{"id":29382,"date":"2026-06-15T02:28:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T02:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/?p=29382"},"modified":"2026-06-15T02:28:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T02:28:51","slug":"checking-a-nicholson-common-ancestor-from-my-sister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jmhartley.com\/HBlog\/2026\/06\/15\/checking-a-nicholson-common-ancestor-from-my-sister\/","title":{"rendered":"Checking a Nicholson Common Ancestor from My Sister"},"content":{"rendered":"

My sister has an interesting possible Nicholson common ancestor with a match at Ancestry. This is how it looks:<\/p>\n

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Maybe I have looked at this before as it appears I must have Edward Percy Fenn in my Ancestry Tree. However, I do not see this in my Nicholsono DNA Tree:<\/p>\n

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My DNA Tree only shows descendant from three children of Matthew Nicholson born 1798. Those are Henry, Lydia and William.<\/p>\n

I was able to find a better Nicholson Chart on my laptop which I emailed to my home computer:<\/p>\n

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In addition to William Nicholson, this Tree has the Matthew children Henry, John, Sarah and Lydia. This probably explains why I was researching the John Clayton Nicholson Line in the past.<\/p>\n

Working on AE’s Genealogy<\/h2>\n

Here is the paternal part of AE’s tree:<\/p>\n

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One of AE’s great-grandfathers is listed as Edward Penelope Fenn. I’m not sure the Penelope part is right as I have Percy as a middle name. At this point, I have a two generation gap between AE and Edward Fenn. I would recommend finding out more about Edward Fenn. This is what I have now in my tree:<\/p>\n

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Death records would be helpful:<\/p>\n

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As the mother and father information mathces with what I have, I feel like I am on the right track. This seems to be about all I can find easily.<\/p>\n

Updating the Nicholson DNA Tree<\/h2>\n

This is how I see it:<\/p>\n

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When I check AE and Lori’s shared matches, I don’t see MR but I do see someone who has no tree with the surname of Colton. That shows up a typo on my Nicholson DNA Tree. George Cotton should be George Colton.<\/p>\n

Summary and Conclusions<\/h2>\n