Create an unusual container arrangement on Sat., July 22
Create a beautiful and whimsical arrangement with floral designer Sonny Gada on Sat., July 22 at 1 p.m. The hands-on workshop will be held in the c. 1829 Caleb Nickerson Homestead at 1107 Orleans Road, North Chatham. Each participant will bring home a completed arrangement. Sonny will provide vases and flowers but if you have …
2022 Reunion Photos
The 125th Reunion Held on Sept. 9 to 11 in Chatham and Harwich
NFA Receives $300,000 CPA Grant
The NFA is grateful to voters in the Town of Chatham who approved the NFA’s $300,000 Community Preservation Act grant application in May. The grant will be used to restore the c. 1695 barn believed to have been built by William Nickerson’s son William. The barn will be restored using traditional techniques on the NFA …
NFA Acquires c. 1695 Barn Believed to be Built by William’s Son William
The 20-by-30-foot barn is one of the oldest, if not the oldest barn in Chatham. Instead of allowing the barn to be lost to demolition, we are working to rescue, relocate and rebuild the barn on the NFA campus, where it will be used to host gatherings, meetings and educational programs. The lengthy process of …
The 2019 Dig in 35 Artifacts
In this video from May 2021, archaeologist Craig Chartier brings us up to date on the final season of the excavation of William and Anne’s c.1664 homestead and explains the next steps.
Reproduction of Silver Sixpence Found at Dig Now Available
By D. Scott Nickerson, Past President, NFA The Nickerson Family Association has traditionally understood that our Orleans Road property in North Chatham is at or very near to the actual homesite of our forefather ancestor William Nickerson, an immigrant arriving in the Massachusetts colony in 1637 from Norwich England. William Smith’s century old History of …
