Name |
Isaac NICHOLS |
Birth |
1721 |
Staffordshire, England [1] |
Gender |
Male |
Misc |
1744 |
Goose Creek, Loudoun, Virginia, United States [1] |
Built family home |
- Modern description of the Nichol's Home
Nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Meeting House Farm encompasses 90 acres of Middleburg Hunt Territory in Loudoun County. The Quaker-style stone house was built in 1744 by Isaac Nichols, one of the original trustees of the Goose Creek Friends' Meeting. Beam ceilings, large fireplaces and tightly fitted stonework, which are characteristic of Quaker design, appear throughout. The house was totally reconstructed in 1987 and received the Loudoun County Historic Preservation Award in 1988.
The first floor has an entrance hall, a living room with window seats , a dining room with a stone fireplace, a kitchen and break fast room and a two-story solarium. Upstairs, the master suite has a study with custom-built bookcases. The two additional bedrooms have corner fireplaces. A long hall leads to a covered porch, which steps down to the tiered terraces and the pool. The residence is surrounded by flagstone terraces, wisteria-covered porches and expansive lawns. Pastures are enclosed by four-board fencing, and six horses can be accommodated in the centuries-old stone barn.
SOURCE: Extract from September 1999 Architectural Digest, 'Extraordinary Properties on the Market.'
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Death |
1802 |
Loudoun County, Virginia, United States [1] |
- Isaac died in Loudoun County, VA, in 1802 and Margery in 1806, both leaving wills. Isaac owned several thousand acres of land near Lincoln, VA, and left a considerable estate. In the "Nichols vs Hogue" case, the heirs of Isaac Nichols, petitioners, allege that Isaac Nichols the elder, deceased, departed this life intestate in the course of the year 1820 [sic. 1802] as to certain portions of his real estate in the county of Loudoun being an undivided moitey of a tract of 130 acres called the "Greggsville" tract, a lot called the meeting house lot of about 22 acres and two thirds of a tract of land which he devised to James Hogue the whole containing about 175 acres. The other third of said last mentioned tract belonged to Wm. Nichols, your petitioner. Said Isaac Nichols the elder died intestate as to said two thirds of this reason: he devised the same to James Hogue, neither a child of his nor the descendant of one, who died before him the said Isaac and the devised therefore, as your petitioners are advised lapsed." The petitioners ask for a sale of the said lands in question and a division of the proceeds among the many heirs. They also pray that Wm. Hogue be made a defendant and that he be summoned to show cause why the said land be not sold. In this case the spelling "Nicholls" and "Hogue" are uniformly used for the many heirs involved.
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SOURCE: The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data, by William D. Nichols, Sept. 1969, p.241
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Person ID |
I7403 |
Watkins |
Last Modified |
1 Nov 2009 |
Father |
Thomas NICHOLS, b. Between 1680 and 1687, Wolverhampton, Stafford, Staffordshire, England d. Bef 1748, Chester County, Pennsylvania (Age ~ 67 years) |
Mother |
Mary LUDFORD, b. Nov 1687, Badgely Ensor, Warwickshire, England d. 14 Mar 1770, Chester County, Pennsylvania (Age ~ 82 years) |
Marriage |
14 Jul 1704 |
Stafford, Staffordshire, England [1] |
Family ID |
F1533 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Margery COX, b. 1724, Mill Creek, New Castle County, Delaware d. 1806, Loudoun County, Virginia, United States (Age 82 years) |
Marriage |
1742 |
Hockessin Monthly Meeting, New Castle County, Delaware [1] |
- "When Isaac brought his bride, Margery Cox, of eighteen months to Loudoun County, Virginia, he entered upon a tract of land which became the very heart of the realm of Goose Creek Monthly Meeting. Here he selected a site overlooking Goose Creek, on which he built a stone house which is still standing and occupied to this day (1969). Quoting from "Legends of Loudoun Valley" by Joseph V. Nichols, the Patriarch of Purcellville, Isaac Nichols "was a successful business man and was the father of nine children, all of whom lived to mature years. He was uncompromising in his Quaker doctrine and unswerving in his observance of the more sombre side of the Quaker discipline." Isaac died in Loudoun County, VA, in 1802 and Margery in 1806, both leaving wills. Isaac owned several thousand acres of land near Lincoln, VA, and left a considerable estate.
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SOURCE: The Hoge, Nichols and Related Families - Biographical/Historical - A Sequential Arrangement of Genealogical Data, by William D. Nichols, Sept. 1969, p.241
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Children |
| 1. Lydia NICHOLS d. Yes, date unknown |
| 2. Margery NICHOLS |
| 3. William NICHOLS, b. 1742, Delaware/Virginia d. 13 Dec 1802, Loudoun County, Virginia, United States (Age 60 years) |
| 4. Mary NICHOLS, b. 1744, Loudoun County, Virginia, United States d. Aft 1811, Goose Creek, Loudoun, Virginia, United States (Age > 68 years) |
| 5. Catherine NICHOLS, b. 8 May 1748, Loudoun County, Virginia, United States d. 1829, Loudoun County, Virginia, United States (Age 80 years) |
| 6. Rebecca NICHOLS, b. 14 Sep 1749, Loudoun County, Virginia, United States d. Abt 1828, Loudoun County, Virginia, United States (Age 78 years) |
| 7. Ruth NICHOLS, b. Abt 1750, Loudoun County, Virginia, United States d. 22 Jan 1787, Loudoun County, Virginia, United States (Age ~ 37 years) |
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Family ID |
F1532 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
10 Oct 2023 |