The Nickerson Connection

The Nickerson Connection



Lucy Mehitable Nickerson was born on July 18, 1834.

She was a daughter of Asa Cahoon Nickerson and Annabella (MacKenzie), also connected to our family through the MacKenzies!

View the McKenzie Genealogy Pages.

Lucy was one of eleven children born to Asa and Annabella.
On Jan. 28, 1857, she married Benjamin Lumsden.

Asa Nickerson was a son of Caleb Nickerson, whose lineage can be traced back through the generations (Joshua, Caleb, William, William ,to William "The Immigrant" Nickerson, who was born in Norwich, Norfolk, England, about 1604, and who immigrated to Massachusetts in 1637.

Asa's father Caleb brought most of the family from Barrington, N.S. to Canso and area, stopping for several years in Sambro, as did other Barrington families, such as the Kirbys.






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