Ambrose was born in 1810.1 Ambrose's father was Guy Nash and his mother was Betsey Dort. His paternal grandparents were Simeon Nash and Eleanor Whipple. He had a sibling of unknown gender named Infant. He was the older of the two children. He had a half-brother and a half-sister, named James R. and Abigail H.. He died at the age of 3 in 1813.1