Lt. Eleazer Nash

1720 - 1775  (55 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Eleazer Nash
  Prefix	Lt.
  Birth	10 Feb 1720	South Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	19 May 1775	Granby, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA
  Siblings	7 Siblings
  1. Timothy Nash,   b. 26 Jan 1707   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Ephraim Nash,   b. 16 Jan 1710   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Aaron Nash,   b. 23 Feb 1712   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Joanna Nash,   b. 4 Jul 1715   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Joanna Nash,   b. 28 Aug 1716   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Martin Nash,   b. 19 Jan 1718   d. Yes, date unknown + 7. Lt. Eleazer Nash,   b. 10 Feb 1720, South Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA d. 19 May 1775, Granby, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 55 years) ▻ Phebe Kellogg,  m. 9 Nov 1749   8. Elisha Nash,   b. 8 Oct 1729   d. Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I365692	Geneagraphie
  Last Modified	26 Jan 2002

  
  

  Father	Ephraim Nash,   b. 16 Jan 1682, Granby, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA d. 9 Nov 1759, Granby, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Joanna Smith,   b. 1 Sep 1686, South Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA d. South Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA
  Marriage	10 Jan 1705	Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA
  Family ID	F112052	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Phebe Kellogg,   b. 19 Nov 1717, Massachusetts, USA d. 1777, Granby, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA (Age 59 years)
  Marriage	9 Nov 1749
  Children	1. Lucy Nash,   b. 18 Sep 1750   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Joanna Nash,   b. 1752   d. 16 May 1816 (Age 64 years)   3. Ephraim Nash,   b. Mar 1754   d. prob. Brattleborough, Vermont, USA + 4. Eleazer Nash, Jr.,   b. Aug 1755, Granby, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA d. 9 Jun 1836, Granby, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA (Age 80 years)   5. Nathaniel Nash,   b. 1757   d. 8 Jul 1834 (Age 77 years)   6. Phebe Nash,   b. 14 Jan 1768   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F145012	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Jan 2002

  
  

• Notes

  LIEUTENANT ELEAZER NASH, FOURTH GENERATION Lieut. Eleazer Nash, son of Ephraim Nash of Granby, MA. was born 10 Feb. 1720. He married 9 Nov. 1749 to Phebe Kellogg. He settled on or near his father's homestead and seems to have had the chief care of his father, in his declining years. Dr. Crouch's visits to the father were charged to Eleazer as late as 1756. He was a surveyor, bore the title of Lieutenant and appears to have been a man of considerable influence. The following extracts serve to throw light on the state of political feeling of that day, as well as on the history and character of Eleazer Nash. They are taken from the record of a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Granby, MA. held on Wednesday 15, Feb. 1775. "2d Voted to move the meeting to the house of James Smith, (they were then at the meeting-house.) 6th Voted that the Resolves and proceedings of the Continental Congress be read in the meeting. 7th Voted to call Capt. Eastman, Lieut. Eleazer Nash and Ensign Experience Smith to account for their conduct in holding their Commissions in the manner and form as they do at this day, and also concerning some other things relative thereto, which may be alleged against them____. 9th Voted that it is just matter of uneasiness to this town that Capt. Eastman, Lieut. Nash and Ensign Smith still hold their commissions which they received under Governor Hutchinson, and which have since been established to them by General Gage, who is now endeavoring to enforce the late acts of Parliament on the Province of the Massachusetts Bay. 10th Voted that the Town will give Capt. Eastman, Lieut. Nash and Ensign Smith opportunity to consider the objections that have been made in the meeting against their conduct in holding their commissions, and some other objections relative thereto which have been made in this meeting against them, and to make return to the town on the 6th day of March next. March 6th 3 o'clock, P.M. 16th Then Voted that it is the desire of this town that Capt. Eastman, Lieut. Nash and Ensign Smith, resign their commissions to the Town; which vote was taken by yeas and nays, --which desire of the town was not complied with by the above-said Officers. Then it was proposed to the above said Officers whether they were willing to offer satisfaction as to the objection that have been made against their conduct. They then proceeded and made the following declarations, viz. Lieut. Nash declared that it was his design and intention to attend strictly to the advice, directions and resolves of the Continental Congress, and also that he esteemed the late acts of the British Parliament as unconstitutional, and that they were subversive of the natural rights, liberties and privileges of the inhabitants of the American Colonies; and further, that he has no desire, intention or design, to act from any authority by virtue of his commission. And further, that he never would. After the above declaration was ended, Capt. Eastman stood up and declared that he thought it not worth while for him to repeat all that Lieut. Nash had said. Yet notwithstanding he explained his meaning thus: That he never would exercise any authority of his commission until such time as the controversy subsisting between Great Britain and the Colonies was settled. After which, Ensign Smith declared that he acquiesced in the above declaration made by Lieut. Nash. However, some understood him that he acquiesced in the declaration as explained by Capt. Eastman. After which the vote was put, to be declared by yeas and nays, whether what they said was satisfactory to the town. For Capt. Eastman, there were 15 yeas and 18 nays. For Lieut. Nash, 17 yeas and 18 nays. for Ensign Smith, 15 yeas and 18 nays. Voted to dissolve the meeting." It is not easy to perceive, at this distance of time, why the declaration of Lieut. Nash was not satisfactory. We find no mention of either of the Nashes afterward in the Granby records. Indeed, Aaron had removed to Brattleborough, VT. and this probably was the last public meeting Lieut. Eleazer ever attended. He took cold and died of a species of inflammation of the lungs, 19 May, 1775, only a little more than two months after this meeting. I hold in my possession a copy of a letter from The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Office of the Secretary to Mrs. J. B. Roberts. It reads: September 15, 1965 Dear Mrs. Roberts: The following record of Revolutionary War service is on file in the Archives: Eleazer Nash; Lieutenant, Captain Phineas Smith's Company, Colonel Porter's Regiment which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 2 days. This is all the information that we have concerning this soldier. Very truly yours, Kevin H. White Secretary of the Commonwealth Administration was granted 4 March, 1777, to his widow Phebe and son Eleazer. There is no record of her death. In the DAR Lineage Book, Vol 63, page 51 can be found this record concerning Eleazer's Revolutionary service: Eleazer Nash, 1720-1775, served as lieutenant in Capt. Phineas Smith's Company, Colonel Porter's Regiment; which marched on the Lexington Alarm. He was born in South Hadley; died in Granby, MA. (Descendants can join the DAR and the SAR by proving lineage to him.) Following are the children of Lt. Eleazer and Phebe Nash: 1. Lucy Nash, born 18 Sept. 1750; m. 1) Azariah Alvord, 2) John Stickney. 2. Joanna Nash, born 1752; d. unm. 16 May 1816, in her 64 year. 3. Ephraim Nash, born March 1754; settled in Brattleborough, VT. 4. Eleazer Nash, born Aug. 1755; settled in Granby. (Our line). 5. Nathaniel Nash, born 1757; d. unm. 8 July, 1834 at age 77. 6. Phebe Nash, born 14 Jan. 1768; m. Josiah Smith. I would like to share with you this "Concord Hymn" and dedicate it to the memory of Lt. Eleazer Nash, our American Revolutionary War Patriot that fought in this battle and gallantly gave his life at the age of 56, for our freedom. CONCORD HYMN By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard round the world. The foe long since in silence slept; Alike the conqueror silent sleeps; And Time the ruined bridge has swept Down the dark stream that seaward creeps. On this green bank, by this soft stream, We set today a votive stone; That memory may their deed redeem, When, like our sires, our sons are gone. Spirit, that made those heroes dare To die, and leave their children free, Bid Time and Nature gently spare The shaft we raise to them and Thee. Ralph Waldo Emerson