William Nash

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iain Frazier on 21st January 2025

Family connections for William (Nash) are: NASH William (Nash) was born about 1779/83. He was tried at Hertford Assizes on 6 3 1797, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 18 5 1798 after a voyage of 8months on BARWELL-on which he created trouble. He is recorded in 1806 as renting 30acres & living with Jane (Oharra) convict as housekeeper (probably assigned). He was Free by Servitude by 1811. He is recorded as a landholder at Windsor in 1814 & in 1822 & 1825 as a labourer in Sydney. in December 1825 he was granted part of 25acres at Mulgrave Place Hawkesbury. He was a labourer in 1826. In 1828 he is recorded with 40acres at Lower Portland Head. He was recorded in 1829 as a farmer & in 1830 as a dealer. [Some details taken from this Website] Ann (Hubbard) was born in 1790. She married William (Nash) emancipist on 7 8 1810 at St Matthews CofE Windsor. She died in 1854 age about64. Details of Ann (Hubbard)s family are given in entry for William (Hubbard SCARBOROUGH 1788) on this Website. William (Nash) & Ann (Hubbard) produced at least 10children: 1.Thomas (Nash) was born on 29 7 1811 & baptised on 23 2 1812 at St Matthews CofE Windsor. He died on 10 4 1825 age12. 2.Sarah (Nash) was born on 20 7 1813 at Pitt Town & baptised on 21 5 1815 age22m at St Matthews CofE Windsor. She died on 25 10 1858 age45. 3.Samuel (Nash) was born on 3 4 1816 & baptised on 2 3 1818 age23m at St Phillips CofE Sydney. He died on 5 3 1818 age23m. 4.William (Nash) was born on 17 9 1817 & baptised on 22 8 1819 age23m at St Phillips CofE Sydney. 5.Jane (Nash) was born on 2 1 1820 & baptised on 27 2 1820 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. 6.Joseph Francis (Nash) was born on 1 2 1822 & baptised n 17 2 1822 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. He died in 1893 age about71. 7.Charles (Nash) was born in 1823. 8.Elizabeth (Nash) was born on 23 9 1826 & baptised on 30 10 1826 at st Phillips CofE Sydney. 9.George (Nash) was born on 25 1 1829 at Lower Hawkesbury & baptised on 28 6 1829 at St Thomas CofE/Wesleyan Sackville Reach. 10.Louisa (Nash) was born on 10 1 1830 & baptised on 1 8 1830 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. REFERENCE: Craig James Smee 'Births and Baptisms Marriages and Defacto Relationships Deaths and Burials New South Wales 1788-1830' ..a complete listing from church & other records in the early colony.

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Heather Stevens on 22nd October 2020

Convicted at Hertford Assizes, 6 Mar 1797, sentenced to seven years transportation, William Nash left England with 184 other convicts aboard the Barwell which departed Portsmouth on 6 November 1797, and arrived Sydney on 18 May 1798. He was age 19 according to the convict indent. Barwell, Ship's Log 18 November 1797: WILLIAM NASH 1 dozen lashes for stealing 3 pillows out of the Hospital. Residence: 1806 Muster: William Nash; Rents land from James Dunn; Total: 30 acres; 7 acres wheat, 7 acres maize, 2 acres barley, 10 acres pasture, 4 acres fallow, 1 bushel wheat 1 bushel maize 1 bushel barley held, 4 male hogs 4 female hogs; Jane Oharra, (Arrived per ship Sugar Cane), Prisoner; Housekeeper. 1 Proprietor off stores, 1 woman off stores Marriage 7 August 1810 to Ann Hubbard at St Matthews, Windsor by Rev. Cartwright, they both marked the register with a cross, witnesses were John Holden and Matthew Hughes Residence: 1814 Muster, William Nash was a landholder in the Windsor district where he lived with his wife Ann and 2 children (off stores) Residence: 1822 Muster: William Nash, Labourer at Sydney, with wife Ann and children Residence: 1825 muster • Sydney, New South Wales, Australia: William is a labourer at Sydney, with wife Ann and children Thomas 14, Sarah 12, William 8, Jane 6, Joseph 4. In 1825 he wrote to the Governor, asking for a portion of land, and has a wife and five children. In December, he received a grant of 25 acres at 'Mulgrave Place'. Residence: 1828 census: William Nash, Lower Portland Head, 40 acres, 20 acres cleared, 16 acres cultivated, age 45, wife Ann 38, and children Sarah 15, William 11, Jane 8, Joseph 6, Charles 5, Elizabeth 2