Brief Life History of Lewis
When Lewis Nichols was born on 12 June 1773, in Paugasset, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Abijah Nichols, was 27 and his mother, Anah Shelton, was 25. He married Elizabeth Hubbell on 20 October 1791, in Huntington, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. He died on 17 February 1862, in Concord, Erie, New York, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Concord, Erie, New York, United States.
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- Lewis Nichols, "New York State Census, 1855"
- Lewis Nichols, "Find A Grave Index"
- Lewis in entry for Polly Nichols, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
New York is the 11th state.
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Nichol , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognates from other languages, e.g. Croatian and Serbian Nikolić (see Nikolic ); see also below.
Americanized form of various like-sounding Jewish surnames.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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