Mary Derby

F, b. circa 1644, d. 15 March 1706
     Mary was born circa 1644 probably at Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of John & Alice Derby.1 Mary married Nicholas Nickerson, son of William Nickerson II and Anne Busby, circa 1663 in Sandwich, Cape Cod, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Nicholas & Mary had children: John [9/10/1664], daughter [d. 10/14/1667], Mary [7/__/1668], Sarah [5/01/1674] & Patience [4/03/1682].2 Mary's husband, Nicholas, died on 26 March 1682 in Yarmouth leaving her a widow. Mary departed this life on Monday, 15 March 1706 in Yarmouth. Her estate was proved 16 April 1706. It mentioned all of the sons and husbands of the married daughrers.3

Family

Nicholas Nickerson b. c 10 Aug 1628, d. 26 Mar 1682

Citations

  1. [S1824] R. Dudley Kelley, Descendants of David Okillea of Yarmouth, Massachusetts, page 131 - In the record of the estate of John Darby of Yarmouth in 1655 ... [nothing more is given. klm]
  2. [S290] Nickerson Family Association, The Nickerson Family, page 17 - All children were born at Yarmouth....daughter, died October 1667. No further information. "30 October 1667 Yarmouth. In the yeare 67 upon the 14th day of October, wee whose names are hereunder written, being warned of authoritee to view the corpes lately deceased viz; the child of Nicarson, have found in the windpipe of the child a pece of pumpkin shell; the which wee, being all and every one of us agreed, doe judge that it was the cause of death."
  3. [S290] Nickerson Family Association, The Nickerson Family, page 16.