Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Martha Hallett
- 1830-
Name Martha Hallett [1] Gender Female Death 1830 [2] Person ID I44540 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others Last Modified 1 Mar 2026
Family 1 William Adams d. Bef 17 Mar 1782 Children + 1. William Adams, b. of West Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia 
Family ID F25991 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 1 Mar 2026
Family 2 Stephen Nickerson, b. 11 Oct 1726, Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts d. Jun 1801, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia (Age 74 years) Marriage 17 Mar 1782 Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia [2, 3] Family ID F25992 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 28 Feb 2026
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Notes - "William Adams […] lived in New York or Old York, Ct., and died there. The widow Adams, whose maiden name was Martha Hallet came first to Halifax and then to Barrington with her sons, William and Benjamin, and her daughters, Phoebe and Mary. Here, the same year she married Stephen Nickerson, gr., Mar. 17, 1782. Of her children, Benjamin went to pilot a strange vessel and was never heard from; Phoebe m. Josiah Sears; Mary m. Henry Blades." [A History of Barrington Township and Vicinity, citation details below]
There is some doubt that the abovementioned Phoebe ever actually married Josiah Sears. She probably did, however, marry Benjamin Goodwin on 4 Jan 1798 in Argyle, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.
- "William Adams […] lived in New York or Old York, Ct., and died there. The widow Adams, whose maiden name was Martha Hallet came first to Halifax and then to Barrington with her sons, William and Benjamin, and her daughters, Phoebe and Mary. Here, the same year she married Stephen Nickerson, gr., Mar. 17, 1782. Of her children, Benjamin went to pilot a strange vessel and was never heard from; Phoebe m. Josiah Sears; Mary m. Henry Blades." [A History of Barrington Township and Vicinity, citation details below]
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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.
- [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., date only.
- [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.