NICHOLSON William, Coleford, Newland from 1830s (General)

by normalkiwi , Sunday, August 29, 2010, 11:55 (5205 days ago)

Looking for info on family of William Nicholson, Baptist minister & postmaster of Coleford. It seems that he first married Martha Nicholson (cousin) in 1834. Son William (Patrick) b 1835 went to Queensland, Australia and daughter Eliza b 1837 married Edward Davies & went to NZ in 1875. Eliza was my gggmother.

William’s wife was shown as Ann, b Plymouth, in Censuses from 1851 to 1871, then wife in 1881 is Mary Clayton. Did Martha die before 1839 – that would fit a marriage to Ann Ayre of Plymouth. And was Mary the third wife?

I have a fair amount of info on the Aus & NZ families, and a transcript of Eliza’s shipboard diary (have not been able to discover who posted it on net).

Would be grateful for any info.
Sue