84 Nichols. 



VTR. The chris. name of his sec. w., whom he m. 23 Sept. 1681, was 

 boi-cas. She d. 15 Oct. 1G94. He d. 8 ^"ov. 1696. "Farmer." 

 Selectman 1676. Eesided on Fort Hill St., a short distance from the 

 West Hing. railroad station. 



Ch., all b. or bt. in Hing., by w. Rebecca, were — 



i. Thomas, Jan. 1643-44. Removed to Scit., where he in. and had issue, 



ii. Rebecca, Jan. 1643-44. m. .March 23, 1664, Samuel House, Jr. 



iii. Elizabeth, Jan. 164-3-44. ni. Oct. 18, 1666, Robert Greeu. 



iv. Hannah, Feb. 18, 1645-46. 



2. V. Ephkaiji, May 14, 1648. 



3. vi. Israel, Sept. 1, 1650. 



4. vii. Nathaniel, July 3, 1653. 

 viii. Mary, July 3, 1653. 



ix. Sakah, July 15, 1655. 

 X. Charity, May 3, 1658. 



xi. Patience, Dec. 25, 1660. m. (1) Dec. 21, 1685, John Auarews, and (-2) 

 Feb. 12, 1695-96, Joseph Beal. 



2. Ephraim^ (Thomas^), bt. in Hing. May 14, 1648. m. Feb. 15, 



1675-76, Abigail . She survived him, and m. secondly, Apr. 19, 



1695, Abraham Holmes, wid^, of Rochester, Mass. Ephraim d. 20 

 May, 1693, set. 45 yrs. In his will, made 6 Dec. 1690, gives " to son 

 Ephraim the house I live in ; " s. David to have the meadow on the 

 south side of the street lying between " my father Kichols's and the 

 widow Stowells." Inv. £424 2^. 8fZ. ; and inc. among the items, two 

 oxen, four cows, four young cattle, two calves, two horses, four swine, 

 twenty-four sheep, one-half of a sloop, etc. ; presented 9 Nov. 1693. 

 "Mariner" and "farmer." Freeman 1684. Resided on Fort Hill St.. 



Ch., all b. in Hing., were — 



i. Thomas, Dec. 14, 1677, d. 22 Oct. 1682. 



5. ii. Ephraim, k\v^. 4, 1679. 



iii. Nathaniel, Sept. 27, 1681, d. 6 Jan. foil. 



iv. Thomas, July 22, 1683, d. 17 Sejit. foil. 



V. Nathaniel, Sept. 2, 1685, d. in live dys. 



vi. Abigail, Dec. 14, 1686. m. at Rochester, Oct. 29, 1711, Daniel Linkhorn. 



vii. David, July 10, 1688. 



viii. Mary, March 13, 1689-90. 



3. Israel ^ (Thomas ^), was bt. in Hing. Sept. 1, 1650. He was m. 

 three times, although the names of his first two w.'s only appear in 

 his will. Mary, his iirst w., whom he m. Sept. 26, 1679, and whose 

 surname I have not ascertained, d. in Hing. 26 March, 1688. For his 

 sec. w. he m. his cousin Mary Sumner, dau. of Roger and Mary (Josse- 

 lyn) Sumner. She d. 27 Feb. 1723-24, a^t. 59 yrs. June 24, 1725, 

 being then nearly 75 years old, he took for his third w. Mrs. Rebecca 

 (Lincoln) Clark, wid. of John Clark, and dau. of Samuel and jNIartha 

 Lincoln (II. 460). She was b. in Hing. March 11, 1673-74, and d. 4 

 Feb. 1757, at. 83d yr. Israel d. 24 Jan. 1733-34, at. 83 yrs. In his 

 will, made Jan. 1, 1733-34, proved 21 Feb. foil., he bequeaths to eldest 

 s. Nathaniel ; to sons Jazaniah and Roger, and to s. Israel, land at Lan- 

 caster, purchased of Aaron Hobart ; also to dau"s and gr. ch., naming 

 them ; directs that the ch. of "my first wife build a monument over 

 her grave, and that the executors of this will erect one over mine." 

 Est. appraised 14 March, 1733-34, at £249 18s. Qd., which included 

 £200, in cash. In 1727 a large part of his real est. was purchased 



