Mary (Purchase) Nash

Biography

Mary Purchase, daughter of John Purchase and his wife Elizabeth, was born 3 Feb 1660 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, and died 16 Feb 1735 at age 76 in Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts.

Mary married twice.

• 1. On October 4, 1677 at Braintree by Governor John Leverett, to Increase Niles. He was born in 1646, son of John Niles and his wife Jane, and served from Oct. to Dec. 1675 in Johnson's company, in King Philip's War. ncrease Niles died 1 Sep 1693 at age 46 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts.
• 2. On 2 May 1697 at Braintree to Francis Nash. He was born say 1655 in England and died 3 Aug 1713 at age 54 in Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts. He was Elizabeth’s widower.

Children of Mary Purchase and Thomas Niles:

1. John, born Oct. 10, 1678, in Braintree, Mass.
2. Increase, born March 9, 1680-81, in Braintree, Mass.
3. Ebenezer, born 1683, in Braintree, Mass.
4. Mary, born 1692, in Braintree, Mass.

Children of Mary Purchase and Francis Nash:

1. Benjamin Nash (1700-)
2. James Nash (1703-1763) 1703-1763,
3. Mary Nash (1705-) 1705-1706

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Notes

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Nash-702

Genealogical and Family History of the STATE OF MAINE
Compiled under the editorial supervision of George Thomas Little, A. M., Litt. D.
LEWIS HISTORICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY , New York, 1909.

Francis Nash lived in Braintree, Mass. Bay Colony, in 1675, at which time he was a soldier in King Philips war. He was a farmer, and on March 4, 1693, bought of Samuel White and wife, of Weymouth, one hundred acres of land in Braintree for one hundred pounds.

His first wife was Elizabeth, and May 2, 1697, he married (second) Mary, daughter of John Purchas, of Boston, and widow of Increase Niles, to whom she was married by Governor Leverett June 4, 1677. She was born Feb. 3, 1660, and she and her first husband were original members of the Second Church of Braintree.

Francis Nash died Aug. 3, 1713, and his will dated June 10, 1713, was found Aug. 24, 1713. In this will he names his wife, Mary, his oldest son, Samuel, and wife, Susannah, son, Thomas, to whom he gives five acres of land, sons Benjamin and James, both minors, Elizabeth, son-in-law John Niles and his wife, Margaret. His estate consisted of a house, barn, pasture-land and orchard. His widow, Mary, died April 16, 1735, aged about seventy-five years.

References

1. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DCTQ-2Z2M : 10 November 2020), Mary Purchase, 3 Feb 1659; citing Birth, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004329324.
2. Francis Nash, of Braintree, NEHGR Vol 54, p 404+ (document attached)
3. U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Name John Purchase Date 1652 Marriage Place New England, USA Death Year 1667 Spouse Elizabeth Purchase. (parents died when she was very young - who raised her?)
4. https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Mary_Purchase_%281%29 cites
   1. Francis Nash of Braintree, Mass. and 1550 of his descendants Akron, Ohio: unknown, 1933, 126 pgs.= page 5