Descendants of THOMAS NICHOLS

Descendants of THOMAS NICHOLS

Generation No. 1

1. THOMAS1 NICHOLS was born in Rugely, Staffordshire, England, and died 1724-1728 (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969). He married (1) SUSANNA CHECKLETON September 25, 1697. He married (2) MARY LUDFORD ABT July 13, 1704 (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969).

Notes

REFERENCE: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969

Thomas Nichols of Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, and his wife Mary (Ludford) Nichols of Badgely Ensor, Warwickshire, members of the Society of Friends (Quakers) came to America from rugely, Staffordshire, England, in 1712. their certificate of removal granted by the Society was dated 1711 and was received in Philadelphia on June 12, 1712. It mentioned Thomas, Mary and children.

In Saxon times Rugely was on of seven Hayes or Bailiwicks of Cannockforest which then extended from the tame on the east to Penk on the west and from Trent and Sow on the north to a boundary line on the south through Wolverhampton market place, Bilston and Wednesbury. it included 8640 acres (in Domesday Book 1086) forest 4 1/2 acres meadow and 600 acres ploughland.

Mary H. Staats found a marriage date o 1704-7-13 in the gilbert Cope collection at the Historical Society in philadelphia. However, the following entries appear in the Staffordshire Parish Register, Rugely:

1697, Sept. 25. married Thomas nichols and Susanna checkleton

1698, July 8. Baptized Anne, d. of Thomas and Susanna Nichols

1705-6, Feb. 24. Baptized Elizabeth d. of Thos. Nichols

1705-6, Mar. 4. Buried Susanna, wife of Thomas Nichols

It is possible that Thomas married twice - and that he became a Quaker through his second wife, Mary Ludford. In old writings fours and sevens are easily and frequently mistaken. the 1704-7-13 date could, in fat, have been 1707-7-13. If so, what became of the daughters Anne and Elizabeth by the previous marriage.

It is true that Mary was a staunch and influential member and possibly a minister of the Society of Friends, even back in those days as indicated in the following biography copied by Pauline E. Nichols from "Biographical Sketches of Ministers and Elders and other Concerned Members of the Yearly Meeting of Philadelphia" published in the freinds magazine, Vol. 35, p. 116, 1861, 7th day, 12 mo. No. 15, Vol. XXXV.

Mary Nichols

Mary, the wife of Thomas Nichols, was born in England about 1680. the time of their marriage is unknown, but they obtained a certificate for themselves and children from a meeting at Rugby, Staffordshire, dated Seventh month, 21st, 1711. this certificate was accepted by Philadelphia Mo. Mtg. Sixth month, 9th, 1712. These Friends did not carry long in the city but removed with their family first to Concord in 1714 and from thence to within the limits of newark Monthly Meeting, about the close of 1715, the certificate from concord bearing date First month, 12th, 1716, being received at newark for them the following month.

Although no mention is made on the minutes of the monthly meeting of newark of the fact, yet it appears that Mary stood in the station of an acknowledged minister. At least she did a few years afterward, and no notice of her recommendation can be found. She was one of the most useful members fo that monthly meeting, abundantly employed in the discipline and in religious visits to the families of Friends. Her services in the ministry of the Gospel were acceptable to the church, and she long leboured in unity of the one spirit and died in near fellowship with the faithful in Jesus Christ. Her death took place third month, 14th, 1770, being very aged probably about 90 years old.

In the interest of veracity further search should be made before adopting the suggestion of a previous marriage by Thomas as anything other the conjecture. For the purpose of this record, it is assumed that the marriage of Thomas and Mary (Ludford) Nichols took place on 7/13/1704.

No wills of Thomas and Mary have been found, but Thomas died before the marriage of his son John, probably between 1724-1728. He received a warrant for five hundred acres of land in Chester County on the fifteenth day of January, 1714, and for two hundred acres on the twelfth day of January, 1715/16. Thomas and Mary had eight children. It is not known how many were born in England. It is duly recorded, however, that John, the eldest, was born in England and came to America with his parents.

The Nichols Line

The name Nichols did not appear in England before the period of Norman French occupation and amalgamation. The Normans brought it with them from the continent and due to its religious association with St. Nichols, who lived several centuries before and had become widely known as a patron saint of children, the name became quite popular in England about the time family names were being formed, that was in the period centering around the 12th, 13th, and 14th centuries.

There were some twenty-five different lines of Nichols closely connected back in England. The earliest in America seem to be Thomas Nichols of Hingham and probably before that in the vicinity of cambridge, Mass.; Sargent Nichols in CT; Thomas Nichols of Malden, Mass., and perhaps a brother of his; (They may have been cousins of Thomas Nichols of Hingham) and Thomas Nichols of Newport, RI.

The PA Historical Society Library in Philadelphia is said to have on file a most interesting accout of the origin of the Nichols Family.

In early records the name is written Nichols, Nicholls, Nickols and Nickles, often interchangeable for many of the same persons. the correct spelling, however, is Nichols as used by Thomas and Mary (Ludford) Nichols who came from England in 1712 and settled in chester Co, PA, where they were members of the Society of Friends Kennett (or Newark) Monthly Meeting. The name is written Nichols in the early records of Kennett Monthly Meeting and Concord Monthly Meeting, PA, whence most of the family came, sometimes by different Meeting routes, to Fairfax and Loudoun Counties, Virginia, where they were members of Fairfax or Goose Creek Monthly Meeting.

Children of THOMAS NICHOLS and MARY LUDFORD are:

2. i. JOHN2 NICHOLS, b. Bef 1712, Rugely, Staffordshire, England; d. ABT 1767, Chester Co, PA.

ii. MARY NICHOLS, m. (1) ALPHONSUS KIRK, March 14, 1729/30; m. (2) THOMAS HAYES, October 11, 1734; m. (3) JONATHAN JACKSON, 1743.

iii. DANIEL NICHOLS, m. SARAH HOLLINGSWORTH, February 13, 1742/43, Hockessin (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969).

iv. THOMAS NICHOLS, m. LYDIA HAYES, December 3, 1741, New Garden, Chester Co., PA (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969).

v. JOSEPH NICHOLS, m. (1) MARGARET (MNU) NICHOLS; m. (2) SARAH ELLIS, November 23, 1745 (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969).

3. vi. ISAAC NICHOLS, d. 1802, Loudoun Co VA.

vii. ANN NICHOLS, m. (1) ISAAC DIXSON; m. (2) WILLIAM TATE.

viii. SAMUEL NICHOLS, m. ELIZABETH JORDAN, New Garden (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969).

Generation No. 2

2. JOHN2 NICHOLS (THOMAS1) was born Bef 1712 in Rugely, Staffordshire, England (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969), and died ABT 1767 in Chester Co, PA. He married (1) CHARITY CHANDLER March 1, 1727/28 in Kennett-Newark MM, Chester Co., PA (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969), daughter of SWITHIN CHANDLER and ANN CHANDLER. He married (2) ANN BRYAN March 30, 1751 in Chester Co, PA.

Notes

Came to the USA 1712 with his parents from Rugely, Staffordshire, England

From Chester Co, PA, to Loudoun Co, VA; received cert to Fairfax MM, VA, with wife & children (n/l) 17 May 1763. Said to have been a patriot in the Rev. War. Left a will dated 1785 and proved in 1791

Ref: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969

John Nichols was born in England and came to America with his parents, Thomas and Mary (Ludford) Nichols, in 1712. On march 1, 1728, he married Charity Chandler, daughter of Swithin and Ann Chandler, at Center Meeting, Centerville, Delaware. The Minutes of Kennett Monthly Meeting contain the following items: "5/2/1727 John Nichols and Charity chandler appeared here and declared their intentions of marriage." "8/4/1728 - Friends appointed to see the orderly accomplishment of the marriage of John Nichols and Charity Chandler report it was accomplished orderly." Charity died some time prior to March 30, 1751, the date on which John was wedded to Ann (Bryan) Sharp, widow of John Sharp who died about 1748. John and Ann (Bryan) Sharp were the parents of two children, George sharp and his sister, Elizabeth Sharp, who thus became the step brother and step sister of the children of John and charity (chandler) nichols. Elizabeth Sharp later became the wife of James Nichols, son of John and Charity.

John Nichols probably died in 1767, as his will was filed in Chester County, Pennsylvania, in that year. All of the seven children of John and Charity are mentioned in the will with the exception of Phebe who married Isaac Clendenin and died before the will was drawn.

Children of JOHN NICHOLS and CHARITY CHANDLER are:

4. i. JAMES3 NICHOLS, b. 1734, Chester Co., PA; d. 1791, Goodwin Co. VA.

ii. THOMAS NICHOLS, b. ABT 1730; m. MARY SEATON, May 27, 1752, Hockessin MM, Chester, PA (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969).

iii. PHEBE NICHOLS, b. April 6, 1731; d. May 17, 1757; m. ISAAC CLENDENIN, April 19, 1755, Wilmington, DE, All Swedes Church (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969).

iv. ANN NICHOLS, m. JAMES (LNU).

v. CHARITY NICHOLS, m. WILLIAM CHERRY, April 26, 1769.

vi. JACOB NICHOLS.

vii. HANNAH NICHOLS, d. Bef 1795 (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969); m. JOHN BROWN, February 1, 1769, Wilmington, DE, All Swedes Church (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969).

3. ISAAC2 NICHOLS (THOMAS1) died 1802 in Loudoun Co VA (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969). He married MARGERY COX March 26, 1742 in Hockessin M.H., DE (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969), daughter of WILLIAM COX and CATHERINE KANKER.

Notes

Ref: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969, pg. 259

Came to Loudoun Co., VA, from Chester County, PA, in 1743. Isaac, like many of the early Quakers was strong in opposition to song, music and dancing, gay and stylish raiment for his women folk, and even the beautification of his home grounds with flower gardens. Thomas Paine is said to have remarked, "There is more common sense in the quaker doctrine than in that of any other religious organization, but if a Quaker had made the world there would never have been a flower to bloom or a bird to sing."

Same source as above, pg. 241:

isaac nichols brought his bride, Margery Cox, of eighteen months to Loudoun Co., VA., where he entered upon a tract of land which became the very heart of the realm of Goose Creek Monthly Meeting. here he selected a site overlooking Goose Creek on which he built a stone house which is still stanking and occupied to this day (1969). Quoting from "Legends of Loudoun Valley" by Joseph V. Nichols, the Patriarch of Purcellville, Isaac Nichols "was a successful business man and was the father of nine children, all of whom lived to mature years. he was uncompromising in his Quaker doctrine and unsworving in his observance of the more sombre side of the Quaker discipline." Isaac died in Loudoun County, Virginia, in 1802 and Margery in 1806, both leaving wills. isaac owned several thousand acres of land near Lincold, VA, and left a considerable estate.

In the "Nichols vs Hogue" case, the heirs of Isaac Nichols, petitioners, allege the Isaac Nichols the elder, deceased, departed this life intestate in the course of the year 1820 as to certain portions of his real estate in the county of Loudoun being an undivided moitey of a tract of 130 acres called the "Greggsville" tract, a lot called the meeting house lot of about 22 acres and two thirds of a tract of land which he devised to James Hogue the whole containing about 175 acres. The other third of said last mentioned tract belonged to Wm. Nichols, your petitioner. Said Isaac Nichols the elder died intestate as to said two thirds of this reason: he devsed the same to James Hogue, neigher a child of his nor the descendant of one, who died before him the siad Isaac and the devised therefore, as your petitioners are advised lapsed." The petitioners ask for a sale of the said lands in question and a division of the proceeds among the many heirs. They also pray that Wm. Hogue be made a defendant and that he be summoned to show cause why the said land be not sold.

In this case thw spelling "Nicholls" and "Hogue" are uniformly used for the many heirs involved.

Children of ISAAC NICHOLS and MARGERY COX are:

5. i. ISAAC3 NICHOLS , JR., b. Loudoun Co VA; d. 1826.

ii. LIDIA NICHOLS, b. Lived in Alexandria.

iii. SAMUEL NICHOLS, d. 1825.

iv. MARGERY NICHOLS, d. age 16.

v. RUTH NICHOLS, b. Loudoun Co VA; d. January 22, 1787 (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969); m. JOHN PANCOAST, October 26, 1779, Goose Creek M.H. (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969).

vi. REBECCA NICHOLS, m. THOMAS HATCHER, 1773, Goose Creek M.H..

vii. CATHERINE NICHOLS, b. May 8, 1748; d. ABT 1829; m. JAMES HATCHER, May 31, 1766.

6. viii. MARY NICHOLS, b. ABT 1744, Loudoun Co VA.

7. ix. WILLIAM NICHOLS, b. 1742; d. 1802, Loudoun Co VA, at his farm between Hamilton & Purcellville.

Generation No. 3

4. JAMES3 NICHOLS (JOHN2, THOMAS1) was born 1734 in Chester Co., PA, and died 1791 in Goodwin Co. VA. He married ELIZABETH SHARP May 2, 1754 in New Garden MM, Chester, PA (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969), daughter of JOHN SHARP and ANN BRYAN.

Notes

married stepsister

From Chester Co, PA, to Loudoun co, VA; received cert to Fairfax MM, VA, with wife & children (n/l) 17 May 1763. Said to have been a Patriot in the Rev. War. Left a will dated 1785 and proved in 1791.

On July 1763 - Fairfax MM, women's Minutes p. 116: James Nichols and Elizabeth his wife produced certificates for themselves and 3 children. John, George, and Isaiah from Kennet MM in PA.

Dec. 1763 - Fairfax Mm, Men's Minutes p. 71: James Nichols has taken liquor to excess as plainly appears in public.

April 1764 - Fairfax MM p. 72: James Nichols appeared and condemned his conduct.

REF: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969

James Nichols, son of John and Charity (Chandler) Nichols, was born in 1734, in Chester County, PA. in 1754, at New Garden, he married his step-sister, Elizabeth Sharp (b. 1732) daughter of John and Ann (Bryan) Sharp. In 1751, some years following the deaths of their spouses Ann (Bryan) Sharp, Elizabeth's mother, and John Nichols, James' father were married. It is said James was a Patriot in the Revolution. His will written in 1785 and proved in 1791 in Loudoun County, Virginia, names children James, John, Nathan, Soloman, George, Elizabeth, Charity and Isaiah.

Children of JAMES NICHOLS and ELIZABETH SHARP are:

8. i. ELIZABETH4 NICHOLS, b. October 15, 1767, Loudoun Co, VA; d. July 9, 1836, Belmont Co, OH; Bur St Clairsville, Belmont, OH, Friends Cem.

ii. JOHN GEORGE NICHOLS, b. ABT 1758.

9. iii. GEORGE NICHOLS, b. December 25, 1756, Kennett-Newark MM, Chester Co, PA; d. June 10, 1812, Fairfax MM.

iv. ISAIAH NICHOLS, d. Aft 1832; m. MARY HOGE.

10. v. SOLOMON NICHOLS, d. Bef 1832.

vi. CHARITY NICHOLS.

vii. JAMES NICHOLS, b. ABT 1768; d. Bef 1832; m. ELIZABETH WEST.

viii. NATHAN NICHOLS, b. February 20, 1772; d. 1838; m. JANE (MNU) NICHOLS.

5. ISAAC3 NICHOLS , JR. (ISAAC2, THOMAS1) was born in Loudoun Co VA, and died 1826. He married PHEBE FAIRHURST, daughter of JEREMAIH FAIRHURST and ANN SLAUGHTER.

Child of ISAAC NICHOLS and PHEBE FAIRHURST is:

11. i. RACHEL FAIRHURST4 NICHOLS, b. August 26, 1780, Loudoun Co VA; d. 1827, bur near N stone fence Goose Creek Cem Lincoln Loudoun Co VA.

6. MARY3 NICHOLS (ISAAC2, THOMAS1) was born ABT 1744 in Loudoun Co VA (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969). She married SOLOMON HOGE November 11, 1773 in Goose Creek M.H., Fairfax MM (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969), son of WILLIAM HOGE and ANNE HOGE.

Notes

Ref: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969

Although her father opposed to song, music and dancing, gay and stylish raiment for his women folk, and even the beautification of his home grounds withflower gardens, it so happened that Mary was just not disposed to ignore all of the beautiful things in life. She loved music, was forever humming a son and dancing, would laugh joyously over amusing things, and loved to bedeck herself in the gayest of colors. She was the very personification of vitality and spirit, and there was no place in her life for any religious doctrine or code of behavior that not only ignored but suppressed the beautiful things of life. On the other hand, her father, true to his convictions, remonstrated with her over and over again in a sincere effort to have her conform to the discipline of the Quakers, but all to no avail. As a final gesture, he excluded her from his will and so advised her and some of his close friends including Jacob and Hannah Janney

Children of MARY NICHOLS and SOLOMON HOGE are:

i. LYDIA4 HOGE, b. September 26, 1774 (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969); d. February 2, 1853; m. JOSHUA GREGG.

ii. WILLIAM HOGE, b. November 23, 1776 (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969); d. January 11, 1842; m. (1) SARAH NIXON; m. (2) MARY MCGATH.

iii. JOSHUA HOGE, b. February 8, 1779 (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969); d. December 25, 1854; m. MARY POOL.

iv. GEORGE HOGE, b. January 23, 1781 (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969); d. June 6, 1782.

v. MARGERY HOGE, b. December 20, 1783 (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969); d. March 18, 1823.

vi. JESSE HOGE, b. April 25, 1785 (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969); d. September 20, 1828 (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969); m. ELIZABETH GREGG.

vii. ANN (MARY) HOGE, b. March 25, 1788 (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969); d. July 10, 1794.

7. WILLIAM3 NICHOLS (ISAAC2, THOMAS1) was born 1742, and died 1802 in Loudoun Co VA, at his farm between Hamilton & Purcellville (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969 pg. 242). He married SARAH SPENCER March 22, 1770 (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969), daughter of SAMUEL SPENCER and MARY DAWES.

Notes

Ref: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969 pg. 256

Members of the Nichols and Hoge families emigrated to Virginia from Pennsylvania in the early seventeen hundreds and settled in general area of Frederick, Fairfax and Loudoun counties. At the turn of the century many of their descendants pushed on westward to Ohio, the first state to be carved out of the great Northwest Territory.

Endless hours of research would be necessary to trace, in detail, the linage of the representatives of these two families who are not included in the preceding genealogy but who are the subjects of various historical sketches. Suffice it to say that the multitude of references to these names found in hinshaw's encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy give evidence of close family relationships.

the Nichols family is of English extraction and was founded in VA by two brothers, Isaac and William Nichols, followers of George Fox, the founder of the Society of Friends. After settling in Loudoun County, Virginia, they continued to reside there the remainder of their lives; their tombstones may be found in the graveyard of the Friends Meeting House on Goose Creek. William Nichols married Sarah Spencer and had three sons, Isaac, Samuel, and William, and two daughters, Mrs. Mary Piggot and Mrs. Edith Tate.

Children of WILLIAM NICHOLS and SARAH SPENCER are:

i. EDITH4 NICHOLS, b. April 16, 1771.

ii. ISAAC NICHOLS, b. February 6, 1773.

iii. MARY NICHOLS, b. July 10, 1776.

iv. WILLIAM NICHOLS, b. May 14, 1779, Loudoun Co VA; m. MARY JANNEY.

v. SAMUEL NICHOLS, b. 1784; m. MARY JANNEY.

Generation No. 4

8. ELIZABETH4 NICHOLS (JAMES3, JOHN2, THOMAS1) was born October 15, 1767 in Loudoun Co, VA (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969), and died July 9, 1836 in Belmont Co, OH; Bur St Clairsville, Belmont, OH, Friends Cem. She married ISAAC HOGE April 29, 1784 in Goose Creek M.H., Loudoun Co Va, son of SOLOMON HOGE and ANN ROLLINGS.

Notes

One source has B. 10/16/1767, D. 7/9/1836

Children of ELIZABETH NICHOLS and ISAAC HOGE are:

12. i. JAMES5 HOGE, b. May 7, 1785; d. November 1828, bur near N stone fence Goose Creek Cem Lincoln Loudoun Co VA.

ii. ABSOLOM HOGE, b. February 8, 1787 (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969); d. 1865; m. RACHEL COFFEE.

13. iii. SOLOMON HOGE, b. August 14, 1789; d. 1866.

iv. SARAH HOGE, b. August 28, 1791, OH (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969); d. October 1793.

v. CRAVEN HOGE, b. February 2, 1794 (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969); d. ABT 1858; m. SARAH MERRIT.

vi. PLEASANT HOGE, b. June 9, 1796 (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969); d. April 15, 1833; m. LUTHER NORRIS.

vii. JOSHUA HOGE, b. November 17, 1798 (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969).

viii. ASA HOGE, b. March 19, 1801 (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969); m. ASANATH MEAD.

ix. ISAAC HOGE, b. April 9, 1804, OH (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969); m. RACHEL MACHIR.

x. ELIZABETH HOGE, b. September 15, 1807, OH (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969); m. THOMAS NICHOLS.

xi. BUSHROD W. HOGE, b. June 25, 1810, OH (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969); m. RACHEL PENNINGTON.

xii. JESSE HOGE, b. July 16, 1813, OH (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969); m. SUSANNA KINSEY.

9. GEORGE4 NICHOLS (JAMES3, JOHN2, THOMAS1) was born December 25, 1756 in Kennett-Newark MM, Chester Co, PA, and died June 10, 1812 in Fairfax MM (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969). He married ANN (NANCY) HOGE November 27, 1778, daughter of SOLOMON HOGE and ANN ROLLINGS.

Notes

Fairfax MM, Men's Minutes, p. 86: 3rd mo. 1779: George Nichols confesses he is guilty of fornication

A George Nichols appears in the 1782 census of Fairfax co., VA, p. 18, 08 00

A George Nichols does not appear on any census or tax lists in Belmont Co., OH during the period 1791-1805.

A George Nichols is listed in the 1800 census of Bucks co., PA p. 273 00010-00010-00, and a George Nichols is listed in the 1800 Census of York Co., PA, p. 1386,01001-11001-00.

There is a George Nichols on p. 2 of the 1806 Belmont Co., OH tax list; on p. 4 of the 1807 tax list; p. 14 of the 1808 tax list; p. 9 of the 1809 Union Twp. tax list; p. 47 of the 1810 Union Twp. tax list; p. 60 of the 1840 Wheeling Twp. census.

Children of GEORGE NICHOLS and ANN HOGE are:

i. BATHSHEBA5 NICHOLS, m. IGNATIUS BURNS.

14. ii. JOHN NICHOLS, b. November 25, 1782, Loudoun Co VA.

10. SOLOMON4 NICHOLS (JAMES3, JOHN2, THOMAS1) died Bef 1832. He married HANNAH GREGG February 24, 1797 in Goose Ck MM (Source: Solomon Nichols produced a certificate for self and wife Hannah, from Fairfax MM. they also requested membership for their children.).

Children of SOLOMON NICHOLS and HANNAH GREGG are:

i. THOMAS5 NICHOLS.

ii. JAMES NICHOLS.

iii. ELIZABETH NICHOLS.

iv. HANNAH NICHOLS.

11. RACHEL FAIRHURST4 NICHOLS (ISAAC3, ISAAC2, THOMAS1) was born August 26, 1780 in Loudoun Co VA, and died 1827 in bur near N stone fence Goose Creek Cem Lincoln Loudoun Co VA (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969). She married JAMES HOGE April 15, 1813 in Belmont Co OH (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969), son of ISAAC HOGE and ELIZABETH NICHOLS.

Children of RACHEL NICHOLS and JAMES HOGE are:

i. ELIZABETH5 HOGE (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969).

ii. PHEBE HOGE (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969).

iii. RACHEL HOGE (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969), m. JOHN B CRENSHAW, September 12, 1844, Loudoun Co VA.

15. iv. ISAAC HOGE, b. February 8, 1814, Hamilton, VA; d. December 8, 1851, Pleasant Valley Farm near Hamilton, Loudoun Co., VA.

Generation No. 5

12. JAMES5 HOGE (ELIZABETH4 NICHOLS, JAMES3, JOHN2, THOMAS1) was born May 7, 1785 (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969), and died November 1828 in bur near N stone fence Goose Creek Cem Lincoln Loudoun Co VA (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969). He married (1) RACHEL FAIRHURST NICHOLS April 15, 1813 in Belmont Co OH (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969), daughter of ISAAC NICHOLS and PHEBE FAIRHURST. He married (2) HANNAH JANNEY June 2, 1827 in Goose Creek M.H., Loudoun Co, VA (Source: Encyclopedia of Quaker Genealogy, Wm. Wade Hinshaw, 1950, Ann Arbor MI, v. 6:401.653-4), daughter of JONAS JANNEY and RUTH JANNEY.

Notes

Married out of unity or out of society of friends

Descentant of William Hoge and Barbara Hume. Came to America in 1682.

Authority: The Hoge Family by Tyler Hoge and the Family Tree

NY Public Library and Jolliffe Neill and Janner Families of VA - NY Public Library

Lived at Pleasant Valley Farm near Hamilton, Loudoun Co, VA, member Goosecreek MM.

Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969

Moved to ohio with his parents in 1802. He returned to Loudoun Co., and Goose Creek MM 5/22/1813.

James Hoge moved to Ohio with his parents in 1802. He returned to Loudoun County and Goose Creek MM 5/22/1813. On 4/15/1813 he married Rachel Fairhurst Nichols, daughter of Isaac Nichols and Phebe Fairhurst. Concord MM, Belmont Co., OH, reported him MOU to Goose Creek MM 9/30/1813. He was received by Goose Creek MM from Plainfield MM, Belmont Co., OH, 2/3/1814. Both James and Rachel are buried near the north stone fence in Goose Creek Cemetery, Lincoln, Loudoun Co., VA. On 6/21/1827, following the death of Rachel, James married at Goose Creek MH (2nd) Hannah Janney and they had no issue.

Children of JAMES HOGE and RACHEL NICHOLS are:

i. ELIZABETH6 HOGE (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969).

ii. PHEBE HOGE (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969).

iii. RACHEL HOGE (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969), m. JOHN B CRENSHAW, September 12, 1844, Loudoun Co VA.

iv. ISAAC HOGE, b. February 8, 1814, Hamilton, VA (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969); d. December 8, 1851, Pleasant Valley Farm near Hamilton, Loudoun Co., VA; m. RACHEL NEILL SCOFIELD, September 14, 1836, Hopewell MM near Clearbrook Frederick Co VA (Source: "Frederick Co. Marriages 1738-1850", By John Vogt, p. 136, Iberian Pub. Co., Athens GA, 1984).

Child of JAMES HOGE and HANNAH JANNEY is:

v. RACHEL6 HOGE, m. JOHN B CRENSHAW, 1844.

13. SOLOMON5 HOGE (ELIZABETH4 NICHOLS, JAMES3, JOHN2, THOMAS1) was born August 14, 1789 (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969), and died 1866. He married SARAH SEAMON 1813 in Ohio Co va now WVA.

Child of SOLOMON HOGE and SARAH SEAMON is:

i. ELIZABETH6 HOGE, b. 1815; m. GEORGE SPENCER, 1838.

14. JOHN5 NICHOLS (GEORGE4, JAMES3, JOHN2, THOMAS1) was born November 25, 1782 in Loudoun Co VA. He married HANNAH OSBORNE, daughter of RICHARD OSBORNE and HANNAH PURCELL.

Notes

Ref: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969

John Nichols served as a lieutenant in the war of 1812 and passed through Newark with his command while on his way to the Lewis Block House in Northwestern, OH.

Children of JOHN NICHOLS and HANNAH OSBORNE are:

i. MARIA6 NICHOLS, m. JAMES GARDNER.

ii. NANCY NICHOLS, m. WILLIAM NORRIS.

iii. JONAH NICHOLS, b. November 25, 1811, On Wheeling Creek in Union Twp., Belmont Co, OH (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969); d. January 29, 1897; m. (1) NANCY HOGE; m. (2) JERUSHA FRANCE, October 19, 1857.

15. ISAAC5 HOGE (JAMES4, ELIZABETH3 NICHOLS, JAMES2, JOHN1) was born February 8, 1814 in Hamilton, VA (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969), and died December 8, 1851 in Pleasant Valley Farm near Hamilton, Loudoun Co., VA. He married RACHEL NEILL SCOFIELD September 14, 1836 in Hopewell MM near Clearbrook Frederick Co VA (Source: "Frederick Co. Marriages 1738-1850", By John Vogt, p. 136, Iberian Pub. Co., Athens GA, 1984), daughter of MAHLON SCOFIELD and ANN NEILL.

Notes

Buried at Goose Creek Cemetery, Lincoln, Loudoun Co., VA (source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969)

Married by clerk Robert Bond

Of Hopewell MM and Goose Creek, lived Pleasant Valley Farm

In 1838 he purchased Pleasant Valley Farm where he later died. He served as clerk of Hopewell MM (Orthodox) through Nov 1851, at Goose Creek. He was registar of records at Hopewell MM 6/1/1836

Children of ISAAC HOGE and RACHEL SCOFIELD are:

i. ELIZABETH6 HOGE, b. June 12, 1837 (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969); d. Aft 1885; m. OLIVER TAYLOR, March 7, 1868 (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969).

ii. JAMES MAHLON HOGE, b. February 15, 1839 (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969); d. July 17, 1924; m. JULIA NORMAN BRANCH, November 12, 1878 (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969).

iii. JOSEPHINE HOGE, b. July 28, 1841 (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969); d. October 14, 1870; m. LEWIS NEILL HOPKINS.

iv. HANNAH ANN HOGE, b. May 29, 1843 (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969); d. September 1, 1918; m. OWEN THOMAS HOLMES.

v. ISAAC CRAVEN HOGE, b. March 16, 1844, Pleasant Valley Farm near Hamilton, Loudoun Co., VA (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969); d. September 13, 1893, Overlea Farms; m. ELMA ROGERS HOLMES, October 24, 1867, Philadelphia, PA (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969).

vi. LOUIS NEILL HOGE, b. May 13, 1845 (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969); d. October 14, 1915, bur in Zion Methodist Church Cem., Spotsylvania, VA; m. (1) RACHEL (MNU) HOGE; m. (2) SUSANNA BOONE JOLLIFFE, November 7, 1866, Frederick Co, VA (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969).

vii. WILLIAM SCOFIELD HOGE, b. February 18, 1847, Pleasent Valley Farm, near Hamilton VA (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969); d. August 15, 1920, Buck Hill Falls PA; m. MARY BARLOW STEARNS, January 28, 1874, Lincoln M.H. VA (Source: "The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data", by William D. Nichols, 4578 Rain Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 44126, Sept. 1969).
viii. MARGARETTA RACHEL HOGE, b. February 15, 1850; d. 1888.
ix. FREDERICA PHEBE HOGE, b. July 17, 1852; d. 1928.