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Knowles Nickerson

Male Abt 1795 - 1875  (~ 80 years)


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  • Name Knowles Nickerson  [1
    Birth Abt 1795  Woods Harbour, Shelburne, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Death 1875  Shelburne, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Alternate death Abt 1876  [2, 3
    Person ID I19974  Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of LDN
    Last Modified 4 Feb 2023 

    Father John Nickerson,   b. 1772, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1820, Woods Harbour, Shelburne, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years) 
    Mother Dorothy James "Dolly" Burke,   b. Abt 1770, Bellyshannon, Donegal, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1867, Clark's Harbour, Cape Sable Island, Shelburne, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 97 years) 
    Marriage Abt 6 May 1786  [2
    Notes 
    • The marriage is known to have taken place on a May 6th, probably in 1786.
    Family ID F12150  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Swain 
    Marriage 14 Sep 1826  [5
    Children 
    +1. Cyrus L. Nickerson,   b. 15 Sep 1838, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1912, Shelburne, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
    Family ID F12148  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Dec 2018 

  • Notes 
    • The Nickerson Family volume 4 (citation details below) says that his wife was "Elizabeth Dobbin, born Nova Scotia, called Betsey, of Port la Tour, probably daughter of William and _____ (_____) Dobbin", citing (among other sources) the History of Barrington Township (citation details below), p. 533. But all that page 533 says is that Knowles Nickerson, son of John Nickerson who "m. Dorothy James of Ireland", married a woman named Elizabeth. Whereas page 586 of the same work clearly says that Elizabeth Swain, daughter of Daniel Swain and Ann Taylor, married Knowles Nickerson.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2572] A History of Barrington Township and Vicinity, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia 1604-1870, with a Biographical and Genealogical Appendix by Edwin Crowell. Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, 1923.

    2. [S2654] The Nickerson Family: The Descendants of William Nickerson, 1604-1689, First Settler of Chatham, Massachusetts, Parts I, II & III: The First Six Generations with Vital Statistics of the Seventh Generation, The Combined 2nd Edition With Corrections by Pauline Wixon Derrick with Gertrude James and Barbara E. Goward. Cape Cod, Massachusetts: The Nickerson Family Association, 1997.

    3. [S6804] The Nickerson Family: The Descendants of William Nickerson, 1604-1689, First Settler of Chatham, Massachusetts, Part IV: The Seventh Generation, with Vital Statistics of the Eighth Generation, and Including Allied Families by Pauline Wixon Derrick with Roberta Gilbert Bratti and Elbert O. Derick. Cape Cod, Massachusetts: The Nickerson Family Association, 1997.

    4. [S2569] Nova Scotia, Canada, Deaths, 1864-1877, 1890-1965, on ancestry.com.

    5. [S2574] Barrington Township Records -- Early Records of Marriages, Births and Deaths in Barrington, Nova Scotia from the year 1761 by Patricia A. Terry. Yarmouth, Nova Scotia: Stoneycroft Publishing, 1994.