Rebecca (Josselyn) Nichols (bef. 1617 - 1675)

Born before 27 Mar 1617 in Ardleigh, Essex, England

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Nichols — married about 1638 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 22 Sep 1675 after age 58 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Rebecca (Josselyn) Nichols immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

Rebecca Joslin was born about 1617, and baptized on March 27, 1617 at Ardleigh, Essex, England. Her parents were father, Thomas Josselyn and mother, Rebecca (Jude).^[1]

She immigrated to New England in 1635 aboard the Increase with her parents and four of her siblings. Together they settled first in Hingham. Her oder brother, Abraham, stayed in England until after he was married in London in 1642, then he also migrated to Hingham.^[1]

Rebecca married Thomas Nichols by October 13, 1638. He was baptized at Great Coggeshall, Essex, England on February 21, 1614/15; son of Walter Nichols and his wife Elizabeth Cattlyn.^[2]

Her father, Thomas Joslyn, died in Lancaster, Massachusetts Bay Colony on January 3, 1660/1 and he bequeathed twenty shillings to Rebecca in his will dated May 9, 1660.^[1]Her mother married (2nd) to William Kerley of Lancaster.^[3]

Rebecca (Joslyn) Nichols died 22 September 1675 in Hingham.^[1] A widower, her husband married (2nd) to Dorcas __?__ (unknown surname) at Hingham on September 23, 1681.^[1]

Thomas Nichols died in Hingham, on November 8, 1696.^[1]

Children of Thomas & Rebecca (Joslyn) Nichols, born and baptized in Hingham:^[1]

1. Thomas Nichols b. prob by 13 Oct 1638; bp. Jan. 1643/4; d aft 1700; m. Scituate on 25 May 1663 to Sarah Whiston.
2. Rebecca Nichols bp. Jan 1643/3; d. aft. 7 Mar 1697/8, m. Scituate or Hingham 23 Mar 1664/5 to Samuel House.
3. Elizabeth Nichols, bp. Jan 1643/4; d aft 14 Sep 1673; m. Hingham 18 Oct 1666 to Robert Green.
4. Hannah Nichols, bp. 18 Feb 1645/6.
5. Ephraim Nichols bp. 14 May 1648; d. Hingham 20 May 1693; m. Hingham 15 Feb 1675/6 to Abigail _____.
6. Israel Nichols bp. 1 Sep 1650; d. Cohasset 24 Jan 1733/4; m. (1) Hingham on 26 Sep 1679 to Mary _____. m. (2) in Milton on 10 Jan 1688/9 to Mary Sumner. m. (3) Hingham 24 June 1725 Rebecca (Lincoln) Clark.
7. Nathaniel Nichols bp. 3 July 1653; d. Pembroke between 28 Apr 1731 and 5 Feb 1731/2; m. Hingham 16 Apr 1687 to Sarah Lincoln.
8. Mary Nichols bp. 3 July 1653.
9. Sarah Nichols bp. 15 July 1655.
10. Charity ("Cherity") Nichols b. 3 May 1658, bp. 5 May 1658.
11. Patience Nichols b. 25 Dec 1660, bp. 31 Mar 1661; d. Hingham 16 Oct 1709; m. Hingham 21 Dec 1685, John Andrews' m. (2) in Hingham 12 Feb 1695/6 Joseph Beal. Joseph m. (2nd) 27 Aug 1717 Deborah Thaxter.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} Early New England Families, 1641-1700. (Original Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013. (By Alicia Crane Williams, Lead Genealogist.) Sketch of Thomas Nichols.subscription needed]
2. ↑ Great Migration 1634-1635, M-P. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume V, M-P, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007. p. 259.subscription
3. ↑ French, Miss Elizabeth. Genealogical Research in England, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1917) Vol. 71, Page 253, 254

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• Anderson, Robert Charles. New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635, Great Migration, Vol 4, I-L, pg 119
• Wessler, E. M. S. (1990). The Jocelyn--Joslin--Joslyn--Josselyn family. Salem, MA: Higginson Book Co. p.79
• North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000: Name: Rebecca Josselyn; Gender: Female; Age: 40; Birth Date: 1617; Birth Place: England; Death Date: 22 Sep 1657; Death Place: Hingham, Mass; Father: Thomas Josselyn; Mother: Rebecca; Spouse: Thomas Nichols
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