{"id":99388,"date":"2024-06-21T08:38:13","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T12:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=99388"},"modified":"2024-07-09T09:59:39","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T13:59:39","slug":"photo-album-coffin-standish-nickerson-and-allied-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/photo-album-coffin-standish-nickerson-and-allied-families.html","title":{"rendered":"Photo Album: Coffin-Standish-Nickerson and Allied Families"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Introduction:<\/em><\/strong><em> In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry shows photos from an old Nantucket photo album and provides genealogy. Melissa is a genealogist who has a website, <a href=\"http:\/\/americana-archives.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">americana-archives.com<\/a>, and a Facebook group, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/HistoryGenNEFamilies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New England Family Genealogy and History<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Today I cover some family photographs and daguerreotypes from the collection of the <a href=\"https:\/\/nha.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nantucket Historical Association<\/a> that include scions of Nantucket settlers, Plymouth\u2019s <em>Mayflower<\/em> passengers, and Connecticut\u2019s first families.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Early Nantucket Families<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here is a photograph taken 12 August 1886 on the front steps of the Simpson House at 25 Pearl Street (now known as 25 India Street) in Nantucket, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_99390\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-99390\" style=\"width: 924px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-99390\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/photo-0621-2024-simpson-house.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Simpson House, Nantucket, Massachusetts, 12 August 1886. Credit: Nantucket Historical Association.\" width=\"924\" height=\"726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/photo-0621-2024-simpson-house.jpg 924w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/photo-0621-2024-simpson-house-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/photo-0621-2024-simpson-house-768x603.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 924px) 100vw, 924px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-99390\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Simpson House, Nantucket, Massachusetts, 12 August 1886. Credit: Nantucket Historical Association.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Here is an enlargement of the above photo showing more clearly the six people on the front steps. They are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>John Newton Standish Jr. (1858-1930), son of John Newton Sr. and Abigail Maria (Churchill) Standish. He was married to Mary Louise Pollard (Simpson) Standish.<\/li>\n<li>Mary Louise Pollard (Simpson) Standish (1858-1900), daughter of George Riddell and Mary Abby (Coffin) Simpson. She was married to John Newton Standish Jr.<\/li>\n<li>Caroline Frances \u201cAunt Fannie\u201d Simpson (1865-1889).<\/li>\n<li>Keziah Joy Coffin (1825-1920), daughter of John Gayer and Rebecca Luce (Joy) Coffin.<\/li>\n<li>Rebecca Luce (Joy) (Coffin) Nickerson (1798-1894), daughter of Obed and Anna (Cartwright) Joy. She married first John Gayer Coffin, and 2nd Capt. John Hopkins Nickerson (1811-1885).<\/li>\n<li>Mary Abby (Coffin) Simpson (1828-1916), daughter of John Gayer and Rebecca Luce (Joy) Coffin. She was married to George Riddell Simpson (1814-1864), son of William and Sally Coffin (Riddell) Simpson.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_99392\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-99392\" style=\"width: 1015px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-99392\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/photo-0621-2024-simpson-house-enlargement.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Nantucket residents on the steps of the Simpson House, Nantucket, Massachusetts, 12 August 1886. Credit: Nantucket Historical Association.\" width=\"1015\" height=\"642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/photo-0621-2024-simpson-house-enlargement.jpg 1015w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/photo-0621-2024-simpson-house-enlargement-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/photo-0621-2024-simpson-house-enlargement-768x486.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1015px) 100vw, 1015px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-99392\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Nantucket residents on the steps of the Simpson House, Nantucket, Massachusetts, 12 August 1886. Credit: Nantucket Historical Association.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Nantucket Historical Association has a collection of daguerreotypes associated with the above families.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Standish Mother &amp; Son<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is a photo of Abigail Maria (Churchill) Standish (1832-1913), daughter of Levi Belden and Abigail (Griswold) Churchill, with her son John Newton Standish Jr. (1858-1930). She was married to Captain John Newton Standish Sr. (1831-1888), son of James Tryon Sr. and Cynthia (Welles) Standish.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_99393\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-99393\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-99393\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/photo-0621-2024-abigail-standish-and-baby-son-john.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Abigail Maria (Churchill) Standish with her son John Newton Standish Jr. Credit: Nantucket Historical Association.\" width=\"620\" height=\"725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/photo-0621-2024-abigail-standish-and-baby-son-john.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/photo-0621-2024-abigail-standish-and-baby-son-john-257x300.jpg 257w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-99393\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Abigail Maria (Churchill) Standish with her son John Newton Standish Jr. Credit: Nantucket Historical Association.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I found an obituary for Abigail in the <em>Bridgeport Evening Farmer<\/em>. She died 13 May 1913.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_99394\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-99394\" style=\"width: 574px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/doc\/newspapers\/image\/v2%3A16A0C10D04AB14BC%40GB3NEWS-1629EA062BD5CBF5%402419903-1629EA173A0B6296%405-1629EA173A0B6296\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-99394\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/bridgeport-evening-farmer-newspaper-0515-1913-abigail-standish.jpg\" alt=\"An article about Abigail Standish, Bridgeport Evening Farmer newspaper 15 May 1913\" width=\"574\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/bridgeport-evening-farmer-newspaper-0515-1913-abigail-standish.jpg 574w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/bridgeport-evening-farmer-newspaper-0515-1913-abigail-standish-300x238.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 574px) 100vw, 574px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-99394\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bridgeport Evening Farmer (Bridgeport, Connecticut), 15 May 1913, page 6<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This article reports:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Death came to Abigail Churchill, widow of John Newton Standish, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Rose M. Fuller [born Rose Maria Standish, married 1st Thomas Jefferson Jennings, and 2nd Elbert Asher Fuller] in Wethersfield [Connecticut], Tuesday. Mrs. Standish was 80 years of age and was a native of Wethersfield. She was a resident of this city for many years and was well known and highly respected here. Upon the death of her husband in 1888 Mrs. Standish went to Wethersfield to live with her daughter. Mrs. Standish is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Fuller and Mrs. Harriet [\u201cHattie\u201d Isabella Standish] Griswold [wife of Arthur Harry Griswold Sr.], both of Wethersfield, and three sons, John N. Standish and George [Welles] Standish [married Margaret E. \u201cMaggie\u201d Hearn] of this city [Bridgeport], and Miles [Stephen] Standish [married Florence May Bouton] of Wethersfield.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Simpson Mother &amp; Daughter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here is a photo of Mary Abby (Coffin) Simpson (1828-1916), daughter of John Gayer and Rebecca Luce (Joy) Coffin, and her daughter Mary Louise Pollard Simpson (1858-1900) through her marriage to George Riddell Simpson. Mary Louise descends from <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2X24RoU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tristram Coffin<\/a>, Peter Folger, <a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/wn33xjte\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Richard Gardner<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3Hi7ObJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Samuel Shattuck<\/a>, Jone Coleman, Richard Swain, <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/puritan-edward-rawsons-family-line-strong-quaker-ties.html\">Edward Rawson<\/a>, and Joseph Grafton.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_99395\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-99395\" style=\"width: 632px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-99395\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/photo-0621-2024-mary-simpson-and-baby-daughter-mary.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Mary Abby (Coffin) Simpson with her daughter Mary Louise Pollard Simpson. Credit: Nantucket Historical Association.\" width=\"632\" height=\"716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/photo-0621-2024-mary-simpson-and-baby-daughter-mary.jpg 632w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/photo-0621-2024-mary-simpson-and-baby-daughter-mary-265x300.jpg 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-99395\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Mary Abby (Coffin) Simpson with her daughter Mary Louise Pollard Simpson. Credit: Nantucket Historical Association.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Nickerson Father &amp; Son<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here we see Captain Joseph Hopkins Nickerson (1807-1885), son of Samuel and Rhoda (Hopkins) Nickerson, and his son Charles Jasper Nickerson (1836-1911) through his marriage to Rebecca Luce (Joy) (Coffin) Nickerson (1798-1894), daughter of Obed and Anna (Cartwright) Joy. Charles Jasper Nickerson married Mary McConnell and 2nd Henrietta Len, leaving descendants.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_99396\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-99396\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-99396\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/collage-0621-2024-joseph-and-charles-nickerson.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Joseph Hopkins Nickerson and his son Charles Jasper Nickerson. Credit: Nantucket Historical Association.\" width=\"1280\" height=\"728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/collage-0621-2024-joseph-and-charles-nickerson.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/collage-0621-2024-joseph-and-charles-nickerson-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/collage-0621-2024-joseph-and-charles-nickerson-1024x582.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/collage-0621-2024-joseph-and-charles-nickerson-768x437.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-99396\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Joseph Hopkins Nickerson and his son Charles Jasper Nickerson. Credit: Nantucket Historical Association.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Captain Nickerson was a direct descendant of <em>Mayflower<\/em> passengers <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/3IxRl4j\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephen Hopkins<\/a> and William Brewster, and Plymouth Governor Thomas Prence. Below is a watercolor of his daughter Frances and a photograph of her with classmates.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watercolor Portrait of the Daughter of a Sea Captain<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here is a watercolor portrait of Frances \u201cFannie\u201d Teresa (Nickerson) Kingman (1838-1910), daughter of Captain Joseph Hopkins and Rebecca Luce (Joy) Nickerson. She married Gardner Josiah Kingman, son of Josiah Washburn and Margaret \u201cPolly\u201d (Packard) Kingman. The couple lived in Brockton, Massachusetts, and summered in Nantucket at 39 Main Street.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_99397\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-99397\" style=\"width: 566px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-99397\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/illustration-0621-2024-frances-kingman.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration: Frances \u201cFannie\u201d Teresa (Nickerson) Kingman. Credit: Nantucket Historical Association.\" width=\"566\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/illustration-0621-2024-frances-kingman.jpg 566w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/illustration-0621-2024-frances-kingman-236x300.jpg 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 566px) 100vw, 566px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-99397\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Illustration: Frances \u201cFannie\u201d Teresa (Nickerson) Kingman. Credit: Nantucket Historical Association.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Frances Nickerson with Coffin Schoolmates<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here we see \u201cLes Demoiselles of the Graduating Class of the Coffin School in Nantucket Taken May 15, 1886.\u201d From left to right: Mary Waitt, Miriam F. Sandsbury, Barrie J. Austin, Frances Nickerson, Evelyn Morris, John Stockley Barey, and Emily R. Coffin.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_99398\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-99398\" style=\"width: 1121px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-99398\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/photo-0621-2024-coffin-schoolmates.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Coffin School students, 1886. Credit: Nantucket Historical Association.\" width=\"1121\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/photo-0621-2024-coffin-schoolmates.jpg 1121w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/photo-0621-2024-coffin-schoolmates-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/photo-0621-2024-coffin-schoolmates-1024x658.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/photo-0621-2024-coffin-schoolmates-768x493.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1121px) 100vw, 1121px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-99398\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Coffin School students, 1886. Credit: Nantucket Historical Association.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Stay tuned for more on these family lines.<\/p>\n<p>Explore over 330 years of newspapers and historical records in GenealogyBank. Discover your family story! <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/sign-up\">Start a 7-Day Free Trial<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Note on the header image:<\/em><\/strong> flag of Nantucket, Massachusetts. 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