Anne Busby
Wife of William Nickerson, the founder of Chatham, Massachusetts, and probably, through their son Joseph, a great-great-grandmother of Sarah (Cole) Holdershaw. Baptized at Norwich, Norfolk, in 1607/8, probably a daughter of Nicholas and Bridget (Cocke) Busby, she crossed with her husband, four children and her parents in 1637, nursed her parents at Boston in their last years, and was living at Monomoy in 1686.
Life
- 1607Bornbp. 2 Feb 1607/8, St Mary Coslany, Norwich, Norfolk, England
"Aged 28" in April 1637.
- c. 1627Married William Nickersonc. 1627
The family history gives both "about 1627" and "about 1630."
- aft. 1686Diedaft. 18 May 1686, Monomoit (Chatham), Massachusetts
Family
- Father
- Nicholas Busby
With his wife Bridget (Cocke); they emigrated with the Nickersons in 1637 and died at Boston in 1657 and 1660.
- Spouse
- William Nickerson
"William Nickerson of Norwich, in Norfolk, weaver, aged 33, and Anne, his wife, aged 28" (1637).
1 child
Pedigree
Notes
Wife of William Nickerson, the founder of Chatham, and great-great-grandmother of Sarah (Cole) Holdershaw. She was baptized at St Mary Coslany, Norwich, the daughter of Nicholas and Bridget (Cocke) Busby, and crossed with her husband, four children and her parents on the John and Dorothy in 1637. William later set down what she had done for her parents in their last years at Boston: “My wife came to Boston the 1st of March 1657 and my wife did sarves to hur father and mother till the later end of August following, and then hur father departed this life. And since their fathers death, my wife have done sarves to her mother daily and watching with them in the night, as their necessities called for untell hur mother departed this life; which was in July last 1660” (source). She was living at Monomoy in 1686 and is probably buried near William on Burial Hill.
Research: research/ellingwood/Ellingwood_Cape_Cod.md.