Ancestry of
John Forbes Nash, Jr.

“A Beautiful Mind” Mathematician

Elizabeth Gent

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• • 2nd Great-grandmother of John Forbes Nash, Jr. — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 17 
  • Father:
  • John Gent 
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth Wilhoit   
  • Birth Date:
  • 3 May 1778 
  • Birth Location:
  • South Carolina 
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  • Death Date:
  • 13 Sep 1849 
  • Death Location:
  • South Carolina 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • George Nash
  • Marriage Date:
  • 1 Jan 1797 
  • Marriage Location:
  • prob. Pendleton District, South Carolina 
  • Child:

  Jesse Gent Nash (Ahnentafel No:8 )

• Sources for Elizabeth Gent

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A081574.
  • ² Germanna Foundation Database of Descendants, ID-I068001, Record for Elizabeth Gent.
  • ³ The Encyclopedia of the New West: Containing Fully Authenticated Information of the Agricultural, Mercantile, . . ., Marshall, Texas: The United States Biographical Publishing Company (1881), 335.
  • ⁴ Pierce, Frederick Clifton, Forbes and Forbush Genealogy: The Descendants of Daniel Forbush, Who Came from Scotland About the Year 1655 . . ., Chicago: Rand McNally and Co. (1892), 56.

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