Aaron Nash

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GEN: _FA1 GEN: PLAC He was a carpenter GEN: _FA2 GEN: PLAC One of the Selectmen of the town of Granby GEN: _FA3 GEN: PLAC Town surveyor with brother Lieut. Eleazer Nash"AARON NASH, son of Ephraim Nash of Granby, Mass. b. 23 Feb. 1712, by GEN: occupation a joiner and house carpenter, m. 2 Dec. 1736, Damaris Waite of Northampton. His house was the first south of the GEN: present residence of Mr. John B. Nash in Granby, where a two story house now stands. He appears to have been an active, GEN: enterprizing man, frequently a prominent actor in town affairs. He was one of the GEN: Selectmen of the town of Granby, 7 March, 1770, and together with his brother Lieut. Eleazar Nash, Town Surveyor, laid out a GEN: roqad for the town. The last time he is mentioned in the Granby records is in the record of a town meeting, 10 Jan. 1774, of GEN: which Aaron Nash was moderator. He must have removed to Brattleborough, Vt. soon afterward, as his first deed of purchase GEN: there (of John Houghton) is dated 4th of May, 1774. There is no record of his or his wife's death. GEN: Children. [numbering omitted] i. DAMARIS, born 19 Nov. 1737, m. Rev. Titus Smith. ii. PHEBE, born 22 March, 1739, m. William GEN: Williams. iii. AARON, born 24 March, 1741, settled in Ellisburg, N.Y. iv. SARAH, born 27 Dec. 1744, m. John Ellis. v. MOSES, GEN: born 10 Nov. 1750, settled in Brattleborough. vi. OLIVER, born 20 Aug. 1752, settled in Ellisburg, N.Y. vii. EBENEZER, born GEN: 20 July, 1756, d. unm. in Brattleborough." GEN: --- Rev. Sylvester Nash, *The Nash Family*, Hartford CT, 1853, p 60 GEN: Record shows spelling Brattleburgh

Aaron married Damaris Waite on 2 Dec 1736 in Granby, Mass. (Damaris Waite was born about 1715 in Northampton, Mass. and died in Brattleborough, Vermont.)