Nicholas Augur

1616 - 1677  (~ 60 years)

• Name	Nicholas Augur
  	to New England — Physician and Trader [1]
  Christening	1 Sep 1616	All Hallows Lombard Street, London, England All Hallows Lombard Street,  London, England It was demolished in 1937   [1]
  Living	1643 (~ 26 years)	New Haven, New Haven Colony   [1]
  Will	20 Sep 1669 (~ 53 years)	Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony   [1]
  He made his will prior to a voyage.
  Probate/Proved	1677 (~ 60 years)  [1]
  His will was proved while his fate was unknown. He gave most of his estate to his sister, Hester. His estate was valued at £1638 11/9.
  Death	Feb 1677  [1]
  He set sail 25 August 1676, in a small ketch of 17 tons, from New Haven to Boston with Captain Ephraim How and his to sons, Caleb Jones, and a boy. Completing their business in Boston, they set sail for New Haven but a sudden storm forced them out to sea where they drifted for six weeks with a disabled rudder. The Captain's two sons, and Caleb Jones died during this time. Late in November, they wrecked on a small uninhabited island off the southern tip of Nova Scotia. Starvation and exposure took Nicholas Augur's life about 12 weeks later. The boy died on 2 April 1677. Captain How, the sole survivor, was rescored and returned to Salem in July 1677. [1]
  Siblings	1 brother and 1 sister
  + 1. John Augur,   c. 30 Oct 1614, All Hallows Lombard Street, London, England All Hallows Lombard Street,  London, England It was demolished in 1937 ▻ Anna   2. Nicholas Augur,   c. 1 Sep 1616, All Hallows Lombard Street, London, England All Hallows Lombard Street,  London, England It was demolished in 1937 d. Feb 1677  (Age ~ 60 years) > 3. Hester Augur,   b. Abt 1624   d. 5 Apr 1656, New Haven, New Haven County, New Haven Colony  (Age 32 years) ▻ Andrews Coster,  m. 15 Jul 1656
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Nicholas Augur,   b. say 1522  (Grandfather)  Agnes Heritage  (2 x Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I26160
  Last Modified	1 Dec 2025

  
  

  Father	John Augur,   b. say 1588, West Ham, Essex, England West Ham is a district in East London, England
  Mother	Margery Benyon
  Family ID	F9664	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Nicholas Augur(1616 – 1677) 2John Augur(1588 – ) 4Nicholas Augur(1522 – ) 8 16 17 9 18 19 5Elizabeth 10 20 21 11 22 23 3Margery Benyon 6Thomas Benyon 12 24 25 13 26 27 7Isabel Higginson(1550 – ) 14Thomas Higginson(1505 – ) 28John Higginson(1480 – ) 29Joan ______( – Bef 1573) 15Agnes Spencer 30William Spencer 31Agnes Heritage

  
  

• Event Map		Christening - 1 Sep 1616 - All Hallows Lombard Street, London, England Living - 1643 - New Haven, New Haven Colony Will - 20 Sep 1669 - Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  🟡 [S2598] Stott, Clifford L. , "The Augur Family of London and West Ham, Essex: Ancestors of Nicholas1 Augur and Hester1 (Augur) Coster and Their Nephew Robert1 Augur of New Haven, Connecticut", (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume 170, Fall 2016) .