HISTORICAL CELEBRATION
HISTORICAL CELEBRATION
OF THE TOWN OF BRIMFIELD,
Hampden County, Mass.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1876
WITH THE HISTORICAL ADDRESS
0F
REV. CHARLES M. HYDE, D. D.,
AND OTHER ADDRESSES, LETTERS, DOCUMENTS, ETC..RELATING TO THE
EARLY HISTORY OF THE TOWN.
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PUBLISHED BY VOTE OF THE TOWN.
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SPRINGFIELD, MASS.:
THE CLARK W.BRYAN COMPANY, PRINTERS,
1879.
THE NICHOLS FAMILY.
Pages 438 – 441
William Nichols ofSpringfield appears to have been one of the early settlers of Brimfield, thoughhe evidently died before the distribution of the land to the originalproprietors, as Lot 8 is apportioned to "William Nichols'heirs." The descendants wereafterward large land owners from the Tower Hill road westward, and the dwellinghouse now occupied by L. A. Cutler, and supposed to be the oldest in town, wasbuilt by Capt. Samuel Nichols nearly 125 years ago.
1. WILLIAM NICHOLS, married Sarah Mighell, April 23, 1712. Sarah died Feb. 26, 1751.
Children:
Stephen, November 12, 1712
Mary, December 29, 1714
William Jr., August 3, 1716
Stephen, October 31, 1717
Samuel, December 20, 1720
Jabez, December 20, 1728(Note: birth actually 1722/23)
(Another daughter, Hannah,May 3, 1719 was listed in William’s Will.)
2. WILLIAM JR., son of William, born August 3, 1716;married Annah
Children:
William, died September 30,1742
Sarah, September 17, 1743
Jerusha, February 9, 1746
3. SAMUEL, son of William, born December 20, 1720;married Bathsheba
Children:
Samuel Jr., January 18, 1744
Bathsheba, January 13, 1746;died January 27, 1802
Rhoda, April 7, 1750; marriedIssachar Brown, November 16, 1769
Stephen, April 9 1752; diedNovember 3, 1804
Sarah, June 14, 1754; diedJune 26, 1754
Zadoc, May 23, 1756
Abner, October 10, 1757;married Katy Bliss; May 30, 1773; died May 9, 1838
4. JABEZ, son of William, born December 20, 1728 (error1722/23); married Hannah
Children:
Jabez, Jr., July 25, 1743
Pern, May 15, 1745; marriedHenry Lamberton, December 24, 1771
Malachi, June 29, 1747
Mary, February 22, 1749;married Samuel Lewis, December 24, 1772
Zubah, February 3, 1751
William, April 13, 1753
Asahel, August 11, 1755;married Mrs. Betsey Gardner, November 25, 1784; died April 10, 1801
5. SAMUEL, JR., son of Samuel, born January 18, 1744;died November 9, 1781; married Lois Dunham, September 5, 1771; she died August9, 1806
Children:
Marcy, April 13, 1771;married Uriah Ward, November 9, 1789
Daniel, September 18, 1772
Samuel, November 17, 1774;died February 3, 1776
Lois, June 19, 1776; marriedJohn Sherman, Jr., November 20, 1794
Sarah, April 5, 1778; marriedDavid Chandler Ferry, February 11, 1806
Samuel, February 19, 1780
6. ZADOC, son of Samuel, born May 23, 1756; died October16, 1841; married Calista Danielson, December 10, 1778; she died October 9,1843.
Children:
David, November 30, 1779;married Celia Blashfield, December 23, 1802
Luther, May 6, 1782
Sally Stone, November 28,1783; died December 8, 1804
Zadoc, Jr. , June 8, 1785;married Mary Brown, March 6, 1812
Calista, February 1, 1788;died October 7, 1872
Stephen, December 15, 1789
Bathsheba, September 13,1792; died May 30, 1829
7. JABEZ, JR., son of Jabez, born July 25, 1743; diedMarch 5, 1820; married Sarah Brown, March 12, 1767, she died September 16,1828.
Children:
Sarah, January 3, 1772;married Humphrey Gardner, June 9, 1791
Enos, January 8, 1774; diedJuly 31, 1814
Cyrus, February 6, 1776
Jacob, August 27, 1777
Eunice, November 26, 1779
Darius, March 12, 1782;married Rhoda Foskett, December 23, 1810
Asenath, August 23, 1784
Alansan, March 26, 1787
Atossa, June 5, 1789
Persis, February 18, 1792;married Asa Ewing, October 26, 1815
8. DANIEL, son of Samuel, Jr., born September 18, 1772;died January 27, 1859; married Marcy Lilley, December 29, 1791; she diedOctober 15, 1832; married (2) Mrs. Mary Charles, December 8, 1833; she diedApril 5, 1863.
Children:
Daniel Sherman, September 28,1792
Tirzah, October 14, 1793;married Nathan Fay, January 9, 1812; died December 29, 1824
William, March 17, 1795; diedMarch 5, 1856; married Maria Hicks; she died February 9, 1862
Joshua, April 20, 1797; diedJune 26, 1848
Reuben Lilley, April 6, 1799;died August 10, 1864
Marcy, June 29, 1801; marriedSolomon Bond, April 6, 1838; died October 20, 1863
Hirman, July 21, 1803; diedJune 26, 1819
Ledocia, October 21, 1806;married Albigence W. Grigga, April 4, 1827
Anna R., September 14, 1808;died March 5, 1809
Mary Louisa, September 17,1810; married James Lawton, March 18, 1835; died March 26, 1848
Lovina, Mary 5, 1813; marriedHarvey D. Griggs, November 27, 1834; died March 26, 1860
Laura, August 23, 1815;married L. A. Cuttler, January 28, 1841
Rufus Newton, March 28, 1818;died June 8, 1858
9. SAMUEL, son of Samuel, Jr., born February 19, 1780;died April 16, 1854; married Cynthia Bacon, October 2, 1880; she died May 21,1814; married (2) Abigail Pomeroy, November 30, 1815; she died April 5, 1850.
Children:
Abner, March 3, 1801
Orlando, January 21, 1802
Caroline, January 22, 1803;died November 16, 1803
Horace, May 16, 1806
Stephen C., August 27, 1804
Adaline, January 22, 1808;married Benjamin Prentiss, January 1, 1837
Cynthia, March 22, 1809
Martha J., August 24, 1812;died July 15, 1841
Samuel Jr., March 1814; diedJuly 23, 1814
10. LUTHER, son of Zadoc, born May 6, 1782; marriedClarissa
Children:
Calvin, April 29, 1808
11. STEPHEN, son of Zadoc, born December 15, 1789; marriedLucinda Fuller
Children:
Frederick Danielson, December6, 1816
Eli Fuller, October 11, 1818
Lucinda T., January 26, 1821
Lucy M., Ocotber 27, 1823
Sarah Stone, January 12, 1826
Stephen Decatur, April 17,1828
Mary Lyman, March 3, 1830
12. JACOB, son of Jabez, Jr., born August 27, 1777;married Lavina Ewing, April 11, 1804; he died July 23, 1860; she died August11, 1859.
Children:
Louisa, January 13, 1805;married Rev. Washington Munger, April 14, 1824
Lovina, April 13, 1806;married Ephrnim Fenton, December 27, 1826
Eliza, December 24, 1807;married Augustus Cutter; died December 21, 1829
William Sullivan, April 13,1809
Prudence, February 11, 1811;married Rev. Samuel S. Mixter, April 13, 1836
Enos, April 8, 1813; diedJuly 31, 1814
Asher A., March 9, 1815
Sarah B., July 6, 1817;married Rev. Ely Green; died May 28, 1842
Jeremiah P., October 3, 1819
Cyrus D., July 19, 1823; diedApril 9, 1846
Susan, June 18, 1823; diedApril 9, 1846
George M., April 3, 1826
13. ALANSON, son of Samuel, born March 26, 1787; marriedMary
Children:
Erastus Lyman, May 27, 1809;died September, 1809
Absalom, October 9, 1810;died February 6, 1817
Diana, February 12, 1812
Marianne, April 10, 1814
Mary Eliza, 1820; died April14, 1825
14. HORACE, son of Samuel, born May 16, 1806; marriedDelight
Children:
Lucy Delight, December 14,1834; died October 13, 1859
Henry Park, November 8, 1836
John Quincy, October 11, 1838
Eliza Augusta, September 17,1840; married Edward H. Hall, November 19, 1860
Sophia, 1844; died April 18,1850
15. CYRUS D., son of Jacob, born July 19, 1821; marriedPhilura H. Parkhurst, November 10, 1842; she died August 6, 1852.
Children:
Ellen Sarah, May 26, 1845;married David W. Putney, December 15, 1865
Alvira, July 12, 1847
Susan J., May 12, 1849
Harrison Cyrus, May 12, 1852
Frank Lewis, September 6,1854