Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Thomas Nason
1691 - 1. Thomas Nason was born in 1691. Thomas married Sarah Perkins on 19 Sep 1730 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts. Sarah was born in of Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 10 Aug 1748 in Walpole, Norfolk, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Nathaniel Nason
was born on 6 Aug 1740 in Walpole, Norfolk, Massachusetts.
- 2. Nathaniel Nason
Generation: 2
2. Nathaniel Nason (1.Thomas1) was born on 6 Aug 1740 in Walpole, Norfolk, Massachusetts. Nathaniel married Abiah Hartshorn on 26 Apr 1764 in Walpole, Norfolk, Massachusetts. Abiah was born about 1747 in of Walpole, Norfolk, Massachusetts; died on 16 May 1833 in Walpole, Norfolk, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 3. Leavitt Nason was born in 1782 in Walpole, Norfolk, Massachusetts; died on 9 Dec 1866 in Pepperell, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
- 3. Leavitt Nason
Generation: 3
3. Leavitt Nason (2.Nathaniel2, 1.Thomas1) was born in 1782 in Walpole, Norfolk, Massachusetts; died on 9 Dec 1866 in Pepperell, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate birth: of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Leavitt married Nancy Guild on 3 Apr 1808. Nancy (daughter of Jacob Guild and Chloe May) died on 3 Mar 1842; was buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 4. Joseph Nason was born on 31 Dec 1815 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 11 Dec 1872 in Montclair, Essex, New Jersey; was buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
Generation: 4
4. 
Joseph Nason (3.Leavitt3, 2.Nathaniel2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 31 Dec 1815 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 11 Dec 1872 in Montclair, Essex, New Jersey; was buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate birth: 31 Dec 1815, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Notes:
Manufacturer and inventor. Said to have coined the term "radiator," he received a number of U.S. patents for hot water and steam heating.
"NASON.--On Wednesday, 11th inst., at Montclair, N.J., in the 57th year of his age, JOSEPH NASON, of the firm of Joseph Nason & Co., New-York, and formerly of the firm of Walworth, Nason & Co., Boston. The remains will be taken to Boston for interment. Funeral services will be held at his late residence in Montclair, N.J., on Thursday, Dec. 12, at 3 1/2 P.M. Carriages will await the arrival of 2 P.M. train from foot of Barclay st. Return trains at 5 and 5:55 P.M. Boston papers please copy." [New York Times, 13 Dec 1872, p. 5]
"Mr. [James Jones] Walworth was first married in 1837 to Miss Elizabeth C. Nason, daughter of Leavitt Nason, and sister of Joseph Nason, his early partner." [Men of Progress: One Thousand Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Leaders in Business and Professional Life in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, compiled by Richard Herndon, ed. Edwin M. Bacon. Boston: New England Magazine, 1896.]Joseph married Sarah Clark Darracott on 18 Jun 1844 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of George Darracott and Sarah "Sally" Clark) was born on 13 Nov 1815 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died on 11 May 1892 in New York, New York; was buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 5. May Nason was born in Mar 1859 in New York, New York; died on 17 May 1932.