Joshua Nichols of New Jersey and Joshua Nichols of Maryland Comparison
Click here, Joshua and Joshua , to see a downloadable file of an analysis developed by the Joshua Nichols Family Research Group comparing the lives of two separate men, Joshua Nichols of New Jersey and Joshua Nichols of Maryland. Researchers through the years have confused these separate individuals and Nichols Family Trees now posted at numerous websites on the Internet reflect the errors derived from this misidentification. Research now proves these were entirely different men and it is hoped this analysis can set these records straight so that descendants of each Joshua Nichols can explore more fully a true and accurate history of their family. Joshua Nichols (b. abt 1710 -1793) of New Jersey and later North Carolina was first married to Agnes (Last Name Yet Unknown) who died in 1749 and is buried in the Lamington Presbyterian Church Cemetery near Bedminster, New Jersey. In 1751 this Joshua Nichols married Janet Fraizer Hankins, widow of Richard Hankins, in Monmouth County, New J