Whidden Generations
Ichabod Whidden and three sons, John, James & Samuel emigrated from Portsmouth, England in 1662 and settled in New Hampshire, New England. After a few generations, part of the family moved to Truro and Cornwallis, Nova Scotia and then all parts of North America. Many related families (most not on this site) include Allison, Archibald, Barss, Bentley, Blair, Brown, Campbell, Clark, Clarke, Fisher, Ford, Ganon, Glencross, Graham, Hall, Harrington, Hart, Higgins, Jobb, Johnson, Jones, Longfellow, Lynch, MacDonald, McCabe, McKeen, McLean, Morton, Nelson, Nichols, O'Brien, Prescott, Reid, Roode/Rhude, Smith, Sterling, Sutherland, Swan and Thomson. Assuming a connection of John Whidden of Stillwater, Guysborough Co., NS, here are the Whidden generation(s) coming down to Harriet Susanna Whidden (wife of George Aaron Nichols, of Nicholsville NF - parents of Dorothy Nichols) - as follows. GENERATION ONE born - Portsmouth, England spouse Unknown Whidden Children: Samuel Whidden, James Whidden, John Whidden GENERATION TWO born abt 1644, England died 1714-18, Greenland, New Hampshire, New England spouse: Mary Cate born ? Porstmouth, New Hampshire died aft 1714 children: Samuel Whidden 2nd (link . . . see below), Thomas Whidden, John Whidden, Capt. James Whidden, Jane Whidden, Alice Whidden, Abigail Whidden, Sarah Whidden, Mary Whidden, Elizabeth Whidden, Margaret Whidden GENERATION THREE Samuel Whidden 2nd born 1670, Greenland, New Hampshire, New England died 1714, Greenland, New Hampshire, New England spouse: Sarah Jones daughter of Francis Jones and Susannah Willix born 27 April, 1669, Portsmouth, New Hampshire children: James Whidden (link . . . see below), Samuel Whidden 3rd, John Whidden, Sarah Whidden, Ichabod Whidden GENERATION FOUR born 1713 Canterbury, New Hampshire, New England died 13 December, 1790 Truro, Cochester County, Nova Scotia spouse: Abigail Sanborn (m. abt 1746) born 24 October, 1716 North Hampton, New Hampshire died about 1756, New Hampshire children: John Whidden, David Whidden, Samuel Whidden 3rd, Sarah Whidden, Simeon Whidden (link . . . see below), Eleanor Whidden, Elizabeth Whidden, Martha Whidden GENERATION FIVE born New England 1754 died - ? wife: Dorothy (Dolly) Blair (m. abt 1775) parents: Capt. William Blair and Jane Barns born abt 1753, of Shelburn County, NS died November, 1827 children: James Whidden, Mary Whidden, Sarah Whidden, William Whidden (link . . .see below), Simeon Whidden Jr., Robert Whidden, (Rev.) John Whidden, Dorothy Whidden, David Whidden, Jane Whidden, Abigail Whidden GENERATION SIX born 1784, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia died February 1857, St. Mary's Township, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia Wife: Mary McLean born abt 1784 East Jordan River, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia died 1842 Guysborough County, Nova Scotia Children: John McLean Whidden (unconfirmed link), Thomas Whidden, William Whidden, Robert Whidden (died early), Robert Whidden, Timothy Whidden, Hugh McLean Whidden GENERATION SEVEN John McLean Whidden (unconfirmed link) born 30 October, 1808, St. Mary's Forks, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia wife: Catherine Fraser Children: Harriet Susanna Whidden, Simeon Whidden, Timothy Whidden GENERATION EIGHT born 1842, Stillwater Township, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia died 17 August, 1921 Nicholsville, NF spouse: George Aaron Nichols Sr. Children: John Henry Archibald Nichols, George Aaron Nichols Jr., Emma Margaret Nichols, William Holly Glover Nichols (link), Bertha Nichols, Elizabeth Nichols, Norman McLean Nichols, Edgar Charles Nichols, Frederick S. Nichols GENERATION NINE William Holly Glover Nichols born 17 February, 1872, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia died 4 December 1967 Nicholsville, Newfoundland spouse: Hannah Jane Taylor Children: Bruce Nichols, Stanley Nichols, David Nichols, Angelina Nichols, Noel Nichols, Dorothy Nichols |