Benjamin
Nicolls
Born in Islip, Suffolk, New York Colony
Ancestors 
Son of Benjamin Nicolls
and Charity (Floyd) Johnson
Husband of
Magdalene Mary (Holland) Nicolls
— married
11 Sep 1747 in New York City, New York County, New York Colony
[children unknown]
Died
at age 42
in New York City, New York County, New York Colony
Profile last modified
| Created 28 Dec 2014
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Biography
Benjamin Nicolls attended Yale University and bacame a lawyer. He lived first at Islip, Suffolk county, New York, then in New York City. Benjamin Nicolls was one of the founders of Kings College (Columbia University).
Sources
- Dexter, Franklin Bowditch. Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College (Holt, 1885) Vol. 1, Page 509
- Early New Netherland Settlers, by Robert Gordon Clarke (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rclarke/) Cites:
- The Genealogist, Fall 1981, Volume 2, Number 2, p. 213.
- The Genealogist, Spring 2001, p. 78.
- "New York Marriages, 1686-1980," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VK1K-QT9 : accessed 7 December 2015), Benjamin Nicoll and Mary Magdalene Holland, 11 Sep 1747; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 974.7 B2N V. 69-72.
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