Thomas Nash Jr

Disputed Origins

The issue: Thomas Nash and Winstead Thomas Nash are two different persons. do not merge them or there relatives together!

No mention of a Thomas Nash in Thomas Walker Nash's will. Male descendants of this Thomas were shown to be Y-DNA haplogroup E-M2 or E-P1 from Africa. E-P1 has been found among the Dogon people of Mali.

https://www.familytreedna.com/public/nash/default.aspx?section=yres...

Thomas Walker Nash's will:

"His will probated in Chowan County, N.C. in 1769 mentions his children Clement Nash (later killed at Yorktown during the American Revolution) and Ann Owen Nash (later married Reverend John Cameron) by his first wife (Mary Read). His daughter Ann's grandmother, Mrs. Read, is mentioned in his will. It is stated in his will that he had four children by his second wife (Mary Holdcroft). That group of four children was Elizabeth, John, Mary and Henry Nash. His youngest daughter Justina Nash is also mentioned. She was apparently a child by Thomas Nash's third wife (Nelly Craven). The will of Thomas Nash mentions his brother, Abner Nash. The will mentions that his wife survives him. Information courtesy of Find A Grave contributor D. S. Johnson"

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2. Thomas Nash, born say 1762, (called Thomas Ash) was head of an Opelousas, Louisiana household of 7 "other free" in 1810 [LA:316] but was counted as white in Natchitoches in 1820 [LA:92] and 1830: born 1760-70, head of a household of 5 persons [LA:58]. He was the father of

i. Mary, born 6 June 1781, daughter of Thomas Nash, married James Groves [Wise, Sweat Families of the South, 120] who was head of a Natchitoches, Louisiana household of 3 "other free" in 1810 [LA:325].

Source: http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Nash_Peters.htm

When Thomas Nash lll was born in 1760, in Chowan, North Carolina, United States, his father, Thomas Walker Nash, was 26 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Willis, was 55. He married Anna Goins in 1780, in Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. He died in 1850, in Jefferson, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Provencal, Natchitoches, Louisiana, United States.

Residence: Caswell County, NC - 1777
Residence Camden, North Carolina, United States - 1790
Residence: 00000-00000-70, Opelousas Parish, LA - 1810
Residence: Natchitoches, Louisiana, United States - 1820
Residence: Green Dewitts Colony, Nacogdoches County, TX - 1828
Residence: No Township Listed, Nacogdoches County, TX - 1829
Residence: Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA - 1830
Residence: Rapides, Louisiana, USA - 1840

Census Date: 1860; RG: 29; Series: M432; Residence: Natchitoches, Louisiana; Roll: 233; Page: 5b
Family Number 70
Household Members (Name) Age

• Thos Nash 97, White , NC, b.1753
• Ann Nash 77, White , VA
• Allen Dial 17, Mulatto , LA
  • Attended School Yes
• Martha Dial 13, Mulatto , LA
  • Attended School Yes

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Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Aug 31 2023, 16:36:26 UTC