James Nichols

Abt 1760 - Aft 1807  (~ 48 years)

• Name	James Nichols
  Born	Abt 1760	, Kent, England
  Gender	Male
  Died	Aft 1807	, Kent, England
  Person ID	I2472	Petersen-de Lanskoy
  Last Modified	27 May 2021

  
  

  Family	Margaret Waterman,   c. 1 Nov 1761, East Peckham, Kent, England ,   bur. 13 Dec 1817, Stockbury, Kent, England  (Age ~ 56 years)
  Married	13 Nov 1797	Stockbury, Kent, England
  Children	1. James Nichols,   c. 21 Oct 1798, Stockbury, Kent, England ,   bur. Jul 1873, Stockbury, Kent, England  (Age ~ 74 years)   2. Mary Nichols,   c. 12 Jan 1800, Stockbury, Kent, England ,   d. From Jul 1868 to Dec 1868, , Kent, England  (Age ~ 68 years)   3. Sarah Nichols,   c. 18 Apr 1802, Stockbury, Kent, England ,   bur. 8 Feb 1859, Upchurch, Kent, England  (Age ~ 56 years)   4. Jane Nichols,   c. 28 Oct 1804, Stockbury, Kent, England ,   d. From Jan 1887 to Mar 1887, Woburn, Bedfordshire, England  (Age ~ 82 years)   5. Eliza Nichols,   c. 15 Nov 1807, Stockbury, Kent, England ,   bur. 9 Apr 1815, Stockbury, Kent, England  (Age ~ 7 years)
  Last Modified	28 May 2021
  Family ID	F315	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. The Hales Newsletter, Old Series May 1977 Vol. 6. No. 4: "Who is Margaret Waterman? One problem that has plagued the researchers of the Stephen Hales, Kent, England family for years is that of Margaret Harbour, wife of Stephen. However, the marriage entry in the Parish Register of Stockbury, Kent, which reads: 9 Sep 1789 Stephen Hales of this parish and Margaret Harbour, WIDOW, of this parish. By banns. This entry tells us that Margaret's maiden name was not Harbour, as she was a widow. In looking through the Stockbury Parish Register for burials for a possible reason why Margaret was a widow one finds the interesting entry: 1786 John Harbour, farmer who was hanged Pennenden Heath for stealing 2 cows and a calf from one Luck of Westerham in Kent, 5 April - affidavit. Could John have been the husband of our Margaret? The registers are not clear on this point. If they were this problem would have been solved long ago. A few miles away, however, there is the marriage entry at East Peckham, Kent as follows: 15 Oct 1784 John Harbour and Margaret Waterman. Is this our Margaret Harbour? For her to be our Margaret, we have to look at her age and see if the pieces fit, and in order to do that we have to find her burial. It is known that after the death of Stephen Hales, Margaret Harbour Hales married a third time to James Nichols on 13 November 1797 at Stockbury, Kent. For some reason her burial record had not previously been found. Margaret Nichols was buried at Stockbury 15 December 1817 aged 55 years. For Margaret Waterman Harbour to be our Margaret she would have to have been born approximately 1762. We note that she was in fact christened 1 November 1761 at East Peckham, Kent, the daughter of William and Mary Waterman. The pieces fit. Most likely the wife of Stephen Hales was Margaret Waterman Harbour." MARRIAGE: 1. FHL film 1752235 item #2, Archdeacon's Transcript of Stockbury: 13 Nov 1797, James Nichols and Margaret Hales were married by banns the 13th of November 1797." 2. FHL film 1473718 Parish Records for Stockbury, Kent has this same marriage and it identifies James Nichols as a batchelor and Margaret Hales as a widow. The marriage was done in the presence of John Nicholls and Willm. Newman. DEATH: 1. Should be at Stockbury, Kent, England, but it is not found there. Did not find in FHL film 1752235 item #2, Archdeacon's Transcript of Stockbury thru 1812, nor in FHL film 1835742 item #1, Bishop's Transcript of Stockbury from 1813 to 1850. Did not find in FHL film 143718, item 2, Parish Records of Stockbury. The records at the time of Margaret's burial are using a preprinted form and there are no entries describing any marital or relationship information such as widow or wife of someone -- so we cannot be sure if James died before or after his wife. 2. Does not show up in the Canterbury Probate Index. SOURCES_MISC: 1. 18 Dec 2002 website .