Lets see if I can confuse the issue of Isaac NICHOLS' birthplace even further: FIRST GENERATION 1. Isaac NICHOLS was born in 1625 in , , England or Holland.1 He died in 1694/95 in Stratford, Fairfield, CT.2 He signed a will on Sep 28 1694 in Stratford, Fairfield, CT.3 He bequeathed his homestead and lands to Benjamin, after the deathe of his wife, and states that he had given as he was able to his other children. He had an estate probated on Nov 6 1695.4 He was elected as Deputy to the general assembly in Stratford, Fairfield, CT.5 SECOND GENERATION 2. Sergeant Francis NICHOLS6,7 was born between 1590 and 1595 in , , England.8 He immigrated between 1622 and 1630. He emigrated in 1634.9 He died on Jan 16 1649/50 in Stratford, Fairfield, CT.10,11 He was Puritan.12 He owned Land in Southold, Long Island, NY.13 He had an estate probated.14 His estate was distributed among his children before his death. He had military training and belonged to the Horse Guards of London, it is believed. Adopted Puritan beliefs and fled to the Hague to escape persecution. Accompanied by the Rev. Adam Blakeman he emigrated to America in 1634, taking with him his three sons, Isaac, Caleb, and John. He was one of the original Seven proprietors of the old township of Stratford, which he helped to found in 1639, and had a colonial grant of 10,000 acres. By his first wife he had one son. His son by his first wife, Isaac.... He was married to Mrs Nichols in 1612. 3. Mrs Nichols. THIRD GENERATION 4. Francis NICHOLS was born in 1575 in of Ampthill, Bedford, England.8,15 He died on Sep 6 1622.8,16 He was a Barrister of the Middle Temple.17 He was married to Margaret BRUCE.18,19 5. Margaret BRUCE20 died in 1651/52.8,21,22 She was born WFT Est 1571-1590.8 Youngest daughter. SOURCES 1. Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry: Including American Families with British Ancestry. London: Burke's Peerage, 1939. p. 2842. 2. Ibid. p. 2842. 3. Cutter, William Richard. New England Families. p. 1632. 4. Ibid. p. 1632. 5. Ibid. p. 1632. 6. Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry: Including American Families with British Ancestry. London: Burke's Peerage, 1939. p. 2842. 7. Cutter, William Richard. New England Families. p. 1632. 8. World Family Tree. Brunderbund. 9. Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry: Including American Families with British Ancestry. London: Burke's Peerage, 1939. p. 2842. 10. Ibid. p. 2842. 11. World Family Tree, pre-1600 to present. Broderbund, 1995-97. Pedigree Chart #4268. 12. Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry: Including American Families with British Ancestry. London: Burke's Peerage, 1939. p. 2842. 13. Cutter, William Richard. New England Families. p. 1632. 14. Ibid. p. 1632. 15. Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry: Including American Families with British Ancestry. London: Burke's Peerage, 1939. p. 2842. 16. Ibid. p. 2842. 17. Ibid. p. 2842. 18. Ibid. p. 2842. 19. Paul, Sir James Balfour. The Scots Peerage founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland: containing an historicla and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1904-1914. v.3, p. 485. 20. Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry: Including American Families with British Ancestry. London: Burke's Peerage, 1939. p. 2842. 21. Ibid. p. 2842. 22. Paul, Sir James Balfour. The Scots Peerage founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland: containing an historicla and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1904-1914. v.3, p. 485. Dave