Brief Life History of George
George Nicholson was born about 1650, in Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom. He married Hannah Roper on 6 January 1672, in Hull, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Yorkshire, England in 1672. He died in 1695, in Chesterfield Township, Burlington, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 46.
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- George Nicholson (Marriage) in the England & Wales, Quaker Birth, Marriage, and Death Registers, 1578-1837
- George Nicholson & Hannah Roper: England & Wales, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Marriages 1578-1841 | findmypast.com
- George Nickolson in entry for Grarr Nickolson, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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1688 · Glorious Revolution
The Glorious Revolution brought the downfall of Catholic King James II and the reign of his Protestant daughter Mary and her Dutch husband, William III of Orange.
1688
Historical Boundaries: 1688: Burlington, New Jersey Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Burlington, New Jersey, United States
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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