Early European settlers in the American colonies were mostly farmers and craftsmen. They had to work hard to provide daily neccesities for themselves.
Nicholas was born about 1652. He may have been the son of Richard Everett. He was a yeoman.
Nicholas was granted a home lot in 1670 in Jamaica, Queens County. New York.
In a town meeting on May 14, 1671 it was
voted that Nichlas Everit should beat the drum to give the town warning to come to the meeting on the Sabath. He shall have 20 shillings.
He married about 1672. His wife was named Elizabeth.
Elizabeth and Nicholas' children included:
Richard Everett,
Mary Everett Wheeler (1678, married James Wheeler),
John Everett (1680, married Hannah Wright),
Nicholas Everett (1684),
Joseph Everett (1686),
Samuel Everett (1687),
Priscilla Everett Smith (1691, married Nehemiah Smith),
Hannah Everett (1695),
Rachel Everett (1695), and
Patience Everett Ludlum (1697, married William Ludlum).
In a town meeting on February 21, 1679 for the division of Little Plains, Nicholas received the northwest quarter.
In a town meeting on February 21, 1679 he was elected a Justice.
He died on September 30, 1723 and was buried in the Prospect Cemetery, Jamaica, New York.
In his will he left property that he owned in Hopewell, Hunterdon County New Jersey to his sons, Samuel and John, who were then living on that land. Henry Oxley inventoried his estate.
Hunterdon County was originally part of Burlington County, West Jersey. It was set off from Burlington County on March 11, 1714. It included Amwell, Hopewell, and Maidenhead Townships.
Queens County, New York is on Long Island. Jamaica was called Rustdorp by the Dutch. It was originally settled by English settlers from neighboring Hempstead. Hempstead was founded in 1644 by emigrants led by Reverend Richard Denton. Jamaica and Hempstead are now in Nassau County.
New Jersey's first permanent European settlement was in 1660.
