John Nash [2646]
- Born: 1615, Lancaster, Lancashire, England
- Marriage: Elizabeth Tapp [7441] in 1654 in New Haven, Connecticut 1
- Died: 3 Jul 1687, New Haven, Connecticut at age 72
 General Notes:
He was the son of my ancestors, THOMAS NASH and MARGERY (BAKER) NASH and the husband of Elizabeth Tapp, daughter of Edmund Tapp.
In 1665, he was chosen a deputy to the court and commissioner of New Haven. Capt. John Nash was granted 300 acres of land from the court on Oct. 8, 1674.
He was chosen captain of the New Haven forces sent to fight the Dutch in New York in 1673.
Also, in 1674, he was one of three from New Haven who decided on the boundaries between New Haven and Milford.
He was assigned other duties by the court over the years & was commission to Major of the New Haven militia. --- Nareen Lake at www.findagrave.com
Noted events in his life were:
• He was buried at the Grove Street Cemetery in New Haven, Connecticut in 1687. 2 Buried in the New Haven Green, tombstone along the north wall. Tombstone is either missing or unreadable.
John married Elizabeth Tapp [7441] [MRIN: 3074] in 1654 in New Haven, Connecticut.1 (Elizabeth Tapp [7441] was born in 1617 in Tring, England,1 died on 1 May 1676 in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut 1 and was buried in 1676 in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut.)
Marriage Notes:
Children:
Hannah Nash Trowbridge (Jul. 24, 1655 - Feb. 3, 1707)
The daughter of Major John Nash & Elizabeth (Tapp) Nash, she married (1) Eliphalet Ball on February 13, 1672 in New Haven, and (2) Thomas Trowbridge on April 1, 1687, his second wife.
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