Jonathan Nash

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4th ggf of Gordon Fisher "JONATHAN NASH, Esq. son of Daniel Nash of Northampton and Great Barrington, Mass. b. 3 Dec. 1721; probably went with his father from South Hadley to Upper Housatonick, (thena part of Sheffield, Mass, now, Great Barrington,) as is supposed, in 1738 or 9. He was then but eighteen years old. His name occurs in a tax list of Sheffield in 1743, but the first mention of it in the Sheffield records was in 1746. He was chosen Constable in 1750, one of the Selectmen and Assessor in 1756-7 and 8, and to various other offices, at different times. The last mention of him was 11 March, 1761, when he was chosen Town Warden. During that year, Upper Houatonick was set off and incorporated as a separate town, by the name of Great Barrington. In the new town he was a man highly respected; was frequently employed in town affairs, as moderator of town-meetings, Selectman, Assessor, Warden, Overseer of the Workhouse, &c.; and was many years an acting Magistrate of the County. His house is yet standing in Great Barrington one and one half miles north-east of the present village, on the east side of the Housatonick river, a little north of the bend in the road half a mile east of the *old* Burying Ground. He too was a blacksmith, and his shop stood a rod or two north of the house, of which the earth and cinders in the garden give evidence. (P) He m. 19 July, 1744, Anna Maris Spoort, of Taghconick, N.Y. b. Aug. 1717. (P) Jonathan Nash, Esq. d. at Great Barrington, 4 Nov. 1793. (P) Mrs. Anna Maria Nash d. at Great Barrington, 2 April, 1799. (P) Children. [numbering omitted] i. SARAH born 15 April, 1745, d. 26 Oct. 1772. ii. MARY, born 28 Nov. 1746, m. Ichabod Hopkins, Dec. 1772. iii. JOSIAH, born 1 Jan. 1748, d. at Burrville, Jef. Co. N.Y. iv. JONATHAN, born 3 March, 1749, d. in Great Barrington. v. JOHN, born 26 June, 1751, settled at Cape Vincent, N.Y. vi. PHINEHAS, born 1 June, 1754, d. unm. 19 Feb. 1777. vii. JOANNA, born 4 Nov. 1755, d. unm. 11 Nov. 1779. viii. EXPERIENCE, born 18 April, 1760, m. Dan. Chappell. ix. DANIEL, born 28 May, 1763, settled in Otsego Co. N.Y. [see under his name] (P) The above is the *family record*. The Town Record of Sheffield, has the b. of Sarah the eldest, 15 March, instead of April. Mary (Hopkins) left no children. She d. 21 Sep. 1774. (P) John m. Dec. 1781, Magdalena Esseltyne, and d. childless at Cape Vincent, Jef. Co. N.Y. 9 May, 1835." --- Rev. Sylvester Nash, *The Nash Family*, Hartford CT, 1853, p 57 Submitter for fisher3: Gordon M. Fisher , 334 Franklin Street , Harrisonberg, Virginia 22801 , Phone 540-433-0531 , Email: 75204.3411@compuserve.com <mailto:75204.3411@compuserve.com>, Locator: CompuServe ID# 75204,3411

Jonathan married Anna Maria Spoor on 19 Jul 1744. (Anna Maria Spoor was born in Aug 1717 in Taghconick, New York and died on 2 Apr 1799 in Great Barrington, Mass..)