Ancestry of
John Forbes Nash, Jr.

“A Beautiful Mind” Mathematician

Johann Michael Willheit

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• • 5th Great-grandfather of John Forbes Nash, Jr. — 8th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 140 
  • Father:
  • Michael Willheit 
  • Mother:
  • Anna Maria Rüfflin   
  • Birth Date:
  • 25 Jan 1671 
  • Birth Location:
  • Schwaigern, Württemberg, Germany 
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  • Death Date:
  • from 1 Jan 1743 to 26 Jun 1746 
  • Death Location:
  • Orange County (now Madison County), Virginia 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Anna Maria Hengsteler
  • Marriage Date:
  • 16 Feb 1706 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Schwaigern, Württemberg, Germany 
  • Children:
  
  

  Johannes Willheit (Ahnentafel No:70 )

  Phillip Wilhoit

  • Notes: 

  • Germanna Colonist

    Johann Michael Willheit was among the Germans who arrived in Germanna by 1725, possibly between 1717 and 1720.

    Johann Michael Willheit's surname is also seen as Wilhoit and Wilhite.

• Additional marriages for Johann Michael Willheit

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  • Spouse:
  • Anna Dorothea Müller
  • Marriage Date:
  • 29 Jan 1696
  • Marriage Location:
  • Schwaigern, Württemberg, Germany

• Sources for Johann Michael Willheit

  • ¹ Germanna Foundation Database of Descendants, ID-082861, Record for Johann Michael Willheit.

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