Shadrack Nicholson

Brief Life History of Shadrack

When Shadrack Nicholson was born in 1771, in Fairfax, Culpeper, Virginia, British Colonial America, his father, John Nicholson Sr, was 33 and his mother, Ann, was 35. He married Sarah Dodson on 29 July 1801, in Madison, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Madison, Virginia, United States in 1840. He died in 1854, in Madison, Madison, Virginia, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Madison, Madison, Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Shadrack Nicholson
1771–1854
Sarah Dodson
1776–1861
Marriage: 29 July 1801
Lewis Nicholson
1802–1843
Lucy Nicholson
1802–1879
Peter Nicholson
1803–1868
David Nicholson
1808–1869
John Nicolson
1810–
Elizabeth Nicholson
1813–1897
Martin Nicholson
1815–1880
Lydia Nicholson
1815–
William Nicholson
1815–

Sources (31)

  • Shadrach Nickelson, "United States Census, 1830"
  • Shadrack Nickelson, "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989"
  • Shadrach Nicholson, "Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912"

World Events (8)

1775

Patrick Henry made his "Give me Liberty or Give me Death" speech in Richmond Virginia.

1780 · Richmond Becomes the Capital

On April 18, 1780 Richmond became the capital of Virginia. It was the temporary capital from 1780-1788.

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

Name Meaning

English (northern) and Scottish: patronymic from the Middle English personal name Nic(h)olas or the vernacular form Nic(h)ol + son; see Nichol , Nicholas . In Scotland the name was sometimes substituted for McNichol .

Americanized form of Danish, Norwegian, and North German Nicolaisen or Nikolaisen , or of the Swedish cognate Niklasson, patronymics from equivalents of the personal name Nicholas .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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