IMMIGRATION CLUES for EDWARD NICHOLS

1.  "Emigrants to Pennsylvania 1641 - 1819: A Consolidation of Ship Passenger Lists from 'The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography'" by Michael Tepper lists an Edward Nicholas arriving in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1699.  The chapter is entitled "Welsh Emigration to Pennsylvania"

2.  "The Early Settlers of Maryland: an Index to Names of Immigrants, Compiled from Records of Land Patents, 1633-1680, in the Hall of Records, Annapolis, Maryland" by Gust Skordas lists an Edward Nicholls arriving in Maryland in 1670.