Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
NameSgt. Francis NICHOLS 
2510, pp 1251-2
2510, pp 1251-2Birthabt 1590, England2447, p 535
Removalabt 1635/6, New England2510, p 1251 Age: 45
SettlementSpring 1639, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut2509, p 1 Age: 49
Death16 Jan 1650, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut2509 Age: 60
Probate1655, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut2452, p 434 Age: 65
Memodate of inventory
FlagsEarliest Immigrant
Individual Notes
• He was one of the founders of Stratford in 1639, where the Conn. General Court placed him in charge of military affairs.2452, p 434
• Francis Nicholls arrived in America sometime between 1636 and 1637, and settled at Stratford, CT in the spring of 1639. He was one of the original company of seventeen families who took possession of a tract of land embracing seventy-six thousand acres, lying west of the Housatonic River, and on the north shore of Long Island Sound. In October 1639, by appointment of the General Court of the Colony of Connecticut, Francis Nichols was made the chief military officer acting captain of his company. The first wife of Francis died in England. His second wife, Anna Wines, was the daughter of “the saintly Deacon Barnabas Wynes” of Southhold, Long Island. After Francis died in 1650/51, his widow married second, John Elton, a wealthy farmer of Southold and third, John Tooker, the founder of the wealthy Tooker family of New York.2509, p 1
• Francis Nicholls arrived in America sometime between 1636 and 1637, and settled at Stratford, CT in the spring of 1639. He was one of the original company of seventeen families who took possession of a tract of land embracing seventy-six thousand acres, lying west of the Housatonic River, and on the north shore of Long Island Sound. In October 1639, by appointment of the General Court of the Colony of Connecticut, Francis Nichols was made the chief military officer acting captain of his company. The first wife of Francis died in England. His second wife, Anna Wines, was the daughter of “the saintly Deacon Barnabas Wynes” of Southhold, Long Island. After Francis died in 1650/51, his widow married second, John Elton, a wealthy farmer of Southold and third, John Tooker, the founder of the wealthy Tooker family of New York.2509, p 1
Spouses
Marriageabt 1625, England2447, p 535,2452, p 434; marriage only
Marr Memobirth of 1st child in 1626
ChildrenIsaac (1626-1695)
Birth16002509, p 1
Marriageabt 1630, New England2447, p 535; marriage only,2509, p 1