- Daniel Nash
The Reverend Daniel Nash (1763 –
June 4 ,1837 ) was an Episcopal priest and missionary to Native Americans and European settlers on the frontier of centralNew York .Nash was born in
Great Barrington, Massachusetts . He graduated fromYale University inConnecticut , became a teacher, and studied for ordination as an Episcopal priest. He moved toNew Lebanon, New York during the 1790s. There, he taught school, became a lay leader in the church, and met his wife and missionary partner-to-be, Olive Lusk. Nash was ordained onOctober 11 ,1801 .The Nashes, including their child, move to the newly-settled regions of western
Otsego County, New York , where they held services in the small settlements at Richfield, Exeter and Morris. Father Nash performed the preaching, while Olive led the singing and responses. He also preached to members of theOneida tribe. Between 1804 and 1816, he performed 496baptism s and organized 12parish es in the area.In 1800, Nash presided over the funeral of Hannah Cooper, sister of
James Fenimore Cooper . He was also the first rector of Christ Church in Cooperstown.ources
* [http://www.albanyepiscopaldiocese.org/about/revdnash.html Episcopal Diocese of Albany: "The Reverend Daniel Nash"]
* [http://external.oneonta.edu/cooper/articles/nyhistory/1954nyhistory-butterfield.html Lyman H. Butterfield, "Cooper's Inheritance: The Otsego Country and its Founders"]
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