The Nickerson Family Association, Inc. is thrilled to announce it is sponsoring a five-day archaeological dig on the eve of Massachusetts Archaeology Month from Tues., Sept. 26 to Sat., Sept. 30 at its property in North Chatham. Archaeologists hope to locate the remains of the c. 1664 homestead built by Chatham’s founders William and …
By Debra Lawless About 80 Nickersons flocked to Chatham during the weekend of Sept. 8 to celebrate three milestone anniversaries during the 120th annual reunion of the Nickerson Family Association, Inc. At the same time, the Nickerson clan sent an archaeologist and crew into the tangled honeysuckle and grapevine behind the North …
Three Nickersons Play Roles in Nobska Point Light By Brian Melville Nickerson Nobska Point Light sits on the most southwesterly point on Cape Cod. It is the only publicly-accessible lighthouse on the Cape west of Chatham. At least three Nickersons have played a role in the existence of the lighthouse. I am the most recent. In …
The Risk Taker – William1 A direct path can be drawn from William Nickerson, the father of Chatham and a weaver by trade, to today’s computers. An innovator is a role played by a small minority of people – only one person in 40 is of this type. They are the people most likely to …
By Gail Shaffer Blankenau The famous line, “What’s in a name?” comes from Shakespeare’s famous romance Romeo and Juliet. In the play, Juliet asserts that names do not truly matter. After all, a rose would smell as sweet no matter what it was called. But for genealogists, names are what we start with, and if …
Read about the English Ancestry of William and Anne (Busby) Nickerson of Chatham. TAG Article
Interested in America’s hottest hobby – Genealogy? Want to learn from professional genealogists – helping to process and research local genealogy? If you have time to give, we would love to hear from you. Computer experience is a plus. Wednesday is our office day. 2 – 4+ hours/week. Interested in the Cape’s Colonial history, life here in the 17th Century, Cape architecture, …
Have you heard of her? Have you wondered how she fit in the Nickerson Family? Have you thought about how famous she has become and even is claimed to be a daughter of William1 Nickerson? Let’s go back in time and read an article in the Boston Evening Transcript of 5.NOV.1823 and we will find …
[fts facebook id=NickersonFamilyAssociationUSA posts_displayed=page_only type=page] Taking a journey through the Nickerson Family Association Campus in Chatham Port is enhanced by one of those clear, beautiful days during which everything seems more intense, more vivid than normal in this golden light. The Campus features the two NFA houses. One is the Genealogy Research Center. This house …