Pane-Joyce Genealogy
Family of Benjamin Nichols (17018) & Mary Trow
28569. Joseph Nichols. Born on 13 Apr 1752 in Reading, MA.14
Joseph and Mary removed to Hillsborough, NH.42
Joseph married Mary Dudley, daughter of Benjamin Dudley (ca 1730-) & Mary Walker.
28570. Benjamin Nichols. Born on 4 Mar 1754 in Reading, MA.14 Benjamin died on 22 Nov 1818; he was 64.
Benjamin and Rebecca removed to Gardner, MA.42
On 30 Mar 1779 when Benjamin was 25, he married Rebecca Bancroft (34703) , daughter of Lieut. Joseph Bancroft (35181) (10 Nov 1735-18 Feb 1825) & Elizabeth Temple (27602) (28 Jul 1736-5 Oct 1815), in Reading, MA.14 Born on 21 Apr 1761 in Reading, MA.272
Child of Benjamin and Rebecca (Bancroft) Nichols, born at Reading:
i. Benjamin Nichols, b. 20 Jan 1780.14
28571. Jonathan Nichols. Born on 18 Jun 1758 in Reading, MA.14
Jonathan “was a soldier in the revolution, private in Captain Thomas Eaton’s company, Colonel Green’s regiment, on the Lexington alarm, April 19, 1775, and later in the year in Captain John Bacheller’s company, Colonel Ebenezer Bridges’s regiment. He was also in Captain Benjamin Edgell’s company, Colonel John Jacobs’s regiment, enlisting July 3, 1778; also one of the six months men under the resolve of June 5, 1780, returned as received of Major Joseph Hosmer, superintendent of Middlesex and of Justin Ely, commissioner, by Brigadier General Glover, at Springfield, July 10, 1780. He was then described as twenty-two years old, five feet seven inches in height.”42 After the war he settled in Wilmington, MA.42
On 15 Dec 1778 when Jonathan was 20, he married Elizabeth Culnan in Reading, MA.14
Children of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Culnan) Nichols:
i. Charles, b. 19 Apr 1779 at Reading14;
ii. Rebecca, b. 1782;
iii. Jesse, b. 1784;
iv. Benjamin, b. 1790;
v. Betsey, b. 1792, m. Edward Burditt;
vi. Nathaniel, b. 1794;
vii. Jonathan, b. 1796, m. Mary Flint;
viii. Eben, b. 1800; and
ix. Mary, b. 1802.42
28572. Jesse Nichols. Born on 1 May 1760 in Reading, MA.14
On 17 Nov 1784 when Jesse was 24, he first married Rebecca Walton in Reading, MA.14
On 13 Aug 1789 when Jesse was 29, he second married Betty Hayward in Reading, MA.14
Children of Jesse and Elizabeth (Hayward) Nichols, born at Reading:
i. Benjamin, b. 30 Apr 1790;
ii. Elizabeth, b. 29 Apr 1792;
iii. Nathaniel, b. 2 Apr 1794;
iv. Jonathan, b. 15 May 1796;
v. Ebenezer, b. 2 Dec 1798; and
vi. Mary, b. 7 Sep 1801.14
28573. Mary Nichols. Born on 1 Jul 1756 in Reading, MA.14
On 31 Jul 1776 when Mary was 20, she married William Beers in Reading, MA.14
28574. Ebenezer Nichols. Born on 14 Mar 1762 in Reading, MA.14
Ebenezer had the homestead of his father and grandfather. He sold it to Nathaniel Batchelder, who tore down the old house about 1800. The cellar still [1908] marks the site.42
On 19 May 1789 when Ebenezer was 27, he first married Rebecca Hayward, daughter of Jabez Hayward (-aft 26 Jan 1786) & Elizabeth Russell, in Andover, MA.312 Born on 12 Jan 1762 in Andover, MA. Rebecca died in Reading, MA, on 8 Feb 1790; she was 28.14
Rebecca Hayward, or Howard, of Andover. Child of Ebenezer and Rebecca (Hayward) Nichols:
i. Eben Hayward, b. 20 Jan 1790 born at Reading,14 m. Susannah Averill (b. 6 Mar 1795 at Middleton, MA, dau. of Joseph & Susanna (Pettingill) Averill).
On 25 Nov 1790 when Ebenezer was 28, he second married Betsey Dix in Reading, MA.14
Children of Ebenezer and Betty (Dix) Nichols, born in Reading
i. Betsey Nichols, bp. 30 Oct 1791; and
ii. Jonathan Nichols, b. 15 May 1796.14
Was Betsey the Betty Dix born14 12 Jan 1769 at Reading, daughter of John and Mary Dix?
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