Levi Nickerson

1759 - 1835  (75 years)

• Name	Levi Nickerson  [1]
  Birth	10 Dec 1759	Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	10 Oct 1835	Shag Harbour, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia   [2]
  Person ID	I44532	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	28 Feb 2026

  
  

  Father	Joshua Nickerson,   b. 27 May 1733, Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts d. 16 Apr 1821, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia (Age 87 years)
  Mother	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, 3, 4]
  Family ID	F12162	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jane Wilson,   b. 27 Dec 1764   d. 23 Feb 1836, Shag Harbour, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	Aft 24 Sep 1786  [2]
  Children	+ 1. Sarah Nickerson,   b. 25 Feb 1792, Shag Harbour, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia d. Aft Nov 1829 (Age > 37 years)
  Family ID	F25988	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Feb 2026

  
  

• Notes

  He was a shipbuilder.

  
  

• Sources

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