James Nash

Brief Life History of James

When James Nash was born in 1782, in Charlotte, Virginia, United States, his father, Thomas Nash, was 22 and his mother, Sarah Ann Cole, was 22. He married Jean Virginia "Jinsey" Pugh on 2 November 1806, in Charlotte, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He died in 1847, in his hometown, at the age of 65.

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Family Time Line

James Nash
1782–1847
Jean Virginia "Jinsey" Pugh
1785–1845
Marriage: 2 November 1806
Abner Pugh Nash
1815–
Jane B Nash
1825–1895
Abner Pugh Nash
1818–1900
Sarah C Nash
1819–1836
Thomas Pugh Nash
1820–
Martha Jane Nash
1824–
Elizabeth Nash
1827–
Mildred Nash
1831–
Nancy Nash
1835–

Sources (8)

  • James Nash, "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989"
  • James Nash, "Virginia, Vital Records, 1715-1901"
  • James Nash, "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"

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World Events (8)

1783 · A Free America

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.

1788 · Becomes the 10th state

On June 25, 1788 Virginia became the 10th state. 

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

Name Meaning

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.

Jewish: possibly an Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Jewish surnames.

History: The surname Nash was taken to Ireland from England or Wales by a family who established themselves in County Kerry in the 13th century, during the second wave of Anglo-Norman settlement. — Abner Nash (c. 1740–86), governor of NC, was of Welsh origin, his parents having emigrated to VA from Wales in 1730. His brother Francis (c. 1742–77) was a general in the Continental army; the city of Nashville, TN, was named in his honor.

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

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