Descendants of Thomas NICHOLSON, Liverpool, tailor, born about 1773. Married Betty CASSON, 2 November 1800 at St Nicholas, Liverpool. Issue:

William 1801, Betty 1802, Mary 1803, John 1806, Elizabeth 1809, Thomas 1811, William 1813, Agnes 1814, George 1816, Ellen 1817, Thomas 1820.

1) JOHN, born 1806, Currier. Married Margaret NICHOLAS. Issue: Jeremiah 1829, Elizabeth 1830, Mary Ann 1832, William 1835, Eleanor 1837, Martha Agnes 1839, Sarah 1840, Ezekiel 1842, John 1847, George 1849 (Some of the children were baptised at Broughton-in Furness; the rest in Liverpool).

2) WILLIAM, Currier, baptised 1835 at Liverpool. Married Maria CASSIDY, 1863. Issue: Margaret 1864, William 1867, Maria 1869, James 1870, Cecilia 1873, John 1875, Joseph Albert 1880.

3) JAMES, Merchant Seaman, baptised 1870 at Liverpool. Married twice: a) Emily SMITH 1896 at Liverpool. Issue: Leah 1897, Priscilla 1900, Ezekiel 1903. b) Pauline SMITH. Issue: Pauline, Stella, James.

4) EZEKIEL, Merchant Seaman, baptised 1903 at Liverpool. Married Mary Monica DALTON, 1926. Issue: Gordon Gerald 1928, Reginald John 1932, Ronald James 1932, Patricia Frances Emily 1944.