As for where the Nason family originally came from, England is the current understanding. There were several Nason families found in the county of Warwickshire, England in the 1500s. Many Nason families were found in the Stratford-Upon-Avon, Wellesbourn and Charlecote, England areas.

William Nason was born in Wellesbourne, England in the early 1500s. (assumed around 1525 ). He married Isabel when he was 24, in 1549. At the age of 48, William Nason died in Charlecote, Warwickshire, England, on September 30, 1573.