When Stephen Nichols was born on 13 February 1798, in Dracut, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Joseph Nickles Jr., was 30 and his mother, Sarah Malone, was 27. He married Mary Chandler on 16 March 1819, in Vassalboro, Kennebec, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Livermore, Oxford, Maine, United States for about 10 years and Livermore, Livermore, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States in 1850. He died on 29 October 1850, in Livermore Falls, Androscoggin, Maine, United States, at the age of 52.
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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.
Historical Boundaries: 1805: Oxford, Massachusetts, United States 1820: Oxford, Maine, United States
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
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.
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