Lt.
Samuel
Nash
Born in England
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Unknown (Unknown) Nash
— married
about 1625 (to before 1632) in England [uncertain]
Descendants [uncertain] 
Father of
Unknown (Nash) Sampson and Martha (Nash) Clark
Died after
after age 80
in Duxbury, Plymouth Colony
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| Samuel Nash migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See Great Migration Begins, by R. C. Anderson, Vol. 2, p. 1321) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm |
Note: Anderson makes note that claims by Raymon Meyers Tingley that Samuel Nash had a sister Elizabeth, who married Thomas Symons are totally false.[1]
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Biography
Samuel Nash was born in about 1602 as in 1682, he stated in a deposition that he was age eighty years or thereabouts. He was probably born in England, but his origins and his parents are unknown.[1]
Samuel married by about 1625 an unnamed wife. There is no record of her in Plymouth Colony. Their two children were no doubt born in England also.[1]
- 1632: approximate date of Samuel Nash's immigration to Plymouth Colony.[1]
- 1633: list of freemen for Plymouth.[1]
- 1637: Volunteered for service against the Pequot Indians.[1]
- 1639: list of freemen in the Duxbury section, also in 1658 and 1670.[1]
- 1639: served on Plymouth petit and grand juries many times.[1]
- 2 March 1640/1: Duxbury highway surveyor.[1]
- 29 August 1643: He was sergeant for the military company of Plymouth, Duxbury and Marshfield. Sergeant Nash lead six Duxbury men, who were sent against the Narragansetts, 15 August 1645, and in October 1645 he was chosen Lieutenant by Duxbury.[1]
- 4 June 1652: Chosen and approved by the Plymouth Court to hold the office of chief marshall.[1]
- 6 April 1653: Deputy for Duxbury to the Plymouth General Court.[1]
- 2 Octpber 1658: Council of war.[1]
- 10 June 1662: Served on a committee charged with "drawing up a form of commission for military officers."[1]
- 1663, 1664, 1665: served on committees to lay out land.[1]
- 5 March 1683/4: a document was given to court stating that because he was old and not able to care for himself, he gave his estate to William Clark (husband of Martha) that he may have a comfortable livelihood. The estate totalled £17 18s 3d. The court allowed this to Martha in compensation of her care in looking after her father Samuell Nash, late deceased.[1]
- Died after 6 July 1682 (deposition) and before 1683/4 (inventory).[1]
- Will dated 2 June 1681, probated in 1685. He left his daughter Martha Clark his house, orchard, outhousing, meadows and improved upland during her lifetime, and to his deceased grandsons Samuell Sampson's two sons (viz) Samuel Samson & Ichabod Samson all his housing, orchard, meadows & upland divided equally between the two after the death of Martha. To daughter Martha, and granddaughters Elizabeth Dillano & Mary Howland, the residue of the estate was to be equally divided among them. Martha was executrix and "loving friends John Soule and Thomas Dillano" to be overseers.[1][2]
Children
- a daughter, given name unknown, born say 1625; married by 1645 Abraham Sampson of Duxbury as his first wife; she died about 1655[1][3][4] As far as we know this daughter was not named Esther. She was definitely not the wife of Samuel Sampson: she was his mother. See: Space:Who Was the Wife of Samuel Sampson and John Soule?
- Martha, born say 1630; married by about 1650 to William Clark of Duxbury; no issue[1][3]
Research Notes
Disputed Spouse: The name of Samuel's wife is unknown. The unsourced profile of Elizabeth Seymour has been detached as his wife as there is no evidence that they married. Anderson says that Samuel's wife's name is not known and that she likely died in England.
Sources
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633. Boston: NEHGS, 1995, vol. 2, pp. 1321-1324. AmericanAncestors.org($).
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97D-V386 : 16 March 2023), Wills 1633-1686 vol 1-4 > image 593 of 616; State Archives, Boston.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Torrey, Clarence Almon. "A Nash-Sampson-Delano-Howland Problem" in The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1938, vol. 15, pp. 165-167. AmericanAncestors.org($).
- ↑ Wakefield, Robert S. "The Daughters of Abraham Sampson" in The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: Oct 1988, vol. 63, pp. 207-210. AmericanAncestors.org($).
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Also, daughter Martha (Nash) Clark (abt.1630-) should be attached as the daughter of Samuel and his unknown wife.
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