High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Thomas Nash (baptised 20 June 1593 – died 4 April 1647) was the first husband of William Shakespeare`s granddaughter Elizabeth Barnard. He lived most of his life in Stratford-upon-Avon, and was the dominant male figure amongst Shakespeare`s senior family line after the death of Dr. John Hall, Shakespeare`s son-in-law, in 1635.