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Subject: Re: [MAESSEX] James & Eunice (WILKINS) NICHOLS, m1804 Middleton, MA
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2005 07:33:32 -0700
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ps. that was volume 220 page 225 Judie

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From: "Betty" <>
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Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 5:55 AM
Subject: [MAESSEX] James & Eunice (WILKINS) NICHOLS, m1804 Middleton, MA


> Hello,
>
> I have started looking at my WILKINS research again, and I wonder whether
> anyone has ever come across new information about the couple: James
> NICHOLS and Eunice WILKINS who married in Middleton in 1804. (I've
> seen that the Middleton VR's list the year as 1804 under Eunice, but 1814
> under James.)
>
> This Eunice WILKINS would be one of the 3 children born to William and
> Sarah (BANCROFT) WILKINS of Middleton, MA, and I have her birth as April
> 1771 in Middleton. (Their other 2 children died as children.) (I
> understand there was at least one other Eunice WILKINS in the area, also
> born in 1771.)
>
> I do not have the information on James NICHOLS' parents, but understand he
> was also born ~1771, probably in Essex County, MA.
>
> It is my understanding that James and Eunice NICHOLS never had children.
> What I don't know is whether they remained living in Middleton, or whether
> they moved to another area.
>
> However, I just remembered to check Census information, and found a James
> NICHOLS in Middleton in 1820, "over 45," (?), and that might be James
> and Eunice at around Age 50.
>
> And, I surprisingly just found Mrs. Eunice NICHOLS living in Middleton in
> 1860 -- at Age 90 ! She is living in the home of: Samuel and Martha
> ESTY, ages 42 and 40, with their son, John ESTY, 4.
>
> If Eunice was Age 90 in 1860, would there be a way to find out if she
> passed on between 1860 and 1870 in Middleton ? (Would that death
> record show that she was born Eunice WILKINS?)
>
> FYI: I'm still trying to find out if Eunice's parents, William and
> Sarah (BANCROFT) WILKINS moved to "Maine" in the 1780's - after the death
> of two of their children ! William's brother, David WILKINS, and his
> wife, Molly, moved to "Maine" around the same time, and settled in
> Lewiston, ME.
>
> I have been trying to find out if the William WILKINS who was living in
> the different towns around Augusta, ME, from the 1770's to the 1790's --
> was the William WILKINS who was born in Middleton in 1746. (The William
> in "Maine" signed up to serve in the Revolutionary War from Pittston, ME.)
>
> IF they are the same man, I am wondering if William and Sarah WILKINS and
> their daughter, Eunice, did move up to "Maine" in the 1780's, and did
> their daughter, Eunice WILKINS, then come back down to Middleton, MA, as a
> young adult ! That could be a reason why she did not marry until she
> was "over 30."
>
> Thank you for your time.
>
> Betty (near Lowell, MA)
>
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