Person:Kendall Nichols (2)
Kendall Nichols
chr.12 May 1722 Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
d.2 Jan 1774 Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1722
  1. Abigail Nichols1720 - 1723
  2. Kendall Nichols1722 - 1774
  3. Abigail NicholsAft 1735 -
Spouse and Children
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m. 13 Mar 1745
  1. Abigail Nichols1746 -
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Facts and Events
Name Kendall Nichols
Gender Male
Christening[5][7] 12 May 1722 Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Marriage 13 Mar 1745 Jamestown, Newport, Rhode Islandto Sarah Paine
Death[5] 2 Jan 1774 Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
References
  1.   Thomas Norrington, Plymouth, Massachusetts, baker v. Kendal Nichols, Jr., Newport, upholsterer, November 1761 term, NCCCP RB, vol. F, p. 545; Kendall Nichols, Newport, upholsterer v. Patrick Brady, Newport, mariner, May 1773 term, case 43, NCCCP RB, vol I, p. 322; Nichols v. George, vol I, p. 361; and Jospeh Hamand Jr, Newport, merchant v. Sarah Nichols, Newport, widow, May 1774 Term, case 30, NCCCP RB, vol. I, 514.

    Presumably having completed his apprenticeship by 21 he served as a Newport upholsterer. A 1761 court case. He was subsequently referred to as an upholsterer in 1773 and 1774 lawsuits.

  2.   Martha H. Willoughby, “The Accounts of Job Townsend, Jr.,” American Furniture (1999), Appendix,.
  3.   Benjamin Pitman, mariner, Samuel Pitman, bricklayer, and Moses Pitman, fellmonger, all of Newport v. Robert Stevens, Newport, upholder alias upholsterer, May 1745 term, case 253, NCCCP, RB, vol. B, p. 704; Note, December 1, 1743, in case file, Pitman3 v. Stevens.

    Nichols acted as a bondsman for Stevens and Newport joiner Nathaniel Baker. Given that Nichols was twenty-one at the time, it is possible that he was apprenticing with or working for Stevens.

  4.   Kendall Nichols, Newport, gentleman v. Patrick Brady, Newport, mariner, May 1773 term, case 43, NCCCP RB, vol I, p. 322; and Joseph Hamand Jr, Newport, merchant v. Kendall Nichols, Newport, yeoman, alias upholsterer, November 1773 term, case 284, NCCCP, RB, vol. I, p. 455.

    In May and November 1733 court cases, he identified himself as a gentleman and as a “yeoman alias upholsterer,” respectively

  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Commission.

    Name: Kendall, Jr Nickols
    Birth Date: 1722
    Death Date: 2 Jan 1774
    Burial Place: Rhode Island, USA
    Cemetery: COMMON BURIAL GROUND
    Cemetery Number: NT003
    Section: BH
    Map: 00314

  6.   Joseph Hamand Jr, Newport, merchant v. Kendall Nichols, Newport, yeoman, alias upholsterer, November 1773 term, case 284, NCCCP, RB, vol. I, p. 455; and Jospeh Hamand Jr, Newport, merchant v. Sarah Nichols, Newport, widow, May 1774 Term, case 30, NCCCP RB, vol. I, 514.

    Kendell died without paying his debt to a Mr. Hammond who in turn sued his widow after his death. The court ruled that Hammond should “recover & have of the Goods and Chattels of the said Kendall dec(ease)d in the hands of the said Sarah the Sum of twelve pounds one shilling and four pence three farthings lawful money.”

  7. ↑ Record of The Rev. NAT CLAPP OF THE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, NEWPORT, R.I., in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
    111:56.

    link Kendal Nichols [baptized in Newport, RI] 12-Day-1mo-1722

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