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Was "our" Thomas Nash in Holland before coming to New England?
On which ship, and when, did Thomas and Margery (Baker) Nash arrive?
Can you connect these Nashes to Thomas' line?
Did Thomas Nash build clocks?

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Was "our" Thomas Nash in Holland before coming to New England?
     Rumor has long held that Thomas Nash was in Leyden/Leiden, Holland before coming to America. Researchers now generally accept that the Thomas Nash of Holland was married, but had no children of his own (he raised stepchildren), and that he didn't come to America. Does this mean that our Thomas was not in Holland, or were there two Thomas Nashes there, one who stayed and one, ours, who came here?
     Rev. Sylvester Nash states in his 1853 book that our Thomas did stop in Holland before arriving here, and that at least one of his children, the youngest, Timothy, was born in Leyden, Holland. Was he wrong about this?
     If you can provide good documentation from primary sources, please let us know as soon as possible. You and your documentation will be cited in the book.

On which ship did Thomas and Margery (Baker) Nash arrive?
     Can you document with primary documentation whether Thomas and Margery (Baker) Nash arrived on the St. John or the Hector, and when?
     Did he arrive on one ship, and later go back and bring his family to New England on the other?
     If you can answer this mystery with good documentation, you will be cited in the book.

Can you connect these Nashes to Thomas' line?
     John Nash, on whose life was based the recent film A Beautiful Mind.
     Ogden Nash, the comedic poet, born in Rye, New York and now deceased.
     Beau Nash, Master of Ceremonies of the Roman baths in Bath, England. A relative of our Thomas?

Did Thomas Nash build clocks?
     The inventory of Thomas Nash's estate lists one tool that was used for making clocks. Other tools in the inventory could have been used to make clocks. Some early American clocks are inscribed with the name Nash, but they are made of wood and have no metal parts. Did our Thomas Nash, a blacksmith, make wooden clocks?
     If you have any information, with primary documentation, please let us know. This information will be included in the book and you will be cited.
     Can you provide a picture of an early (1620-40) American Nash clock?

Please see immediately following a query regarding this subject from Michael Leete of England.
If you can answer his questions, you will help both him and the Nash book. Please respond with anything you might know to both Michael Leete and to Debbie Rothery.

     Michael Leete     -    (lineage@talk21.com)
     Debbie Rothery    -    (drothery@hevanet.com)

QUERY: Thomas Nash, born in 1589, died 1658 in New Haven, Connecticut. It is said that he made the first clock on American soil, where he had arrived in 1639. The clock may have had a wooden mechanism. The inventory attached to his Will included "one round brass plate for making clocks."