Pane-Joyce Genealogy
Benjamin Nichols (36255) & Mary
52953. Joseph Nichols. Born on 13 Apr 1752 in Reading, MA.81

Joseph and Mary removed to Hillsborough, NH.108
Joseph married Mary Dudley (56820) , daughter of Benjamin Dudley (ca 1730-) & Mary Walker (43415) (28 May 1732-21 Jan 1814).
52954. Benjamin Nichols. Born on 4 Mar 1754 in Reading, MA.81 Benjamin died on 22 Nov 1818; he was 64.

Benjamin and Rebecca removed to Gardner, MA.108
On 30 Mar 1779 when Benjamin was 25, he married Rebecca Bancroft (61986) , daughter of Lieut. Joseph Bancroft (56124) (10 Nov 1735-18 Feb 1825) & Elizabeth Temple (52891) (28 Jul 1736-5 Oct 1815), in Reading, MA.81 Born on 21 Apr 1761 in Reading, MA.431

Child of Benjamin and Rebecca (Bancroft) Nichols, born at Reading:
    i. Benjamin Nichols, b. 20 Jan 1780.81
52955. Mary Nichols. Born on 1 Jul 1756 in Reading, MA.81
On 31 Jul 1776 when Mary was 20, she married William Beers in Reading, MA.81
52956. Jonathan Nichols. Born on 18 Jun 1758 in Reading, MA.81 Jonathan died in Wilmington, MA, on 26 Jul 1840; he was 82.399

Jonathan “was a soldier in the revolution, private in Captain Thomas Eaton’s company, Colonel Green’s regiment, on the Lexington alarm, April 19, 1775, and later in the year in Captain John Bacheller’s company, Colonel Ebenezer Bridges’s regiment. He was also in Captain Benjamin Edgell’s company, Colonel John Jacobs’s regiment, enlisting July 3, 1778; also one of the six months men under the resolve of June 5, 1780, returned as received of Major Joseph Hosmer, superintendent of Middlesex and of Justin Ely, commissioner, by Brigadier General Glover, at Springfield, July 10, 1780. He was then described as twenty-two years old, five feet seven inches in height.”108 After the war he settled in Wilmington, MA.108

Jonathan died age 82.399
On 15 Dec 1778 when Jonathan was 20, he married Elizabeth Culnan in Reading, MA.81 Born ca 1758. Elizabeth died in Wilmington, MA on 25 Nov 1821.399

According to Cutter,108 the children of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Culnan) Nichols were:
    i. Charles Nichols, b. 19 Apr 1779 at Reading81;
    ii. Rebecca Nichols, b. 1782;
    iii. Jesse Nichols, b. 1784;
    iv. Benjamin Nichols, b. 1790;
    v. Betsey Nichols, b. 1792, m. Edward Burditt; (an Elizabeth Nichols did marry Edward Burditt 4 Aug 1816 at Wakefield)
    vi. Nathaniel Nichols, b. 1794;
    vii. Jonathan Nichols, b. 1796, m. Mary Flint;
    viii. Eben Nichols, b. 1800; and
    ix. Mary Nichols, b. 1802.
However, the Jonathan and Betsey that Cutter listed were apparently from some other family, and he missed Rhoda.

Betsey died age 63.399
Their children include:
62031i.
Charles A. Nichols (19 Apr 1779-21 Sep 1847)
62032ii.
Jonathan Nichols (ca 1783-10 Jun 1818)
62033iii.
Betsey Nichols (Died unmarried) (ca 1785-19 Sep 1806)
62034iv.
Rhoda Nichols (Died unmarried) (ca 1801-6 Jan 1830)
52957. Jesse Nichols. Born on 1 May 1760 in Reading, MA.81
On 17 Nov 1784 when Jesse was 24, he first married Rebecca Walton in Reading, MA.81
On 13 Aug 1789 when Jesse was 29, he second married Betty Hayward in Reading, MA.81

Children of Jesse and Elizabeth (Hayward) Nichols, born at Reading:
    i. Benjamin, b. 30 Apr 1790;
    ii. Elizabeth, b. 29 Apr 1792;
    iii. Nathaniel, b. 2 Apr 1794;
    iv. Jonathan, b. 15 May 1796;
    v. Ebenezer, b. 2 Dec 1798; and
    vi. Mary, b. 7 Sep 1801.81
52958. Ebenezer Nichols. Born on 14 Mar 1762 in Reading, MA.81 Ebenezer died in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, on 10 Sep 1840; he was 78.

Ebenezer had the homestead of his father and grandfather. He sold it to Nathaniel Batchelder, who tore down the old house about 1800. The cellar still [1908] marks the site.108
On 19 May 1789 when Ebenezer was 27, he first married Rebecca Hayward, daughter of Jabez Hayward (13 Jun 1714-aft 26 Jan 1786) & Elizabeth Russell, in Andover, MA.200 Born on 12 Jan 1762 in Andover, MA.200 Rebecca died in Reading, MA, on 8 Feb 1790; she was 28.81

Rebecca Hayward, or Howard, of Andover. Child of Ebenezer and Rebecca (Hayward) Nichols:
    i. Eben Hayward, b. 20 Jan 1790 born at Reading,81 m. Susannah Averill (b. 6 Mar 1795 at Middleton, MA, dau. of Joseph & Susanna (Pettingill) Averill).
On 25 Nov 1790 when Ebenezer was 28, he second married Betsey Dix (60863) , daughter of Capt. John Dix (50806) (22 Jul 1734-23 Aug 1806) & Mary (-2 Apr 1801), in Reading, MA.81 Born on 12 Jan 1769 in Reading, MA.81 Betsey died in South Reading, MA, on 10 Jun 1864; she was 95.

Children of Ebenezer and Betty (Dix) Nichols, born in Reading
    i. Betsey Nichols, bp. 30 Oct 1791; and
    ii. Jonathan Nichols, b. 15 May 1796.81

1850 Federal Census. South Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Roll 324, page 258B
    Daniel Nichols, 44, farmer, $4000 real estate, b. NH
    Eliza Nichols, 30, b. NH
    Everett Nichols, 10, b. MA
    George Nichols, 7, b. MA
    Jefferson Nichols, 4, b. MA
    M.E. Nichols, 8 months, female, b. MA
    Betsey Nichols, 80, b. MA
Their children include:
62035i.
Elizabeth Nichols (2 Oct 1792-25 Aug 1846)
52959. Sarah Nichols. Born on 10 Jul 1764 in Reading, MA.
On 31 May 1798 when Sarah was 33, she married James Taylor in Reading, MA.
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