Family:Nicholas Nickerson and Mary Darby (1)

Parents: William Nickerson and Anne Busby Nicholas Nickerson chr. 10 Aug 1628 Norwich, Norfolk, England d. 26 Mar 1681 Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States	Parents: John Darby and Alice Unknown Mary Darby b. 1642 Of, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States d. 16 Mar 1705/06 Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States

m. Abt 1663

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Marriage^[1]

Abt 1663

Children

		Birth	Death
1.	John Nickerson	10 Sep 1664 Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States	23 Jul 1745 Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
2.	Unknown Nickerson	Bef 1667 Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States	Oct 1667 Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
3.	Mary Nickerson	Oct 1668 Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States	17 Apr 1746 Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
4.	Sarah Nickerson	1 May 1674 Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States	4 Feb 1723 Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
5.	Patience Nickerson	3 Apr 1682 Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States	Aft 1706

References

↑ Derick, Pauline Wixon; Elbert O Derick; and Roberta Gilbert Bratti. The Nickerson Family: The Descendants of William Nickerson, 1604-1689, First Settler of Chatham, Massachusetts. (Yarmouth, Massachusetts: Nickerson Family Association, 1973, 1975, c1997)
16.

Attributes Elizabeth, b. 1662, to first wife (Esther Bassett), and John, b. 1664, to second wife (Mary Darby).
Plymouth Colony Wills and Inventories, in Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Mayflower Descendant: An Illustrated Quarterly Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy, History and Biography
16:21.

Joan Swift's (Person:Joan Sisson (1)) will of "12th day of 8th month 1662" [12 Oct 1662] bequeaths to "Mary Darbey", indicating Mary was not married at this time. Source:The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, p. 79:442, which cites this fact, notes it was discovered after the pamphlets of James W. Hawes in Source:Library of Cape Cod history genealogy came out. Consequently, he was unaware of the first marriage and he [understandably, but mistakenly] assumed Mary's marriage to Nicholas happened in 1655 based on the births of children that actually belonged to Nicholas' first wife, Esther Bassett. Given this fact, Mary's marriage to Nicholas was probably in 1663, and it is Nicholas' first marriage that must have occurred about 1655.