Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Berkshire County, Massachusetts . who came from Norwich with his wife andchildren in 1637 to the American colonies, temporarily locating inBoston, thence removing to Yarmouth and eventually settling on thepresent site of the town of Chatham, ha\ing purchased there from theIndians a large tract of land, some of which is still in the possessionof his direct descendants. He married Anne Busby, daughter ofNicholas Busby, also an English colonist, resident of Boston, Massa-chusetts. Nicholas , eldest of the sons of W
Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Berkshire County, Massachusetts . who came from Norwich with his wife andchildren in 1637 to the American colonies, temporarily locating inBoston, thence removing to Yarmouth and eventually settling on thepresent site of the town of Chatham, ha\ing purchased there from theIndians a large tract of land, some of which is still in the possessionof his direct descendants. He married Anne Busby, daughter ofNicholas Busby, also an English colonist, resident of Boston, Massa-chusetts. Nicholas , eldest of the sons of William and Anne(Busby) Nickersou, was born in Norwich. England, in 1630, and mar-ried Esther Bassett, w^iose father was one of the early settlers of CapeCod. Their eldest son, William Nickerson, born in 1658, married MarySnow, whose ancestors included Governor Prince and Stephen Hop-kins, of Mayflower fame. Ebenezer Nickerson. third son of the last mentioned WilliamNickerson, born June 13, 1697, married Elizabeth Mayo, great-grand-daughter of the Rev. John Mayo, the first minister of the second church. BERKSHIRE COUNTY 277 established in Boston, and nunibering among her Hneal connections thosechstinguished Pnritans, John Freeman, Governor Prince and ElderBrewster. Seth Nickerson, eldest son of Ebenezer Nickerson, was born Octo-ber 21, 1737, and married Mary Smith, of Chatham, also descendedfrom Mayflower stock. Their son Ebenezer Nickerson, grandfather of the immediate sub-ject of these memoirs, was born August 17, 1768, in Provincetown,Massachusetts, and married, secondly, September 29, 1805, Eudoxa,daughter of Thomas White, of Lexington-Concord stock. EbenezerNickerson achieved remarkable business success, being accounted oneof the leading merchants of his day and having quite extensive shippinginterests. His son, Rev. Thomas White Nickerson, a retired Episcopal clergy-man, married a daughter of Stephen Westcott, a leading leather mer-chant. Stephen Westcott was lineally desc
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