John Nichols^[1]

1698 - 1774  (76 years)

• Name	John Nichols
  Birth	1698	, Caroline, Virginia, USA
  Gender	Male
  Married	1755
  Death	22 Apr 1774	, Halifax, Virginia, USA
  Person ID	I38787	Master
  Last Modified	8 Oct 2019

  
  

  Father	John Nichols,   b. 1 Jun 1660, Shipton Moyne, Gloucestershire, England d. 27 Nov 1705, Christ Church, Middlesex, Virginia, USA (Age 45 years)
  Mother	Phyllis Flynt,   b. 1660, , Lancaster, Virginia, USA d. 1726, , Lancaster, Virginia, USA (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	20 Nov 1684	, , Virginia, USA
  Family ID	F9161	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Owen,   b. 1704, , Caroline, Virginia, USA d. 9 Jan 1796, , Halifax, Virginia, USA (Age 92 years)
  Marriage	16 Nov 1716	, Goochland, Virginia, USA
  Children	1. John Beard Nichols   2. William Nichols,   b. 1719, , Caroline, Virginia, USA d. 1807 (Age 88 years)  [Father: natural]   3. John Nichols,   b. 1721, , Caroline, Virginia, USA d. 1785, , Rockingham, North Carolina, USA (Age 64 years)  [Father: natural] + 4. Sarah Nichols,   b. 1725, , Caroline, Virginia, USA d. 12 Aug 1791, Meadsville, Halifax, Virginia, USA (Age 66 years)  [Father: natural]   5. John James Nichols,   b. 1726, , Frederick, Maryland, USA d. 1801 (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]   6. Betty Nichols,   b. 1727, , , Virginia, USA  [Father: natural]   7. Sarah Elizabeth Nichols,   b. 1727, , Caroline, Virginia, USA d. 15 Jun 1812, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 85 years)  [Father: natural]   8. Ambrose Nichols,   b. 1731, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA d. 1833, , Hall, Georgia, USA (Age 102 years)  [Father: natural] + 9. Jesse Nichols,   b. 1732, , Halifax, Virginia, USA d. 29 Nov 1805, Elmwood, Smith, Tennessee, USA (Age 73 years) + 10. Agnes Agatha Nichols,   b. 1732, , Goochland, Virginia, USA d. 29 Dec 1803, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 71 years)  [Father: natural]   11. Nancy Nichols,   b. 1733, , Goochland, Virginia, USA d. 1823, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 90 years)  [Father: natural]   12. James Nichols,   b. 1734, , Chester, Pennsylvania, USA d. Feb 1791, Snickers Gap, Loudoun, Virginia, USA (Age 57 years)  [Father: natural]   13. Bird David Nichols,   b. 1735, , Goochland, Virginia, USA d. 10 Dec 1782, , Halifax, Virginia, USA (Age 47 years)  [Father: natural]   14. David Nichols,   b. 1737, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA d. 1819, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, Virginia, USA (Age 82 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F9160	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2021

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1698 - , Caroline, Virginia, USA Marriage - 16 Nov 1716 - , Goochland, Virginia, USA Death - 22 Apr 1774 - , Halifax, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Will of John Nichols . .being very sick and weak in body but in perfect mind & memory. . .) To my well beloving wife Mary Nichols during her widowhood only, seven negroes namly, Peter, Lewis, Frank, Patt, Milley, Hannah and Jenny, also my Manor plantation together with 580 acres of land contiguous thereto according to a survey lately made by Robert Wooding together with my household furniture &c. Also my still together with my riding horse, Boo, together with all stocks & moveables of all kinds. I have given to my sons, William, John & Jesse Nichols & also to my daughters Sary Robertson, Betty Owen and Aggy Legrand, themselves their heirs and assigns all the land negroes cattle hoggs beds pewter & every other thing that I before lent them to their only proper use & behoof of them & their heirs as their parts of my estate. To my well beloved son Ambrose Nichols all that tract of land joining his brother Jesse, Hardwick, and Peter Hudson situate on the branches of Clover Creek containing 468 acres more or less according to a survey made by Robert Wooding, it being part of Order of Counsel, also 50 pounds Current Money. To my well beloved daughter Nanny Nichols and her heirs, all the tract of land on the branches of Difficult and Blackwalnut Creeks and on both sides of Stewarts Ferry Road joining the lines of Agnes Robertson, Thomeas Hope and the out lines of my Order and John Jones, containing 400 acres more or less. Also two negroes namely, Milly and Hannah, 1 horse or mare, 2 cows and calves & 1 heigher together with 1 feather bed & furniture. To my son Bird Nichols and to his heirs, all that tract of land on both sides of Black Walnut Creek containing 450 acres more or less with a plantation thereon, joining the lines of my Manor plantation, likewise Agnes Robertson her land I have conveyed to her by the consent of her mother &c. Also to son Bird Nichols two negroes Peter & Patt, also 2 cows & calves & 1 heigher with a calf & 1 bed & furniture. It is my will that my son David Nichols shall within 12 months after my decease & the decease or wodowhood of my wife, pay Bird Nichols L15. as his part of a little negro named Jenny. It is also my will that in case I shall depart this life before I sell the present crop that my Executors shall deliver to Bird and David Nichols one Hdd of Tobo. about 1200 pounds to be divided equal, to purchase each a suit of Cloths. To my well beloved son David Nichols that tract of land contguous to my Mantion House, situate in fork of Black Walnut Creek containing 580 acres more of less, part of my Order of Counsel. Also three negroes Namely, Lewis, Frank and Jenny, also two cows & calves & 1 heigher without a calf, also 1 bed & furniture. To my two sons Bird & David Nichols & my daughter Nany personality, to be delivered at the decease or intermarying of my wife. To son John all waring cloths & remainder of stock, household furniture & every other thing that can be spared of the plantation. If any die without heir to be equally divided between the survivors. Exr: Mat Sims and sons William & John Nichols. WD 8 October 1773 s/John (I) Nichols Wit: Matthew Sims, Edward Parker, Ralph (X) Owen WP 22 April 1774 Presented by William Nichols and proved by two wit. Sec: James Cobbs & Abraham Legrand. Mathew Sims refused & other Exr. granted liberty to join in probate. Will Book 1 1773-1783 Halifax, VA Copyright 1984 - Marian Dodson Chiarito pp15-16

  
  

• Sources

  [S761] Yates Publishing, Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=164036662&pid=61