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Zenas Nickerson

Male 1767 - 1845  (78 years)

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  • Name Zenas Nickerson  [1
    Birth 15 Jan 1767  Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Death 28 Jun 1845  Shag Harbour, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I44509  Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
    Last Modified 28 Feb 2026 

    Father Joshua Nickerson,   b. 27 May 1733, Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Apr 1821, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Mother Esther Ryder,   b. 4 Mar 1735, Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Feb 1819, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage 15 Dec 1754  Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Family ID F12162  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Martha Nickerson,   b. 11 May 1770, Shag Harbour, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jan 1833, Shag Harbour, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years) 
    Marriage 12 Jan 1787  Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Children 
    +1. Gideon Nickerson,   b. 10 Nov 1787, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1853, Shag Harbour, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
    +2. Reuben Nickerson,   b. 30 Jan 1792, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Sep 1865, Shag Harbour, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
    +3. Zenas Nickerson,   b. 6 Dec 1793, Shag Harbour, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jan 1882, Shag Harbour, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
    Family ID F25975  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Feb 2026 

  • 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. [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.

    4. [S3463] Ryder by James W. Hawes. Library of Cape Cod History & Genealogy No. 98. Yarmouth, Massachusetts: C. W. Swift, 1912., date only.

    5. [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.