She and his husband were named in her father's probate records: link Named as son in the probate file of his father John Nichols: Wife Silence, Sons John, Jonathan, Daniel, Joseph, 4 Dau: Mary Potter, Abigail Hill, Susanna Woodkock, Elizabeth Woods Wittnes: James Goodwin, John Robbins, Bathsheba Goodwin; John Woods of Leominster Executor; Signed with an X; Will 28 Apr 1783; 1791 Silence back about her dower Aaron Johnson and John Robbins James Boutell Joseph Dorr