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Thankful Nickerson 1745–1823 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 26 Aug 1745

Birth Location: Nantucket, Nantucket, Mass

Death Date: 9 May 1823

Death Location: Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Father: Nathaniel Nickerson

Mother: Thankful Bangs

Spouse(s): Joseph Smith

Children(s): Priscilla Smith, Dorothy Smith

The story of Thankful Nickerson began in 1745 in Nantucket, Nantucket, Mass. Thankful Nickerson married Joseph Smith, and had children including Dorothy Dolly Smith, Priscilla Smith. Thankful Nickerson passed away in 1823 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.

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Biography

  • The story of Thankful Nickerson began in 1745 in Nantucket, Nantucket, Mass.
  • Thankful Nickerson married Joseph Smith, and had children including Dorothy Dolly Smith, Priscilla Smith.
  • Thankful Nickerson passed away in 1823 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Nathaniel Nickerson
1705–1766
Birth Location: Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
NN
Thankful Bangs
1709–1788
Birth Location: Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
TB

Spouses(s)

Joseph Smith
1725–1775
Birth Location: Brentwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire
JS

Children(s)

Priscilla Smith
1779–1842
Birth Location: Wareham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
PS
Dorothy Smith
1766–1852
Birth Location: Wentworth, Grafton, New Hampshire
DS

Thankful Nickerson's Ancestors

Self
Thankful Nickerson
1745–1823
Birth Place: Nantucket, Nantucket, Mass
Parents
Nathaniel Nickerson
1705–1766
Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
Thankful Bangs
1709–1788
Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
Grandparents
William (Ensign) Nickerson
1669–1742
Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
Deliverance Lombard
1670–1716
Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
Thomas ((Lt) Nickerson) IV
1670–1736
Monomoit, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Mary Bangs
1671–1745
Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
Great-Grandparents
William III
1646–1719
Mercy Williams
1643–1739
Caleb Lombard
1635–1691
Elizabeth Small
1630–1722
Capt Bangs
1640–1728
Mary Mayo
1645–1711
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Nicholas Nickerson
1628–1682
Katherine Busby
1630–1664
Thomas Williams
1609–1696
Elizabeth Tart
1617–1658
Thomas Lombard
1608–
Joyce Small
1614–1683
Edward Bangs
1591–1677
Rebecca wife
1611–1655

Thankful Nickerson's Descendants

1.
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Thankful Nickerson (26 Aug 1745–9 May 1823) m. Joseph Smith (1 Nov 1725–1775)
  1. 1. Priscilla Smith 1779–1842
  2. 2. Dorothy ("Dolly") Smith 1766–1852 m. Benjamin (Noys Cotton) Jr 1758–1846
    1. 1. Dolly Cotton 1790–1878 m. Benjamin Ellsworth 1784–1856
      1. 1. John (Adams) Ellsworth 1828–1901
      2. 2. Oscar Ellsworth 1831–
      3. 3. Alonzo Ellsworth 1826–
      4. 4. Judith (Ann "Julie") Ellsworth 1825–1879
      5. 5. Dr. (Charles M.) Ellsworth 1823–1849
      6. 6. Samuel (Ellsworth) Sr. 1821–1899
      7. 7. George (W.) Ellsworth 1820–1863
      8. 8. Hannah (Fidelia) Ellsworth 1818–1887
    2. 2. Abagail Cotton 1795–1822
    3. 3. George (Washington) Cotton 1798–1865 m. Rachael Smith 1805–1849
      1. 1. Martha (Rachel) Cotton 1827–1924
      2. 2. Jerome (George) Cotton 1824–1852
      3. 3. Ann Cotton 1837–1912
      4. 4. Newton (Lycurgus) Cotton 1829–1909
      5. 5. George (Jerome) Cotton 1833–1899
      6. 6. Charles (Washington) Cotton 1826–1894
    4. 4. William (P) Cotton 1810–1874 m. Rhoda (H.) Brown 1818–1902 m. Rebecca Brown 1811–1842
      1. 1. William (H. E.) Cotton 1857–1951 m. Frances (E.) Hull 1866–1948
        1. 1. John (William) Cotton 1898–1959 m. Opal (Beatrice) Oxender 1899–1979
        2. 2. Ruth (M.) Cotton 1895–1977
        3. 3. Albert ("Bert" Hull) Cotton 1892–1980
        4. 4. Edith (L.) Cotton 1890–1974
      2. 2. Lucy (M.) Cotton 1853–1915
      3. 3. Rachel (J.) Cotton 1849–1920
      4. 4. Elizabeth (R.) Cotton 1843–1925
      5. 5. Flora (N.) Cotton 1840–
      6. 6. Lydia (Ann) Cotton 1838–
      7. 7. Benjamin (A.) Cotton 1836–1901
    5. 5. Jydia Cotton 1805–
    6. 6. Benjamin (Noyes Cotton) III 1787–1856
    7. 7. Elizabeth Cotton 1805–1821
    8. 8. Theodore Cotton 1801–1879 m. Susan (Welch) Cotton 1817–1899 m. May Lewis 1806–1847
      1. 1. Zara (Luzerne) Cotton 1834–1905 m. Eliza (Ann) Powell 1857–1927
        1. 1. Powell (Clayton) Cotton 1868–1893
        2. 2. Theodore (C. "Sessa") Cotton 1877–1957
        3. 3. Luanna Cotton 1860–
        4. 4. Charles (B) Cotton 1857–1939
        5. 5. Zara (Richard) Cotton 1855–1930 m. Sarah (Jane) Jones 1857–1928
        6. 6. Thomas (Luzern) Cotton 1889–1920
        7. 7. Gilbert (Henry) Cotton 1894–1974
        8. 8. Mary (Luella) Cotton 1890–1969
        9. 9. William (Elmer) Cotton 1896–1958
      2. 2. Gilbert (A.) Cotton 1826–1877
      3. 3. Theadore (Cotton) Jr. 1855–1855
      4. 4. Frank (Freemont) Cotton 1856–1938
      5. 5. Benjamin (G) Cotton 1837–1901
    9. 9. William (David) Cotton 1800–1882 m. Elizabeth Cotton 1806–
    10. 10. Jonathan (Smith) Cotton 1796–1859 m. Polly Kingsley 1802–1857
      1. 1. Rhoda (Ann) Cotton –1915
      2. 2. Thomas Cotton 1838–
      3. 3. Polly (Maria) Cotton 1836–
      4. 4. William Cotton 1831–1909
      5. 5. Orville (Delos) Cotton 1845–1928
      6. 6. Melissa Cotton 1842–1859
      7. 7. Auston (Webber) Cotton 1842–1862
      8. 8. Alvin Cotton 1833–1834
      9. 9. Thomas Cotton 1833–1834
      10. 10. Thankful Cotton 1827–1827
      11. 11. Jane (Emily) Cotton 1825–1896
      12. 12. Betsey (Jane) Cotton 1821–1824
      13. 13. Elizabeth (Ann) Cotton 1820–1882
      14. 14. Smith (Samuel) Cotton 1829–1888
    11. 11. Lydia Cotton 1793–1819
    12. 12. Hannah Cotton 1786–1816 m. Benjamin (W Ellsworth) Sr 1784–1856
      1. 1. Benjamin (W Ellsworth) Jr 1810–1860
      2. 2. Harriet (Nancy) Ellsworth 1808–1881
      3. 3. Dollie (Fidelia) Ellsworth 1814–1852
      4. 4. Sally Ellsworth 1813–1872
      5. 5. Solomon Ellsworth 1811–1838
      6. 6. Joseph (C) Ellsworth 1807–1857
    13. 13. Wiseman Cotton 1803–1892 m. Matilda (Irene) Conklin 1822–1910 m. Flora Brown 1811–1847
      1. 1. Mary Cotton 1849–
      2. 2. Aeelia Cotton 1847–
      3. 3. Ella (Francellia) Cotton 1856–1921
      4. 4. Henry Cotton 1839–1863
      5. 5. Newton (Brown) Cotton 1836–1916
    14. 14. Soloman (C) Cotton 1789–1855 m. Anna (Eliza) Bixby 1792–1840
      1. 1. Joseph (Bixby) Cotton 1826–1905 m. Mary ("Mayflower Decendent" A) Moran 1827–1894 m. Dollie (M) Taylor 1842–1922
        1. 1. Mary (Blanche) Cotton 1862–1864
        2. 2. Leslie (Eugene Gale) Cotton 1871–1955 m. Lila (Henrietta) Snell 1885–1965
        3. 3. Harry (Abel Davis) Cotton 1865–1946 m. Louise (H.) Schueneman 1874–1955
        4. 4. Joseph (Frederick) Cotton 1860–1937 m. Adda (Pack) Jemison 1866–1947
        5. 5. Ada (Jane) Cotton 1855–1900 m. Arie (N. Vander) Linden 1846–1933
        6. 6. Jerome (George) Cotton 1853–1940 m. Cora (Margaret) O'Neall 1862–1949
        7. 7. Anna ("Annie" Elizabeth) Cotton 1851–1935 m. Samuel (B.) Thing 1833–1904
        8. 8. Charles (Solomon) Cotton 1858–1923 m. Josephine (W) Tuthill 1875–1966
        9. 9. Mabelle Cotton 1869–1951 m. Freeman (Albert) Cloutier 1866–1943
      2. 2. Dudley (Bixby) Cotton 1819–1888 m. Martha (Minot "Polly") Abbott 1820–1864 m. Martha Abbot 1784–1864
        1. 1. Edward (Dean) Cotton 1856–1929
        2. 2. Wilbur (Fiske) Cotton 1853–1915
        3. 3. Anna (Lang Bixby) Cotton 1851–1852
        4. 4. Dudley (E.) Cotton 1849–1860
        5. 5. Charles (Abbott) Cotton 1849–1867
        6. 6. Henry (Lang) Cotton 1860–1940 m. Anna (Mae) Blood 1865–1897 m. Elizabeth (Mae "Lizzie") Moses 1882–1951
      3. 3. Hannah Cotton 1816–1870 m. Amos Tilton 1797–1876
        1. 1. William Tilton 1844–1916
        2. 2. Eliza (W.) Tilton 1855–1911
        3. 3. Abbie (Anna) Tilton 1851–
        4. 4. Amos Tilton 1845–1916
        5. 5. Solomon Tilton 1839–1881

Thankful Nickerson's Timeline

2 Records

1745
26 Aug 1745
Birth of Thankful Nickerson in Nantucket, Nantucket, Mass
Nantucket, Nantucket, Mass
1823
9 May 1823
Age 78
Death of Thankful Nickerson in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 26 Aug 1745
    Event Place: Nantucket, Nantucket, Mass

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 May 1823
    Event Place: Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
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