Nicholson, Joseph Hopper, 1770 - 1817

Hon. Joseph Hopper Nicholson was a U.S. Congressman from 1799-1806, and was the Chief Judge of the 6th Judicial Circuit and Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals. He was born in Chestertown, the son of John Nicholson and Elizabeth Hopper Nicholson. He married Rebecca Lloyd in 1793, and they had seven children. In the 1810 U.S. Census he lived in a household of 15 people, of which 8 were enslaved. He was buried at Wye House.