In a message dated 97-07-15 10:38:29 EDT, you write: << Need data on James Nash who married Alice ????. The had a dau. Mary Nash who married 23 May 1666 Braintree, Mass. Moses Belcher, b abt 1635 Braintree, Mass., d 03 Jul 1691 >> Dear John, My ancestor, Francis Nash, may have been a nephew of your ancestor James Nash. My line is listed below. Perhaps we could exchange Braintree Nash data and help each other sort out this clan? Is there anyone else on the list that belongs to the Braintree Nash clan? My Nash line in brief: 1. Francis NASH, in Braintree by 1675 when he was a soldier in King Phillip's War, d. in Braintree in 1713, m1 Elizabeth _____, m2 Mary PURCHASE NILES, widow of Increase NILES (my ancestors). 2. Margaret NASH b. 1684, Braintree, d. 1752, m. her step brother John NILES. 3. Margaret NILES m. Abiathar FRENCH. Sue Roe