I found the whole history back to th 1500's from a geneology post, The Nichols Family. It has Francis mentioned in its context. I have followed my ancestory Samuel NIchols who had 3 children to N.Carolina where he died and left 3 children, one of which would be my ggggg grandfather. I need to find who the mother of these childrend were and how my grandfather ended up in Kentucky. I think the mother of these children was a Paugussett Indian. If you follow the article I think it will help you a great deal. Kim