Robyn,
I just saw your 2002 posting and don't know if you still have the Nichols family papers or not, but Benjamin (1813-90) and wife Jane (Lawrence)(1812-1897) of Farmington were my aunt and uncle several generations back. Jane was a sister of my great-great-great-great-grandmother, Philinda (Lawrence) Nutt. Uncle Ben and Aunt Jane had a son Newton and a daughter Adelia. The family came to Michigan from N.Y. in the late 1830s. I would love to at least see copies of the papers.
Regards,
Rodney Dillon