Amaziah Hammond Nash Sr. (1794 - 1866)

Born 23 Jan 1794 in Columbia, Washington, Maine

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Jackson) Nash — married 17 Feb 1818 in Calais, Washington, Me

Descendants

Died 26 Apr 1866 at age 72 in Hopkinton, Delaware, Iowa, United States

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Biography

Amaziah Hammond Nash was born on 23 January 1794 in Columbia, Washington, Maine.^[1] He was the son of Isaac Nash Sr.^[1] and Judith (Downes) Nash.^[2]

He married Sarah Jackson (1792-1875) on ca February 17, 1818 in Calais, Washington, Maine. They had 13 chldren.

1. Stephen Brewer Nash (1818-1842)
2. Sarah Jackson Nash (1819-1868)
3. Mary Jackson Nash (1822-1885)
4. Martha Ann Crosby Nash (1823-1882)
5. Isaac William Nash (1824-1896)^[3]
6. Emeline Gates Nash (1826-1827)
7. Emeline Gates Nash (1827-1856)
8. Amazaih Hammond Nash Jr. (1829-1873)
9. William Jones Nash (1831-1848)
10. Abba Caroline Nash (1833-1833)
11. James Gorham Kimball Nash (1834-1919)^[4]
12. Benjamin Everhard Nash (1835-1930)
13. John Granville Nash (1838-1842)

At age 56, he and his family lived in Robbinston, Washington, Maine in 1850, where he was a Mechanic, and Sarah (57) was taking care of the family.^[5]

They had moved on to South Fork, Delaware, Iowa by 1860, where he was a Millwright. Sarah -67 was taking care of the home and family, G.R.-26, B.E.-24.^[6]

He and his son were listed in the Hopkinton, Delaware, Iowa City Business Directory in 1865, as Wagon Maker's.^[7]

Amaziah died at the age of 72 on April 26, 1866 in Hopkinton, Delaware, Iowa ^[8] and was buried in the Hopkinton Cemetery in Hopkinton.^[9]

Note

Note: The following from letter to JWP from Stephen L. Robbins, 26 Feb. 2000, a descendant:

"Amaziah Nash was in Calais by 1820, the earliest date found in the book (Amaziah Nash' Survey Book). He built several mills, lived at Bog Brook in Calais, then moved to Mill Cove in Robbinston about 1840. About 1856 he was overtaken by the economic depression; the Vose family foreclosed on Nash' sawmill, shipbuilding and store enterprises (as Washington County Court records show). Amaziah Nash and most of his adult children then moved to Hopkinton, Iowa, where Amaziah picked up the pieces of his life and built wagons. He died of asthma about 1866. Amaziah's only son to remain in Maine was my ancestor, Isaac William Nash, who lived in Robbinston (except for a five year sentence in the State Prison in Thomaston for assault with a deadly weapon, beginning in about 1860).

The "Survey Book" is now owned by a descendant Rodney Wilson (Rt 2, Box 21, Hopkinton, IA 52237).

1850 US Census, Maine,Washington,Robinston:Dwelling 163; Amaziah (56),M,Mechanic(?,b. Maine);

Sarah,57,F,b.Maine; Sarah J.,30,F,b. Maine; Mary J.,28,b.Maine; Amaziah,20,M,Milkman(?); Gorham J.G.

,15,M;Benj. E.,10,M

by Rev. F. Asbury. [note: This must have been Rev. T. Asbury--SLR]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FW1J-PHZ : 14 January 2020), Ammaziah Ransom Nash, 1794.
2. ↑ Birth: Missing source ID S472. (accessed before 20 August 2011)
3. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCD7-SM5 : Sun Mar 10 07:28:56 UTC 2024), Entry for Isaac W Nash and Amajah Nash, 12 Nov 1896.
4. ↑ "Iowa, County Death Records, 1880-1992", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVMN-NF2R : Thu Mar 07 06:06:49 UTC 2024), Entry for Gorham K Nash and Amaziah Nash, 22 Mar 1919.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6V8-DVH : Sun Mar 10 06:21:17 UTC 2024), Entry for Amaziah Nash and Sarah Nash, 1850.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M82J-1W5 : Sat Mar 09 00:09:01 UTC 2024), Entry for A Nash and Sarah Nash, 1860.
7. ↑ "United States City and Business Directories, ca. 1749 - ca. 1990", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:68HT-198T : Fri Mar 08 06:52:29 UTC 2024), Entry for Amaziah Nash, 1865.
8. ↑ Death: Missing source ID S74. Citing: TMPLT FIELD Name: Page (accessed before 20 August 2011)
9. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images, memorial page for Capt Amaziah Hammond Nash Sr. (23 Jan 1794–26 Apr 1866), Find A Grave: Memorial #14171511, citing Hopkinton Cemetery, Hopkinton, Delaware County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by P. Reilly (contributor 46779345).

See also:

• Title: Descendants of Jones Dyer, Senior. Author: Joseph W Pehousek, Punta Gorda, Fl. Publication: October 1999, and Feb.2006. Abbreviation: Descendants of Jones Dyer, Senior. NS116823. Title: Family Record from a Bible given to Isaac Nash by his mother. Author: Transcribed by Minerva (Mrs. Roger) Gray of Wesley, Maine. Publication: abt 1965

Acknowledgements

• This person was created through the import of dyermaeettaaug2010.ged on 11 September 2010.
• WikiTree profile Nash-784 created through the import of mike_walton_2011.ged on Aug 20, 2011 by Mike Walton.