Joshua Nickerson

1733 - 1821  (87 years)

• Name	Joshua Nickerson  [1]
  Birth	27 May 1733	Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Death	16 Apr 1821	Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia   [2, 4]
  Person ID	I20184	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	5 Sep 2019

  
  

  Father	Caleb Nickerson,   b. 1713, Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts d. 18 Dec 1748, Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts (Age 35 years)
  Mother	Mary Godfrey,   b. 4 Sep 1711, Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts d. 24 Apr 1782, Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1732	Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts   [4, 5, 6, 7]
  Family ID	F12126	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Esther Ryder,   b. 4 Mar 1735, Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts d. 9 Feb 1819, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	15 Dec 1754	Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts   [2, 4, 8]
  Children	+ 1. Levi Nickerson,   b. 10 Dec 1759, Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts d. 10 Oct 1835, Shag Harbour, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia (Age 75 years) + 2. Joshua Nickerson,   b. 1763, Shag Harbour, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia d. 1800, Oak Park, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia (Age 37 years) + 3. Zenas Nickerson,   b. 15 Jan 1767, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia d. 28 Jun 1845, Shag Harbour, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F12162	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Feb 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S3463] Ryder by James W. Hawes. Library of Cape Cod History & Genealogy No. 98. Yarmouth, Massachusetts: C. W. Swift, 1912. [S2590] Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of the State of Massachusetts, Volume 4, by William Richard Cutter with William Frederick Adams. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1910. [S2591] Elizabeth Pearson White, "The Godfreys of Chatham, Mass." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 126:235, Oct 1972., year and place only. [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. [S635] Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Volume 6, Third Edition, Family — Stephen Hopkins by John D. Austin. Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2001. [S2590] Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of the State of Massachusetts, Volume 4, by William Richard Cutter with William Frederick Adams. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1910., "1733". [S2591] Elizabeth Pearson White, "The Godfreys of Chatham, Mass." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 126:235, Oct 1972. [S3463] Ryder by James W. Hawes. Library of Cape Cod History & Genealogy No. 98. Yarmouth, Massachusetts: C. W. Swift, 1912., date only.