Person:John Nash (55)

Will Abstract

Will of John Nash of Prince Edward County.

"I empower my Executors to execute Deeds and convey in fee simple two hundred acres of land in the county near Bush River to any person which my deceased friend Col. William Randolph has thought fitt in his will to give it to it being the Tract & Plantation which he purchased of Duglass Puckett and where he latly lived on Bush River."

"Then I confirm & make good in fee simple all the sales of Lands in this county wich I gave my son Abner Nash and which he has sold the pecregal? sales being agreeable to me but no conveyance yet made by me."

"Then I give & depose to my son John Nash and to his heirs forever all my Houses Lands & Plantation also all my House Hold & Kitchen furniture and Plantation utensils with my Liquors in my cellars & I do desire that he may at his Expense out of the said Estate keep my Grandson Nash Legrand at school in the College in this County until he arises to the age of twenty one y ears and then to pay my sd. Grandson one hundred pounds current money."

"Then I give my Daughter Anne Haskins my chariott & Chariott harness."

"Then I give my Daughter Lucy Legrand my Riding Chair and Harness."

"Then I give my Daughters Mary & Betty Read each five pounds current money."

"Then I give Priscila Johnston my Negro Girl jus Lastly all the rest of my Estate (Viz): negroes, Horses, Cattle, Sheep & befrs? of Tob?: money & I desire many be Equally devided my sons John Nash, Abner Nash and Francis Nash & their Heirs."

"I also direct that my Executors give no security for the Execution of this my... will nor Estate be Appraised and I do hereby appoint my said three sons John, Abner & Francis to be my Whole and sold Executor of this my Last Will and Testament Ratifying & confirming his and no other to be my last will & testament."

Dated "this Eighth Day of march in the year of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred and seventy six."

[Signed] John Nash [Seal]

Wit: John Deshenzer, John Spaulding.

Prince Edward May Court 1776. This Last Will and Testament of John Nash senr. Deceased was presented in Court by John Nash Junr. one of the Executors within mentioned & proved by the Witnesses thereto on the Motion of sd. John Nash Jr. and Abner Nash who gave Bond & took the Oath required by law Certificate for Obtaining a probate in due form is granted them & leave for the other Executor to take Execution at an other day & the will ordered to be recorded.

Frank Watkins D.C.

1. ↑ Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1652-1900.

   Name: John Nash
   Residence Date: Abt 1776
   Residence Place: Prince Edward
   Will Date: 8 Mar 1776
   Probate Date: 8 Mar 1776
   Probate Place: Prince Edward, Virginia, USA
   Inferred Death Year: 1776
   Inferred Death Place: Virginia, USA
   Item Description: General Index to Wills, Surnames A-Z, 1754-1915
   Others Listed Relationship
   John Nash Testator
   William Randolph Friend
   Abner Nash Son
   John Nash Son
   Nash Legrand Grandson
   Anne Haskins Daughter
   Lucy Legrand Daughter
   Mary Nash Daughter
   Betty Nash Daughter
   Iris Enslaved Person
   Francis Nash Son

2.   Stanard, William G. (William Glover). Some Emigrants to Virginia: Memoranda in Regard to Several Hundred Emigrants to Virginia During the Colonial Period Whose Parentage is Shown or Former Residence Indicated by Authentic Records. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1971)
   pg. 61.

   Nash, John (d. 1776), Henrico and Prince Edward counties; son of Abner Nash, of Tenby, in South Wales.
   Henrico and Prince Edward Records.
   
   Nash, Thomas (d. 1737), Henrico county; brother of John Hash, preceding.
   Henrico Records.

3.   Geni.com: (not a reliable primary source).

   2. JOHN2NASH I (ABNER1) was born 1707 in Tenby Wales, and died Bef. May 1776 in Prince Edward Co, VA. He married (1) ANN OWEN. She was born 1710 in Tenby Wales, and died 1756. He married (2) MARY KIRKPATRICK. She was born in Dinwiddie County VA.
   
   Notes for JOHN NASH I:
   
   Sherrif of Henrico Co, VA 1735 - 1739.
   Justice of the court in 1739
   In 1740 purchased from Richard Randolph a large tract of land on the Appomattox River near present day Farmville and built there aplantation house which he named Templeton Manor. He reperesented Prince Edward, after it's seperation from Amelia in 1754, in the house of Burgesses. Ref: Some Nashes of Virginia by Claude W. Nash
   Notes for MARY KIRKPATRICK:
   No children of marriage to John Nash
   
   http://nashfamilytree.net/www/Nash8Generations.pdf
   
   GEn. FRANCIS NASH, fourth son of John and Ann Owen Nash, was born at Templeton Manor, the homestead of his father, in Prince Edward County, Virginia, about 1742. I have given some account of his ancestry in the sketch of his brother, Governor Abner Nash.
   
   His father was a well-to-do planter, and gave his sons such an education as befitted their condition. Francis Nash certainly had a good English education and some acquaintance with the classics.
   
   http://genealogytrails.com/ncar/orange/bio_nash_francis.html
   
   https://www.geni.com/people/John-Nash-of-Templeton-Manor/6000000002377064425

4. ↑ FamilySearch Family Tree.

   When Colonel John Hinton Nash, Sr. was born on 1 January 1711, in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, Abner Edward Nash, was 26 and his mother, Elizabeth Hinton, was 23. He married Ann Owen in 1731, in Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 8 daughters. He registered for military service in 1754. In 1730, at the age of 65, his occupation is listed as virginia house of burgesses, presiding judge of prince edward county, colonel of the militia, justice of the peace in Prince Edward, Virginia, United States. He died on 29 November 1776, in Prince Edward, Virginia, United States, at the age of 65
   
   https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LZK1-JCL/colonel-john-hinton-nash%2C-sr.-1711-1776