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ore him two children: Betsey, born Nov. 9,
1770, who after the death of her mother resided
with her mother's relatives in Duxbury;
and Simeon, born March 23, 1772, who died
Sept. 9, 1772. For his second wife Mr. Nash
married, Nov. 17, 1774, Joanna Pope, who
was born Oct. 29, 1749, and died Sept. 25,
1815, on the farm above mentioned. The chil-
dren of this union were as follows: Huldah,
born April 18, 1776, married Pardon Potter;
Edward, born March 29, 1778, died April 15,
1778 ; Abigail, born Aug. 13, 1779, died Sept.
29, 1830; Deborah, born Sept. 29, 1782, married
Asa Dillingham, and died Oct. 6, 1863 ;
Simeon, born Nov. 17, 1784, died Aug. 5, 1787;
Thomas, bom Jan. 11, 1787, married Betsey
Potter and died Aug. 27, 1847; Simeon (2),
born March 17, 1789, is mentioned below;
"William, born Aug. 25, 1791, resided at Hudson,
New York.
Simeon Nash (3), son of Simeon (2) and
Joanna (Pope) Nash, born March 17, 1789,
on the farm on what is now Acushnet avenue.
ried Israella Angell Sept. 11, 1902. (4)
Thomas N. was born Aug. 2, 1826. (5) William
A., bom Feb. 10, 1829, died Dec. 8, 1872,
in New Bedford. He married Elizabeth
Thomas and they had four children : Martha
A., born Aug. 3, 1850, resides at Cambridge,
SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS 921
Mass.; Giles died in infancy; Giles (2) died
in infancy; Edmund H., born Nov. 7, 1868,
married in 1888 Mary Barrett and resides at
East Concord, N. H. Their children: Gertrude,
born in 1888, who died in 1891; Elizabeth,
bom in 1890; and William, born in 1892.
(6) Elizabeth E., bom Jan. 5, 1832, died Sept.
11, 1838. (7) Simeon, born Jan. 22, 1835,
lives in Taunton, Mass. (8) Joanna Pope,
bom May 8, 1837, is the widow of Abraham
W. Pierce and resides in New Bedford. (9)
Henry M., born March 10, 1840, lived in Stockton,
Cal., and died in 1901. (10) Andrew T.,
born Oct. 1, 1842, died in New Bedford Aug.
27, 1901.
Thomas N. Nash was bom in New Bedford
Aug. 2, 1826, and received his education
in the public schools and at the Friends' Acad-
emy. When a younp- man he learned painting
with Potter & Hillman, and worked at the
trade for five years, but finding it did not
New Bedford, passed all his life in New Bedford,
in time establishing his home on Elm
street. He was a carpenter, and continued to
follow that trade all his life, in his later years
engaging in building and contracting. He was
still in his prime at the time of his death
which occurred Sept. 27, 1847. He was buried
in the West cemetery at Mount Pleasant.
There his wife is also interred. She was a
member of the North Congregational Church.
On Oct. 8, 1818, Mr. Nash married Thankful
Young Pope, who was born Sept. 22, 1799,
daughter of Jonathan and Keziah Pope, and
died Nov. 8, 1886. Mr. and Mrs. Nash had
a large family, viz.: (1) Hannah Peckham,
born Sept. 22, 1819, died July 9, 1820. (2)
John Peckham, born July 27, 1821, died Feb.
2-, 1890, at Stockton, bom Jan. 2,
Cal. (3) Lydia Ann,
1824, married Calvin B. Nye, of
Falmouth, Mass., born Aug. 7, 1820, died
July (or Jan.) 6, 1887, and they had one son,
William Prince Nye, born Oct. 14, 1846. Mrs.
Nye died Dec. 13, 1900. William Prince Nye
married Mary H. Sweet, of Providence, E. I.,
and they have two sons, Walter C, bom Aug.
7, 1874, and William Slater, born April 11,
1877. In 1898 Walter C. Nye married Ruth
Brayton, and he has one daughter, Dorothy,
born Sept. 18, 1903. William Slater Nye mar-
agree with his health he gave it up and settled
on the farm, where he ever afterward made
his home. This farm was a part of the original
homestead of his grandfather, Simeon Nash,
which in the latter's day comprised over one
hundred acres, Thomas N. Nash inheriting
from his uncle Thomas, for whom he was
named, a third part of this homestead. His
share consisted of thirty acres, on which he
made extensive improvements and engaged in
farming in a small way, his principal product
being milk. In 1850 he erected the present
house. He was in poor health for some time
before his death, which occurred there June
27, 1902. He was buried in Oak Grove cemetery.
New Bedford. Mr. Nash was a Republican
in political matters.
On May 14, 1851, Mr. Nash married Caroline
Borden, who was born in Fall River,
daughter of Melvin Borden, and died June 8,
1856, the mother of children as follows: (1)
Abby, born April 30, 1852, married May 22,
1877, William S. White, who died in New Bedford
April 24, 1904. They bad three children:
Thomas Nash, born March 8, 1879, who married
June 10, 1901, Jennie N. Burt, of New
Bedford, and had Winifred Sherman (bom
Aug. 16, 1902, who died in infancy), Thomas
Nash (born Aug. 16, 1903), Elizabeth Wilton
(born March 25, 1905), George Burt (bom
Sept. 22, 1906, who died Sept. 30, 1907) and
William Sherman (born Jan. 20, 1908) ;
Horace D., bom Sept. 30, 1880, who died April
23, 1900; and Carrie B., born Feb. 8, 1884,
who died March 19, 1885. (2) Caroline A.,
bom Sept. 3, 1853, died March 19, 1864. (3)
Joanna Pope, born April 26, 1855, married