Godfrey Nims

1648 - 1705  (57 years)

• Name	Godfrey Nims
  Relationship	with James Durston Nims
  Born	1648
  Christened	21 Oct 1648	St. Clement-Danes Church, Westminster, London, England
  Gender	Male
  Died	1705	Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA
  Person ID	I86	Ivory-Nims-Moses-Denny
  Last Modified	11 Feb 2023

  
  

  Father	Henry Nymm (Nims),   b. Abt. 1624, England ,   bur. 19 Oct 1663, Gloucestershire, England  (Age ~ 39 years)
  Mother	Ellen (Ellinor) Denes,   b. Abt. 1624, England
  Married	12 Aug 1655	St. Clement-Danes Church, Westminster, England
  Family ID	F175	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary (Miller) Williams,   d. 27 Apr 1688
  Married	26 Nov 1677
  Children	1. Rebecca Nims,   b. 12 Aug 1678,   d. Aug 1678  (Age 0 years)  [Birth]   2. John Nims,   b. 14 Aug 1679  [Birth]   3. Rebecca Nims,   b. 14 Aug 1679  [Birth]   4. Henry Nims,   b. 20 Apr 1682  [Birth]   5. Thankful Nims,   b. 29 Aug 1684  [Birth] + 6. Ebenezer Nims,   b. 14 Mar 1687, Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 1766, Wapping, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 78 years)
  Last Modified	5 May 2019
  Family ID	F21	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Mehitable Hull,   b. Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA
  Married	27 Jan 1692	Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA
  Children	1. Thomas Nims,   b. 8 Nov 1693, Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 10 Sep 1697, Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 3 years)  [Birth]   2. Mehitable Nims,   b. 16 May 1696, Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 29 Feb 1704, Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 7 years)  [Birth]   3. Mary Nims,   b. 28 Feb 1698, Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA  [Birth]   4. Mercy Nims,   b. 28 Feb 1698, Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA  [Birth]   5. Abigail Nims,   b. 27 May 1700, Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA  [Birth]
  Documents		Children of Godfrey Nims Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
  		Godfrey Nims and Mehitable Hull Marriage -1692 Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2022
  Family ID	F42	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Married - 27 Jan 1692 - Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA Died - 1705 - Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  Godfrey Nims Memorial in Deerfield, Massachusetts

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Children of Godfrey Nims Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
  		1648 - Godfrey Nims - Baptism - 21 Oct 1648
  		Godfrey Nims and Mary Williams Marriage - 28 Nov 1677

  
  

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• Notes

  The first official record of Godfrey Nims in America appears on September 24, 1667, in a Springfield, Massachusetts court record. "James Bennet, Godfrey Nims & Benoni Stebbins, young lads of Northampton being by Northampton Commissionrs bound ouer to this Corte to answer for diverse crimes & misdemeanrs comitted by them, were brought to this Corte by ye Constable of yt Towne wch 3 lads are accused by Robert Bartlett for that they gott into his house two Sabbath dayes when all the family were at the Publike Meeting: On ye first of wch tymes, they vizt. 24 shillings in silver & 7s in Wampum with the intention to run away to the ffrench: Al which is by them confessed, wch wickedness of theires hath also been accompanyd with frequent lying to excuse & justify themselves especially on Nims his pt, who it seemes hath been a ringleader in their vilainys: ffor all wch their crimes and misdemeanors this Corte doth Judge yt the said 3 lads shalbe well whipt on their naked bodys vizt, Nims & Bennet with 15 lashes apeece & Bononi Stebbins with 11 lashes. And the said Nims & Stebbins are to pay Robert Bartlett the summe of 4L being counted treble according to law for what goods he hath lost by their meanes. "