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GODFREY NIMS (b. 1648, d. 1704)
GODFREY NIMS was born 1648, and died 1704 in Deerfield, Mass. US. He married MEHHTABLE SMEAD on June 1692 in Deerfield, Conn. US, daughter of WILLIAM SMEAD and ELIZABETH LAWRENCE.
Notes for GODFREY NIMS:
Abigail was the daughter of Godfroi de Nismes, a French Huguenot [French Protestant] who first appeared in North Hampton, Massachusetts on September 4, 1667. He participated in Turner’s fight with the Indians on May 18, 1676, and was a soldier in King Philip’s War. He married a widow, Mrs Mary (Williams) Miller and lived in Deerfield, Mass. Mary died on April 27, 1688. On June 27, 1692, Godfroi (also Godfrey) married the widow of Jeremiah Hull, Mehitable Smead, daughter of William Smead. Godfrey had 11 children in all. A daughter, Thankful (Munn), escaped during the massacre because her home was hidden in the drifts of snow.
More About GODFREY NIMS:
Fact 1: Shoemaker.
Religion: dec. of Family Huguenote "Denim".
More About GODFREY NIMS and MEHHTABLE SMEAD:
Marriage: June 1692, Deerfield, Conn. US.
Children of GODFREY NIMS and MEHHTABLE SMEAD are:
- +ABIGAIL NIMBS, b. May 27, 1700, Deerfield, Mass. US, d. January 1746, Oka, Que..
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