Bathsheba Small

     Bathsheba was born circa 1728 in Harwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Zachariah & Jane [Davis] Small. Bathsheba married Ansel Nickerson, son of Thomas Nickerson and Lydia Covell, on 21 May 1748 in Harwich. She was married 2nd Gowell Chase, the son of Go-Well Chase and Jane Davis. Ansel and Bathsheba had one son, Ansel [11/20/1748] [m. 11/14/1771 Mary Smith]. After the death of his father, his mother changed his name from Levi to Ansel. Bathsheba's husband, an unknown person , died on 1 November 1750 in Chatham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, leaving her a widow. Bathsheba departed this life on Tuesday, 28 September 1779.