Wm. MCKIM was married to Nancy NICHOLSON Dec 4th. 1803.Wm. MCKIM died Jany 12th 1853 aged 73. From the McKim Family Bible.
This is referenced as Troy Conference Historical Society. In Memorials of Ashgrove p. 26 Bowen tells us that Francis and William Nicholson were sons of John Nicholson and enlisted in the British army but returned after the war. Francis was killed while returning. But according to Bowen William settled down with his father on lands purchased from the of the patentees of the Wilson patent and eventually inherited the whole of the Nicholson lands at the death of his father. James McKim's son William married a Nancy Nicholson in 1803. According to the McKim family bible she was born in Cambridge and they named their first two children William and Comfort. Comfort was William Nicholson's wife. From this one assumes Nancy Nicholson McKim was a daughter of William and Comfort Nicholson. And they, or at least she, visited or lived in Cambridge about the time of the birth of their first child. The story that has been passed down in the McKim family is that she came to Canada across the ice on a sleigh with a baby on her lap and $1000 in her bosom.
William's father James McKim enlisted in the Queens Loyal Rangers of New York on about 25 June 1777 and fought in the Battle of Bennington. In his loyalist claim he states that he was a native of Ireland came and settled in Bennington and had 30 acres of land in Wilson's patent of which he had cleared 5 acres. His loyalist claim was witnessed by John Embury and Edward Carskallen.
The family Bible - containing names, dates, locations, scans and other information can be found on the website below:
https://www.biblerecords.com/mckim.html
This is referenced as Troy Conference Historical Society. In Memorials of Ashgrove p. 26 Bowen tells us that Francis and William Nicholson were sons of John Nicholson and enlisted in the British army but returned after the war. Francis was killed while returning. But according to Bowen William settled down with his father on lands purchased from the of the patentees of the Wilson patent and eventually inherited the whole of the Nicholson lands at the death of his father. James McKim's son William married a Nancy Nicholson in 1803. According to the McKim family bible she was born in Cambridge and they named their first two children William and Comfort. Comfort was William Nicholson's wife. From this one assumes Nancy Nicholson McKim was a daughter of William and Comfort Nicholson. And they, or at least she, visited or lived in Cambridge about the time of the birth of their first child. The story that has been passed down in the McKim family is that she came to Canada across the ice on a sleigh with a baby on her lap and $1000 in her bosom.
William's father James McKim enlisted in the Queens Loyal Rangers of New York on about 25 June 1777 and fought in the Battle of Bennington. In his loyalist claim he states that he was a native of Ireland came and settled in Bennington and had 30 acres of land in Wilson's patent of which he had cleared 5 acres. His loyalist claim was witnessed by John Embury and Edward Carskallen.
The family Bible - containing names, dates, locations, scans and other information can be found on the website below:
https://www.biblerecords.com/mckim.html
Wm. MCKIM was married to Nancy NICHOLSON Dec 4th. 1803.Wm. MCKIM died Jany 12th 1853 aged 73. From the McKim Family Bible.
This is referenced as Troy Conference Historical Society. In Memorials of Ashgrove p. 26 Bowen tells us that Francis and William Nicholson were sons of John Nicholson and enlisted in the British army but returned after the war. Francis was killed while returning. But according to Bowen William settled down with his father on lands purchased from the of the patentees of the Wilson patent and eventually inherited the whole of the Nicholson lands at the death of his father. James McKim's son William married a Nancy Nicholson in 1803. According to the McKim family bible she was born in Cambridge and they named their first two children William and Comfort. Comfort was William Nicholson's wife. From this one assumes Nancy Nicholson McKim was a daughter of William and Comfort Nicholson. And they, or at least she, visited or lived in Cambridge about the time of the birth of their first child. The story that has been passed down in the McKim family is that she came to Canada across the ice on a sleigh with a baby on her lap and $1000 in her bosom.
William's father James McKim enlisted in the Queens Loyal Rangers of New York on about 25 June 1777 and fought in the Battle of Bennington. In his loyalist claim he states that he was a native of Ireland came and settled in Bennington and had 30 acres of land in Wilson's patent of which he had cleared 5 acres. His loyalist claim was witnessed by John Embury and Edward Carskallen.
The family Bible - containing names, dates, locations, scans and other information can be found on the website below:
https://www.biblerecords.com/mckim.html
This is referenced as Troy Conference Historical Society. In Memorials of Ashgrove p. 26 Bowen tells us that Francis and William Nicholson were sons of John Nicholson and enlisted in the British army but returned after the war. Francis was killed while returning. But according to Bowen William settled down with his father on lands purchased from the of the patentees of the Wilson patent and eventually inherited the whole of the Nicholson lands at the death of his father. James McKim's son William married a Nancy Nicholson in 1803. According to the McKim family bible she was born in Cambridge and they named their first two children William and Comfort. Comfort was William Nicholson's wife. From this one assumes Nancy Nicholson McKim was a daughter of William and Comfort Nicholson. And they, or at least she, visited or lived in Cambridge about the time of the birth of their first child. The story that has been passed down in the McKim family is that she came to Canada across the ice on a sleigh with a baby on her lap and $1000 in her bosom.
William's father James McKim enlisted in the Queens Loyal Rangers of New York on about 25 June 1777 and fought in the Battle of Bennington. In his loyalist claim he states that he was a native of Ireland came and settled in Bennington and had 30 acres of land in Wilson's patent of which he had cleared 5 acres. His loyalist claim was witnessed by John Embury and Edward Carskallen.
The family Bible - containing names, dates, locations, scans and other information can be found on the website below:
https://www.biblerecords.com/mckim.html
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