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             Husband: Jonathan Lyman NICHOLS (1)
                Born: 17 AUG 1772 (2)
          Christened: 20 SEP 1772 in St. James Episcopal Church, Derby, New Haven, CT
             Married: 20 SEP 1795 in Oxford Congregational Church (29)
                Died: 29 MAY 1821 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (3 4)
              Buried: in Hillside Cemetery, Quaker Farms, Oxford, New Haven, CT (5 6)
              Father: Isaac NICHOLS
              Mother: Abigail LYMAN
             Spouses: 
                Wife: Lois RIGGS (7)
                Born: l 1774 (8)
          Christened: 12 APR 1774 in St. James Episcopal Church, Derby, New Haven, CT
                Died: 29 MAR 1847 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (9 10)
              Buried: in Hillside Cemetery, Quaker Farms, Oxford, New Haven, CT (11 12 13)
              Father: 
              Mother: 
             Spouses:
Children
01               (F): Sarah NICHOLS (14 15 16 17 18 19 20)
                Born: l 1797 (21 22)
                Died: 20 APR 1868 in Oxford, New Haven, CT (23 24 25)
              Buried: in Hillside Cemetery, Quaker Farms, Oxford, New Haven, CT (26 27 28)
             Spouses:

Footnotes

  1. 1820 Oxford Census.
  2. Compiled by Lorraine Cook White, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 8 - Derby 1655-1852 (Baltimore, Maryland, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1997), 272.
  3. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 84.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/084.html.]
  4. Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Hillside Cemetery, 36.
    Nichols, Lois, wife of Jonathan, died Mar. 29, 1847, age 73 yrs.
    Nichols, Jonathan L., died May 29, 1821, age 48 yrs.
    Nichols, Isaac, died Mar. 5, 1806, age 57 yrs.
    Nichols, Abigail, wife of Isaac, died Mar. 20, 1825, age 77 yrs.
    Nichols, Isaac, died Dec. 23, 1826, age 56 yrs.
    Nichols, Sarah, daughter of Jonathan L. & Lois, died Apr. 20, 1868, age 71 yrs.
    Nichols, Jane Caroline, daughter of Riggs & Sally, died July 30, 1835, age 8 yrs.
    Nichols, Riggs, died May 17, 1844, age 43 yrs.
    Nichols, Russel, died June 24, 1849, age 73 yrs.
    Nichols, Nabby, wife of Russell, died Dec. 13, 1862, age 84 yrs.
    Nichols, Isaac, died Aug. 1, 1862, age 53 yrs.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/hscemscan36.html.]
  5. Hillside Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/cem8943.html.]
  6. Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Hillside Cemetery, 36.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/hscemscan36.html.]
  7. 1840 Oxford Census.
  8. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 84.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/084.html.]
  9. Ibid., 84.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/084.html.]
  10. Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Hillside Cemetery, 36.
    Nichols, Lois, wife of Jonathan, died Mar. 29, 1847, age 73 yrs.
    Nichols, Jonathan L., died May 29, 1821, age 48 yrs.
    Nichols, Isaac, died Mar. 5, 1806, age 57 yrs.
    Nichols, Abigail, wife of Isaac, died Mar. 20, 1825, age 77 yrs.
    Nichols, Isaac, died Dec. 23, 1826, age 56 yrs.
    Nichols, Sarah, daughter of Jonathan L. & Lois, died Apr. 20, 1868, age 71 yrs.
    Nichols, Jane Caroline, daughter of Riggs & Sally, died July 30, 1835, age 8 yrs.
    Nichols, Riggs, died May 17, 1844, age 43 yrs.
    Nichols, Russel, died June 24, 1849, age 73 yrs.
    Nichols, Nabby, wife of Russell, died Dec. 13, 1862, age 84 yrs.
    Nichols, Isaac, died Aug. 1, 1862, age 53 yrs.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/hscemscan36.html.]
  11. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 84.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/084.html.]
  12. Hillside Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/cem8944.html.]
  13. Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Hillside Cemetery, 36.
    Nichols, Lois, wife of Jonathan, died Mar. 29, 1847, age 73 yrs.
    Nichols, Jonathan L., died May 29, 1821, age 48 yrs.
    Nichols, Isaac, died Mar. 5, 1806, age 57 yrs.
    Nichols, Abigail, wife of Isaac, died Mar. 20, 1825, age 77 yrs.
    Nichols, Isaac, died Dec. 23, 1826, age 56 yrs.
    Nichols, Sarah, daughter of Jonathan L. & Lois, died Apr. 20, 1868, age 71 yrs.
    Nichols, Jane Caroline, daughter of Riggs & Sally, died July 30, 1835, age 8 yrs.
    Nichols, Riggs, died May 17, 1844, age 43 yrs.
    Nichols, Russel, died June 24, 1849, age 73 yrs.
    Nichols, Nabby, wife of Russell, died Dec. 13, 1862, age 84 yrs.
    Nichols, Isaac, died Aug. 1, 1862, age 53 yrs.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/hscemscan36.html.]
  14. 1850 Oxford Census.
    [Living alone, on census between Benjamin Lines and David Oatman.]
  15. 1860 Oxford Census.
    [Peggy Ward, age 40, of Ireland, is living w/ her. On the census she is between Benjamin Nichols and David Oatman.]
  16. 1852 Oxford Map (Unidentified, found in collection of Oxford Historical Society by Dorothy A. DeBisschop, Municipal Historian.").
    Miss S. Nichols.
    [ She appears to have owned a house on Quaker Farms Raod, just south of Governors Hill Road, and another on Moose Hill Road, just east of Quaker Farms Road.
    http://oxfordpast.net/map.html.]
  17. 1856 Oxford Map (Unidentified, found in collection of Oxford Historical Society by Dorothy A. DeBisschop, Municipal Historian).
    Miss S. Nichols.
    [ She appears to have owned a house on Quaker Farms Raod, just south of Governors Hill Road, and another on Moose Hill Road, just east of Quaker Farms Road.
    http://oxfordpast.net/map.html.]
  18. F. W. Beers, 1868 map (Reproduced for the Oxford Historical Society, Inc. 1977).
    [Excerpt from1868 map, Available at http://www.oxford-historical-society.org/books-for-sale.htm
    Miss S. Nichols, Moose Hill Road, just east of Quaker Farms Road.
    http://www.oxfordpast.net/1868District5.jpg.]
  19. Historic House Committee of The Bicentennial Commission, Oxford, Connecticut, Early Houses of Oxford (Derby, CT, The Bacon Printing Company, 1976).
    [ House #6 is the house that belonged to her on Quaker Farms Road. A map, photo and information about the house can be found in this book. Available at http://www.oxford-historical-society.org/books-for-sale.htm.]
  20. 1997 photo by Andrew Pehanick, courtesy of Oxford Municipal Historian, Dorothy DeBisschop.
    [Nichols House
    http://oxfordpast.net/h007.jpg.]
  21. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 84.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/084.html.]
  22. 1850 Oxford Census.
  23. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 84.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/084.html.]
  24. Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Hillside Cemetery, 36.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/hscemscan36.html.]
  25. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 121.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/121.html.]
  26. Ibid., 84.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/084.html.]
  27. Hillside Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/cem8945.html.]
  28. Charles Elwell, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Hillside Cemetery, 36.
    Nichols, Lois, wife of Jonathan, died Mar. 29, 1847, age 73 yrs.
    Nichols, Jonathan L., died May 29, 1821, age 48 yrs.
    Nichols, Isaac, died Mar. 5, 1806, age 57 yrs.
    Nichols, Abigail, wife of Isaac, died Mar. 20, 1825, age 77 yrs.
    Nichols, Isaac, died Dec. 23, 1826, age 56 yrs.
    Nichols, Sarah, daughter of Jonathan L. & Lois, died Apr. 20, 1868, age 71 yrs.
    Nichols, Jane Caroline, daughter of Riggs & Sally, died July 30, 1835, age 8 yrs.
    Nichols, Riggs, died May 17, 1844, age 43 yrs.
    Nichols, Russel, died June 24, 1849, age 73 yrs.
    Nichols, Nabby, wife of Russell, died Dec. 13, 1862, age 84 yrs.
    Nichols, Isaac, died Aug. 1, 1862, age 53 yrs.
    [http://oxfordpast.net/hscemscan36.html.]
  29. W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 35.
    1795 ... Septr 20th, Jonathan L. Nickols and Lois Riggs, married.
    [http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/035.html.]

Revised: 17-Dec-08
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