Joan Nichols

The English Origin of Sergeant Francis Nichols of Stratford, Connecticut," an article in the October 2000 edition of "The American Genealogist" [Vol. 75, No. 4, p. 267-271], concludes that the Sergeant was was born 1575 in Sedgeberrow, Worcestershire, ENG, son of John and Joan (?) Nichols (aka Nycholls, Nicolls) and grandson of Thomas and Elinor (?) Nycholls of Sedgeberrow. The article's author, Neil D. Thompson, a professional genealogist specializing in the English ancestry of American colonists, cites various parish registers, original wills and court proceedings to reconstruct the Sedgeberrow family (briefly as follows):

Generation No. 1. -- Thomas1 Nycholls of Sedgeberrow, b. abt. 1510; d. bet. 1558 - 1559; m. Elinor (?) abt. 1535. Elinor Nichols, widow, buried 08 Jun 1592 in Sedgeberrow. Their children: Julian, Margery, William, *John, Henry and Nicholas.

Generation No. 2 -- John Nichols, b. abt. 1542; d. bef. 06 Aug 1597; m. Joan (?). She bur. 29 Nov 1627. Their children (with baptismal and burial dates found Sedgeberrow parish registers, LDS film #0905307): *Francis, 25 May 1575; John, 3 May 1577; William, 03 Jan 1579/80; Goodith, 17 Mar 1581/82, bur. 27 Apr 1582; Henry, 13 Apr 1583; Elinor, 18 Aug 1586; Ann, 05 Sep 1590; and Elizabeth, 22 Sep 1592, bur. 19 May 1595.

Generation No. 3 -- Francis Nichols, bapt. 25 May 1575; m. Frances Wimarke 24 Jan 1599/00 in Sedgeberrow, Worcester, ENG. She was d/o Richard Wimarke and bapt. 02 Nov 1577, d/o Richard Wimarke. Children baptized and/or buried in Sedgeberrow: John, 16 May 1601; Jane, 03 Nov 1603; Henry, 19 Nov 1605, bur. 21 Dec 1606; Anne, 18 Oct 1606, bur. 25 Oct 1606; Margaret, 04 Jan 1608/09; Francis, 25 Aug 1611; Joseph (twin), 31 Aug 1614, bur. 2 Sep 1614; Jonathan (twin), 31 Aug 1614, bur. 4 Sep 1614; Sarah, 12 Nov 1615; Isaac Nichols, 27 Dec 1617 (date not given in article, but shown in parish register).

Isaac Nichols' baptism is the final mention of the family in Sedgeberrow. However, in linking the Sedgeberrow and Stratford families, Mr. Thompson does address the births of two additional children Caleb and Ann Nichols, Francis Nichols' second marriage to Anne Wines and collateral Washburn and Prentice families.

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Joan Goodwith Nichols

Birthdate: 1542 Sedgeberrow, Worcestershire, England

Death: November 29, 1627 Sedgeberrow, Worcestershire, England

Place of Burial: Sedgeberrow, Worcestershire, England

Father: Thomas Goodwith

Spouse: John Nichols

Mother of: Sgt. Francis Nichols; John Nichols, Jr.; Ann Nichols; Goodwith Nichols; Henry Nichols; Elizabeth Nichols; William Nichols; Eleanor Nichols Elizabeth Tate

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157565793/joan-nichols

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Francis 2x - 1575-1650 & 1575-1596 L7JZ-JST John 1577-1597 LTK9-1RJ William 1579-1650 LVDP-D8Q as 1579-1640 Goodwith 1581- Goodith 1581-1582 KPHP-Y6N Henry 1583-1595 LH6G-C6C Elinor 1586-1613/ LH6G-CFX as 1586 Anne 1592-1624 LBZH-2F6 as1590/ Anne 1594-1660 m Capt. John Thomas 1587-1655 verify Elizabeth 1594-1704 GMYJ-STY as 1592-1595

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Biography

There is no evidence that her surname was Goodwith or Goodith. Joan Nicholes filed a bond to administer the intestate estate of her husband John Nicholes on 26 Aug 1597.<ref name=Thompson>Thompson, Neil D. "The English Origin of Sergeant Francis Nichols of Stratford, Connecticut." TAG 75:267. The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) </ref> She was buried at Sedgeberrow 29 Nov 1627, as widow and "once the wifeof John Nicholes.<ref name=Thompson /> Children of John and Joan (---) Nichols, baptisms and burials at Sedgberrow<ref name=Thompson />

1. Francis Nichols bp 25 May 1575; m. (1) Frances Wimarke (2) Ann Wines
2. John Nichols bp 3 May 1577
3. William Nichols bp 3 Jan 1579/80
4. Goodith Nichols bp 17 March 1581/2, bur. 27 April 1582
5. Henry Nichols bp 13 April 1583; bur 5 June 1595# Elinor Nichols bp 18 Aug 1586; m Sedgeberrow, 15 Jan 1613/4 Thomas Payton
6. Ann Nichols bp 5 Sept 1590
7. Elizabeth Nichols bp 22 Sept 1592; bur 19 May 1595

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