December 21, 1779, married, March I, 1798, Lemuel Farwell; resided at Barre, Vermont. 4. Enos, born November 5, 1781, married, May 12, 1804, Hannah Nich- ols ; was in war of 1812 and first lieutenant in regular army under General Hampton; re- moved to North Bangor, New York. 5. Bet- sey, born in Grafton, December 25, 1783, died August, 1786. 6. Daniel, born August 22, 1786, in Grafton, died March 10, 1839; mar- ried, September 22, 1814, Maria Abbott, daugh- ter of Abijah ; removed to Michigan where he was town clerk, town treasurer and a Univer- salist preacher. 7. John, born September 17, 1788, mentioned below. 8. Betsey, born July 14, 1790, married, November 28, 1813, Alvan Carter, prominent citizen at South Barre, Ver- mont. 9. Nathaniel R., born January, 1792, drowned August, 1793. 10. Lucy, born May 2, 1806, married, October 16, 1832, Dennis Britain ; resided in South Barre.
(VII) John Walker, son of Colonel Ben- jamin Walker (6), was born in Grafton, Ver- mont, September 17, 1788. Married, Septem- ber 16, 1810, Mary French, of Barre, Ver- mont, born there March 3, 1792. He was a farmer and prominent citizen of Morristown, Vermont, where he lived from March, 1825, to March, 1840, and in Barre, where he lived before and after that period. He was justice of the peace for fifteen years; selectman five years; on the jail committee two years. Chil- dren: I. Allen C., born in Barre, August 13, 18II, married Emma Spaulding, of Morris- town, Vermont, born August 23, 1818, died July 30, 1843; married (second) Bethiah K. Staples, of Taunton, born March 1, 1822; two children : Edgar, died at the age of fourteen ; Louella, died young. Allen C. was a farmer. 2. Londus B., born in Barre, September 12, 1813, married, January 2, 1842, Celia Har- rington, of St. Johnsbury, Vermont; she died
April 23, 1843, aged twenty years; one child, Celia Harrington, widow of Charles E. Weeks, of Lynn. Married (second), January 7, 1847, Myra Morrison, of Barre, born March 2, 1824; children : Stephen L., of Chicago. Ida, now Mrs. Fred. J. Dannis. William Walker, married Abigail Gale, of Vermont. Londus B. was a wheelwright; resided in Chicago. 3. Otis F., born in Barre, April 2, 1816, married, January 27, 1846, Jane Brown, of Barre, born in Orange, Vermont; children: John, died at North Swansea, Massachusetts, 1901, and Louella ; Otis F. was a farmer and justice of the peace. 4. John Henry, born in Barre, October 5, 1819, died 1897 ; merchant in Mont- pelier, Vermont; married, October 23, 1843, Elizabeth Pratt, of Bakersfield, Vermont, born May, 1825 ; had three children. 5. Mari- etta, born in Barre, September 20, 1820, mar- ried, January, 1845, Enos T. Fuller, born in Barre, October 20, 1816, superintendent of an iron foundry ; resided at Mechanicsville, New York; children: John, born November 4, 1846, deceased; Martha B., born July 27, 1848; Aurora, born May 2, 1850; Ida Elnora, died in infancy. 6. Benjamin H., born Octo- ber 9, 1823, mentioned below. 7. Alvan C., born in Morristown, Vermont, January 17, 1826, was a student at Middlebury College ; removed to Illinois and was a teacher and railroad surveyor ; studied law at Barre and practiced in Chicago. 8: Martha Ann, born in Morristown, February 5, 1828, married, March 7, 1849, George W. Harrington, of Barre, Vermont, born there January 31, 1827, a member of the legislature. '9. Susan Aurora, born June 5, 1832, in Morristown, died 1897; married, June 29, 1855, Thomas B. Nichols, born February 25, 1830, one child, Lucy, de- ceased. 10. Celinda E., born November II, 1836, married Kimball Blanchard, two chil- dren.
(VIII) Benjamin Harvey Walker, son of John Walker (7), was born in Barre, Ver- mont, October 9, 1823, died November 26, 1899, in North Swansea, Massachusetts. He married (published January 6, 1847) Phebe Williams, of Taunton, Massachusetts, daugh- ter of John Williams, of Taunton. She was born July 25, 1825, and died in Malden, Mass- achusetts, a widow, in 1905. He resided at Taunton. He was educated in the common schools, learned the trade of millwright, which he followed during his active life. Children : I. Nellie P., born June 25, 1850, married Syl- vester R. Briggs, of Somerville, Massachu- setts, had two children, Lena and Nellie May.
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2. George Benjamin, born January 5, 1853, mentioned below.
(IX) George Benjamin Walker, son of Benjamin Harvey Walker (8), was born Jan- uary 5, 1853, at Barre, Vermont. He was educated in the public schools and at Bristol Academy, Massachusetts. He has been en- gaged in the hardware business for many years, and is at present the western manager of the H. L. Judd Company of New York City, wholesale dealers in hardware. His headquarters are in Chicago where he resides most of the time, but he retains his residence in Malden, Massachusetts. In politics he is a Republican; in religion a Universalist. He is a member of Tremont Lodge, No. 15, Odd Fellows, and Massasoit Encampment, No. I, of Boston, of which he is past high priest. He is also a member of the Glen View Country Club, the South Shore Country Club, the Emore Country Club, the Chicago Athletic Association and the Chicago Yacht Club, all of Chicago. He married, October 30, 1877, Grace Clinton Hadley, daughter of William Hadley, of Gloucester, and Eliza Jane (Cun- ningham) Hadley, of Marblehead, daughter of Nehemiah Cunningham, of Rockport; granddaughter of George Thomas Hadley, of Gloucester, Massachusetts.
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(I) George Hadley, immigrant ancestor of Mrs. Walker, was born in England, and set- tled in Ipswich, Massachusetts, where he was planter and yeoman and before 1639 one of the proprietors. He removed to Rowley (Merrimac, Massachusetts, now Bradford), before 1655. He conveyed property June 9, 1670, to wife Deborah and made a contract with her relative to what she brought with her at marriage. He returned to Ipswich. He married first Proctor ; (second), June 29, 1668, Deborah Skillings. He was living in Ipswich in 1678. Children: 1. John, married, September 3, 1682; settled in Gloucester and had a half-acre of upland for his house-lot on the road to Little Good Harbor in 1683; died in Gloucester, October 22, 17II. 2. Sam- uel, mentioned below. 3. Martha. 4. Abi- gail, died September 12, 1661. 5. Elizabeth, died March 12, 1660.
(II) Samuel Hadley, son of George Hadley (I), was born in Ipswich or Rowley about 1655 ; settled in the West Parish of Amesbury. He was a weaver. He took the oath of alle- giance in December, 1677; belonged to the training band in 1680, and was living as late as 1727. He married, about 1676, Jane Mar- tin. Children: 1. Esther, married, January
6, 1701-02, Richard Goodwin. 2. Samuel, married, January 20, 1703-04, Dorothy Colby. 3. Hannah, married, '1707, Ephraim Pember- ton. 4. John, mentioned below. 5. Son. 6. Susannah, married, September 19, 1714, Thomas Potter. 7. George, born August 25, 1686, married Sarah Wiggins. 8. Elizabeth, born October 10, 1688. 9. Sarah, married, December 15, 1720, Thomas Wills. 10. Mar- tha, born February 24, 1694-95, married, De- cember 21, 1714, Samuel Whiting. II. Joseph, born December 26, 1700, married Hannah Flanders. 12. Benjamin, born February 24, 1703-04, married, 1727, Anna Weed.
(III) John Hadley, son of Samuel Hadley (2), was born about 1680 at Amesbury, Mass- achusetts. He and his uncle, John Hadley, settled in Gloucester, Massachusetts, an adja- cent town, and he was known as John, Jr. He married, November 8, 1707, Hannah Lowe. He was living in 1765. Children: I. Daniel, died at Gloucester, June 10, 1737; married, 1736, Susanna Milberry. 2. John, mentioned below. 3. Benjamin, born 1726, married at the age of eighteen, in 1744, Sarah Elwell; had one child.
(IV) John Hadley, son of John Hadley (3), was born in Gloucester. Married, 1737, Sarah Witham. They had several children. Their son John was a soldier in the Revolu- tion from Gloucester in the company of Cap- tain Daniel Warner from March 31 to De- cember 31, 1778. Joseph Hadley, probably another son, also of Gloucester, was in Cap- tain Barnabas Davis's company, Lieutenant Colonel Loammi Baldwin's regiment in 1775; in Captain Abiah Childs's company, Colonel James Wesson's regiment in 1779; in Captain Samuel Carr's company, Colonel Micah Jackson's regiment. He was born in 1743; was five feet, nine inches tall, light hair and complexion, according to the revolution- ary records. He enlisted February 9, 1777, for three years. George Thomas Hadley was of this Gloucester family.
William Nickerson, immi- NICKERSON grant ancestor, was born in England in 1604, and came from the city of Norwich, England, in April, 1637, with his wife Anne and children Nicholas, Robert, Elizabeth and Anne, sailing in the ship "John and Dorothy," April 8, land- ing in Boston on June 20. He went to Water- town, Massachusetts, where he was made a freeman May 2, 1638, having been first ad-
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mitted to the church. He removed to Yar- mouth about 1646. He bought lands of the Indians at Manamoiet (Chatham, Massachu- setts) before December 1, 1663, and settled there about 1666. He was living in Chatham in 1670. In 1641 he was fined for some dis- respectful criticism of the church. He was a weaver by trade. His sons-in-law-Robert Eldred, Nathaniel Covell and Tristram Hedges-were in court with him October 31, 1666, on account of a letter he had written alleged to be defaming Governor Hinckley. In those days freedom of speech was not a reality in the colonies. His sons Nicholas, Robert, Samuel, John and Joseph, joined him in a petition for land at Manamoiet, June 5, 1667. He married Ann, eldest daughter of Nicholas and Bridget Busby, of Norwich, who came over in the same ship. She was born about 1609. Her father left her a legacy in 1660. Children : I. Nicholas. 2. Robert. 3. Joseph. 4. Ann. 5. Samuel. 6. John. 7. William, mentioned below. 8. Elizabeth, married, Oc- tober, 1649, Robert Eldred.
(II) William Nickerson, son of William Nickerson (I), was born at Yarmouth, in 1642, baptized there June 1, 1646, and died at Chatham in 1719. He was one of the early proprietors of Chatham, and its first town clerk, the district of Manamoiet being incor- porated June II, 1712. He was clerk of the district before that. Some of the land origin- ally purchased by his father is now or was lately in the possession of his descendants at Chatham. This family must be counted as the chief founders of the town. William Nicker- son Jr. married January 22, 1691, (perhaps second) Mercy Williams, born 1644, died April 7, 1744, daughter of Thomas and Eliza- beth (Tate) Williams. Children of first wife : I. Thomas, mentioned below. 2. William, born at Chatham, 1670, died there 1742; mar- ried Deliverance and Anna Chil- dren of William and Mercy Nickerson : 3. Mercy, born March 17, 1692. 4. Nicholas, March 19, 1694.
(III) Lieutenant Thomas Nickerson, son of William Nickerson (2), was born in Monomit (Monomoy, Manamoiet, Chatham) about 1670-5. He married Mary - , who was admitted to the church at Brewster, No- vember 14, 1708, and dismissed to the Chat- ham church July 7, 1728. Thomas was lieu- tenant of the militia company. He seems to have lived in Brewster for a few years and returned to Chatham after the death of his father, whom he succeeded as town clerk. He
was a prominent citizen of the town; select- man, 17II, constable, 1722, and holding other offices from time to time. The children were all baptized October 9, 1709, at the First Par- ish church of Brewster. Children: I. Jona- than, born about 1692, mentioned below. 2. Mercy, married March 23, 1714, Seth Cro- well, at the house of her father, by Rev. Hugh Adams. 3. Thomas, born December 24, 1696; married May 16, 1716, Lydia Covell. 4. William . 5. Ebenezer. 6. Edward. 7. Nath- aniel. 8. Mary. 9. Thankful.
(IV) Jonathan Nickerson, son of Thomas Nickerson (3), was born at Chatham or Brewster, about 1692. He married first Jane , and second Sarah - After the death of his first wife about 1730, he removed from Chatham to Provincetown, where his descend- ants have since been located in large numbers. Children of Jonathan and Jane Nickerson, born at Chatham: I. Judith, April 9, 1720. 2. Jane, April 9, 1722. 3. Jonathan Jr., Janu- ary 14, 1723-4. 4. Simeon, April 10, 1727. Child of Jonathan and Sarah Nickerson, born at Provincetown: 5. Seth, mentioned below.
(V) Seth Nickerson, son of Jonathan Nick- erson (4), was born in Provincetown, May 28, 1734. He married Martha - Another Seth of about the same age resided in Province- town, a cousin of some degree, and Seth Nick- erson became a name in great favor in the family, to the despair of the genealogists. Children of Seth and Martha, born in Pro- vincetown: I. Jonathan, July 5, 1754, men- tioned below. 2. Stephen, September 6, 1756. 3. Martha, May 7, 1759. 4. Joshua, Decem- ber 7, 1761. 5. Seth, April 17, 1764; settled in Provincetown. 6. Rebecca, August 25, 1766. 7. Bethia, April 4, 1768. 8. Ruth, June 4, 1771. 9. Sarah, June 29, 1773. 10. Nathaniel, December 24, 1775. II. Reuben, November 21, 1777. (Seth Nickerson was a private in the company of Captain Thomas Nickerson, probably his brother; regiment of Colonel Zenas Winslow, in 1776. A Seth Nickerson of Harwich was corporal in Captain Benja- min Gedney's company, Colonel Josiah Whit- ney's regiment in 1777).
(VI) Jonathan Nickerson, son of Seth Nickerson (5), was born in Provincetown July 5, 1754. He married Bethiah
Children, born at Provincetown: I. Abigail, August 26, 1777. 2. Isaiah, March 18, 1779. 3. Jonathan, August 19, 1781. 4. Elisha, July 14, 1783, mentioned below. 5. Levi, Novem- ber 2, 1785. 6. Bethiah, March 14, 1788. 7.
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Thomas, April II, 1790. 8. Anna, October 29, 1792. 9. Betsey, January 2, 1796.
(VII) Elisha Nickerson, son of Jonathan Nickerson (6), was born at Provincetown, July 14, 1783; died July 24, 1849. He was made a Master Mason in King Hiram Lodge of Provincetown, Free Masons, February 10, 1806, and a member November 3, 1806. The charter of that lodge was signed by Paul Re- vere, grand master, December 12, 1796. He married November 29, 1806, Phebe Young, who died without issue September 22, 1809. He married second, November 27, 1810, by Rev. J. Parker, Bethiah Atkins, born Febru- ary 20, 1789, died December 24, 1863. Chil- dren of Elisha and Bethiah Nickerson, born at Provincetown: I. Phebe, born December 16, 18II; died at Somerville, Massachusetts, July 9, 1868. 2. Elisha Jr., born November 6, 1813; died at Provincetown, February 27, 1814. 3. Elisha Jr., born December 27, 1814; died at Provincetown, June 1, 1899. 4. Beth- iah, born July 31, 1817 ; died at Provincetown, September 20, 1817. 5. Atkins, born Decem- ber 14, 1818; mentioned below. 6. Bethiah, born December 6, 1820; died at Provincetown, February 18, 1821. 7. Bethiah, born October I, 1822; died at Provincetown, November 28, 1822. 8. Lorenda, born June 24, 1824; died at Provincetown, October 1I, 1824. 9. Lor- enda, born August 15, 1825 ; died at Province- town, November 5, 1825. 10. Sally (Sarah) Atkins, born May 15, 1827; died at Milton, Massachusetts, July 20, 1896. II. Martha, born March II, 1829; died at Provincetown, July 30, 1829. 12. Child, died in infancy.
(VIII) Captain Atkins Nickerson, son of Elisha Nickerson (7), was born in Province- town, Massachusetts, December 14, 1818. He obtained his education in the public schools of Provincetown. At the age of fifteen he made his first voyage to Bay Chaleur, cod fishing ; when twenty-two he sailed as captain of the schooner "Caroline," cod fishing. For twenty- five years he followed the sea, a captain dur- ing most of that period, engaged in whaling in the North and South Atlantic Oceans. His last voyage was in the brig "Eschol" in 1857. In the year following he engaged in the ship chandlery and outfitting business at Province- town: He was successful, and continued in trade for twenty-six years, retiring from ac- tive business January 1, 1883. He had var- ious partners during his career, the firm name being successively, Eben S. Smith & Company, R. E. & A. Nickerson & Company, and Cen- tral Wharf Company. He died at the resi-
dence of his son, Walter I. Nickerson, at Mel- rose, Massachusetts, March 3, 1899. He was an energetic, successful business man, of sterl- ing integrity and great industry. He was identified with the Seaman's Savings Bank of Provincetown from 1855, serving as one of its trustees for eighteen years; member of its board of investment sixteen years from Jan- uary, 1881, and was vice-president in 1881. He was also a director of the Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company from January, 1858, to 1887, when the company was liquidated; also a director of the Equitable Marine Insurance Company for eighteen years to January, 1899. He was chosen a director of the Provincetown Steamship Company when it was organized February 20, 1883, and served thirteen years, being elected president in 1891, and filling that position several years. Captain Nickerson was a Universalist in religion. In politics he was a Republican. He repeatedly declined to accept public office. During the thirty years before his death he frequently visited his son at Melrose, was well known in that city, and enjoyed the friendship of many. Of his father's twelve children he was the last to die, ex- cepting only Captain Elisha Nickerson, of Provincetown, his brother, who died June I, 1899, three months later, at the age of eight- four.
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