Joseph Hulbert Nichols (August 20, 1805 - December 11, 1862) was an American minister and author.
He was born, August 20, 1805, at Newtown, Connecticut, where he resided until 1815, when his parents removed to New York City.
He was admitted to the bar in 1828, at Albany, but soon gave up the profession of law and fitted himself for the ministry by a course of study in the General Episcopal Theological Seminary in New York.
He was then called to Richmond, Virginia to assist Bishop Richard Channing Moore in the Monumental Church; his health failing, he returned to his native town and then from 1832 to 1839 was Rector of Christ Church, Greenwich, Connecticut.
He subsequently became assistant Minister of Trinity Church, New Haven, Connecticut, where he remained till 1846.