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(Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969)





2. JOHN2 NICHOLS (THOMAS1) was born Bef 1712 in Rugely, Staffordshire, England, and died ABT 1767 in Chester Co, PA. He married (1) CHARITY CHANDLER March 1, 1727/28 in Kennett-Newark MM, Chester Co., PA , daughter of SWITHIN CHANDLER and ANN CHANDLER. He married (2) ANN BRYAN March 30, 1751 in Chester Co, PA.

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Came to the USA 1712 with his parents from Rugely, Staffordshire, England

From Chester Co, PA, to Loudoun Co, VA; received cert to Fairfax MM, VA, with wife & children (n/l) 17 May 1763. Said to have been a patriot in the Rev. War. Left a will dated 1785 and proved in 1791

Ref: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969

John Nichols was born in England and came to America with his parents, Thomas and Mary (Ludford) Nichols, in 1712. On march 1, 1728, he married Charity Chandler, daughter of Swithin and Ann Chandler, at Center Meeting, Centerville, Delaware. The Minutes of Kennett Monthly Meeting contain the following items: "5/2/1727 John Nichols and Charity chandler appeared here and declared their intentions of marriage." "8/4/1728 - Friends appointed to see the orderly accomplishment of the marriage of John Nichols and Charity Chandler report it was accomplished orderly." Charity died some time prior to March 30, 1751, the date on which John was wedded to Ann (Bryan) Sharp, widow of John Sharp who died about 1748. John and Ann (Bryan) Sharp were the parents of two children, George sharp and his sister, Elizabeth Sharp, who thus became the step brother and step sister of the children of John and charity (chandler) nichols. Elizabeth Sharp later became the wife of James Nichols, son of John and Charity.

John Nichols probably died in 1767, as his will was filed in Chester County, Pennsylvania, in that year. All of the seven children of John and Charity are mentioned in the will with the exception of Phebe who married Isaac Clendenin and died before the will was drawn.

Children of JOHN NICHOLS and CHARITY CHANDLER are:

4. i. JAMES3 NICHOLS, b. 1734, Chester Co., PA; d. 1791, Goodwin Co. VA. ii. THOMAS NICHOLS, b. ABT 1730; m. MARY SEATON, May 27, 1752, Hockessin MM, Chester, PA

(Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969).

iii. PHEBE NICHOLS, b. April 6, 1731; d. May 17, 1757; m. ISAAC CLENDENIN, April 19, 1755, Wilmington, DE, All Swedes Church

(Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969).

iv. ANN NICHOLS, m. JAMES (LNU). v. CHARITY NICHOLS, m. WILLIAM CHERRY, April 26, 1769. vi. JACOB NICHOLS.

vii. HANNAH NICHOLS, d. Bef 1795   m. JOHN BROWN, February 1, 1769, Wilmington, DE, All Swedes Church

(Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969).