Nash,Samuel-A Freeman on the 1633 list, Samuel Nash in 1637 ws o ne of the volunteers agains the Pequot Indians. He was a survey or of highways in 1640/41,and a grand juror several times. H e was a sergeant from Duxbury in the 1645expedition against th e Narragansetts, and in the same year he was made a lieutenant . Several times he posted bond as surety for others to appear i n court, and on on eoccasion in 1647 when George Wright did no t appear after Nashand Richard Church had given bond of 20 poun s each for him, the court gave them license to apprehend Wright . It appears that they lost their money, foron 7 June 1648 th e court gave Lieutenant Nash and Sergeant Church authorityto co llect a 5/8 pound debt owed Wright toward recovering their los s as a result of Wright breaking his bond. In 1652 he was mad e chief marshal for thecolony, and in 1653 he became a deputy f or Duxbury. In 1658 he ws one of those selected by the Counci l of War to be an adviser to the colony's major.In 1664 he an d John Sprague were fined 3 pounds each for signing as witness " a document made by William Pabodie for separating William and Me rcy Tubbs from their wedding bond. In 1666 he complained that t he constable of Duxburydid not pay him part of his salary as ma rshal, and the court told him to buyten shillings worth of cor n at the expens of John Boume, who was the originalcause of th e neglect of payment. On 6 July 1682 Nash testified that he wa s age eighty or thereabouts and that he had been sent years earl ier by Governor Bradford to accompany Edward Winslow to go to th e trading post at Sowarnset where Thomas Prence was in charge . Thus he was born ca 1602. His wife isnot known. Because h e was aged and not able to care for himself alone, he put his es tate in the hads of his daughter Martha's husband, William Clark e,and the estate was appraised by John Soule and Philip Leonard , chosen by Clarke and approved by Nash. He died before 5 Marc h 1683/4, when the court gaveMartha Clarke some personal estat e of Nash valued at about 19 pounds as her due for her pains i n looking after her father. By his will dated 2 June 1681he ga ve his dwelling house and some lands to Martha Clarke, other lan ds tohis deceased grandson Samuel Sampson's two sons, Samuel an d Ichabod Sampson,and the rest of his estate to his daughter Ma rtha, and his granddaughters Elizabeth Delano and Mary Howland. Clarence Almon Torrey, "A Nash-Sampson-Delano-Howland Problem " uses this will and other information to show that Samuel Samp son, the deceased grandson of Lt. Samuel Nash was a son of Abrah am Sampson of Duxbury, and thus that Abraham Sampson had marrie d a daughter of SamuelNash. Since Nash did not mention other so ns of abraham Sampson, it appeared that Abraham had two wivfes , with the other wife unidentified. Nash's daughter Martha Clar ke was childless. With no indication that Nash had any other ma rried children, Torrey felt it safe to assume that the granddaug hters weredaughters of Abraham Sampson by his first wife, and h e identified them as Elizabeth Sampson, wife of Philip(2) Delano , and Mary Sampson, wife of Samuel(2)Howland (Henry) (1) Source: Plymouth Colony Its History & People 1620-1691 byEugen e Aubrey
