Dear Marilyn, Cora, Mark, and Roger, Thanks to all of you for your responses! Your Francis Nash's all seem to be of a later time period than mine--perhaps mine is the ancestor of yours??? Here's what I know about him: Francis Nash was in Braintree, MA, by 1675 when he was a soldier in King Phillip's War. He may have been a nephew of James Nash of Weymouth--but this is not proven. He was a farmer and owned land in Braintree. He married 1st Elizabeth____, 2nd widow Mary (Purchase) Niles. (She is my ancestor on the Purchase/Niles line, as well.) He died in Braintree in 1713. The children of Francis Nash were: 1. Elizabeth b. 7 Sept 1677, m. John Veazie. 2. Samuel who m. Mary Brown and Susannah Thayer. 3. Thomas b. Aug 1781, m. Abigail Norkutt. 4. John who m. Mary Turbefield. 5. Margaret (my ancestor) b. 8 Mar 1684, m. John Niles. 6. Benjamin b. 25 Jun 1700, m. Ann Smith. 7. James b. 6 Oct 1703, m. Ann Earl. That's it in a nutshell. My reference was "Francis Nash of Braintree" by Hon. Joseph W. Porter of Bangor, Maine, published in NEHGR, Vol. 54, 1900. I'm still looking for a more resent source. But, meanwhile, I have checked some of his info. out in Braintree Town Records and, so far, it holds up. You will all get two copies of this because I am going to copy it to the Nash list--sorry about that! Thanks again for writing. Sue Roe Seal Beach, CA