William (Naish) Nash (1764 - 1829)

Born 5 Jan 1764 in Stockport, Cheshire, England

Husband of Maria (Haynes) Nash — married 13 Feb 1789 (to about 1802) in St Phillips Church, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Descendants

Died 22 Dec 1829 at age 65 in Stockport, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom

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First Fleet, Australia, 1788

Biography

William (Naish) Nash ... was a marine who came to Australia with the First Fleet

William Nash was a Private Marine in the 58th (Plymouth Company). He had served in 1784-86 on the Plymouth guard ship Bombay Castle.^[1]

William came to Australia as a marine on the "Prince of Wales" ship which formed part of the First Fleet to Australia, arriving at Sydney on 26 January 1788. Maria Haynes accompanied him as his common law wife.

The baptismal record for their son William on 25 May 1788 indicates that Maria fell pregnant to William during the voyage. Baby William died a month/year later on 19 June 1788/9. Baby William was potentially the first European born on Australian soil.^[2]

William Nash married Maria Haynes on 13th February 1789 at St Phillips Church, Port Jackson, Sydney.^[3][4] Their children were:^[5]

• William Nash, 1788-1789
• John Nash, 1792-1792
• Mary Nash, 1793-?
• William Nash, 1795-1808
• George Nash, 1797-1870
• Sarah Nash, 1798-1875

William served at Port Jackson in the company of John Shea, Captain of the Marines.^[1] On 4 March 1790 Maria and William went to Norfolk Island aboard the ship 'Sirius'. William returned to Port Jackson to enlist in the NSW Corps on 13 April 1792. ^[6]

By 1802 Maria had left William. William returned to England in 1804.^[6]

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Research Notes

Some other websites with details of William & Maria:

• https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/330646
• https://australianroyalty.net.au/individual.php?pid=I68962&ged=purnellmccord.ged
• http://williamsfamilyfirstfleeters.blogspot.com/
• http://history.cass.anu.edu.au/centres/ncb/first-fleet-ships-and-passengers
• http://www.fellowshipfirstfleeters.org.au/ship_princewales.htm

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} First Fleet Fellowship Victoria Inc https://firstfleetfellowship.org.au/marines/william-maria-hayes/
2. ↑ https://www.nla.gov.au/faq/who-was-the-first-child-born-to-free-parents-in-nsw
3. ↑ "Australia Marriages, 1810-1980," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTCT-B4J : 10 February 2018), William Nash and Maria Haynes, 13 Feb 1789; citing Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia, reference ; FHL microfilm 993,949.
4. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q291-84WQ : 11 July 2016), Maria Haynes Nash, 1844; Burial, Castlereagh, Penrith City, New South Wales, Australia, Castlereagh Cemetery; Find A Grave: Memorial #155590847
5. ↑ Australian Royalty website https://australianroyalty.net.au/individual.php?pid=I68962&ged=purnellmccord.ged
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Ancestors of Robyn Bray: http://www.thetreeofus.net/9/249716.htm

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Naish-3 created through the import of Scoullar Family Tree dec07.ged on Jul 10, 2011 by Rhonda Scoullar. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Rhonda and others.