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8. DAVID7 NICHOLS (WILLIAM NICHOLS6 JR., WILLIAM5 NICHOLS, JAMES4, RICHARD3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born March 3, 1757, and died March 12, 1842 in Springfield, Vermont. He married NAOMI NEWTON December 13, 1781, daughter of CAPTAIN NEWTON and SARAH WINCH. She died August 19, 1837 in Springfield, Vermont.

Notes for DAVID NICHOLS:
      David Nichols served during the Revolutionary War with the following record:
From January of 1776, one month as private in Captain John Jones Company; from July of 1776, five months as a private in Captain Levi Lincoln's Company, Colonal Holman's Regiment, and was in the battles of Harlem Heights and White Plains; from the last of April of 1777, three months as a sergeant in Captain Hodges' company, and went on an expedition to "hode Island; from August 10, 1777, one month as a private in Captain Stone's company, Colonel Job Cushing's Regiment, and guarded prisoners after the battle or Bennington; from about October 1, 1777 one month as private in Captain Samuel Thompson's Company, Colonel Job Cushing's Regiment; from about June 1, 1778, as private in Captain Christopher Marshall's Company, Colonel. Marshall's Regiment and was discharged March 7, 1779.
      David aplied and was allowed pension on his application executed May 22,1819, at which time he was residing in Springfield ,Windsor County, Vermont. In June of 1832 he again located to
Weathersfield, Vermont, according to the Pension Bureau at Washington, D.C.
     
Children of DAVID NICHOLS and NAOMI NEWTON are:
  i.   MIRIAM8 NICHOLS, b. January 1, 1783; d. Lock,Ohio; m. PETER EDDY; d. Lock,Ohio.
11. ii.   AMOS NICHOLS, b. June 12, 1784.
  iii.   DAVID NICHOLS JR., b. March 27, 1786; d. October 9, 1804.
  iv.   AZUBA NICHOLS, b. June 3, 1788; d. September 13, 1852; m. HENRY TOLLS, October 22, 1808.
  v.   LUKE NICHOLS, b. May 22, 1790; d. February 1840; m. MIRIAM SHERWIN, December 14, 1814, Weathersfield, Vermont.
12. vi.   IRA NICHOLS, b. June 30, 1792; d. April 2, 1846.
  vii.   NANCY NICHOLS, b. September 3, 1794; d. August 6, 1874; m. THADDEUS BOWMAN, May 23, 1834, Weathersfield, Vermont.
  viii.   PARTHENIA NICHOLS, b. March 13, 1798; d. July 3, 1800.
  ix.   ENOCH NICHOLS, b. September 18, 1801; d. February 1819.


9. LEVI7 NICHOLS (WILLIAM NICHOLS6 JR., WILLIAM5 NICHOLS, JAMES4, RICHARD3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born April 13, 1761 in Holden,Mass, and died October 6, 1854. He married BETSEY ELIZABETH NEWTON July 20, 1782. She was born February 21, 1764, and died June 26, 1849.

Notes for LEVI NICHOLS:
The following is an excerpt from "The History of Alexandria and St Albans Township Licking County, Ohio", published by the Alexandria Community Council in 1952

Fourth of July

      Previous to the Civil War there was only one holiday in the year given over solely to the expression of patriotic fervor. That was Independence Day or, as we usually call it, the Fourth of July. Naturally it was an event to be looked forward to, and many accounts of local celebrations, both hilarious and dignified, have come down to us from those years.

      The celebration in Alexandria on July 4, 1842, has been described for us in a letter written at the time by Orrin Bryant to relatives in Massachusetts. He wrote:

"We had a very interesting celebration in Alexandria on the fourth. At eight o'clock our Sabbath school celebration commenced, procession of between 300 and 400 children was formed and marched to the Methodist Meetinghouse where short addresses were made to children, teachers, and parents; interspersed with singing by the juvenile class, after which refreshments were served round. The whole was an interesting scene. At half past ten o'clock our Literary Society, together with the citizens generally, formed procession and marched to the Presbyterian meetinghouse where we listened to a very appropriate and eloquent address by Professor Stevens together with singing by the choir.

"I had forgotten to say in its proper place that the flag was borne by Mr. Levi Nichols, a revolutionary soldier now over eighty years of age, yet as straight and as active as a lad of 16.

"After the exercises at the church were over we repaired to the dinner table which was neatly and elegantly furnished and in a neatly built bower two hundred feet long. Upwards of two hundred ladies and gentlemen were seated at it and partook of a sumptuous dinner. At the head of the table sat a Revolutionary soldier aged one hundred and three years, which was no small acquisition to the enjoyments of the day. The old as well as young joined in the festivities of the day. Our minister also took a part and all passed off harmoniously and in good order without any of the noise and turbulence which characterize the celebrations of rum drinking communities.

"The dinner was got up by the Literary Society, the avails of which was to be appropriated to their library.

The Levi Nichols mentioned in this letter was the father of Levi, Jr., and of Enos Nichols who lived for many years south of Alexandria. He is buried in the Garfield burying ground. The elder Nichols led the procession that went to the great Harrison mass meeting in Newark on the 4th of July 1840.

The aged Revolutionary soldier referred to was Jacob Martin of Johnstown who died there in 1845. He came to America as one of the Hessian troops but deserted and joined the American army. He settled on the "Peg Leg" place west of Johnstown where at the age of 95 years he set out an orchard and lived to eat the fruit of it. In 1840 he went to Newark in the Harrison procession, lodging overnight en route at the home of Mrs. N. F. Dawes (Fitch farm) east of Alexandria.

The bower erected for the celebration described in the letter stood in front of the Rev. Mr. Boutelle's house, just east of the old Congregational Church.



     
Children of LEVI NICHOLS and BETSEY NEWTON are:
  i.   SARAH8 NICHOLS, b. January 23, 1783; m. NATHANIEL STOUGHTON, March 2, 1800; b. March 13, 1777.
  ii.   MARTHA NICHOLS, b. May 23, 1785.
  iii.   LEVI NICHOLS, b. August 25, 1787; d. January 18, 1871; m. ALMIRA; b. October 1, 1795; d. June 16, 1877.
  iv.   WILLIAM NICHOLS, b. December 31, 1789; d. January 23, 1790.
  v.   ALVIN NICHOLS, b. October 22, 1791; d. February 10, 1813.
  vi.   BETSEY NICHOLS, b. October 24, 1793.
  vii.   CYNTHIA NICHOLS, b. June 27, 1797; d. March 13, 1816.
13. viii.   ENOS NICHOLS, b. May 24, 1799, Weatherfield, Vermont; d. November 4, 1880.
  ix.   NATHANIEL NICHOLS, b. August 2, 1802.
  x.   LEWIS NICHOLS, b. February 24, 1804.
  xi.   ANSON NICHOLS, b. January 1, 1808.


10. THADDEUS7 NICHOLS (WILLIAM NICHOLS6 JR., WILLIAM5 NICHOLS, JAMES4, RICHARD3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born 1766, and died 1851. He married EUNICE GLEASON May 23, 1795.

Notes for THADDEUS NICHOLS:
Thaddeus was still living in Holden, Massachusetts on June 13,1850 at the age of 84 when he filed an affidavit stating that his older brother , Levi Nichols, after continued solicitation, finally secured the consent of their father to enlist in the American Army; also that his brother served at West Point or on the North River at various times and was at West Point at the time of Arnold's treason.
     
Children of THADDEUS NICHOLS and EUNICE GLEASON are:
  i.   WILLIAM8 NICHOLS, b. March 15, 1796.
  ii.   LOIS NICHOLS, b. July 17, 1797.
  iii.   THADDEUS NICHOLS, b. February 24, 1799.
  iv.   MIRIAN NICHOLS, b. January 19, 1801.
  v.   JOHN NICHOLS, b. May 30, 1802.
  vi.   EUNICE FRENCH NICHOLS, b. March 24, 1804.
  vii.   BETSEY NICHOLS, b. January 13, 1806.
  viii.   EMILIA NICHOLS, b. March 7, 1808.
  ix.   MARIA NICHOLS, b. January 28, 1810.
  x.   HORACE NICHOLS, b. March 3, 1812.
Generation No. 8



11. AMOS8 NICHOLS (DAVID7, WILLIAM NICHOLS6 JR., WILLIAM5 NICHOLS, JAMES4, RICHARD3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born June 12, 1784. He married SARAH TOLLS February 8, 1809. She was born July 21, 1785.
     
Children of AMOS NICHOLS and SARAH TOLLS are:
14. i.   CLARK PROCTOR9 NICHOLS, b. December 10, 1809; d. June 19, 1897, Edgerton, Minnesota.
  ii.   DAVID NICHOLS, b. November 15, 1811; d. June 19, 1812.
15. iii.   SARAH NAOMI NICHOLS, b. March 22, 1814; d. March 18, 1841.
16. iv.   ASA RICE NICHOLS, b. April 28, 1816; d. May 12, 1899, Willard Ohio.
  v.   GEORGE NICHOLS, b. July 7, 1818; d. July 7, 1818.
17. vi.   ENOCH NICHOLS, b. September 13, 1819; d. 1878.
18. vii.   LEVI TOLLS NICHOLS, b. December 26, 1821, Springfield Vermont; d. March 6, 1889, MtVernon,Ohio.
19. viii.   NANCY EMELINE NICHOLS, b. November 27, 1824; d. March 8, 1906, Cedar Rapids,Iowa.
20. ix.   EDWIN NICHOLS, b. April 14, 1828; d. April 7, 1894, Newark, Ohio.


12. IRA8 NICHOLS (DAVID7, WILLIAM NICHOLS6 JR., WILLIAM5 NICHOLS, JAMES4, RICHARD3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born June 30, 1792, and died April 2, 1846. He married MARY SPENCER July 21, 1816. She was born April 8, 1795, and died June 7, 1870.
     
Children of IRA NICHOLS and MARY SPENCER are:
  i.   MARIAM PERTHONA9 NICHOLS, b. May 7, 1817; d. June 27, 1885; m. P H NILES, November 9, 1836.
  ii.   DAVID DANIEL NICHOLS, b. July 19, 1818; d. June 17, 1886; m. CLARRISON VAN HORN, April 8, 1845.
21. iii.   RISPAH ARVILLA NICHOLS, b. April 3, 1827; d. August 30, 1907.


13. ENOS8 NICHOLS (LEVI7, WILLIAM NICHOLS6 JR., WILLIAM5 NICHOLS, JAMES4, RICHARD3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born May 24, 1799 in Weatherfield, Vermont, and died November 4, 1880. He married PERSEPTA INGHAM November 20, 1823, daughter of THOMAS INGHAM and ELIZABETH GRAVES. She was born January 12, 1804 in Pittsfield,Otsego County, New York, and died March 30, 1894.
     
Children of ENOS NICHOLS and PERSEPTA INGHAM are:
  i.   ALVIN9 NICHOLS, b. August 27, 1824; d. June 8, 1825.
  ii.   LUCINDA NICHOLS, b. November 1, 1825; d. September 27, 1835.
22. iii.   LEONARD ENOS NICHOLS, b. April 2, 1827; d. January 20, 1921.
  iv.   ELIZABETH NICHOLS, b. March 12, 1829.
  v.   THOMAS NICHOLS, b. September 19, 1830.
  vi.   HENRY NICHOLS, b. January 19, 1832; d. September 1, 1837.
  vii.   JANE NICHOLS, b. August 31, 1854; d. October 18, 1854.
Generation No. 9


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