James NASH

1836 - 1921  (85 years)

• Name	James NASH  [1]
  Birth	1836	Castlereagh, NSW, Australia
  Gender	Male
  Death	4 May 1921	Rylstone, NSW, Australia
  Burial	Rylstone Cemetery, NSW, Australia
  Person ID	I7173	Tree001D
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	George NASH,   b. 26 Jul 1797, Mulgrave Place Windsor, NSW, Australia d. 16 Sep 1870, Brodie's Plain, Inverell, NSW, Australia (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Mary LEES,   b. 27 Sep 1809, Castlereagh, NSW, Australia d. 4 Jan 1877, Brodie's Plain Inverell, NSW, Australia (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	17 Apr 1826	Liverpool, NSW, Australia   [1]
  Family ID	F2287	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Ann DRAYTON,   b. Abt 1841, Sydney, NSW, Australia d. 18 Nov 1922, Rylstone, NSW, Australia (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	1860	Windsor, NSW, Australia   [1]
  Children	1. George NASH,   b. 1868, Rylstone, NSW, Australia   2. Maude Mary NASH,   b. 1871, Rylstone, NSW, Australia   3. Ada Maria NASH,   b. 1874, Rylstone, NSW, Australia   4. Ernest Richmond NASH,   b. 1877, Rylstone, NSW, Australia d. 6 Nov 1878, Rylstone, NSW, Australia (Age 1 year)   5. John Horace NASH,   b. 1879, Rylstone, NSW, Australia   6. Ethel Gertrude NASH,   b. 1885, Rylstone, NSW, Australia d. 25 Jan 1913, Rylstone, NSW, Australia (Age 28 years)
  Family ID	F2732	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Sep 2025

  
  

• Notes

  James Nash and his wife Mary Ann Drayton, Blacksmith of Windsor, Penrith,Hartley and Rylstone NSW James Nash was born in 1836 at the farm of his parents George Nash andMary Lees in the Parish of Londonderry, north-east of Castlereagh NSW.He relocated to Windsor with his family in the late 1840's where he wasapparently apprenticed to a blacksmith. In 1860 he married Mary AnnDrayton (c1841-1922) at Windsor. Mary Ann Drayton was the daughter ofWilliam Drayton and his wife Harriet Winter of Barrington parish, CountySomerset. The Drayton family had emigrated to NSW on board theBolton in 1853 and settled in Richmond. James and Mary Ann Nash settled initially at South Creek [St Mary's] nearPenrith where James' brothers, George and Samuel, were also residing. In1861 they travelled across the Blue Mountains to Hartley where othermembers of the Nash family had settled. In the mid-1860's they relocatedto Rylstone near Mudgee where they remained until their deaths in theearly 1920's. Surviving records indicate that James worked as a blacksmith throughoutthese years. Interestingly enough, he was also recorded as acoachbuilder on his death certificate. He purchased numerous propertiesin Rylstone and the cottage he built on one of these properties was laterto become the well-known "Show Cottage". James died at Rylstone in 1921. His widow Mary Ann moved to Sydneyshortly afterwards where she died in 1922. Both were buried in RylstoneCemetery. Source: This is a brief summary of a chapter of information contained inThe First Fleet Nash Family: A Biographical History.http://members.optusnet.com.au/~aashmore/JamesNsh.html Australia

  
  

• Sources

  [S3365] Information from Ron and Joanne Flack.