William ‘the mariner’ Cash

parents

father: Cash 1616-Unknown
mother: Cash 1617-Unknown

spouses

Elizabeth Lambert 1649-1673

children

• Private William Cash 1669-1729
• John Cash 1672-74
• Elizabeth Cash 1672-1754
• Ann Cash 1675-Unknown
• Esther Cash 1680-1703
• Howard Cash 1679-1772

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brief biography and family

Born in Scotland on 1638 to Cash and Cash.

William married Elizabeth Lambert and had 7 children.

He passed away on 1692 in Massachusetts, USA.

From Our Cash Family Connection by Patrick William Dunn:

If the information below is accurate, the Cash family above has an interesting ancestral history. In my research on our family's ancestors I stumbled across the following data:

“The first known CASH in America was a William Cash from Scotland, a mariner who settled in Salem, Massachusettes [sic] about 1645. On one of his return voyages from England/Scotland on his brigantine 'The Good Intent', he brought with him a favorite nephew, son of his brother, who was also named William Cash (aka The Imigrant) [sic], William Cash, of Westmoreland, VA born in Scotland circa 1653.

At his uncle's urging, this younger William Cash went down into Virginia, settling in Westmoreland County about 1673. William Cash, the Imigrant (sic), came to Tidewater, Virginia about 1673 and was the first Cash to settle in that Colony. (Johnny Cash, the singer, is descended from William the Imigrant)” (sic) [emphasis added]

also…

“William Cash lived in Salem, Mass. at the lower end of Essex Street, near the eastern corner of Gerrish Place; he married Elizabeth Lambert Oct., 1667; he died before 1693.”

The website on which I <who?> found this was created by a man by the name of Jeff Drake, so I <who?> presume the parenthetical comment about Johnny Cash was written by him. Here’s more from his site:

"William Cash, Master Mariner, was born in Scotland, and settled in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1667. There he married Elizabeth Lambert, bought a home on a quarter acre at the junction of Essex and Forrester Streets. Eight children were born to them, four sons and four daughters. In 1676 the Mariner brought to Salem his nephew, also named William Cash, from Scotland. This younger William was the Immigrant Ancestor of our American Cash family.

The Salem Mariner left [in] Massachusetts a record of the fact that the Cash [family] seat was anciently at 'the place Cash', near Strathmiglo, in Fife, Scotland. Research proved him to have been correct. The Salem William was owner and Master of the Brigantine, 'Good Intent', and was very likely a master Mariner by the time he was 22.

He operated his ship in the British Isles-American Colonies trade. To have sailed a wooden vessel for nearly fifty years on the treacherous waters of the Atlantic, with the crudest of instruments or by the stars, particularly in winter, and finally after a lifetime to bring to port his vessel and crew intact, marks him certainly as a Master of the sea. He was of that intrepid group of early mariners who pioneered the routes for the commerce that would follow them.

He sleeps [is buried] in Charter Street Cemetary [sic] (now called Vine Cemetery), Salem, on Burial Point. The wooden cross that once marked his grave is long gone."

No father or mother found for William Cash who married Elizabeth Lambert.

William Cash of Salem, Massachusetts

The source for this information is: The Driver Family: a Genealogical Memoir of the Descendants of Robert and Phebe Driver, of Lynn, Mass, 1889. Compiled by Harriet Ruth Cooke. John Wilson and Son, 1889 New York, pgs 265-267, chapter on the Cash family. Also the book: The History of Salem, Masachusetts, Sidney Perley, 1928, Salem, Ma.

The second book says William Cash came to Salem in 1667. The pages I have do not tell where he came from. He lived in Salem, Ma, at the lower end of Essex Street, near the eastern corner of Gerrish Place; he married Elizabeth Lambert in October 1667; he died before 1693.

William 3 Cash, grandson of the above, is mentioned as a mariner. The occupation of the first William Cash is not given in either book. Many descendants believe the oldest William Cash was a master mariner; these books say his grandson was the mariner and owned 1/4 interest in the ship "Good Intent".

I have not yet found a relationship between this William Cash of Salem and the William Cash who died in Westmoreland County, 1707, and left a will there. I descend from William Cash of Westmoreland. Thelma Faye Cain Prince

Generation No. 1

1. WILLIAM1CASH died before 1693 in Salem, Ma. He married ELIZABETH LAMBERT October 1667.

Children of WILLIAM CASH and ELIZABETH LAMBERT are:

• 2. i. WILLIAM2 CASH, b. February 23, 1668/69, Salem, Ma; d. 1729.
• ii. JOHN CASH, b. July 10, 1671; d. July 24, 1671.
• iii. JOHN CASH (TWIN), b. July 10, 1672; d. August 26, 1674.
• iv. ELIZABETH CASH (TWIN), b. July 10, 1672; m. WILLIAM TAPLEY, March 07, 1698/99.
• v. MARY CASH (TWIN), b. April 29, 1675; m. JOHN MEACHUM, May 28, 1697.
• vi. ANNA CASH (TWIN), b. April 29, 1675.
• vii. HESTER CASH, b. March 09, 1678/79, Salem, Ma; m. JOSEPH FLANDERS, August 05, 1700.

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William Cash at FindaGrave i.e.,
"William Cash, of Westmoreland, VA is believed to be related and could possibly be an nephew, cousin or even son, but no link has been found yet."

I sailed in on the Good Intent
with all intentions clear
a man without a mystery
a vision brought me here
the ocean gave me room to roam
but the shore in calling out
so I will marry, build a home
and see what that's about
...
So I'll sail off on the Good Intent
to my true happy home
yes I'll sail off on the Good Intent
never more to roam

Inscription
Master Mariner, Captain & Master of Brigantine "Good Intent".

William Cash
in the Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850
Name William Cash
Gender Male
Marriage Date 8 Jan 1667
Place Salem, Essex, Massachusetts
Spouse Elizabeth Lambert

References

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38454155/_
• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Oct 21 2020, 18:53:47 UTC
• https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/5690064526:6247
• https://gw.geneanet.org/carterma?n=cash&oc=2&p=william&_gl=1*14cys2.....
• https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Salem/aMarriagesC.shtml (look for "(Cash) William, and Elizabeth Lambert, 8m: 1667. CTR")
• The History of Salem, Massachusettes, Sidney Perley, 1928, Salem, Ma., Volume II, 1638-1870.
• CASH book written by Don Cash. (March 10, 1976, San Diego, California, now deceased.
• http://eastchicagodunns.blogspot.com/2010/06/our-cash-family-connec...
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Bay_Colony
• http://www.oursouthernancestors.com/cash-009.html
• https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/5335316?mark=7b22746f6b656e223a226...
• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Jul 31 2023, 15:46:33 UTC'

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