Josiah Nicholson (1730’s - 1807) Currituck County, North Carolina

As explained in the introduction to the Currituck section on this web site, I once thought I descended from Josiah Nicholson of Currituck County.  In reality, he was a distant cousin.  But I did a lot of research on him, some new, that was included in my biography of him for the 2005 Currituck Families book.

This research stands the test of time – with one correction. I list Cortney Nicholson as my second great-grandmother. I now understand that I descend from Reuben Taylor, brother of Cortney’s husband Charles Taylor (the death certificate of Caroline Taylor Foreman - which lists Reuben Taylor as her father - is the header on this page). Charles and Cortney had six children, not eight, as they likely raised two children of Charles’ brother Reuben - Caroline and Albertis.

Albertis’ 1885 Fountain County Indiana death record lists his mother as a “Doxey”, and the hand-written note of that record is the header on the introductory page to this Currituck section. I have the research goal of linking a member of the Doxey family to Reuben Taylor. Reuben and Charles’ sister Catherine, married William Doxey, so there is a chance that William and the wife of Reuben were closely related.

I have included that Josiah Nicholson biography here for interested researchers, with the cover page reference in case anyone wishes to acquire the book: