Moses Nichols

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Moses Nichols (June 28, 1740 – May 23, 1790) was an American physician, soldier, and leading citizen of Amherst, New Hampshire.

Nichols was born in Reading, Massachusetts, to Timothy Nichols and his wife Hannah Perkins. On July 7, 1761, Moses Nichols married Hannah Eaton of Lynn, Massachusetts.

He was appointed

Brigadier General
.

Moses Nichols was often moderator at Amherst's

town meetings and was five times a delegate to the Provincial Congress at Exeter, New Hampshire
.

References

  1. ^ Willey (1903), p. 162.
  • A List of The Revolutionary Soldiers of Dublin, N.H. by Samuel Carroll Derby Press of Spahr & Glenn, Columbus, Ohio 1901
  • Willey, George Franklyn (1903). State Builders: An Illustrated Historical and Biographical Record of the State of New Hampshire. State Builders Publishing Manchester, NH.
  • Provincial and State Papers of New Hampshire