In the first three parts of our series “Our Ancestors Fascinating Journey,” we discovered that the settlers found a tough time in the New World. This was based upon my research; however, reading excerpts from documents written by people present at the time may provide you, the reader, with additional insights to the experiences of …
Religious Freedom Driving our Ancestors The Year of Our Lord 1637. In our last blog, we left William and Anne, their four children, and Anne’s parents, Nicholas and Bridget Busby, each carrying a suitcase, aboard the John & Dorothy or the Rose with about 100 strangers. They were embarking on a fascinating journey seeking to …
Our Ancestors’ Fascinating Journey, Part II The Year of Our Lord 1637. William and Anne Nickerson, their four children, and Anne’s parents, Nicholas and Bridget Busby, each carrying only as much as he or she could cram into a medium-sized suitcase, climb aboard a small ship with about 100 strangers. The Nickersons and Busbys sailed …
Imagine, if you will, that it’s the mid-1600’s. Close your eyes and envision yourself sitting with William and Anne Nickerson in their homestead in Chatham. The fire in the hearth is flickering and Anne occasionally rises to stir a chowder in the kettle while William, tired from a day at his loom and his small …
Planning a visit to Chatham, then make it a point to visit the Caleb Nickerson Homestead on Wednesdays and Saturdays (beginning in June, 2017) for a “Hands on History” tour conducted by our docents in appropriate period costumes. Learn of colonial times with an up-close hands on experience! Check out these reviews!
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 …
