Nichols Family

Generation 1

John Nichols died 1655 at Fairfield, (now in Fairfield Co.),CT. He married Grace. She married second c1656 to Richard Perry (-1658).
Child of John Nichols and Grace:

Esther Nichols

b. 1635
d. 6 January 1680 at New London, New London Co., CT
m. 5 May 1680 to John Valentine Prentice at Stratford, Fairfield Co., CT

Child of Grace and Richard Perry:

___ Perry

b. 4 June 1659

Generation 2

Esther Nichols was born 1635 and died 6 January 1680 at New London, New London Co., CT. She married John Valentine Prentice 5 May 1680 at Stratford, Fairfield Co., CT. He was born 6 May 1628 at Chelmsford, Essex, England and died 1691 at New London, New London Co., CT. He married second 19 June 1695 to Rebecca Parker. For information on his parents see the Prentice Family. John Valentine Prentice and Esther Nichols had at least one child:

Esther/Hester Prentice

b. 20 July 1660 at Roxbury, Suffolk Co., MA
d. 17 May 1751 at Stonington, New London Co., CT
m. c1682 to BenAdam Gallup I at CT
for further information see the Gallup Family

Sources

New England Marriages Prior to 1700 by Clarence Almon Torrey, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD 1985

Pedigree chart prepared by Don G. Olmstead

Gallup Genealogy by Darwin C. Gallup and Josephine Middleton Peck, Gallup Family Association, 1966

John Howland of the Mayflower, Volume 1: The First Five Generations Through his first child Desire Howland and her husband Captain John Gorham by Elizabeth Pearson White, Picton Press, Camden, ME 1990

Cemetery visitation at Whitehall Cemetery, Mystic, CT by Susan Frost Bennett 11 June 1996

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6 November 1997