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Thomas Tash Esquire (July 5, 1722 – October 1, 1709)    son of Major Thomas Jacob Tash   and Ann Tash   He started his long and distinguished career as an Indian scout under Samuel Miller on June 29 til July 13, 1744. Served in scout party under the command of Joseph Thomas in 1747. He had fought in England's Seven Years War against France also know as the French and Indian War. He was granted land in reward for his service. He was a Masonian Propietors. In the spring of 1750 he owned 99 acres of land in Durham, New Hampshire. He made Captain and was given command of Fort at Number 4      in 1755. He was under Joseph Blanchard's Regiment in the expedition to Crown Point  in 1757. He commanded as a Major a battalion of troops from the New Hampshire Provincial Regiment and reinforced Colonel Nathaniel Meserve for the defense of Fort Edward    in 1757. He was at Fort William Henry    in 1757. He petitioned for bridge, 1760 and 1766. He was appointed town and proprietor's clerk and he was authorized to call the first town meeting at New Durham, New Hampshire      on December, 10 1762 by Governor Sir Benning Wentworth  In 1765 he is a selectman for New Durham, New Hampshire. He was at the Capture of Fort William and Mary in 1774. He was a chairman of the Committee of Safety at Newmarket, New Hampshire  to assist soldiers' families in June 5, 1775. He built fire rafts at Newington, New Hampshire in 1775. September 5th, 1775 205 residents of Newmarket petition the Fifth Provincial Congress to remove Lieutenant Colonel Jeremiah Folsom Junior of the 4th Regiment of New Hampshire from command and to have Major Thomas Tash be appointed to Field Officer. He was on the committee of 6 to draft an oath for members of the House on December 28, 1775. The House voted in January 25, 1776, payment of account of the Committee of Safety of Newmarket for fire rafts. He signed the Association Test in July 12, 1776. He was recommended by the Provincial Congress as candidate for field officer on January  24, 1776. Nominated for Lieutenant Colonel of the Continental Battalion on June 12, 1776 and appointed on June 19, 1776. He was appointed Colonel of the Tash's 2nd New Hampshire Regiment   on September 14, 1776. He recieves a letter from George Washington     giving orders to bring a his Regiment of Miltia New Hampshire Troops to Fishkill  in October 13, 1776. "He wrote to the New Hampshire Committee of Safety in October 26, 1776. He receives a letter from Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Welch   in October 31, 1776. He was at the Battle of Trenton and the Battle of Princeton. He was at the Seige of Fort Ticonderoga in 1777. He was a chairman on the Committee of the Parish to request the resignation of Rev. Mr. Moody in 1777. He was a representative for New Durham, the Gore and Wolfborough, though still residing in Newmarket, NH in December  17,  1777.     He was the Justice of the Peace at the trial of Elisha Thomas who homicide of Captain Peter Drown in Feburary 2, 1788.  He was a representative for Barnstead, New Durham, the Gore and New Durham, and on frequent committees of the House, 1784-86 and for New Durham and New Durham Gore in 1791-92  . He was a selectman of New Durham, NH in 1783. He petitioned on behalf of the inhabitants of New Durham, NH April  7, 1784. He was a licensed taverner and retailer of New Durham, NH in 1785. January 10, 1791, resigned his commission as Justice of the Peace in favor of his son Thomas. In 1791, improvements to the New Durham Meeting House. He was a delegate from New Durham, NH to the Convention at Concord  to revise the state constitution on September 7, 1791 and September 15,  1792. He petitioned for the incorporation of New Durham Library Association in May  25, 1797. He moved to New Durham at the close of the America Revolution War           and died in 1809."

Early life
Thomas Tash was born in. Among his children was his son Thomas Tash Jr    (1763-1848)

Death and legacy
Tash died in 1809, age 87, and was buried at Colonel Thomas Tash Burial Site in New Durham, Strafford County, New Hampshire, USA.