Chauncy was born in 1820.1 Chauncy's father was Levi Nash and his mother was Mahala Sampson. His paternal grandparents were Rueben Nash and Lydia Edwards. He had a brother named Edward P.. He was the older of the two children. He had a half-brother and two half-sisters, named Horace, Mary and Sarah M.. He died at the age of 4 in 1824.1