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Spouses/Children:
1. Mary
2. Sarah
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Benjamin NICHOLS 3
- Born: 1738 4
- Marriage (1): Mary
- Marriage (2): Sarah on 17 Mar 1781 in St John, Northington, Hampshire 1 2
- Died: 29 Sep 1817 3
- Buried: 4 Oct 1817, St Andrew, Farnham, Surrey 5
 Notes:
Benjamin's place of birth is not known. He had three children with his first wife Mary. When he remarried in 1781 to Sarah Tomkinson, a widow from Farnham in Surrey, he was described as a yeoman of Northington, a village near Winchester in Hampshire. He later moved to Farnham, where he was a hop planter and the Proprietor of the Bush Hotel and Posting House, previously owned by Sarah's first husband William Tomkinson.
Benjamin's eldest son Benjamin jnr inherited the Bush Inn, married Ann Birch the daughter of a builder, and bequeathed the Inn to his only surviving child Ann. Benjamin snr's younger son Henry (qv), was a wine merchant. Benjamin snr's two sons inherited their father's land and property in Farnham. His only daughter Jane married Thomas Boniface, a grocer in Havant and Farnham. She was described as 'of Andover' for her marriage in 1810 - their only son Ben, who was a cabinet maker, emigrated to Australia.
PCC: Benjamin Nichols PROB11/1598 dated 18-11-1817
Additional sources:
Benjamin Nichols PROB11/1796 dated 22-2-1832 (son)
Benjamin married Mary. (Mary was buried on 24 Oct 1778 in St John, Northington, Hampshire 2.)
Benjamin next married Sarah on 17 Mar 1781 in St John, Northington, Hampshire.1 2 (Sarah was born in 1741 6 and was buried on 19 Apr 1795 in St Andrew, Farnham, Surrey 5.)
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