Martin Nash

12 May 1777–7 December 1830 (Age 53)
Dryden, Dryden, Tompkins, New York, United States

The Life of Martin

When Martin Nash was born on 12 May 1777, in Dryden, Dryden, Tompkins, New York, United States, his father, Josiah Nash, was 30 and his mother, Sarah Lucas, was 34. He married Christina Van Steenburg in 1799, in Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 7 December 1830, in his hometown, at the age of 53.

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Family Time Line

Martin Nash
1777–1830
Christina Van Steenburg
1779–1823
Marriage: 1799
Mary Ann Nash
1801–
Josiah M Nash
1804–1851
William Riley Nash
1807–1880
Frances Nash
1810–
Lydia Catherine Nash
1813–
Samuel M. Nash
1817–1821
Sarah Nash
1823–

Spouse and Children

    Martin Nash

    Male1777–1830Male

    Christina Van Steenburg

    Female1779–1823Female

MARRIAGE
1799
Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
children

(7)

    Mary Ann Nash

    Female1801–Female

    Josiah M Nash

    Male1804–1851Male

    William Riley Nash

    Male1807–1880Male

    Frances Nash

    Female1810–Female

    Lydia Catherine Nash

    Female1813–Female

+2 More Children

Parents and Siblings

siblings

(7)

+2 More Children

World Events (8)

1781 · The First Constitution

Age 4

Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
1783 · A Free America

Age 6

The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

Age 17

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

Name Meaning

1 English: topographic name for someone who lived by an ash tree, a variant of Ash by misdivision of Middle English atten ash ‘at the ash’, or a habitational name from any of the many places in England and Wales named Nash, from this phrase, as for example Nash in Buckinghamshire, Herefordshire, or Shropshire. The name was established from an early date in Wales and Ireland.2 Jewish: of unknown origin, possibly an Americanized form of one or more like-sounding Jewish surnames.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Sources (1)

  • Martin Nash in entry for Marian Nash, "New York, Births and Christenings, 1640-1962"

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