Ann (Ward) Nichols (abt. 1630 - 1718)

Born about 1630 in England

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Died 23 Jul 1718 at about age 88 in Woodbury, Fairfield, Connecticut

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Biography

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

Ann Ward was born in England about 1629^[1] the daughter of Andrew Ward and his wife Hester (Sherman) Ward ^[2] and she probably emigrated with her parents and some of her siblings to New England in 1633.^[3]

About 1650, Ann married Caleb Nichols, son of Francis Nicholls who had immigrated to Stratford, Connecticut Colony with his father and other members of his family, in 1639.^[2][4]

They lived at Stratford until about 1670 when they, with most of their children, moved to Woodbury, Connecticut Colony,^[2] one of the original settlers.^[5]

Caleb Nichols wrote his will dated August 14, 1690 and proved November 8, 1690.^[5]and handed down his vast belongings to his wife and children. He had proprietary rights at Stratford and a plantation at Woodbury.^[2] The Woodbury homestead was to be divided between Ann and their son John, but the lands were to be Ann's during her time as a widow... if that wasn't enough for her livelihood, John was to supply his mother what she needed. Caleb made allowance also for Ann that if she marry again and bury yet another husband and needs to return, their son John was to receive her and "Let her have which roome shee pleaseth in ye dwelling house." If Indian warfare drove Ann and her son John from their homestead in Woodbury, their son Abraham was to welcome them to live at Stratford.^[5]

Caleb died between August 14 and November 8 of 1690 at Woodbury.^[2]

Ann (Ward) Nichols died July 23, 1718^[2] at Woodbury.^[5]

Children, first eleven born at Stratford:^[5]

1. Sarah b. 1 Dec 1650; m. Moses Wheeler, Jr.^[6]
2. Ann, b. 5 Mar 1651/2; died young.^[1]
3. Esther b. 18 Feb 1652/3; m. John Prentice; child Valentine.
4. Joseph b 25 Dec 1656; died young.^[1]
5. Samuel b. 29 Mar 1658; m. Susan Fairchild, widow of Thomas Fairchild
6. Andrew b. 28 Nov 1659; died young unmarried.^[1]
7. Abraham b. 29 Jan 1661/2; m. Rachel Kellogg
8. Abigail b 6 Feb 1663/4; m. 1685 to William Martin
9. Mary b. 1665/6 at Woodbury; m. Joseph Hull
10. Hannah b. 6 Aug 1667; living unmarried in 1706
11. Caleb b Feb 1668/9 d. at Stratford 14 Apr 1706 of a cancer, unmarried.
12. Phebe bp. 12 Nov 1671 at Woodbury; m. Isaac Knell 28 Dec 1697; m. George Clark.^[7][8]
13. John bp. 23 Jan 1675/6 at Woodbury. m. Jane Bostwick.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} "McCormick-Hamilton, Lord-Day Ancestral Lines" (1957) p. 789. see at archive.org.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5} Ward, George Kemp. Andrew Warde and His Descendants, 1597-1910 (New York : A.T. De La Mare Printing and Pub. Co., 1910) Page 28, 29 (#3). see at hathitrust.org.
3. ↑ Robert Charles Anderson. "The Great Migration Directory, Immigrants to New England 1620-1640, a concise compendium." (2015) p. 357.
4. ↑ New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: Torrey, Clarence Almon. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. Vol. 2, p. 1091. subscription$
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4} The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) "John Prentice of New London, Conn. And His Two Nichols Wives." Vol. 34, pp 81-89. subscription
6. ↑ McCormick-Hamilton, Lord-Day Ancestral Lines, p. 1076, 1077. see at archive.org
7. ↑ The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) "The Phippen Family and the Wife of Nathan Gold of Fairfield, Connecticut" Vol. 17 (1940) p. 15. subscribers
8. ↑ Donald Lines Jacobus. The Ancestry of Lorenzo Ackley & His Wife Emma Arabella Bosworth. Elm Tree Press, Woodstock, VT. (1960) p. 190. see at archive.org
9. ↑ Henry Anthon Bostwick. "Genealogy of the Bostwick Family in America: The Descendants of Arthur Bostwick, of Stratford, Conn." p. 67, 68. see at archive.org

See also:

• The Ancestry and Descendants of John Walker: Information from this book are provided also at www.walkerfamily.org.
• Descendants of Andrew Warde link
• William Richard Cutter, A.M., New England Families, CD-Local and Family Histories: CT, 1600's - 1800's, (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), vol 4, p 1637. "Caleb married Anna, daughter of Andrew Ward, of Fairfield."
• Donald Lines Jacobus. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (Genealogical Publishing Company, 1930) p. 440 ff
• U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Record Immigration & Travel Name: Anna Ward Arrival: 1634 in Watertown, Massachusetts.
• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Record Birth, Marriage & Death, Name: Anne Warde, Spouse: Caleb Nichols, Children: Mary Nichols.
• Torrey, Clarence Almon. Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1985).
• Cutter, William Richard. Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut (Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1911) Vol. 3
• Find A Grave: Memorial #68651392
• Barnes, Leon M., Barnes' Mortality Record of The Town of Woodbury (Leon M. Barnes, Woodbury, Connecticut, 1898) Page 9. Deaths:

• 1718, July 23, Mrs. Anne Nichols 98