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| Freeman Nickerson (1778?–1847) |
| Missionary to Upper Canada, Massachusetts, New
York; member, Zion's Camp. |
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February 5, 1778 in South
Dennis, Barnstable, Massachusetts |
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February 5, 1779 in South Dennis, Barnstable, Massachusetts |
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| Died |
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January 12, 1847 at Pioneer Crossing, Chariton River, Lucas, Iowa |
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| Father |
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Eleazar Nickerson (b. Apr. 2, 1748 on Cape
Cod, Massachusetts; d. Nov. 26, 1796 in South Dennis, Barnstable,
Massachusetts) |
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HC 1:416 footnote.
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| Mother |
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Thankful Chase (b. Feb. 25, 1750 in Yarmouth,
Barnstable, Massachusetts; d. Feb. 6, 1834 in South Dennis, Barnstable, Massachusetts) |
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HC 1:416 footnote. |
| Occupation |
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Seaman. |
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| Vermont |
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1800 moves to Windsor County, Vermont, where he and
Huldah Chapman marry. |
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HC 1:416 footnote. |
| War
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1812 lieutenant, War of 1812. |
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HC 1:416 footnote. |
| Baptized |
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April 1833 baptized by Zerubbabel Snow in Dayton,
New York (4 miles south of Freedom's home in Perrysburg). Ordained a deacon soon after. |
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HC 1:416 footnote. |
| Mission with Joseph, Sidney |
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October 5, 1833 begins mission to Upper Canada with Joseph Smith and
Sidney Rigdon. |
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Diary-1, 5. |
| New York home |
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October 12, 1833 the three reach Freeman's home in Perrysburg,
Cattaraugus, New York. |
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Diary-1, 7. |
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October 18, 1833 arrive at Mt. Pleasant,
Upper Canada, where Freeman's sons Moses and Eleazar live. |
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| Fund-raising |
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March 17, 1834 one of four who commit to raise $2,000 by April to deliver
church from debt. |
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¶ Meeting
of March 17, 1834 |
| Zion's Camp |
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1834 member, Zion's Camp. |
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| Perrysburgh church |
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April 1835 presides over Perrysburgh branch
of 40 members. |
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Freedom Nickerson, Apr. 3, 1835, MA 1, no. 7 (Apr. 3, 1835): 101. |
| Cape Cod / Barnstable |
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November [30], 1835 leaves Cattaraugus County for
Cape Cod, Massachusetts. In late December or January 1836 he writes from
Yarmouth: |
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Freedom Nickerson, n.d., MA 2,
no. 5 (Feb. 1836): 271. |
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Since I arrived at Cape Cod, I have held 24 public meetings; the people have been very
attentive. I have held two meetings in a Methodist house one in the courthouse,
two in a hall and the remainder in a school and private houses. |
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I have baptized 6 in this place … |
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… After I arrived here the Methodist and Orthodox opened protracted
meetings which continue yet, and the first men in the place came with their
carriages and carried the people 4 or 5 miles, so have them hear. Cape
Cod is much stired up there is more use for bibles, than before I came. |
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Requests permission to speak at a protracted meeting but
is refused. Baptizes in the Bogs River "where we repaired with
a cloud of witheses [witnesses]." |
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| Upper Canada |
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April 5, 1836 leaves Kirtland with Parley and Orson Pratt. |
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P. Pratt's Toronto Letters (1836) |
| Boston |
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May 1842 on a mission in Boston. |
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TS 3, no. 14 (May 16, 1842): 798. |
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[E. P. Maginn, 1842] In Boston near forty have obeyed through the faithful
labors of Elder Freeman Nickerson. |
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HC 4:567. |
| Death |
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January 12, 1847 dies in Chariton River, Pioneer Crossing, Iowa, en route
to the Great Salt Lake Valley. |
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Family |
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| Wife |
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Huldah Chapman, b. Aug. 19, 1780 in Tolland
Co., Connecticut;
md. Jan. 9, 1800 in Cavendish, Windsor, Vermont;
d.
Mar. 22, 1860 in Provo, Utah.
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| Children |
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Name unknown (b. Sept. 11, 1802 in Cavendish, Windsor,
Vermont). |
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Moses Chapman (b. Mar. 9, 1804 in Cavendish,
Vermont; md. Mary Colver Boss; d. Mar. 4, 1871). |
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Eleazar Freeman (b. Apr. 12, 1806 in Cavendish, Vermont; md. Eliza McAllister; d. Sept. 14, 1862). |
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Caroline Eliza (b. June 28, 1808 in Cavendish, Vermont;
md. Marshall Moore Hubbard, Sept. 18, 1827 in Perrysburg, Cattaraugus Co., New York; d. July 28, 1889
near Grantsville, Tooele Co., Utah). |
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Uriel Chittendon Hatch (b. Nov. 14, 1810 in Cavendish, Vermont;
d. June 18, 1888). |
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Samuel Stillman (Sept. 22, 1812 in Cavendish, Vermont; d.
Mar. 12, 1813). |
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Levi Stilllman (Apr. 2, 1814 in Springville, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania;
d. Dec. 15, 1853 in Kanesville, Pottawatomee, Iowa). |
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Huldah Abigail (b. Apr. 16, 1816 in Springville, Pennsylvania;
d. Aug. 22, 1872 in Grantsville, Tooele, Utah). |
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Eliphalet Coineca Sullivan (b. May 5, 1818 in Springville, Pennsylvania; d. July 29, 1819). |
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| Wife |
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Huldah Howes (b. Aug. 16, 1786 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts; md. [August 1845]; d. Nov. 8, 1846 in Winter Quarters,
Iowa). |
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| Wife |
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[Eliza Kent] md. [1846]. |
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