*****REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIER*****

1. REVOLUTIONARY WAR SERVICE:

Nash, Joseph. Sergeant, Capt. John Hall's detachment; engaged June 24, 1777; discharged June 30, 1777; service, 6 days; detachment drafted from militia for service at Machias; also, Capt. John Hall's detachment, Col. Benjamin Foster's (Lincoln Co.) regt.; entered service Sept. 26, 1777; discharged Sept. 29, 1777; service, 4 days; detachment drafted from militia by order of Col. Foster and marched to the assistance of Machias and there served when British ships lay in that harbor; roll dated Pleasant River.

Source: Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, 17 Vols.

(Volume 11), page 280, Prepared by the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

2. The following information was taken from Early Pleasant River Families of Washington County, Maine, by Leonard F. Tibbetts and Darryl B. Lamson, and published by Picton Press of Maine in 1997. (pages 388-389)

Joseph Nash,

*born at Braintree MA c1722

*[bapt. there 12 Nov 1727];

*died at Addison (Washington County, Maine) 1790-94 [however, a family letter written in 1798 suggests he d c1783];

*moved to North Yarmouth ME c1753, then settled on the Pleasant River at Addison "Point" in 1767 [PR 1778-84, ADD 1790];

*married at Braintree MA 16 Dec 1746 Susanna Shaw, b at So. Weymouth MA 3 March 1726; d at Addison (Washington County, Maine) 1790; dau of Joseph4 (Joseph3, John2, Abraham1) and Mary4 (John3, Nathaniel2, Thomas1 Blanchard) Shaw.

MOTHER: Mary Turbefield

FATHER: John Nash, abt 1698 – 1745

WIFE: Susanna Shaw

m. 16 Dec 1746 - Braintree, Massachusetts

CHILDREN:

1. ISAIAH 1748 - 1811

m. Mary Ingersoll

m. Mary "Polly" Downs

m. Priscilla Strout

2. JOSEPH, Jr. 1750 - 1839

m. Elizabeth "Betsey" Wass

3. SUSANNA 1753 - 1836

m. John Chandler

m. Freeman Knowles

m. Moses Worcester

4. MARY "Molly" 1755 - 177?

m. Benjamin Gooch, Jr.

5. ABIGAIL 1757 - 1847

m. David Moore Wass

6. JOHN 1758 - 1819

m. Eunice Merritt

m. Hepsabeth Norton Ramsdell

7. ISAAC 1763 - aft 1830

m. Judith Downs

8. ABRAHAM 1766 - 1849 (twin)

m. Anna E. Look

9. EBENEZER 1766 - 1828 (twin)

m. Mary "Polly" Strout