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Sylvia Larrabee

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Father	Harold Atkins Larrabee b. 20 Aug 1894, d. 3 Feb 1979
Mother	Doris Marie Kennard b. Jul 1894, d. 26 Mar 1965

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19 Feb 2023

Birth*	Sylvia Larrabee was born on 5 June 1928 at Melrose Hospital in Melrose, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG.1
Marriage*	She married at 784 Beacon Street Hollis Judson Wyman Jr., son of Hollis Judson Wyman and Ruth Sword, on 6 September 1949 in Boston.2
Death*	Sylvia Larrabee died of brain cancer|at home 493 Auburn Street on 8 February 1986 in Auburndale, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG.3
Burial*	She was buried on 11 February 1986 in Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG.3
	When their son Peter was born in Apr 1950 Hollis was a social worker and they were living at 85 Shawmut Avenue in Boston. At the time of her death, Sylvia worked as a disability rights advocate.
	When Hollis and Sylvia were married in September 1949 he was a social worker living at 493 Auburn Street in Newton, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG.
	Sylvia was a student living in Wolfeboro, Carroll County, New HampshireG.

Children of Sylvia Larrabee and Hollis Judson Wyman Jr.

Judy Wyman Peter Wyman+ AmyNoel Wyman+ b. 4 Dec 1951, d. 28 Mar 2017

Eric Larrabee

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Father	Harold Atkins Larrabee b. 20 Aug 1894, d. 3 Feb 1979
Mother	Doris Marie Kennard b. Jul 1894, d. 26 Mar 1965

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11 Mar 2024

Birth*	Eric Larrabee was born on 6 March 1922 at Melrose Hospital in Melrose, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG.1
Marriage License*	He and Eleanor Barrows Doermann, daughter of Henry John Doermann and Alice Robbins Humphrey, obtained a marriage license in 1944 in Manhattan, New YorkG.2
Death*	Eric Larrabee died on 4 December 1990 at his home in New York, New YorkG.3,4
Burial*	He was buried in Wyoming Cemetery in Melrose.5
	His obituary appeared in the 5 December 1990 New York Times and read as follows: Eric Larrabee, 68, Editor, Author, Teacher and Arts Advocate, Dies. By WILLIAM H. HONAN. Eric Larrabee, a magazine editor, author, arts administrator, teacher and champion of the arts, died yesterday at his home in Manhattan. He was 68 years old. He died of prostate cancer, his wife, Eleanor, said. An effective public speaker, Mr. Larrabee memorably dramatized the importance of the arts in a widely quoted address in 1974 in which he paraphrased the author Rachel Carson in asking his audience to imagine a "silent spring of the arts." Speaking at the Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester, Mr. Larrabee, then the executive director of the New York State Council on the Arts, said: "Think first of the ultimate nightmare, of the world in which no songs were sung, in which joy was forbidden, in which a gray drabness was made compulsory -- the world, in effect, of Orwell's 'Nineteen Eighty-Four,' no theaters, no symphonies, no operas, no museums, and also no dancers, no painters, no poets, no one to teach us how to be human." Imaginary Memos. Also characteristic of the eloquent and often playful manner in which he sought to promote interest in the arts were a series of imaginary memos he wrote from historical figures addressed to contemporary figures while serving as editor of Horizon magazine in the early 1960's. In one such article, entitled "Memorandum From Julius Caesar to Robert Moses," which appeared in the March 1959 issue, the Roman ruler announced to the master of New York's parks, streets and public places, "I banned wheeled vehicles from the center of the city." Caesar then suggested that Mr. Moses could make New York more habitable by doing likewise, making the necessary exceptions for "carts carrying holy wine and other necessities." Eric Larrabee was born on March 6, 1922, in Melrose, Mass., the son of a professor of philosophy at Union College in Schenectady, N.Y. From Harvard to the Army. In 1943, he graduated cum laude from Harvard, where he had been an editor of The Harvard Lampoon and a member of the Signet Society. Commissioned a second lieutenant in the Army, Mr. Larrabee became a military intelligence specialist and was awarded the Bronze Star medal for his service in Europe. After the war, he served as an associate editor of Harper's Magazine from 1946 to 1958; executive editor and later managing editor of American Heritage from 1958 to 1962; and managing editor of Horizon from 1962 to 1963. His emphasis during these years, former colleagues said, was on broadening subject matter while preserving scholarly standards. After trying his hand at book publishing for a few years, Mr. Larrabee shifted to education with his appointment as a professor of architecture and environmental subjects at the State University at Buffalo in 1967. He later taught at Columbia University and Sarah Lawrence College, and served as dean of the Pratt Institute's School of Art and Design. A Troubled Term. His term as executive director of the New York State Council on the Arts from 1970 to 1977 was troubled. Although he presided over the agency during a period when its annual budget soared from about $2 million to nearly $35 million, Mr. Larrabee came under attack in the fall of 1974 for the council's delays in disbursing grants to arts organizations. His critics accused him of administrative inefficiency. Mr. Larrabee attributed the delays to new legislative restrictions. He refused, he said, to accept what he called the "formula feeding" provisions of a new appropriations act, and he resisted a requirement in the legislation that a list of "primary organizations" be compiled to receive half of the appropriation. In May 1977, Gov. Hugh L. Carey asked for Mr. Larrabee's resignation. One longtime council member, Dorothy Rodgers, wife of the composer Richard Rodgers, said at the time that Mr. Larrabee was "maybe not the best administrator, but a good spokesman for the council and a hard and dedicated worker." Worked on Many Books. In 1977, Mr. Larrabee became president of the National Research Center of the Arts, an affiliate of Louis Harris & Associates that conducted studies in culture and the arts. Mr. Larrabee was the author of three books, a co-author of one and the editor or co-editor of four more, as well as the author of numerous articles for national magazines. He told Robert Cowley, an editor with whom he worked at American Heritage, that once, when he was casting about for a literary project, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. had suggested that he write "the World War II equivalent of 'Lee's Lieutenants,' " referring to the classic Civil War study by Douglas Southall Freeman. Mr. Larrabee said he had taken the suggestion to heart. "I read for 30 years and wrote for three and a half," he remarked. The result, in 1987, was "Commander in Chief: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, His Lieutenants and Their War" (Harper & Row), a 723-page treatise that the British military writer John Keegan described in The New York Times Book Review as "the most comprehensive collective portrait of the American war leadership to date." Later, the book won the Francis Parkman prize of the Society of American Historians. Mr. Larrabee is survived by his wife, the former Eleanor Barrows Doermann.4

Benjamin Gomez Da Costa

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Father	Sigmund Gomez Da Costa b. 27 Apr 1887, d. 13 May 1973
Mother	Abigail Aarons b. in the third quarter of 1887, d. a 1980

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2 Jan 2020

Marriage*	Benjamin Gomez Da Costa married Stella Landau, daughter of Philip Landau.1
Birth*	Benjamin Gomez Da Costa was born on 25 November 1913 in London, EnglandG.1

Child of Benjamin Gomez Da Costa and Stella Landau

Kristine Da Costa+

Joseph Gomez Da Costa

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Father	Sigmund Gomez Da Costa b. 27 Apr 1887, d. 13 May 1973
Mother	Abigail Aarons b. in the third quarter of 1887, d. a 1980

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2 Jan 2020

Birth*	Joseph Gomez Da Costa was born on 4 August 1910 in London, EnglandG.1
Marriage*	He married Ermintrude Luck in 1933.1,2
Death*	Joseph Gomez Da Costa died in 1986 in Brighton, Sussex, EnglandG.1

Children of Joseph Gomez Da Costa and Ermintrude Luck

Jill Da Costa+ Naomi Da Costa+

Renee Marie Busheme

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Father	Dale Edward Busheme
Mother	Antoinette Kathrine Kostopoulos b. 27 Feb 1954, d. 29 Aug 1987

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31 Jan 2024

Nicole Dale Busheme

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Father	Dale Edward Busheme
Mother	Antoinette Kathrine Kostopoulos b. 27 Feb 1954, d. 29 Aug 1987

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29 Dec 2020

Michael J. Minigan

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Last Edited

11 Feb 2007

Marriage*

Michael J. Minigan married Alice M. Hayes, daughter of Jeremiah Hayes and Ellen Condon.

Child of Michael J. Minigan and Alice M. Hayes

Frederick J. Minigan b. 5 Jan 1912, d. 27 Jul 1997

Alice M. Hayes

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Father	Jeremiah Hayes
Mother	Ellen Condon

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11 Sep 2011

Marriage*	Alice M. Hayes married Michael J. Minigan.
Birth*	Alice M. Hayes was born on 11 March 1882 in Bradford, Essex County, MassachusettsG. Calculated from age at death of 86-9-15.
Death*	She died of heart failure on 26 December 1968 at Beverly Hospital in Beverly, Essex County, MassachusettsG. She was buried at St. James Cemetery in Haverhill on December 30th.1

Child of Alice M. Hayes and Michael J. Minigan

Frederick J. Minigan b. 5 Jan 1912, d. 27 Jul 1997

Robert Herman Kaeneman

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12 Feb 2007

Marriage*	Robert Herman Kaeneman married Mary E. Dunbar.
Birth*	Robert Herman Kaeneman was born on 16 August 1900 in New London, Waupaca County, WisconsinG.
Death*	He died in June 1967.

Child of Robert Herman Kaeneman and Mary E. Dunbar

Robert David Kaeneman+

Mary E. Dunbar

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Last Edited

12 Feb 2007

Marriage*

Mary E. Dunbar married Robert Herman Kaeneman.

Child of Mary E. Dunbar and Robert Herman Kaeneman

Robert David Kaeneman+

Florenz F. O'Donoghue

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12 Feb 2007

Child of Florenz F. O'Donoghue and Dorothy Fraher

James Michael O'Donoghue

Dorothy Fraher

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12 Feb 2007

Child of Dorothy Fraher and Florenz F. O'Donoghue

James Michael O'Donoghue

(?) Dianand

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12 Feb 2007

Child of (?) Dianand and (?) Durmatie

Somwatie Dianand+

(?) Durmatie

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12 Feb 2007

Child of (?) Durmatie and (?) Dianand

Somwatie Dianand+

Robert Francis Tolman

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Father	Robert Francis Tolman b. 1810, d. 1882
Mother	Martha Ann Hart b. 1823, d. 1907

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18 Dec 2020

Birth*	Robert Francis Tolman was born on 3 December 1847 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, MassachusettsG.1
Marriage*	He married first Winnifred A. Atkins, daughter of Sullivan Holman Atkins and Frances Wilkins, on 8 November 1883 in Milton Mills, Strafford County, New HampshireG. Their marriage was recorded in Melrose, Mass., where Robert lived, but was performed by the Rev. G. S. Butler of Milton Mills, N.H. As no specific place of marriage was given on the Melrose record, it is assumed that the marriage took place in Milton Mills. Milton records should be checked to verify this.2
Death*	Robert died of melancholia and pneumonia on 22 November 1892 in Somerville, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG. He was buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery (no town given).3
	Robert graduated from Brown University in Rhode Island in 1875 and the Newton Theological Institute in Newton Centre, Mass. in 1878. He was ordained as a minister in Melrose, Mass. on 27 Jun 1878 and preached in Melrose from 1878-1886, and in South Gardner, Mass. from 1886 until July of 1892.4

Children of Robert Francis Tolman and Winnifred A. Atkins

Harold U. Tolman b. 22 Mar 1888, d. 29 Mar 1888 Robert Gardner Tolman b. 1 Aug 1889, d. 23 Mar 1950 Alice Ruth Tolman+ b. 24 Nov 1891, d. 21 May 1969

Harold U. Tolman

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Father	Robert Francis Tolman b. 3 Dec 1847, d. 22 Nov 1892
Mother	Winnifred A. Atkins b. 26 Aug 1862, d. 22 Jan 1945

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11 Jan 2005

Birth*	Harold U. Tolman was born on 22 March 1888 in Gardner, Worcester County, MassachusettsG.1
Death*	Harold died of heart disease on 29 March 1888 in Gardner, Worcester County, MassachusettsG.2

Robert Gardner Tolman

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Father	Robert Francis Tolman b. 3 Dec 1847, d. 22 Nov 1892
Mother	Winnifred A. Atkins b. 26 Aug 1862, d. 22 Jan 1945

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18 Dec 2020

Birth*	Robert Gardner Tolman was born on 1 August 1889 in Gardner, Worcester County, MassachusettsG.1
Death*	He died on 23 March 1950. No place of death is given, but he was from New Jersey.2
Burial*	He was buried in Maple Grove Park Cemetery in Hackensack, Bergen County, New JerseyG. His sister Winnifred Cross petitioned the military for a flat granite marker to be put on his grave a few days after his death.3,2
	Robert was a Lt. Col. in the U.S. Army Hq. Ships Complement during World War II, enlisting in Aug 1942 and being discharged in Jan 1946.2
	On November 28, 1932 he filled out an application to the Department of Commerce, Bureau of Navigation, for a Seaman's Protection Certificate. It stated that he had just been the purser's clerk on the ship Morrs Castle, and that he would be continuing on that ship in the capacity of purser. Attached to the application was a double photo of him dated in 1934.4

Alice Ruth Tolman

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Father	Robert Francis Tolman b. 3 Dec 1847, d. 22 Nov 1892
Mother	Winnifred A. Atkins b. 26 Aug 1862, d. 22 Jan 1945

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11 Feb 2024

Birth*	Alice Ruth Tolman was born on 24 November 1891 in Gardner, Worcester County, MassachusettsG.1
Marriage*	She married Charles W. Tiffin on 29 November 1917 in Yonkers, Westchester County, New YorkG.2
Death*	Alice Ruth Tolman died on 21 May 1969 in Manchester, Hartford County, ConnecticutG.3

Children of Alice Ruth Tolman and Charles W. Tiffin

Ruth C. Tiffin b. 1919 Donald Francis Tiffin+ b. 1 Apr 1925, d. 3 Feb 1997

Martha Ann Hart

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3 Feb 2020

Birth*	Martha Ann Hart was born in 1823.
Death*	She died in 1907.

Child of Martha Ann Hart and Robert Francis Tolman

Robert Francis Tolman+ b. 3 Dec 1847, d. 22 Nov 1892

Robert Francis Tolman

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3 Feb 2020

Birth*	Robert Francis Tolman was born in 1810.
Death*	He died in 1882.

Child of Robert Francis Tolman and Martha Ann Hart

Robert Francis Tolman+ b. 3 Dec 1847, d. 22 Nov 1892

John Cross

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Father	John Lewis Cross b. c 1836
Mother	Mary Susan Ramsdell b. c 1840

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17 Mar 2024

Birth*	John Cross was born on 1 October 1871 in Marblehead, Essex County, MassachusettsG.1
Marriage*	He married second Winnifred A. Atkins, daughter of Sullivan Holman Atkins and Frances Wilkins, on 1 October 1895 in Malden, Middlesex County, MassachusettsG.2
Death*	John Cross died on 14 January 1929.3
Burial*	He was buried in Maple Grove Park Cemetery in Hackensack, Bergen County, New JerseyG.4
	Https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MMM2-3GV.

Children of John Cross and Winnifred A. Atkins

Dorothy Dennis Cross+ b. Sep 1898, d. 24 Apr 1977 Winnifred Ramsdell Cross b. 14 Apr 1907, d. Apr 1995

Jane Laurel Hubley

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Father	Edgar Ross Hubley b. c 1922, d. Feb 2000
Mother	Ruth Hamilton Lloyd

Last Edited

24 Oct 2011

Children of Jane Laurel Hubley and John Joseph Kaeneman

Brian Joseph Kaeneman Allison Marie Kaeneman+ Edward Ross Kaeneman

Edgar Ross Hubley

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6 Dec 2008

Birth*	Edgar Ross Hubley was born circa 1922.
Death*	He died in February 2000.
	His obituary appeared in the 20 February 2000 Boston Globe and read as follows: Edgar R. Hubley of Quincy, a retired telephone company installer, died yesterday in Quincy Medical Center after a long illness. He was 77. Mr. Hubley, who was born in Somerville, attended Milton schools and the Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston. He was an Army veteran of World War II and the Korean War, and lived in Quincy for 52 years after moving from Milton. He was employed by New England Telephone and AT & T Corp. for 40 years as a PBX installer, retiring in 1986. Mr. Hubley was a member of the New England Telephone Pioneers Club and a trustee of Wollaston Congregational Church. He and his wife were foster parents for the New England Home for Little Wanderers for 45 years. In 1985, they were named Foster Parents of the Year by the organization. Mr. Hubley leaves his wife, Ruth H. (Lloyd); five daughters, Betty A. Wood of Quincy, Ruth-Ann Nickel of Leominster, Jane L. Kaeneman of Pembroke, Susan E. Mauriello of Weymouth, and Bette M. Boles of Quincy; three sons, Allen M. Keefe of Rockland, Douglas Bonfilio of Smithfield, R.I., and Walter E. Hubley of Quincy; 16 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. A funeral will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. in Sweeney Brothers funeral home in Quincy. Burial will be in Mount Wollaston Cemetery, Quincy.

Child of Edgar Ross Hubley and Ruth Hamilton Lloyd

Jane Laurel Hubley+

Montague Mendel

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Father	Philip Mendel
Mother	Rachel (?)

Last Edited

2 Jan 2020

Child of Montague Mendel and Amelia Da Costa

Jacqueline Mendel+

Bertina Gold

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Father	Mark Cyril Gold b. 6 Nov 1910, d. Jul 2004
Mother	Miriam Aarons b. 31 Mar 1913, d. Jan 1995

Last Edited

3 Jan 2020

Children of Bertina Gold and Michael Tack

Sasha Ryanne Tack+ Jemma Tack

Ruth Covel

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Father	James Covel Sr. d. Jun 1781
Mother	Mehitable Nickerson b. 30 Jan 1709, d. 26 Nov 1761

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6 Mar 2021

Birth*	Ruth Covel was born on 13 March 1729/30 in Chatham, Barnstable County, MassachusettsG.
Marriage*	She married Thomas Atkins, son of Thomas Atkins and Elizabeth Nickerson, before September 1748.
Marriage*	Ruth Covel married second Prince Nickerson on 22 August 1759 in Chatham, Barnstable County, MassachusettsG.1
Death*	Ruth died on 20 April 1760.
	She married 2nd Prince Nickerson on August 22, 1759, but died before they could celebrate a single anniversary. Prince was born in Chatham on August 10, 1729 to Thomas and Lydia (Covel) Nickerson and died January 1, 1812 in Port Clyde, Nova Scotia. He had also been married once before (intention Oct. 7, 1750) to Lydia Cahoon. [Nickerson Gen., 41, 57]

Children of Ruth Covel and Thomas Atkins

Charles Atkins+ b. 2 Sep 1748, d. 20 May 1817 Joseph Atkins b. 26 Oct 1750 Samuel Atkins b. 3 Dec 1753 Elizabeth Atkins b. s 1755

Child of Ruth Covel and Prince Nickerson

Lydia Nickerson+ b. 10 Nov 1755, d. 1850

Thomas Atkins

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Father	Thomas Atkins b. c 1701, d. b 6 Nov 1770
Mother	Elizabeth Nickerson d. b 13 Sep 1739

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7 Mar 2021

Birth*	Thomas Atkins was born circa 1727/28 in Chatham, Barnstable County, MassachusettsG. His age was given as 15 in 1743 when his father was appointed as guardian. (Barn. Prob. Recs. 6:279-80.)
Marriage*	He married Ruth Covel, daughter of James Covel Sr. and Mehitable Nickerson, before September 1748.
Death*	Thomas died of consumption on 30 June 1757 in Chatham, Barnstable County, MassachusettsG.1
	Notice of his death in the Chatham Records reads: "Thomas Atkins, Jr., who had for several years past been an inhabitant at Providence (returning to Chatham occasionally) Died at Chatham on June 30th, 1757 (after Ten Days Sickness there), of a Quick Consumption. Entered and Attested July 2: 1757 per James Covel Town Clerk." Ruth's father James Covel was appointed guardian of their four children on May 23, 1760. (Barn. Prob. Recs. 11:97-100.)

Children of Thomas Atkins and Ruth Covel

Charles Atkins+ b. 2 Sep 1748, d. 20 May 1817 Joseph Atkins b. 26 Oct 1750 Samuel Atkins b. 3 Dec 1753 Elizabeth Atkins b. s 1755

Elizabeth Nickerson

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Father	William Nickerson d. 1742
Mother	Deliverance Lombard d. c 1716

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21 Feb 2009

Birth*	Elizabeth Nickerson was born in Chatham, Barnstable County, MassachusettsG.
Marriage*	She married first Thomas Atkins, son of Thomas Atkins and an unknown woman (?), circa 1726, probably in Chatham, Barnstable County, MassachusettsG. Nickerson Gen. 51.)
Death*	Elizabeth died before 13 September 1739. Elizabeth's father named the two children "of Elizabeth deceased" in his will dated September 13, 1739. He stipulated that her husband Thomas be appointed guardian of their minor son, Thomas, who inherited Elizabeth's share of property. (Nickerson Gen. 51; Barn. Prob. Recs. 6:244, 246.)

Children of Elizabeth Nickerson and Thomas Atkins

Thomas Atkins+ b. c 1727/28, d. 30 Jun 1757 William Atkins b. c 1732, d. probably between 1743-1748

Thomas Atkins

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Father	Thomas Atkins b. 19 Jun 1671, d. b 16 Jan 1750/51
Mother	an unknown woman (?)

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25 Dec 2023

Birth*	Thomas Atkins was born circa 1701.1
Marriage*	He married first Elizabeth Nickerson, daughter of William Nickerson and Deliverance Lombard, circa 1726 in Chatham, Barnstable County, MassachusettsG. Nickerson Gen. 51.)
Marriage*	He married second Thankful Snow, daughter of Ebenezer Snow and Hope Horton, on 14 May 1741 in Eastham, Barnstable County, MassachusettsG. [Eastham Recs.]
Death*	Thomas died before 6 November 1770. Letters of administration on the estate of Thomas Atkins, probably this Thomas, were granted to Joshua Atkins on this date. (Barn. Prob. Recs. 10:233.)
	Thomas lived in Chatham, Mass. The Chatham records mention the cattlemark of Thomas Atkins, Jr., May 12, 1718. He is mentioned again in 1727 and he was a constable in 1731.

Children of Thomas Atkins and Elizabeth Nickerson

Thomas Atkins+ b. c 1727/28, d. 30 Jun 1757 William Atkins b. c 1732, d. probably between 1743-1748

Children of Thomas Atkins and Thankful Snow

Elizabeth Atkins b. 6 Mar 1742/43 Hope Atkins b. 19 Feb 1744/45, d. 29 Jan 1808 Isaac Atkins b. 2 Jun 1746 William Atkins+ b. 17 Aug 1748, d. 16 Feb 1807 Susannah Atkins b. 26 Dec 1753, d. 1776

Thomas Atkins

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Father	Henry Atkins b. s 1622, d. b 21 Aug 1700
Mother	Bethiah Linnell b. (baptized) 7 February 1640/1, d. 24 or 25 March 1726

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17 Feb 2021

Birth*	Thomas Atkins was born on 19 June 1671 in Eastham, New Plymouth ColonyG.1,2
Marriage*	He married first an unknown woman (?) say 1695.
Marriage*	He married second Hope Horton on 28 June 1739. [NEHGR 51:205] Hope was the widow of Ebenezer Snow at the time of this marriage.
Death*	Thomas died before 16 January 1750/51. Letters of administration on his estate were granted on that date to his son Joshua. (7 Barn. Prob. Recs. 195.)
	From Hawes: He was a deacon of the church and long prominent in town affairs. The Chatham records show that he was a church member in 1697. He was then one of five who promised to get each a load of wood and deliver it to Mr. Vickery. On July 5, 1697, he was a witness to a deed of William Nickerson and Sarah Covel to Samuel Sprague conveying land in Chatham. (5 Plym. Col. Deeds 501) He was a constable in 1698. (Chatham Town Recs.) In 1700 he was appointed to take care of the meeting house. (2 Freeman 588) He was one of those who took the inventory of Jonathan Vickery and two others May 29, 1702. (Barn. Prob. Recs) On March 9, 1712-13 he entered into an agreement with John Cole and others, owners of or claimants to a tract of land in the southeasterly part of Harwich, as to the shares they were respectively entitled to therein, by which he was to have one sixteenth thereof, to be set off to him as soon as conveniently might be. (Thos. Doane papers) With Joseph Harding he had purchased an interest in this tract in 1697 from Josephus Quason, son of John Quason, deceased. (Files No. 7926) On March 24, 1715-16 he was chosen by the proprietors to be a member of a committee to divide the tract into lots, settle the bounds with adjoining owners, etc. At the same time he was made agent to prosecute those who should cut timber, etc. on the lands. (Deyo 833). On March 21, 1715-16 he deposed in the suit of Adams v. Hawes. (Files No. 10,812) He was one of the six male members of the Chatham church in 1720 when the Rev. Joseph Lord was settled. (Pamphlet 1723, defense of Rev. Samuel Osborn, in Boston Pub. Lib.) That same year he was with Mr. Lord as a member of a church council. (Pamphlet by Stone & Lord) On October 16, 1721 he was witness to an arbitration bond, and on the 31st of the same month to the award. (Thos. Doane papers) He was appointed to hire a schoolmaster in 1728. (Chatham Recs.) On July 22, 1729 he conveyed six acres of land in Chatham to Thomas Doane for the consideration of 46 pounds current money of the Province. (Thos. Doane papers) On July 23, 1733 he was one of the Commissioners appointed to set off the dower of Bethiah Hawes, widow of Isaac Hawes. (5 Barn. Prob. Recs 144, 145) On March 28, 1734 he conveyed his interest in the Harwich tract to Benjamin Small, of Harwich, for the consideration of 30 pounds. No wife joins him in the deed. (Files No. 66,388) In June 1738 John Doane, of Eastham, obtained judgment against him for 77 pounds, 11 shillings and costs, balance due on a bond or note for 143 pounds, 19 shillings given by Atkins to Doane Feb. 10, 1731-32. (Files No. 48,186) Execution was issued April 5, 1740 on this judgment and returned unsatisfied. (Files No. 51,931) He was one of those who took the inventory of John Ellis Oct. 25, 1712, and of John Stewart in 1722. On July 11, 1722 he was appointed guardian of Stephen Smith, minor son of John Smith, late of Chatham, deceased. In 1731 he was administrator of the estates of Naomi Quansett, an Indian, and of Zachariah and Patience, Indians, who died in Chatham in October 1730. (Barn. Prob. Recs.) He was one of the selectmen for 13 years from 1696 and for 8 years from 1720, town treasurer for 8 years from 1701, and town clerk (being the second to hold that office) for 9 years from 1708. (2 Freeman 614. Deyo, pp. 592-3 differs in some respects as to dates.)

Children of Thomas Atkins and an unknown woman (?)

Thomas Atkins+ b. c 1701, d. b 6 Nov 1770 Joshua Atkins+ b. s 1703 Susannah Atkins b. c 1706, d. 9 Aug 1743