Saturday, November 22, 2014

Surname Saturday -- NICHOLS (England to colonial New England)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  


I am in the 8th great-grandmothers and I'm up to Ancestor #1063 who is Rachel NICHOLS (!654-1722) 
[Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 8th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through one generation in this NICHOLS family line is:


1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)

16. Isaac Seaver (1823-1901)
17. Lucretia Townsend Smith (1827-1884)

32. Benjamin Seaver (1791-1825)
33. Abigail Gates (1797-1869)


66.  Nathan Gates (1767-1830)
67.  Abigail Knowlton (1774-1855)

132.  Simon Gates (1739-1803)
133.  Susannah Reed (1745-1833)

264.  Amos Gates (1706-1783)
265.  Mary Hubbard (1712-1754)

530.  Samuel Hubbard (1687-1753)
531.  Sarah Clark (1681-1720)


1062.  Samuel Clark, born before 01 November 1646 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; died 30 January 1730 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 2124. Arthur Clark and 2125. Sarah.  He married about 1676 in probably Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.
1063.  Rachel Nichols, born July 1654 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; died 19 October 1722 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of Samuel Clark and Rachel Nichols are:
*  Samuel Clark (1676-????).
*  William Clark (1679-1756), married 1706 Eunice Taylor (1678-1761).
*  Sarah Clark (1681-1720), married 1709 Samuel Hubbard (1687-1753)
*  Rachel Clark (1683-????)
*  Susanna Clark (1689-????).
*  Hannah Clark (1691-????), married 1713 Jonathan Ball (1691-????).
*  Benjamin Clark (1693-????).
*  Arthur Clark (1696????).

The only record I have for Rachel (Nichols) Clark is her burial record on Find A Grave.  Apparently, no researcher has been able to find a set of parents for Rachel.  A check of vital records shows that Randolph Nichols had children in Charlestown during the 1650s, but Rachel is not listed as one of them.  It is possible that she was born in some other Massachusetts Bay town, or even in England.

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